Introduction
to AUUC
Monthly
Newsletter (Oct'03)
Past Newsletters and
Web Archive
Maps
and Directions
Social
Advocacy
Religious
Education
Green
Sanctuary Project
DownUnder
Coffeehouse
This month featuring
Brad Yoder
on October 18
Church
Calendar
(also seeTMC and
SLB
calendars)
Ohio
Meadville District
Unitarian
Universalism
Pittsburgh
Links
Allegheny Unitarian Universalist Church is at beginning stage of a search
for a permanent minister to join us in September 2004. If you want
to learn more about the position, please
contact the OMD District Consultant, Rod Thompson
<rthompson@uua.org>,
http://www.omd.uua.org/contact.html.
Our previous
minister, Art McDonald <weeartie@yahoo.com>
is now at First Universalist Church of Essex, Massachusetts
Allegheny Unitarian Universalist Church
1110 Resaca Place
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Phone: 412-322-4261
Interim Minister : Rev. David Lutz
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Services for
October 2003
OCTOBER 5
UUs And Yom Kippur Rev. Dave Lutz
UUs affirm and appreciate other religious traditions, including Jewish traditions, and so today we
remember this very important Jewish holy day. But this is a day about confession of and atonement
for sin – not usual UU themes. Are these themes at odds with our faith, or is there a message
in them for us as well?
OCTOBER 12
Introduction To Yoga 10:00 AM Leader: Anu Kumar
Anu will lead a beginner yoga class at in Founders Hall preceding the Worship Service. All levels
will feel welcome.
Yoga As A Spiritual Practice 11:00 AM Anu Kumar
Anu Kuma , a native of India, is a scholar of comparative religions with a focus on the goddess tradition.
She began practicing yoga at age five under the tutelage of her grandfather and has been a
teacher of yoga and meditation in Pittsburgh for fourteen years. Anu will share how yoga and
meditation as a spiritual practice puts one in touch with the unity of all traditions and cultures.
OCTOBER 19
Communion Service 10:00 AM Reader: To be announced
Monthly gathering that celebrates our community of faith and action.
Justice: Why This Church Is Part Of The Solution 11:00 AM Rev. Dave Lutz
Frustrated by injustice around us? Come find out why this Church is part of the answer. It’s more
than just that people care and work hard.
OCTOBER 26
Inspiration To Service Khadra Mohammed
Described as “a rock for refugees,” Khadra Mohammed has looked after dozens of refugee families
as they acculturate into the Pittsburgh area. As director of Family Resources in East Liberty she
runs the international outreach program there and assists families from Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan,
Sudan, The Congo and elsewhere as they deal with both the emotional trauma in their lives and
difficulties of navigating in a new and strange land. Khadra will reflect on the role of her religious
life in her work.
Sunday Service at Allegheny Unitarian
Universalist Church begins at 11 o'clock. |