Services for September 2002

Sunday, September 1 10:00 am - Ms. Sylvia Wilson
Labor in the Pulpit – Annual Labor Sunday Service

Thanks to the local Religion and Labor Coalition, headed up by Father Jack O’Malley, we have the honor of inviting Sylvia Wilson into our pulpit to help us celebrate the labor movement. Sylvia works for the teachers’ union and was recently honored as union activist of the year. This is our last Service at the 10:00 am time.

Sunday, September 8, 11:00 am - Rev. Art McDonald & Kris Thomas, DRE
Ingathering Service

For this intergenerational Service, don’t forget to bring water to pour into the common bowl from wherever you may have visited this Summer. If you stayed in Pittsburgh, bring water from the Mon or Allegheny or Lake Elizabeth! We’ll celebrate coming back together as we begin another year of action and reflection on the value of community.

Wednesday, September 11 7:30 pm
Communion Service

The first of our monthly Communion Services, this alternative service will also mark the anniversary of the September 11 tragedy. It is open and welcoming to all theological perspectives.

Sunday, September 15 - Rev. Art McDonald
Faith, Atonement & Resistance: One Year Later

Art will offer some reflections on where he thinks we are as a nation one year after the tragic violence of the September 11th attack. He will use the occasion of the Jewish High Holy Days, especially Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, to reflect religiously on the role of the faith community in the ongoing debate about war and terrorism. Finally, he’ll share some thoughts about the importance, at times, for people of faith to act as communities of resistance to talk of war and aggression.

Sunday, September 22 - Linda Deafenbaugh & John Meikle
Celebration of The Autumnal Equinox

We will celebrate the beginning of Autumn and the point of equal daylight and darkness as well as the bounty of Mother Earth. Traditionally this is a time for feasting and aiding those in need. The Service will be rich in music and story. It would be a great time to bring foodstuff for our local pantry.

Sunday, September 29 - Greg Dietz
Spirituality and the Active Life: Thoughts of Sam Keen

Allegheny member, Greg Dietz, a major organizer of the Pittsburgh and Ohio-Meadville District Men’s Group, made a retreat this Summer with author and religious thinker, Sam Keen, who has written a book entitled Hymns to an Unknown God. This morning Greg will share some of his learnings.

Regular Sunday Service at Allegheny Unitarian Universalist Church begins at 11 o'clock. Summer services (including Sept 1) begin at 10:00 o'clock.