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Services for May 2008
May 4
10:30 am - Organizing for Economic Justice - Speaker: Barney Oursler
Barney Oursler has worked for years in Pittsburgh with the Mon Valley
Unemployed Committee to help communities fight for economic justice in the face of mill closings and economic displacement. He is currently help Northside United in their efforts to gain Community Benefits
Agreements with North Shore developers.He will speak about why he has
stayed with this work since the early '80s.
12:00 noon - Annual Congregational Meeting
Today's service will be followed by our Annual Congregational Meeting marking the end of Centennial Year. This Sunday will also mark the start of our Thanksgiving in Spring food drive.
May 11
9:30 AM - Communion Service
This half-hour service celebrates and strengthens our commitment to justice. Traditional symbols are used, but all will feel welcome regardless of belief.
10:30 am - Mother's Day / Earth Day- Speaker: Angele Ellis and Liane Norman
Liane and
Angele are longtime writers and community
activists who turned to poetry to express, in
Liane's words, "things...that can't be said in
prose/at least not yet." In this service, they
will alternate their poetic voices to explore connections between mothers and Mother
Earth.
– Greeters: Kathy Kozachenko & Gloria
Skillings
– Refreshments: Lisa Carvajal & Chris Stygar
May 18
10:30 am - One Vision One Life - Speaker: El Gray
El Gray will discuss his personal journey and
the work of One Vision One Life (1V1L), where he is program director, at preventing violence in our streets and neighborhoods.
– Greeters: Willie Dawson, Ed Kinley & Dennis
McAndrew
– Refreshments: Greg Blackman & Liz Dell
May 25
10:30 am - Civil War Heroes - Speaker: Paul Lawson
– Greeters: Andy Schwarz & Betty Luff
– Refreshments: Lynn Glorieux & Ellen Kerr
Next Month: Sunday 8 June
Allegheny UU’s Annual Church Picnic at
North Park!
Look for more details to be announced in
church and to be
published in June’s Allegheny
Advocate newsletter.
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