| Featured |
 Photo.
Dan
Stracka of Palomar UU Fellowship addresses a Plenary Session
on immigration reform during last week's General Assembly in
Minneapolis.The UUA reported that 3,835 people registered for
GA. Among the 1,866 delegates were 1,478 congregational delegates,
378 ministers and 2 credentialed religious educators from 571
congregations. There were also 146 youth registered. Click
on the above photo to enlarge it.
Closeup. Barbara Sorensen (blsorensen@cox.net) of Summit
UU Fellowship in Santee.
Early days. Grew up on the
campus of Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) where
her parents were both teachers; How
long a UU. She and her husband first attended a Unitarian Fellowship
in Red Bank, N.J. in 1955. Joined Summit in 2004
Education. B.A. degree in
Education-Sociology from Antioch College and an MSW degree
from Boston University
Career. Probation officer,
worked at an adoptions agency and was a clinical social worker
for 18 years at the San Diego Center for Children
Dinner guests. Abigail Adams,
Eleanor Roosevelt, Michele Obama, Hilary Clinton and Laura
Bush
Keys to UU growth in San Diego County. It is
important that we find a way to appeal to young families with
strong RE programs, variety of interest groups and a way to
let
the community know what and who we are. I rarely, if ever,
see UU meetings mentioned in The San Diego-Union Tribune
listings
of church happenings or coverage of our musical and other events.
Profiles. If
you know an interesting UU in San Diego County you'd like
to
profile, please e-mail martin@kruming.com.
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Breaking News |
San
Diego Focus. A video on the UUA's website titled A Passionate Commitment to Young Adults
features—among others—Alice King, Young Adult and
Campus Ministry Coordinator at First Church.
Pride
Festival. UU Congregations in the San Diego Cluster
are invited to help staff a booth at the Pride Festival
during
the weekend of July 17 and 18 in Balboa Park. It's a terrific
way to distribute materials and engage individually with
the thousands of persons who attend this popular event. “This
is a great opportunity to capitalize on our social justice
work and our leadership in the No on Prop 8 campaign,” says
Jan Garbosky of First Church. For more information, contact
Jan at jgarbosky@cox.net.
Pride
Parade. UUs from throughout the San Diego Cluster
will be marching in the Pride
Parade on Saturday, July 17,
in Hillcrest. Traditionally, UUs have been one of the largest
faith entries in the parade. Anyone
interested in purchasing UU T-shirts for the parade should
contact Debbie Hall, former President of Chalice UU Fellowship.
T-shirt
pictures, click here. Order
Form, click here.
Choir Director. Summit UU Fellowship is
looking for a Choir Director. Interested candidates should
email a letter of
intent and a resume to Ed Henry, Music Committee
Chair, at
ehenry@mail.sdsu.edu. More
about the position may be found by downloading
this PDF document.
Women
Together. The Annual UU Women Together
Retreat will be held September 24-26 at Camp Stevens in Julian
and is open to all women in the San Diego Cluster and Pacific
Southwest District. This year's theme is “Spirit
in Body, Spirit in Play.” For more information contact
Benita Berkson at 4benita@cox.net. |
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| Datebook |
Thursday/July
1/First Church. Steven Freeman, author of a major
study on the 2008 California election, will keynote
the 5th in a series of “Defending Democracy Forums” beginning at 6 p.m.
Saturday/July 17/Hillcrest. Pride Parade.
Saturday-Sunday/July
17-18/Balboa Park. Pride
Festival. (The Pride Parade
and Pride Festival use the same website.)
Friday-Sunday/September 24-26/Camp Stevens in Julian. The
Annual UU Women Together Retreat is open to all women in
the San Diego Cluster. Contact Benita Berkson at 4benita@cox.net or (619) 994- 0993.
Saturday/October 2/First Church. San Diego County
Cluster Workshop on Diversity from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Contact
Joan
Cudhea at (858) 272-4118 or jcudhea@earthlink.net.
Sunday/November 7/Chalice. 4th Annual Art & Crafts
Faire. Contact chaliceartguild@msn.com. |
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| Cluster
Buzz |
Generosity. In March, First Church collected $7,972.48 for
UCSD's student run free clinic and in April $4,895.45 for
the San Diego Organizing Project.
Quotable. “On
the ethical issue, there's not a person in this room that
supports this law. Our unity is our opposition
to this law. What I see us struggling with is finding strategies
to oppose this law.” —The Rev. James
Hobart, minister
emeritus of First Unitarian Church of Denver, Colorado, during
a discussion at last week's General Assembly of Arizona's
SB1070.
San
Diego County UU Bulletin Board. If you want
to buy, sell, barter or connect, and it's legal
and ethical, e-mail martin@kruming.com (or
copy and paste: martin@kruming.com).
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