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Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Shoals -2008 - Calendar of Events for July
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| July 6, 2008 - Scott and Kristal Riddle will present, "A Trip Around the World". Scott and Kristal left the Shoals for a 100 day trip around the world on March 13, 2008 and returned 100 days later with adventures to share. Come hear about those adventures! |
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| July 13, 2008 - Daphne Simpkins, AUM Professor of Writing, will present, "Conversations on the Road to Emmaus". Inspired by the last chapter in Luke and the book of James in the New Testament, this presentation will explore the social reformer Jesus discovered and reported by Joan Crittister in her book In Search of Belief. The controversial writer reports that it was a long road for her from law to conscience. She is not the only one who travels that road. This presentation will weigh the legacy of Jesus as a social reformer where "mercy triumphs over judgment" every time. |
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| July 20, 2008 - Local band, the Blue Navigators will open the Handy Festival for the UUCS with a program of rock, folk, blues and more. |
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| July 27, 2008 - Dr. Lisa Jennings, Lay Minister with the UU Church on the River in Memphis, Tennessee will be the speaker. |
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Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Shoals -2008 - Calendar of Events for June
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| June 1, 2008 - Dr. Lisa Jennings, Lay Minister from the UU Church on the River in Memphis, Tennessee will be the speaker. |
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June 8, 2008 - Flower Communion. The UUCS will
celebrate the annual flower communion service. Members and visitors are
asked to bring a flower to with them to share in the service.
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| June 15, 2008 - Daphne Simpkins, AUM Professor of Writing, will present, "America's Will Rogers". Will Rogers didn't leave his home to join the circus, but his wanderlust (not hampered by his severe sea sickness) did not keep him from traveling the globe as a young man and eventually joining the circus where he developed the beginning of an act with his rope tricks. Billed initially as The Cherokee Kid, Rogers found his voice through entertaining audiences, and it was his voice that he developed and produced nuggets of wisdom that connected with the American audiences who fell in love with what he had to say -- and how he said it. |
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| June 22, 2008 - Dr. Tina Hubler, Professor of Biology at UNA will be the speaker. |
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June 29, 2008 - Marylou Kreves, local
storyteller will be the speaker.
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Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Shoals -2008 - Calendar of Events for May
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May 4, 2008 - Daphne Simpkins, Professor of
Writing at AUM, will present, "Ring Lardner & Co". Observed by Virginia
Woolf as an American writer whose prose was the best that "had come our
way" Ring Lardner was a short story writer who had his roots in sports
journalism. He regularly resisted the influence of Maxwell Perkins who
would have shaped his career differently by challenging Lardner to
become a novelist. Lardner followed the money instead, and his career
as a short story writer grew accordingly. Other writers in the orbit of
Perkins whose work shaped the landscape of American literature include
Taylor Caldwell and Marcia Davenport. This presentation will take a
historical view of Lardner primarily but reintroduce Caldwell and
Davenport as well.
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May 11, 2008 - Dolores Hydock, Actress and
Storyteller, will present, "Summer Holidays" -- Three stories about a high
school graduation, Father's Day and one called "Age Before Beauty", a story
of gardens, birthdays and becoming the old lady in the neighborhood
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May 18, 2008 - Annette Harman, Music Therapist
and accomplished harpist will present a program on the harp.
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| May 25, 2008 - David Walton, local songwriter and musician, will present a program of original compositions on the acoustic guitar and bamboo flute. |
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Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Shoals -2008 - Calendar of Events for April
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| April 6, 2008 - Daphne Simpkins, AUM Professor of Writing, will present, "Maxwell Perkins: Editor to Literary Geniuses" In this presentation, we will explore the legacy of Perkins' with relationship to Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Wolfe and how Perkins's vision and editorial support shaped American literature through these men of letters. |
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| April 13, 2008 - Dr. Larry Bates, Professor of Psychology at UNA, will present, "Religious Struggles". Everyone who lives a few years understands the certainty of struggles. Neither the religious nor nonreligious have a corner market on suffering. However, religion provides a filter through which we interpret these struggles and how we attribute cause. The significance of our struggles are often mediated by our religious views. The purpose of this talk is to examine a few common religious or spiritual struggles in the context of differential responses as a function of religion. |
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| April 20, 2008 - Bill Parkhurst, retired TVA chemist and member of the UUCS, will present a program on Earth Day. |
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April 27, 2008 - Danny Upton, first Executive
Director of Equality Alabama will discuss the organization and the gay civil
rights movement in Alabama.
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Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Shoals -2008 - Calendar of Events for March
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| March 2, 2008 - Dolores Hydock, nationally known actress and storyteller, will present, "Dreamers and Deadbeats: Famous Slackers from American Authors". |
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9, 2008 - Daphne Simpkins, Professor of Writing at AUM, will present,
"Struggling To Become Your Self" While Jung holds out the now classic idea
that fully evolved selves are individuated people who have harmoniously
reconciled the many differences found inside themselves, many of us keep
struggling along with inconsistencies in our behaviors that don't match our
goals or even reflect what we think of as wisdom. We can mistakenly believe
that struggling along is a sign of failure. Not so!
Extrapolating from three
memoirs by Daniel Gottlieb, Joan Chittister, and Phyllis Green, this
presentation will glean wisdom from others' struggles -- survivors of
different kinds of struggling who testify that their hardships have produced
in them an ultimately more hopeful life.
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| March 16, 2008 - Ken Sizemore, singer and songwriter from Panama City, Florida will present an acoustic musical program entitled, "John Denver- A Song's Best Friend". |
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| March 23, 2008 - Rev. Gene Kreves, retired Unitarian Universalist minister, will present, "The Roots of Resurrection Mythology". This presentation takes a walk back through history to try to determine how the idea of a resurrection from the dead ever got started. What is it today that sustains the faith in resurrection? We will look for an answer to what we can make of this holy day in our time and with our secular persuasion. Is Easter, for us, one of those quaint holy days that should be put aside and relegated to the past, or does it have perennial meaning? |
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| March 30, 2008 - Dr. Thomas Kersen, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of North Alabama, will present "The Torchlit Path to the Beloved Community". The presentation focuses on the life of Rev. Alfred W. Hobart, a Unitarian -Universalist minister, who was deeply involved in the Civil Rights movement in Birmingham in the late 1950s-early 1960s. Kersen will briefly describe Hobart's life why he is important to the Shoals area. Then, the actual process of analysis used to study Hobart's sermons and other materials will be discussed. Next, Kersen will describe some themes that have emerged from the study. Finally, he will offer some concluding thoughts about the study and its relevance for both scholars and the society at large. |
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Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Shoals -2008 - Calendar of Events for February
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February 3, 2008 - Dolores Hydock, nationally known actress and storyteller, will present, "Lessons in Love" A collection of funny and tender love stories about the hazards of young love, the wisdom of lifelong love, and the adventures in-between. |
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| February 10, 2008 - Dr. Lisa Jennings, Professor of Vascular Research at UT Memphis and Unitarian Universalist Lay Minister, will present, "The Heart of the Modern World". The heart is often used as a metaphor for a person's innermost core or spiritual center. How do we cultivate matters of the heart in the modern world? |
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February 17, 2008 -
Schedule change... Daphne
Simpkins has has been very sick and will not be able to come on Sunday, Feb 17.
She sends her apologies and is looking forward to seeing us all in March. Toni
has arranged for Annette Harman to play the harp for us this Sunday. I hope you
can all come and enjoy some wonderful music. (Previously scheduled - Daphne Simpkins, Professor of Writing at AUM, will present, "Maxwell Perkins: Editor to Geniuses". Relying upon A. Scott Berg's exquisite biography of Maxwell Perkins as a primary source, this presentation will examine Perkins's profound relationship with literary giants: Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Wolfe.) |
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| February 24, 2008 - The Blue Navigators will present an electic musical program ranging from blues and rock to country and folk songs. The band is made up of members, Toni and Kenneth Brooks, Tim Kelley and Ernie Fite. |
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Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Shoals -2008 - Calendar of Events for January
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January 6, 2008 - Belinda Dennis, Director of "Audrey's Closet" will speak on the organization. Audrey's Closet is located in Cherokee, Alabama and works with the needs of foster children in Franklin, Colbert, Limestone and Lauderdale counties to provide transition needs that foster parents cannot afford. This year they assisted 31 children with Christmas presents. They also provide "Welcome to Our Home" backpacks for the children, prom dresses, class rings and items such as these. |
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January 13, 2008 - J.C. Hester will present, "The Benefits of Hemp". This presentation will discuss the history of hemp, products made from hemp; the how and why hemp came to be outlawed. |
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January 20, 2008 - Daphne Simpkins, AUM Professor of Writing, will present, " Maxwell Perkins: Editor to Geniuses". Relying upon A. Scott Berg's exquisite biography of Maxwell Perkins as a primary source, this presentation will examine Perkin's profound relationship with literary giants: Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Wolfe. |
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January 27, 2008- Scott Holshouser will present a program of selected music. He has been the orchestra keyboardist for the Houston Symphony since 1980 and is accompanist for the Houston Symphony Chorus. A native of Lexington, Kentucky, he began his musical training in Athens, Georgia with Ina Gerchefski. While attending Florida State University he studied with Leonard Mastrogiacomo and continued studies in Houston with Abbey Simon. With the Houston Symphony he has played over 25 solo performances ranging from Bach and Mozart to Gershwin, and played the Schubert F minor Fantasy for two pianists several times with Christoph Eschenbach in concerts. He has been a staff pianist for the Houston Opera and Houston Ballet, and currently serves as staff accompanist for the Houston Symphony auditions, and the Corpus Christi and Kingsville, Texas national music competitions. He is a regular participant in the Grand Teton music festival, playing orchestra and chamber music. He has taught piano on the faculty of the University of Houston. He and his wife, Eileen have one son, Sean. He is the son of UU member B.J. Cale. |
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Services begin at 11 a.m., Coffee hour follows service. |