HighLights

The Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis (UUCA)
333 Dubois Road, Annapolis, MD 21401; Phone: 410/266-8044; Fax: 410/266-6910
mailto:newsletter@uuca-md.org Web site: The Home Page at: http://www.uuca-md.org

Staff:
Reverend Dr. Fredric J. Muir, Parish Minister

Reverend Amber Beland, Assistant Minister
Francoise H. Ateto, Director of Religious Exploration
Betsy Jo Angebranndt, Minister of Music
Christol Medley, Church Administrator/Editor

Theresa Novak, Intern Minister

Susan Eckert, Members Services Coordinator

Lori Frederick Office/DRE  Assistant

Stephanie Meredith, Coffee Server

 

Church Office Hours: Mon. - Fri. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. 

Next News Deadline: midnight, 04/18/2007

Next Mailing: 04/24/2007

Volume 50, Issue 7

April 10, 2007

 

 

P. R. Bazaar an opportunity to "Meet the Annapolis-Area Press"

Save the date for a unique Annapolis-area version of Meet the Press.  It’s the evening of Monday, April 23, starting when the doors open at 6 p.m.  The panel will be seated at 7 p.m.

Unless there’s a major breaking story, nine local seasoned editors, reporters or producers have volunteered their time to serve as panelists at the annual “P.R. Bazaar,” held at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis, 333 Dubois Road, in Annapolis. 

Folks handling public relations duties as volunteers, with cultural groups, non-profits (PTAs, Scouts, School Clubs and Sports, Community Groups, youth groups, charitable organizations … ) or small businesses are welcome to attend.

Nope, this is not a credit-course, nor will you learn everything you need to know to run a public relations campaign for your organization, group, company or client.  And, there’s no guarantee your next story will appear on the “front page above the fold.” 

But, in a friendly atmosphere, you’ll get a head start or a chance to recharge your batteries with this opportunity to hear from nine respected media professionals.  Day-in and day-out, they bring the world home to the people around you.  They really do think globally and act locally.  Editorial Representatives from WNAV, What’s Up Annapolis Magazine, Washington Post, The Capital, Maryland Gazette, Inside Annapolis Magazine, Chesapeake Family, Bay Weekly and Baltimore Sun have accepted our invitation to serve as panelists that evening.

You will have the opportunity to ask the panel questions and to network with them and other members of the audience.

The best question last year was: “What is a press kit?”  The gentleman honestly didn’t know.  The panel sent him home brimming with ideas (including the “5 W’s and 2 H’s”).

Admission is a $10 donation.  Checks may be made out to “UUCA.”  Reserve early to ensure a seat and enough take-away materials for everyone.  RSVP by emailing Wendi@quantumstep.com or calling 410.349.0945. 

 

Light refreshments will be served.

 

 

 

               

Upcoming Sermons

 

April  15

“UUniversal

Encounter"

Young  Religious  Unitarian Universalist

(YRUU) Sunday

A stranger from a strange land visits Earth seeking Faith & Spirituality. Music by the YRUU Players.

 

April 22

"A Community of Conscience"

by Rev. Fred Muir

The week beginning April 15, communities around the world will set aside time to remember the genocide of European Jews known as The Holocaust. When I was recently at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, they had a special exhibit on the genocide in Darfur, a recognition that humanity has failed to learn the lessons of The Holocaust. The genocide in Darfur will end only when communities of conscience unite to speak out. Join me this Sunday & let your conscience speak. Music: Girls Night Out .

 

April 29

“Living a Soul-full Life"

by Rev. Fred Muir

“Living a Soul-full Life” Unitarian minister A. Powell Davies is often quoted as having said: “Life is just a chance to grow a soul.” While I agree with the sentiments, Rev. Davies and I might disagree on the details. As we turn the page on April and get ready to greet May, this morning I’ll look at what living a soul-filled life looks and feels like. Music by UUCA Choir.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Celebrating Our Beloved Community

 

"Come to the "Cabaret"Come to the Cabaret

 

UUCA Choir & Friends Present

“Songs from

Broadway”

Saturday, April 14 at 7:30pm

Sunday, April 15 at 3pm

Tickets $15 each

Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis

333 Dubois Road

Annapolis, MD 21401

410-266-8044

www.uuca-md.org

 

 

Keep the Faith

One morning last week, I read in a book review: “There has always been an uncomfortable connection between Sunday-morning and Monday-morning [faith].  On Sunday morning the classic virtues of faith, hope and love are preached and sometimes practiced.  On Monday morning the virtue of prudence is the norm …” I have heard Unitarian Universalists say that we are a Monday through Saturday faith, by which I think is meant that the transition from Sunday to Monday is not as jarring or perplexing as it could be for those in creedal-shaped, orthodox religious communities where the words or ritual or creeds may feel far removed from everyday life.  You decide.

      Later that same morning I read this: “The core divisions among religious Americans, and particularly Christians, are no longer defined by theological issues.  The splits are political.”  A quick scan through the paper would confirm the truth in this statement; perhaps your own experience with family, friends, or co-workers would also testify to the shift from theological to political differences which seems very Monday to Saturday oriented.

      As a youth, I remember hearing adults say: “Never mix religion and politics,” which I always thought was odd because everywhere I looked I saw and heard adults mixing the two.  And it hasn’t changed; in fact, the mixing is greater and the stakes are higher.  What I don’t hear, but often only read in journals, is a theological and spiritual vetting of people’s religion and politics – sure, I hear creed, doctrine, or scripture quoted occasionally, but it’s done in such a way that upon hearing those words it’s as though the statement is supposed to mean that the debate is over when for me it often means the conversation is just starting!

      We Unitarian Universalists are not a creedal or scriptural based faith: We are covenantal (relational) instead of creedal and our sources of inspiration and exploration include traditional religious scripture and much more.  In other words, as we make the transition from Sunday to Monday, we do so while walking – with each other – on a broad and firm path that urges us to think how and why our way of religion should be a way to live out our week.  Whether at work or with family, whether discussing theology or politics, whether investing your resources or deciding what to read – when you leave on Sunday, how does your Unitarian Universalist faith shape your week?

 

      See you soon,

 

Fred

 

 

UUCA Outdoor Club

 

UUCA Outdoor Club is open to all members and friends of UUCA who wish to enjoy the fellowship of UU’s in the setting of an outdoor activity.  For more information or to sign up, please contact Eloise Hoyt 410-768-4932 or ehoyt@toadmail.com May 19, 2007 9:00am-4:00pm  Kayak/canoe  Tuckahoo Creek, upper section, Eastern Shore.  Must provide own boat, paddle, PFD.  Meet at church at 9:00am.  Bring boating equipment, water, snacks, lunch to carry in boat.  Recommend wearing bathing suit.

June 9, 2007  Kayak/canoe Patuxent River.

 

Lecture & Discussion Night  with James Loewen

Friday, 1 June 2007, 7:00 p.m., the Sanctuary:  Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James Loewen James Loewen's gripping retelling of American history as it should, and could, be taught, Lies My Teacher Told Me, has sold more than 800,000 copies and continues to inspire K-16 teachers to get students to challenge, rather than memorize, their textbooks.
Jim Loewen taught race relations for twenty years at the University of Vermont. Previously he taught at predominantly black Tougaloo College in Mississippi. He now lives in Washington, D.C., continuing his research on how Americans remember their past. Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong came out in 1999. The Gustavus Myers Foundation named his new book, Sundown Towns, a "Distinguished Book of 2005."
     His other books include Mississippi: Conflict and Change (co authored), which won the Lillian Smith Award for Best Southern Nonfiction but was rejected for public school text use by the State of Mississippi, leading to the path breaking First Amendment lawsuit, Loewen et al. v. Turnipseed, et al. He also wrote The Mississippi Chinese: Between Black and White, Social Science in the Courtroom, and The Truth About Columbus.
     He has been an expert witness in more than 50 civil rights, voting rights, and employment cases. His awards include the First Annual Spivack Award of the American Sociological Association for "sociological research applied to the field of intergroup relations," the American Book Award (for Lies My Teacher Told Me), and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship. He is also Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians.

 

Web of Life

 

When I was younger, springtime heralded the beginning of the water season or at least that is how I used to think about it.  Living in upstate Vermont on the banks of Lake Champlain my family became boaters.  When the spring flowers came out I knew it was the time to spend countless hours getting the boat ready for the water.  The day would come when we would go as a family and pick up the boat from the launching dock to take our first trip for the year.  We would cast off the dock and with the wind streaming through our hair we would start off into the fresh breeze free at last from the ties to the fertile earth.  I looked forward to the water season, full of splashing and swimming, late nights cuddled up to my parents watching the stars and early mornings rising with the sun eating breakfast as we plotted our next days journey.  There came a time when the boat was no more and the water season was much tamer as I swam in the small lake near my home in New Hampshire but the ritual of the beginning of spring stayed with me and to this day I yearn for spring to be so clearly delineated.  Still I know in my heart that this is the beginning of the water season and I cherish the invitation from the world around us to feel the wind through our hair, to reawaken our senses, and to embrace joy.

 

May it be so,

 

Amber

 

Strategic Planning Actions & Resource Committee News

 

On Friday, April 13th, 6 p.m. SPARC (Strategic Planning Actions & Resource Committee) will hold a social hour to talk with you and address any questions or concerns you may have about the work we are currently doing and plans for a new building!  For more information: sparc@uuca-md.org 

 

 

 

UUCA Book Club

 

The Book Club meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the church library.

For April 17 we have chosen The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards. Thus is  a moral-dilemma tale crafted around a lie.

Our selection for May 15 is Noah Feldman’s Divided by God: America’s church-state problem and what we should do about it.

If you have questions, contact Jackie Rocca at 410-349-8351. All are welcome to join us.

 

UU General Assembly

It’s coming up to that time of the year to plan for UU General Assembly. GA this year is in Portland, Oregon from Wednesday, June 20th through Sunday, June 24th. Check out the provisional program at the website www.uua.org/ga.

 

 

 

Welcoming, Caring & Connecting

 

 

Welcome new members!

We would like to welcome our newest members who signed the Membership Book on April 1:

Brad Day

Marty Day

Alexis Langsner

David Hehn Smith

Lauren Hehn Smith

Siobhán C. Percey

 

It’s good to have you with us!

Newcomer Talk & Tour”– Sunday, April 29, 12: 30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

 

You don’t have to wait until the next New UU class to get to know the Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis.  This 1-hour introduction provides an opportunity for newcomers to learn about the many programs and activities of the church as well as how to find your way around the buildings and grounds.  Advance registration is not required; all are invited to attend – please join us!

 

PASTORAL CARE TEAM NEWS

 

UUCA PASTORAL CARE TEAM IS HERE FOR YOU!

During the month of March Team Care Providers:

Provided 3 meals to a church members recovering from illnesses

Helped a member with some household tasks

Provided transportation to various appointments, for several members on 9 occasions

Visited a member admitted to Anne Arundel Medical Center

Made numerous phone calls to follow up on various individual care needs

Mailed 9 cards from the Care Corner

 

On March 25, more than 20 people attended the Pastoral Care Team’s workshop, “End of Life Journey and Sunday Supper”.  The workshop, facilitated by UUCA member and hospice chaplain, Rev. Katherine Klemstine, focused on how to be a caring presence to the terminally ill and their loved ones.

We would like to welcome three new Care Ministers to the Pastoral Care Team.  Nancy Eaton, Becky Morris and Rob Slawson joined the Team in March.

Are you in need of a caring friend who will listen, empathize, encourage and provide confidential care and patiently support you as you work through a crisis or difficult time?  Do you know a church member who could benefit from this type of care?  Then contact one of our Coordinators.  They can tell you more about our Pastoral Care Ministry and how you can be matched with a Care Minister.

 

Care Minister Coordinators:

Susan Eckert        (410) 266-8044 (weekdays)

Carol Friend         (410) 544-2846 (evenings, weekends)

Care Ministers:

Nancy Eaton       Jerri Kohler

Pat Fleeharty       Marge Matthews

Kathy Higdon       Becky Morris

Kathy Hughes`    Rob Slawson      

 

 

 

Faith Development

 

Religious exploration News

Guest At Your Table – Last Call!  The money collected for the UU Service Committee will be sent next week.  If you haven’t turned in your box yet, please remember to bring it in this Sunday. The U. U. Congregation at Shelter Rock in Manhasset, NY will match individual or family gifts of $75 or more, and $40 or more will make you a UUSC member.  We would be thankful if you could count the coins that you have collected, and write a check (payable to UU Service Committee).  Thank you for your participation.

Check your bookshelves, please!  The Religious Exploration is mainly a resource for our volunteer R.E. facilitators; it saves them a trip to the public library to find a story to fit the session they are leading.  A recent inventory of our R.E. library (housed in a hallway closet downstairs) showed that a lot of picture books are missing.  Please check your bookshelves at home, and return any books you may have borrowed (they are stamped “Unitarian Universalist Church - Religious Education” usually on the title page).  Just leave the books on the lower shelf of the R.E. library closet so they can be re-shelved in the proper place. 

Religious Exploration Idea Box: do you have comments and suggestions about the RE program?  Want to be part of a team to review the R.E. curriculum, and make recommendations for coming years?  Interested in joining a R.E. Futures Committee to make a long-range plan with our children and youth in mind?  Let us know by dropping a note into the “R.E. Idea Box” (found in the narthex and by the downstairs entrance).  Although the notes could be anonymous, it would be helpful to have names and contact information to facilitate further conversation.

Attention All Grandparents!  Subsidies are available for grandparents who want to bring grandchildren (and for grandchildren who want to bring grandparents) to UUMAC, the UU summer camp held at De Sales University in Center Valley, PA.  The subsidies come from the Zoë Falkenberg Memorial Fund, named in memory of a child who died in one of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.  Look at www.uumac.org for details about the camp, or talk to someone from our church who has been there!

 

 

Building Your Own Theology

 

This 8 week course invites each person to write their spiritual odyssey and examines a structure for a liberal theological model, varieties of religious experience, human nature, ultimate reality,  history, ethics and religious meaning.  Weekly journal writing as well as the class meetings assist participants in their work towards their own personal “credo statement”.

 

DATES: Thursdays starting April 26

TIME: 7:00—9:00 pm

FACILITATOR: Scott Eden

 

 

Plant Sale, April 22

 

If you haven't started potting up extra perennials or shrubs for the Plant Sale on Sunday, April 22, get busy.  We especially need shade-loving plants and native plants but will except anything except orange daylilies.  Please label you plant with its name and if it is a shade or sun lover.  Bring you plants to church starting at 8:00 am.  The sale runs from 8:30-12:30.  Master Gardeners will be available to help select plants and give instructions on building rain gardens. We are a Green Sanctuary and encourage water conservation and the use of native plants.  Beautiful flowering baskets will also be available just in time for May Day.  They are priced at $20. Call Martha Wilder at 410-757-6706 if you will not be at church on the 22nd and would like to order a hanging basket.  Call Ginny Klocko at 410-757-2820 regarding plants.

 

Womuunweb

Check out the new Spring 2007 Womuunweb, Continental Electronic Newsletter of UU Feminist Inspiration.  This issue of Womuunweb has the theme:  “The Future Comes Out of the Past” (Quoted from Harvard’s new President, Drew Gilpin Faust).  Articles include:

·       Our UU Women and Religion Past Is One of Shift-Shaping Herstory.   What Is Herstory?

·       New Directions for Women and Religion

·       What will UUWR be doing at GA? An Invitation to Participate

·       “Thirty Years Hence” Hymn Contest

·       Book review:   First Ladies: Symbols of News Media Discrimination

To download a printable PDF file, go to:  HYPERLINK http://www.uuwr.org/Womuunweb-Main.html.  If you don’t have access to the internet, a paper copy of the newsletter can be found in the Information Alcove on the church bulletin board.  Copies can be made in the church office.

 

 

 

 

The Joseph Priestly District of the UUA Presents:

The all new

Intergenerational

2007 Spring Conference

Spreading the Faith

April 27-29, 2007

 

Harrisburg Hilton

One North Second Street

Harrisburg, PA 17101

 

Featuring:

Keynote Speaker

Rev. Stefan Jonasson

UUA  Director for Large Congregations

 

Online registration available at; www.jpduua.org

 

 

 

366 readings from Taoism and Confucianism.

366 readings from Buddhism.  both of these attractive volumns are from Global Spirit Library, edited by Robert van de Weyer. 2000.

First volumn has accessible readings from Tao Te Ching, Chuang Tzu, and others and Kung Fu Tzu (Confucius) and his follower; and the second volumn are readings from  the 'enlightened one.' The reading of spiritual literature outside our tradition may result in more unity in this third millennium, it is hoped.

 Green Tables. poetry anthology of friends of UUCA. edited by Bonnie Schupp. 2006.  a collection of poetry. 

Wrestling With God; UU guide for skeptics and believers by Tom Owen-Towle. 2002.  a familiar journey to find God to "atheism, agnosticism, and affirmatism."

 Mind and Faith of A. Powell Davies edited by William O Douglas. 1959. We know him as the minister at All Souls, DC,  1944-1957. this is a collection of articles and reviews from magazines and newspapers and excerpts from his books.

Washington Unitarianism. Laurence C Staples. 1970.  150 years of Unitarianism in the nation's capital from Pres. Monroe's cabinet to the growth period of A Powell Davies Duncan Howlett. 

Our Unitarian Heritage; introduction to the history of the Unitarian movement by Earl Morse Wilbur. 1925.  from the Reformation through Poland, Transylvania, England to America, the touchpoints are all here.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Social Justice  & Outreach

UUSJ Maryland cluster meeting at the UU Congregation of Columbia Saturday, April 14, 8:30-12:30

Hear presentations by Josh Tulkin of Chesapeake Climate Action Network and Jean Athey of Washington Regional Religious Campaign Against Torture.  Catch up on UUSJ’s Green Buying program, UUAHC’s Green Building project, a film series for discussion on race, and legislative happenings this session.  Network with your neighboring congregations on topics of your choosing.  www.uusj.org. office@uusj.org. 301-588-1951.

 

Light house Shelter Thank you

 

Once again, our sincere thanks to the members of the UUCA for your continued support of the Light House Shelter through your special gifts to the food pantry.  One of our volunteers is quick to say, "There are no hungry people back here in this pantry," and we have been blessed with enough supplies to increase our distribution of food to individuals and families who need our support.  Thanks to Judy Graham and Jan Sprinkel who organized the drive and to all of you for your generous expression of love and concern for others.

May is approaching, and it is again time for members of UUCA to staff the office at the Light House Shelter. We, along with volunteers from the Annapolis Friends, provide office staff during the day on Saturdays and Sundays in May; shifts run from 9am to noon and noon to 4pm. Work involves answering the phone and checking guests in and out. If you would like to volunteer for a shift or have questions, please contact Al or Jacque Pulsifer, 410-626-1163 or ajpulsifer@verizon.net. An orientation session is scheduled for April 21 at 2pm at the Shelter. Also, an information table will be available in the Narthex on April 8 and 15 between 10 and 11am.

 

Habitat for Humanity Celebration

Now that our work is complete, please join us for the DEDICATION CEREMONY of the Cornish-Hatch home, our church's fourth Habitat build, on Saturday, 14 April 2007, at 11:00 a.m.  The home is located at 7804 Spencer Road, Glen Burnie, MD.  All friends and family are invited to join the celebration.  Refreshments will be provided.  Contact Pat Fleeharty at 410/268-9038 or pfleeharty@hotmail.com for more information.

 

GREEN TIPS from Green Sanctuary

Light Pollution

Ever go out in the country, look up at the sky, and marvel at the beauty of all those stars? Oh, my gosh, is that the Milky Way? Wish you could see that same sight a little closer to home in the city?  A lot of stargazers wish they could, too. It’s getting harder and harder to see that magnificent sight, and it’s happening farther and farther away from the big cities. An awful lot of unnecessary lights are on all night, every night. It’s called light pollution. So what can you do about it?

In honor of National Dark-Sky Week (www.ndsw.org) thousands of people keep unnecessary outdoor lights off during the week of the new moon in April. This year’s Dark-Sky Week is April 17 to 24.  Why not use that time to evaluate your outdoor lighting?  How much of it do you really need?  And how efficient is the rest?

Much outdoor lighting used today is excessive or misdirected, and much goes uselessly up into the sky.  The International Dark-Sky Association has estimated that inefficient and poorly designed outdoor lighting wastes at least a billion dollars annually in the United States. That wasted energy requires the burning of about 23 million barrels of oil or 6 million tons of coal.

You can spot bad lighting by the halo surrounding it. Well-designed outdoor lighting does not produce this glow, and you shouldn’t be directing light where it isn’t needed. To make sure light falls correctly (usually at the ground), look for adjustable fixtures with shielded sides and tops. You also can retrofit the fixtures you’ve already got by adding inexpensive shields.

You can also choose more efficient lights, such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs), sodium vapor lights and compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs). Use the minimum wattage for your needs, and add motion sensors to lights when feasible. (And, for an environmental two-fer, try solar-powered driveway/sidewalk lights – they soak up the sun’s energy during the day, and their LEDs glow modestly throughout the night.  Cheap and easy to install, too.) Check out www.darksky.org for more information on fixtures and installations. 

 

RIDE FOR SHELTER

 

Support the Light House Shelter by kicking off your spring with a family bike ride. The third annual Bike Annapolis ride is a family-friendly bicycling event with routes from 5-40 miles, free food, fun and games for kids, and even a 1-mile ride around the stadium for the youngest riders. If you don’t wish to ride, you can assure it is a great event by helping during the ride. All funds raised are donated to the Light House Shelter

WHEN: Sunday, April 15th.

Where: USNA stadium, Gate 5 (by the blue angel). Carpooling is encouraged as a fee is  charged for each and every car.

To register to ride or to volunteer to help, go to www.rideforshelter.com If you would like to get a group of UUCA members together to ride, contact Carrie at ckotcho@verizon.net.

Anti-racism Team News & Movie Night Schedule

 

Movie & Discussion Night
Monday, 16 April 2007, 7:00 p.m., the Sanctuary:  "Race To Execution"
With an emphasis on the capital punishment system, this gripping 2006 documentary probes how race discrimination infects our criminal justice system.  Tracing the fates of two death row inmates, the film highlights how critical race becomes; the race of the defendant, the jurors and the victim deeply influences the entire legal process from how a crime scene is investigated all the way to sentencing.
 Book Discussion Series
Wednesdays, 25 April to 23 May, 6:30-8:00 p.m., the RE Sanctuary:  "Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong" by James Loewen
James Loewen spent two years studying and comparing twelve widely-used American history textbooks. His findings were published in "Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your High School History Textbook Got Wrong." This book focuses not only on alleged errors or deliberate omissions in history textbooks but also on the lack of controversy that Loewen claims believes would make learning history exciting.
Join ARTT for a five-week book discussion series of "Lies My Teacher Told Me" in the RE Sanctuary on the lower level.
Contact Lisa lisa@malibuonline.com or Kathryn Hopecrownsville@aol.com for more details.
Movie & Discussion Night
Monday, 14 May 2007, 7:00 p.m., the Sanctuary:  "Wilderness Journey"
The film "Wilderness Journey" is a well crafted series of testimonies by first hand participants that unfolds a complicated, heart-wrenching time within our Unitarian Universalist religious movement that affects our work and attitudes toward systemic anti-racism today.  Wounds from this time run deep. Myths, unexamined prejudices, rigid blame and unprocessed guilt keep this trauma within our denomination alive under the surface of much of our work to heal, transform and invigorate anti-oppressive and anti-racist work.
This film is a gift of candor and a window of opportunity to authentically address a process in the past, full of intricacies and complications, without falling into self-righteous finger-pointing and blanket assumptions. It tells a story of people in varied stages of understanding and readiness for anti-racism that parallel places folk are in today. It tells a story of a denomination that was unprepared for transformation.

"Permanent Collection" Performance Discussion:
Saturday, August 4 and 11: The Anti-Racism Transformation Team will facilitate a discussion on "Permanent Collection" after the show.
In August 2007 the Dignity Players will be performing "Permanent Collection"
Loosely based on the real-life controversy surrounding Philadelphia's Barnes Foundation, a financially beleaguered institution that endured charges or racism under the aegis of its controversial black director, the play examines racial politics in a politically correct age, when a single untoward utterance can destroy a career that took a lifetime to build.
As the play opens, Sterling North, a prominent African-American marketing executive, has just been appointed director of the Morris Foundation, a collection of Impressionist art compiled by eccentric Alfred Morris, the museum's late founder.  Early in his tenure, North clashes with art historian Paul Barrow.  Outraged , the museum's late founder.  Early in his tenure, North clashes with art historian Paul Barrow.  Outraged that such treasures are kept out of the public eye, North wants to display some of the African collection currently in storage.  Equally passionate in his beliefs, Barrow is eager to honor the stipulations in Morris' will and preserve the collection unchanged.  Both North and Barrow claim to be acting out an unsullied love of art - but as their dispute grows more fractious, their unspoken resentments come to the fore.
For tickets and more information click here:
http://www.artsinwoods.org/permanentcollection.html

 

 

 

 

Bikkhuni Sobhana Leads Day of  Mindfulness at UUCA

The Mindfulness Practice Group Presents:

 A DAY OF MINDFULNESS

 Saturday, April 21, 2007

9:15 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

At the Unitarian Universalist church of Annapolis

 

The theme of the day will be mindfulness of volition, especially skillful taming of emotions.

We will practice mindfulness in chanting, movement, sitting meditation, walking meditation, a Dhamma talk, and a vegetarian lunch. Our ceremony will include an opportunity to receive the Five Precepts for the day.

Dress comfortably and bring a vegetarian dish to share at lunch. Bring your cushion if you prefer to sit on the floor.

For registration and questions, please e-mail MPG@uuca-md.org

Bhikkhuni Sobhana, a member of the monastic community at the Bhavana Society, will lead the day. She has studied and worked with Bhante Gunaratana, the founder and Abbot of the Bhavana Society, since 1989. Within Buddhism, she first found the way out of suffering and later discovered the aspiration for teaching the Dhamma. Following the death of her parents and life partner, she had the freedom to enter monastic life. She received samaneri ordination from Bhante Gunaratana in 2003, and full, bhikkhuni ordination in Sri Lanka in 2006. The Bhavana Society is a Forest Monastery and Retreat Center in the Theravada Buddhist Tradition, located in rural West Virginia.

Your generous contribution will be shared by the Bhavana Society and the Mindfulness Practice Group of Annapolis.

 

 

 

 

 

333 Coffeehouse at the UU Church of Annapolis

Friday, April 20, 2007, 8:00 PM

 

Mad Agnes

Using rich, heart-rending three-part harmonies, seasoned musicianship, and clever songwriting, Mad Agnes delights, incites, and heals.

 

 

 

 

Admission $10 ($8 senior/$5 student) Web site: www.fsgw.org/333

Coming Friday, May 18, 2007: Greentree (Griffith, Creed, Marshall, and Nahay)

 

 

 

 

 

 

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis is to serve the congregation and the community and to affirm the universal spirit of human dignity by creating an environment that challenges, inspires, encourages and supports the quest for religious fulfillment.

We are committed to the church as an institution, to social justice, to liberal religious education, to mutual caring and support, and to the value of diversity.

We invite all persons of every faith and background to engage in a search for truth. We believe in the dignity and worth of every human being and in freedom of expression. We strive to care about each other and the health of our community and the world.

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