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 DA
Is Here. Hundreds of UUs from Arizona, southern Nevada and Southern
California will be in San Diego this weekend
attending District Assembly at the Marriott Del Mar (above
photo).
The annual Pacific Southwest District event kicks off Friday
afternoon with registration, followed that night by the Banner
Parade, an opening Celebration, and a keynote address by
Rev. Dr. Marilyn Sewell, senior minister of First Unitarian
Church in Portland, Oregon.
On Saturday morning, Rev.
Kathleen Green of Summit UU Fellowship
and Rev. Kathleen Owens of First UU Church join other UU
ministers in leading the Worship Service. Saturday is filled
with workshops and events, capped off with a banquet, entertainment
and awards.
The
Worship Service on Sunday morning at 11 features joint
choirs and
drummers from Chalice UU Congregation, Palomar
UU Fellowship and UU Fellowship of San Dieguito. Rev.
Dr. Beth Johnson of Palomar and Rev. Tom
Owen-Towle of San Dieguito
will be preaching on the District Assembly theme of “Weaving
the Tapestry of the Beloved Community.”
The Service Project for DA is San Diego Food Not Lawns.
Please be sure to visit its booth to learn more about this
organization and, if you like, to make a donation. There
will be another opportunity to donate to SDFNL during the
Sunday service.
Also, during DA you will have an opportunity to visit the
display area where vendors will offer a variety of items.
District
Assembly concludes on Sunday afternoon. For more information
about DA go to the PSWD
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|
Breaking News |
| Philippine
UUs. The following article was written by Len
Pellettieri, a member of First UU Church of San Diego who chairs the Philippine
Partner Church Committee.
“From
March 2 to 15, five pioneers from First Church toured Manila
and the island of Negros, visiting seven of
the 27 UU churches in the Philippines, including our sister-church,
Malingin. It was a whirlwind Peace-Corps-type pilgrimage.
We planted seeds for several substantial projects such as:
a safe electrical system for a village, plans for production
of a Ready To Use Food (think vitamin-enriched peanut butter),
technical help with a coastal-erosion problem, and a collaboration
between our headquarters and the main public library in Dumaguete
to install a ten-carrel computer room.”
“And
that's not even mentioning the presents, inspiration, faith
and love we exchanged with the scores of friendly people
we met.”
“We
even visited the grave of Rev. Toribio S. Quimada. Who
was he? How did he come to be a UU? How and why was he
eventually shot and burned to death in his own home? We're
continuing to work on these and other projects, and intend
to report to the congregation (and San Diego Cluster) in
detail, with photos and answers to your questions, probably
in June.”
In addition to Len, the four from First Church who visited
the Philippines were: Rev. Carolyn Owen- Towle, Kathleen
MacLeod, Lisa Hartman, and Len's wife, Mary Rose. Len is
also a member of the San Diego Cluster's Inreach and Outreach
board or CIAO. |
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| Events |
Friday-Sunday/April
25-27/Marriott Del Mar. District
Assembly comes to San Diego.
Saturday/June 14/First Church. Ruslan Biryukov (cello),
Mary Au (piano) and Alan Busteed (violin) will perform
as part of the Spring Concert Series beginning at 7:30
p.m.
Wednesday-Sunday/June 25-29/Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Annual
General Assembly. For registration and information see www.uua.org/events/generalassembly/.
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| Cluster
Buzz |
Choir
Director. Susan Simpson, a music teacher in Ramona
whose husband, Andy, is a member of Summit
UU Fellowship, is the new Choir Director at Summit. On May 18, she'll lead
the Choir for the first time during a service.
Position
Open. Chalice UU Congregation is looking for a
new Religious Education Coordinator. This is a part-time,
25-hour per week position paying $21,500.00. For more information
and a job description, contact Paula Gonzales at chaliceoffice@sbcglobal.net or (760) 737-0393. May 2 is the application deadline.
Radio
Spots. Anyone heard the UU weekend spots on
KPBS (“A Way with Words”)
and XLNC (104.9), the classical music station? If so,
please e-mail Len Pellettieri at lenp@cox.net and let him know what you think.
Time Magazine. The April 14 issue of Time magazine has the
first of two ads that will run as part of Phase II of Unitarian Universalism's National
Marketing Campaign. The second will
appear in the May 12 issue on newsstands May 2.
Please submit newsletter items to mkruming@aol.com at
least three weeks in advance.
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