USH-Enews July 3, 2008

USH-Enews For July 3, 2008

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Alight, stay awhile, it's Summer! - Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) on Butterfly Bush ( Pink Buddleia)

The USH-Enews is a weekly email newsletter produced for members and friends of the Unitarian Society of Hartford. The USH web address is: http://www.ushartford.com/ Check at the end of this USH-Enews for information on submissions, subscriptions and escape from the mailing list. And, to read the monthly Meetinghouse Messenger (newsletter) on the web or to find past issues of the weekly USH-Enews click here.

Office hours: Rev. Jamestone: Phone: 860 233-9897; Email: RevBJ@USHartford.com - Rev. BJ office hours by appointment.

Showy Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium reginae) Worshipping Together Since 1830
Summer Services at 10 AM

Sunday - July 6th The Quantum, the Cosmos, and Doing the Right Thing - The new physics provides us with a bold awareness and fresh insights into our relationship to the universe and to each other. What is this remarkable new understanding? - Ron Mallett

About the Speaker: Professor Ronald L. Mallett received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D.degrees in physics all from the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Mallett worked for United Technologies 1973-5, and in 1975 joined the physics faculty at the University of Connecticut, in Storrs, where he has been a professor of theoretical physics ever since. He has published numerous papers on black holes and cosmology in professional journals. His recent research on time travel has been featured extensively in the media around the world, including New Scientist, the Village Voice, the Boston Globe, the Hartford Courant, Rolling Stone magazine, Pravda (Moscow), The Wall Street Journal, The Learning Channel, The Science Channel , The History Channel as well as many radio stations worldwide.

Professor Mallett's recently published memoir "Time Traveler" is a compelling and human story of a man whose deep childhood trauma drove him on a quest to build a time machine. The book has been translated into Korean and Chinese and is to be made into a feature film by Spike Lee.

During coffee hour Ron Mallett will show a brief segment from the History Channel program, Unexplained Mysteries - Time Travel. Following the video, he will facilitate a conversation about his sermon.

Music -

REflections on Children's Programming

The mission of Unitarian Universalist religious education is to create and sustain an intergenerational community of truthfulness and service, holiness and love." ~Rev. Tom Owen Towle

Perennial Wisdom

Science is the theme of this Sunday's lesson, including some creative projects!

What Else is Happening & Announcements

The June-August Meetinghouse Messenger is available.

Who Will I Be When I Grow Up?, the sermon last week delivered with audio frustrations is now available in written form on the web.

The Greater Hartford Interfaith Coalition for Equity and Justice(GHICEJ) - “A Faith Movement Acting for a Just Society” More

Caring Network - You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late. -- by Ralph Waldo Emerson - If you know of any member experiencing some difficulty, please contact Diana Heymann, Chair of the Caring Network(heydiana(at symbol)comcast.net) 860.461.0908 or call the office so we can provide some assistance. A wide range of community services is also available to those in need by calling InfoLine at 211. Please contact Diana if you are able to volunteer your services.

Further Down The Road (About 30 Days)

Painters Needed - In August a team of painters, not necessarily the artistic type, will enhance the appearance of another classroom. More

Alerting ALL Women-Folk at USH - Save the Date: October 24-26. More

External Events and Educational Notes

Window To Islam - An Interactive Symposium - Saturday, July 5, 2008 - 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. - CT Convention Center - 100 Columbus Boulevard - Hartford, 06103

Free - Lunch served - info@whyislam.org
877-Why-Islam - www.WhyIslam.org

"...a diverse interactive gathering providing a forum for people of all faiths and backgrounds to discuss a range of socio-religious issues pertaining to Islam and America. This entire day program features Informative Sessions, Extensive Q&A Sessions, Cultural Bazaar, Art Exhibitions, Cross Culture Interaction, and much more!" -

From the Editor:

This Week’s Feature Articles

Your Thoughts On Use Of Listservs Solicited - Dear Fellow USH Members and Friends,

Recently several different listservs received an email from an external organization pushing a particular partisan agenda.

For ease of use, our listservs may be used by anybody on the planet to address various groups, though the software excludes self-subscription, self-requested listserv listings and similar commands. Usually listservs are used by those who are listed among the subscribers. By policy, the list of listservs, and members of listservs, are not available beyond webmaster, minister and office staff. This is because we do not care to receive email directed to the listservs from random individuals around the planet. Last year we renamed various listservs and increased protection on them because spammers had obtained their addresses. Various individuals do know what listservs they tend to use and the reasons therefore.

Members of particular listservs receive the list of subscribers in most cases, but not in all cases. Upon request to the webmaster, no name, phone number or email address will ever appear on the web. The grand list of USH-Enews subscribers is not distributed.

So folks, this is more or less where we are in a policy sense.

To these working "rules," we might add some additional recommendations to USH Members and Friends

1. Please do not turn over any listserv address to external organizations.

2. Please confine your communications to the specific listserv dealing with your subject, i.e., please avoid electronic copies to other listservs as this creates email bloat.

3. Generally, write a communication for a particular listserv. Please avoid sending a general communication to a bunch of other email addresses with two or three listservs tossed in for additional coverage (actually the listserv software tends to discourage this in some egregious cases).

4. (What might we add here?)

This article is a USH Blog. This Blog is now open for your comments and suggestions and will continue to be available for a week or so. Check back from time to time to read comments and perhaps add additional comments. - DCN Webmaster

On the Calendar

Friday, July 4 - Independence Day
OFFICE & BUILDING CLOSED

Sunday, July 6
10:00 am WORSHIP SERVICE, SANCTUARY
11:00 pm Coffee Hour, Fellowship Hall
3:00 pm Rental, Chapel

Tuesday, July 8
7:00 pm Small Group Ministry, David’s Den
8:00 pm AA, Fellowship Hall

Wednesday, July 9
6:00 pm Dharma Gathering, Emerson
7:30 pm NVC Practice Group, Emerson

Friday, July 11
1:00 pm Transitional Group, Library
8:00 pm Hartford Opera Theatre rehearsal

Saturday, July 12
10:00 am The Way Ministries, Chapel
7:30 pm Hartford Opera Theatre benefit concert

Sunday, July 13
10:00 am WORSHIP SERVICE, SANCTUARY
11:00 am Coffee Hour, Fellowship Hall
3:00 pm Rental, Chapel

Italicized entries are non-USH events.
Please notify Brian Mullen of all additions or changes to the calendar. Follow this Link to all our scheduled events!

A Matter of Opinion: (space for comment on USH issues from members and friends) - Editor retains the right to make minor changes – letters should be issue oriented

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Nuts and Bolts: The member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association covenant to affirm and promote: the inherent worth and dignity of every person; justice, equity, and compassion in human relations; acceptance of one another and encouragement of spiritual growth in our congregations; a free and responsible search for truth and meaning; the right of conscience and the use of the democratic process, within our congregations and in society at large; the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all; respect for the interdependent web of all existence, of which we are a part.

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