All Blog Posts Tagged 'GA' (8)

It's a way to participate in a part of the events in Phoenix during GA:  Cedar Lane UU is going to set up a large screen and stream the bigger plenaries, the Sunday Morning Worship, and the Sat, night Ware lecture.

Those of us who can not be in Phoenix should go together to participate virtually with other area UUs. If we can get car pools for even just one session -- let's go to the Ware Lecture. This year's lecturer is journalist Maria Hinojosa, who has been named…

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Here's another video from General Assembly to prepare you for the GA service this Sunday, July 10, at 10.  This one shows the Standing on the Side of Love march and demonstration in support of marriage equality in North Carolina and the US.  It was a very moving experience.  You can check it out here:  http://www.uua.org/justice/issues/bgltequality/ga/184808.shtml

 

To get you in the mood for Sunday's General Assembly service, here's a short video put together by the UUA:  http://vimeo.com/25417729

I am thrilled that New York has voted for Marriage Equality, though I agree with my son Brendan who wrote on Facebook that, "I'm sad that there had to be a VOTE to allow people such a basic human right and even more sad that the rest of the country can't even do that.  Congratulations New York!"  And I'm proud that… Continue

Friday highlights from General Assembly:

- "Creating Peace" Statement of Conscience (SOC) was passed overwhelmingly after a one year delay and many revisions during work sessions and floor amendments at this GA. This new SOC grew out of the "Peacemaking" SOC of 2006-10.…

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Finally arrived Wednesday night after three flight delays (summer thunderstorms) and then the hotel bumped us for a night to a different hotel. So, missed the banner parade during the opening session where several of our youth carried our banner. But now I'm settled in and at the 49th Annual General Assembly (GA) UU annual meeting of congregations in Minneapolis, MN. There are about 24+ UUCA members at GA soaking in all that…

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I loved being back at UUCA yesterday after my sabbatical. I felt warmly welcomed by everyone, and I was impressed with the energy and all that has been accomplished over the last few months. Now I'm catching up with all that I've missed with many emails, meetings, and calls, but it feels good.



I also wanted to remind you to be thinking of attending the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly this year in Minneapolis from June 23 to 28. This is our annual get-together and liberal… Continue

The UUA General Assembly in Salt Lake City last week was quite a revival. We said goodbye to Bill Sinkford, our president for eight years, and we elected Rev. Peter Morales as our new president. There were many excellent workshops, worship services, lectures, concerts, and other events. The next best thing to being there is to check out the notes on most of the events at this site: http://uua.org/events/generalassembly/2009/index.shtml



This is a treasure trove of information and… Continue