Northwoods Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Brainerd/Pine River MN
October 27, 2013
NUUF met today at Arbor Glen in Brainerd. The scheduled service was to feature a speaker on sustainable gardening and foods. Instead, we heard a sermon given by Kathleen Rollings, UU Pastor, on Stealing Jesus, about how the historical Jesus was coopted by other religious groups and symbolized. Potluck lunch followed, and discussion of ideas on increasing visibility in the community.
The next event is on November 8, the showing of Dirty Oil at Happy Dancing Turtle in Pine River, at 5am, potluck; and on November 9, some members are traveling to Underwood for a workshop on building congregations. We will be presenting on the Resolution and Travelin Truth Telling Tour. On November 23rd there will be a meeting at Mary's house for the harvest season.
Submitted by Mary DeYoung, News Director
NORTHWOODS UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Post 19
Northwoods Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Brainerd/Pine River, MN
October 13, 2013
As things are progressing on the NUUF/HUG presentations on gas and oil development, the dates have been fixed. First, November 8, the film Dirty Oil. Secondly, November 22, Marty Kobenais' slide presentation on tar sands. Third, on December 6, Gasland. These are all on Friday nights, starting at 5; please bring a dish if you can (my experience at these things is that there is always too much food, so don't worry if you cannot oblige, come anyway!) We are hoping to expand information on these topics. The matter of Enbridge pipeline expansion into Cass County is getting close to decision time; the Public Utilities Commission will decide on the application by Enbridge for approval shortly. The more citizens know, the better able we will all be to talk about and bring actions appropriate to the concerns.
Our meeting on October 12 was a showing of a DVD on the history of American Unitarianism, borrowed from Fargo-Morehead UUs. Part III of a six-part series, it traced the development of Unitarians from late 18th C into mid-19th. The founders of the movement of the time included Joseph Priestley, William Ellery Channing, Theodore Parker, Margaret Fuller and RW Emerson. The evolution was tracked in New England from the Congregationalists through the Socian and Arian ideas that branched to form two ideas about Unitarianism, which finally resulted in the Socian view in major adoption to this day, which propounds a human prophet in Jesus, and repudiation of the Trinity. We will see if more of these DVDs are wanted for programs; this one was surely well done in lecture form, very instructive.
Submitted by Mary DeYoung, News Director
October 13, 2013
As things are progressing on the NUUF/HUG presentations on gas and oil development, the dates have been fixed. First, November 8, the film Dirty Oil. Secondly, November 22, Marty Kobenais' slide presentation on tar sands. Third, on December 6, Gasland. These are all on Friday nights, starting at 5; please bring a dish if you can (my experience at these things is that there is always too much food, so don't worry if you cannot oblige, come anyway!) We are hoping to expand information on these topics. The matter of Enbridge pipeline expansion into Cass County is getting close to decision time; the Public Utilities Commission will decide on the application by Enbridge for approval shortly. The more citizens know, the better able we will all be to talk about and bring actions appropriate to the concerns.
Our meeting on October 12 was a showing of a DVD on the history of American Unitarianism, borrowed from Fargo-Morehead UUs. Part III of a six-part series, it traced the development of Unitarians from late 18th C into mid-19th. The founders of the movement of the time included Joseph Priestley, William Ellery Channing, Theodore Parker, Margaret Fuller and RW Emerson. The evolution was tracked in New England from the Congregationalists through the Socian and Arian ideas that branched to form two ideas about Unitarianism, which finally resulted in the Socian view in major adoption to this day, which propounds a human prophet in Jesus, and repudiation of the Trinity. We will see if more of these DVDs are wanted for programs; this one was surely well done in lecture form, very instructive.
Submitted by Mary DeYoung, News Director
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Post 18
Northwoods Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Brainerd/Pine River MN
October 9, 2013
Today we met with Barb Beck, on the HUG campus, regarding partnering on presentations of Dirty Oil and Gasland in the coming weeks. These two DVDs will go along with a presentation by Marty Kobenau on oil exploitation and environmental issues. We are thinking about three separate meetings, starting on November 8 with Dirty Oil. A potluck dinner at 5 will be followed by the film and discussion, at the HUG campus.
Marty is a member of the Indian Environmental Network and on the board of the MN Sierra Club, a member of the Red Lake Tribe. Tentatively, he would be speaking on November 29. The third meeting will be on Gasland, tentatively December 13. Notices will go out locally and by press release.
Mary DeYoung, News Director 218-587-2543
October 9, 2013
Today we met with Barb Beck, on the HUG campus, regarding partnering on presentations of Dirty Oil and Gasland in the coming weeks. These two DVDs will go along with a presentation by Marty Kobenau on oil exploitation and environmental issues. We are thinking about three separate meetings, starting on November 8 with Dirty Oil. A potluck dinner at 5 will be followed by the film and discussion, at the HUG campus.
Marty is a member of the Indian Environmental Network and on the board of the MN Sierra Club, a member of the Red Lake Tribe. Tentatively, he would be speaking on November 29. The third meeting will be on Gasland, tentatively December 13. Notices will go out locally and by press release.
Mary DeYoung, News Director 218-587-2543
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