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Dale Enterprise School A talk presented to the Harrisonburg Unitarian-Universalist Church on the Occasion of the 100 th Anniversary of the Schoolhouse. Dale MacAllister July 19, 2009 Fifty-seven years ago last month, another centennial celebration was held in this very building. In June 1952 a large celebration was organized to mark 100 years since Walnut Grove School opened down the hill from here, just on the other side of Cooks Creek. The event was organized to celebr

Presented by Eric LaFreniere 6.21.09 Chalice Lighting: “Olympism exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, mind, and will“ Good Morning! And Happy Father's Day. Father's Day. I hope that a service on the relationship between sports and religion makes good sense on today in particular. Actually, I was inspired by an associate who, knowing that I'm not a huge fan of either popular religion or popular sports, sent me a youtube link to a commercial for

Rev. Emma Chattin May 10, 2009 First Reading ~ from John 19:25-27 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, Mary, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Dear woman, here is your son, " and to the disciple he said, “See, here is your mother." From that time on, the disciple took her into his home. Second Reading ~ from Nancy Friday in My Mothe

Responses to the Sermon on Evolution: Perpetual Easter. Looking for peoples' responses to the sermon but also to the topic of Evolution. What does it mean to you?

by Cheryl Talley, Ph.D. April 5, 2009 I began my 50 week negativity fast on Monday, November 26, 2007 as an act of desperation. The fast from all news media was an alternative plan from abstaining from all food for a year...which had been a very fleeting thought. I remembered the benefit of fasting from food from back in my early thirties. Back then I had been in a church that advocated periodic fasting as part of a spiritual discipline. The longest period I had fasted was