Rogue Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

Join us for a 25-year tradition breakfast at Geppetto's at 9:00 AM, 345 E. Main St., walking distance from RVUUF. Contact: Elizabeth Baxter.

Walt Whitman says that poets settle justice, reality and immortality. They assist in forming religions, politics, war, peace, and romance. What he means is that the deepest realities in our lives can best be expressed in the metaphor of poetry. Come with your hopes and dreams; be with us this the final Sunday of candidating week and witness the mystery at the threshold. Rev. Julie Forest the candidate for settled ministry at RVUUF.

Order of Service

Important Semi-annual Congregational Meeting after the service.

The Social Justice Committee has selected the Northwest Seasonal Workers Association (NSWA) to receive our May Third-Sunday Offering. NSWA provides food, clothes, medical care, dental care and legal advice for seasonal and low-paid workers in our community. It is an all-volunteer membership organization which does not accept government money. Alec Lamoreaux is our guest speaker this morning. He will also join us for coffee after our service to answer any questions you might have about NSWA.

Deadline for newsletter article submission: 12:00 noon

Note: the Jun/Jul issue covers 2 months.

This is both (1) the Fellowship’s May semi-annual business meeting and (2) an imbedded special meeting to vote on whether to call the Rev. Julie Forest to settle with us as our Minister. The RVUUF Bylaws stipulate a quorum of 66% of the Members for a special meeting to call a Minister, rather than the 20 percent required for other business meetings. Accordingly, it is extremely important that you participate in this combined meeting on May 18th.

Members, please come to the front to sign in. Please pick up two ballots—one for the minister and one for the yearly election.

Meeting agenda; proposed Bylaws change; nominees for Board, Nominating and Endowment

We will stay today for the sandwiches and congregational meeting. Questions, look for Bev Barber after the services.

All are welcome. The group discusses contemporary issues and ideas usually from an optional short reading. We meet every first and third Sunday under the balcony from 3:00-5:00. You can check out our web page at: http://mywebpage.netscape.com/RogueHumanists/home.htm

"God’s Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question -- Why We Suffer" We will listen to a Fresh Air interview with Bart Ehrman about his new book exploring how the Bible inadequately addresses the problem of why there is so much excruciation pain and unspeakable suffering in the world. There will be no reading for this program.

Home of Eileen Adee. We will read excerpts from and discuss another chapter of Matthew Fox's Original Blessing. Bring some new quotations for the "common bowl."