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Summer Reading 2018 – Centering

Racial Diversity Church-wide Reading
Many leaders, members and friends of this congregation joined this spring in making a commitment to keep the study of racial diversity and cultural bias central and ongoing in our community spiritual practice. To that end, everyone is invited to read Centering edited by Mitra Rahnema, with over the next few months. We will form small groups in the fall to
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Summer Reading 2018 – Holy Conversations

Reading for Strategic Planning. 
Not only are we starting over from the beginning. we are starting over from before the beginning. What does it mean to do strategic planning in our church? How can we listen to the greatest number of voices and still find a clear path? Without a common language for God, the sacred or the transcendent, how can we find and hold a powerful enough motivation for our work?
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July 2018 Read – WBC

Women’s Book Club
July’s Book for The Women’s Book Club is, “Lily’s Song” by Susan Gabriel: A mother’s secrets, a daughter’s dream, and a family’s loyalty are masterfully interwoven in this much anticipated sequel to Amazon #1 bestseller The Secret Sense of Wildflower. “Wildflower” McAllister’s daughter, Lily, now 14, struggles with her mother’s
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Extra Help in July for Salvation Army Soup Kitchen

We are in need of more volunteers than usual for the Salvation Army soup kitchen in July since two church members who help every week will not be available then. Please help if you can. Church volunteers work every Tuesday from 11:30 to 1:30. There is a signup sheet on the bulletin board at church: sign this or contact Sandy Hochel at 648-6071 or sandyhochel@bellsouth.net
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Jerusalem in the Memorial Garden

This is the first year of blooming for the second generation Lily from the Garden of Gethsemane in Jerusalem. The first generation bulbs were grown from seeds brought back from the women’s monastery of St. Mary Magdalene located in the Garden of Gethsemane, Jerusalem. The monastery is under the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad. The Garden of Gethsemane is where it… more

AUUC Expresses Gratitude for Erika Bolin, our new Kiva facilitator

Erika will now manage our Kiva account, selecting worthy causes to receive funding to support the success of others. Thank you to Erika and all AUUC volunteers for their continued efforts to be the change.

 

What is Kiva?

“Kiva is an international nonprofit, founded in 2005 and based in San Francisco, with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. We celebrate and … more