This Month's Service Titles

 

JULY 6         “Life’s Work:  Letting Your Life Speak”                                                     Sue Eberly

Sue and Lee have three children, Beth, Sarah, and Ben; and three grandchildren, Elijah, Jillian, and Kate. Sue has been a teacher (3rd grade, high school, university); an assistant museum director; a public relations writer; an editor, author, webmaster, and advocate at the UI Center for Disabilities and Development; and a gardener. Her topic today will be “Pointing to the Rose.”

                       9:30 AM    One Service Only

                      10:30 AM  Refreshments and conversation in Channing Hall

                      11:00 AM  Young Adults, Channing Hall

 

 

JULY 13       “Life’s Work:  Letting Your Life Speak”                                                     Al Thomas

Al Thomas has been UUSIC members for about 25 years.  He and his wife, Betty, are the parents of three grown children.  Al’s talk is entitled “The Importance of Words”.

                       9:30 AM    One Service Only

                     10:30 AM  Refreshments and conversation in Channing Hall

                     11:00 AM  Young Adults, Fireside

 

 

JuLY 20       “Life’s Work:  Letting Your Life Speak”     Angela Oldenburg & Rev. Nancy Haley

Angela Oldenburg has attended the UUSIC for two and a half years and is a meditating member of the Buddhist Sanga, and a Worship Associate.  A nursing doctoral student at the University of Iowa by day, her studies and voluntary interests focus on increasing health resources for marginal populations.  She will speak about Exploring the Routes/Roots of Compassion; how her vocation as nurse, working with marginal communities, and her personal spiritual quest all fit together. Rev. Nancy Haley will give “The Last Sermon”. In the face of all that has happened in the last month, I feel very fortunate.  I am filled with gratitude to everyone who extends a helping hand.

                       9:30 AM    One Service Only

                     10:30 AM  Refreshments and conversation in Channing Hall

                     11:00 AM  Young Adults, Fireside

 

JULY 27       “Life’s Work:  Letting Your Life Speak”                                                    Cliff Missen

All the world’s major religions tell us that we truly come into being when we get out of our own heads and focus on serving the greater good.  But is it really service when our efforts to help others improve our own lives?   And what about when our own agenda, understandings, and needs do not necessarily serve our intended victims?  Cliff Missen will address some of these conundrums that he’s encountered during his life-long confusing, rewarding, and fumbling attempts at service.  Cliff is the director of the WiderNet Project, a service program at the University of Iowa’s School of Library and Information Science.  He has worked around African development projects since 1982.  He plays with the Yahoo Drummers and teaches people to drill water wells in his spare time.

                       9:30 AM    One Service Only

                     10:30 AM  Refreshments and conversation in Channing Hall

                     11:00 AM  Young Adults, Fireside

 

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