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March 12, 2008 NOTE: This agenda reflects items to be considered at a regular meeting of the Board of Directors. Additional items of new business may be added at the board meeting. An updated agenda is available from the Church Office on the day of the board meeting. 1. Check-in [6:30 p.m.] 2. Call to order & identification of new business items: [6:45 p.m.] 3. Discussion and approval of minutes: Dayla McDonald |
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March 13, 2007 Note: This tentative board agenda reflects items to be considered at a regular meeting of the Board of Directors. Additional items of new business may be added at the board meeting. An updated agenda is available from the Church Office on the day of the board meeting. 1. Check-in & circulation of sign up sheet for New Member Dinner 4/14/07 [6:30 p.m.] 2. Call to order & identification of new business items: [6:45 p.m.] 3. Discussion and approval of minutes: Dayla McDonald [6:50 p.m.] |
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March, 2004The FIA Bulletin is Available OnlineThe goal of the FIA Bulletin is to publish original stories, essays, letters,poems, photographs, and related material created by church members in supportof the witness and advocacy program of our church. The views expressed are those of the individual authors. Articles should notbe construed as official position statements of our church unless clearly identifiedas such. Editing is guided by an editorial board consisting of church members. The first issue of the FIA Bulletin was mailed to everyone on the church newslettermailing list on March 15, 2003. Subsequent issues have been published as electronicdocuments. Our most recent issue (Winter 2003-2004) was publishedelectronically on February 14. Printed copies may be found on the FIA tablein Forbes Hall. The lead article in the Winter issue summarizes the results of our annual reviewof UUA/Commission on Social Witness proposals on February 8. Of particular notewas our decision to engage in the Study/Action Issue on penal reform. PatrickJ. Barbush will lead this effort. We also held a straw vote to prioritize fourproposed Study/Action Issues to be considered at General Assembly in June. Aproposal on gay marriage was the strong favorite of those congregants attendingthe meeting. The Winter issue contains a rich blend of essays, news articles, photographs,and a poem. As always, the issue is dedicated to the original creative workof our congregants, with a strong emphasis on potential witness and advocacyissues. We hope you will find it engaging. With few exceptions, the FIA Bulletin has been well received by the membersof our congregation with computer access to the Internet. But how do other membersfeel about the FIA Bulletin? Is our current approach to distribution adequateto the needs of our congregation? Are there other suggestions for improvingthe FIA Bulletin? Wouldn't you like to contribute an essay, photograph, or poemof your own for possible publication? Questions, comments, suggestions, andcreative work for publication are welcome. They can be placed in the FIA boxin the church office or sent to me. --Charles Haskell, Editor, FIA Bulletin, Chair, Faith in Action Commission |
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March, 2004The FIA Bulletin is Available OnlineThe goal of the FIA Bulletin is to publish original stories, essays, letters, poems, photographs, and related material created by church members in support of the witness and advocacy program of our church. The views expressed are those of the individual authors. Articles should not be construed as official position statements of our church unless clearly identified as such. Editing is guided by an editorial board consisting of church members. |
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March, 2005Peace Prevails at Our Town Hall MeetingIn addition to our annual issues election each September, Faith in Action (FIA)sponsors a town hall meeting each winter to review witness and advocacy materialsprovided on the web site of the Commissionon Social Witness of the Unitarian Universalist Association ). We also considerpossible mid-church-year corrections of our own social action priorities. Thisyear's town hall meeting was held February 13, with 25 people attending. We briefly reviewed thedraft of the upcoming UUA Statement of Conscience on Criminal Justice and PenalReform. Next we discussed the 2004 |
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March, 2005Peace Prevails at Our Town Hall MeetingIn addition to our annual issues election each September, Faith in Action (FIA) sponsors a town hall meeting each winter to review witness and advocacy materials provided on the web site of the Commission on Social Witness of the Unitarian Universalist Association ). We also consider possible mid-church-year corrections of our own social action priorities. This year's town hall meeting was held February 13, with 25 people attending. |
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March, 2006The FIA Bulletin is Available OnlineIn March 2003 the first issue of the Faith in Action Bulletin was published. It summarized the history of Faith in Action in our church and featured essays on the Bush Doctrine, Civil Liberties, our Welcoming Congregation process, and the Hunger Task Force. That issue was mailed to all church members, but subsequent issues have been published electronically. The ninth issue of this publication is now available at http://www.uusm.org/faithinaction/fiawinter06.pdf. |
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March, 2006The FIA Bulletin is Available OnlineIn March 2003 the first issue of the Faith in Action Bulletin was published.It summarized the history of Faith in Action in our church and featured essayson the Bush Doctrine, Civil Liberties, our Welcoming Congregation process, andthe Hunger Task Force. That issue was mailed to all church members, but subsequentissues have been published electronically. The ninth issue of this publicationis now available at http://www.uusm.org/faithinaction/fiawinter06.pdf.It can also be found at the Faith in Action table in Forbes Hall. The current issue features an essay by our minister emeritus, the Rev. ErniePipes, entitled "When deception prevails." Additional essays include "Does torturework?" by Max Epstein, "What if the U.S. considered Osama Bin Laden's trucebid?" by Arvid Knudsen, and "Why I'm proud of my VA service," by Charles Haskell.The issue closes with the text of the UUA Study/Action Issue for 2005-07 entitled"Moral values for a pluralistic society." I want to thank Liz Fuller for her crucial role in developing the electronicdocuments and website information for our Faith in Action program. Liz is asuperb editor. She has been enormously helpful in refining every issue of theFaith in Action Bulletin over the last three years. She has also been responsiblefor the electronic publication of the bulletin. Furthermore, as our church'swebmaster, Liz has recently completed a comprehensive revision of Faith in Actioninformation on our church's website. She has done a wonderful job of makingFaith in Action information more widely available. I am grateful for her dedicationand skill in helping our Faith in Action program. - Charles Haskell Chair, Faith in Action Commission
We Packed Six Tons of Food in Two Hours
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March, 2008Interweave Seeks Help for Common GroundInterweave, our affiliate group for bisexuals, gays, lesbians, and transgenders, and their friends and allies, will be collecting jeans and sweatshirts for homeless youth who seek services at Common Ground, the Westside HIV Community Center. Common Ground, located at 2012 Lincoln Blvd. |
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March, 2011Thirty View Peace FilmIn an event at our church sponsored by our Peace andSocial Justice Committee, 30 people saw a film January 23 about the bias of U.S. media coverage of theIsraeli-Palestinian conflict. Produced in 2003, the movie,"Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land"remains relevant. Activist and scholar ShernaBerger Gluck led a discussion that broughtthe story up to date. During the reception,talk continued and people signed the petition to put an initiative on the Californiaballot to require CalPERS and STRS to divest their funds from corporations doing business in Israel. Because not enough signatures wereobtained by the deadline, the campaign has shifted gearsand is directly petitioning the two huge pension funds."We reached and educated many California voters overthe past five months who were not aware that their taxdollars supported Israel's human rights and internationallaw violations," said Caroline Kittrell, an Israel DivestmentCampaign coordinator in Butte County.
Peace SundayPerhaps inspired by events in Tunisia and Egypt,over 200 people turned out for Peace SundayJanuary 30, filling our Sanctuary from wall towall and choir loft to vestibule. In pews and on foldingchairs, they enthusiastically participated in the 2-hourprogram on "The Cost of War; the Price of Peace." Manythen adjourned to Forbes Hall to dine on food generouslyprovided by the Brahma Kumaris and Co-Opportunity,converse, and check out exhibits sponsored by 30 peacerelated groups. Peace Sunday has been an annual event. Based on theresponse and the needs of the times, the three co-sponsorshave decided to present "Peace Sunday 2011-Spring." Itwill take place in our church June 5, with the theme to bedecided. In addition to co-sponsoring Peace Sunday with Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace (ICUJP)and the Unity-and-Diversity World Council (UDC),UUCCSM played a key role in the event's content. TheRev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur opened the program with aninvocation and closed it with a benediction. Olivia Leganand Jessica Clay represented Unitarian Universalism in anInterfaith Candle Lighting Ceremony in which 11 faiths,plus an "other," participated. Faith in Action Chair RickRhoads delivered the concluding speech, which was a callto action. Emily Meyers, principal of Eyes of the WorldMedia Group and a frequent visitor to our church, created a slide show and collection of peace and social justicesongs that ran in Forbes Hall during the exhibition hours. Olivia, a high school student, wrote her own description of our faith's relationship to peace, which she read as Jessica lit the candle: "All human beings deserve to livewithout wars, bombs, violence, and pain. While world peaceseems unattainable, as Unitarian Universalists we strive tomake this a safer place for all humanity. We light this candlefor the future, where we can make a difference."Rick said "I'm sure all of us feel frustrated at the lack ofmassive fight-back in the United States." He alsoasked "what kind of movement are we trying to build?" Rick went on to draw onlessons from the movements againstthe U.S. wars in Vietnam, Iraq, andAfghanistan to show that, from LBJto Barack Obama, a peace movementcannot be built by relying on presidentsor candidates who talk of peace but makewar. (The entire speech, including shout-outs from the audience, is at Major figures in L.A.'s progressive religious community spoke at Peace Sunday, including Rev. George Regas,founder of Interfaith Communities United for Justice andPeace; Rev. Leland Stuart, founder of the Unity-and-Diversity World Council (UDC); Rabbi Leonard Beerman, founding rabbi of the Leo Baeck Temple, an Inclusive ReformJewish community; Shakeel Sayed, Executive Director ofthe Islamic Shura Council and Chair of Clergy and LaityUnited for Economic Justice (CLUE), and Marci Winograd,former congressional candidate and co-founder of LA Jewsfor Peace. Stephen Longfellow Fiske, founder and producerof the annual Venice Eco-Fest, was master of ceremonies,played guitar, and sang, as did fellow musicians Mitra Rahbar and Fidel Sanchez.
Thanks for the Undies!In these difficult economic times, youstill were generous to the homeless. DuringUndie Sundays this winter, we received 13pair of mens' shorts, 12 undershirts, and 21pair of socks. Men's underwear Items weredelivered to StepUp on Second.For women we received 19 pair of panties, six bras, four t-shirts, and five pair ofsocks. These were delivered to Daybreak. - Gerrie Lambson |
Here are some of the church members and friends who sorted 12,200 pounds of food in cans, jars and packages andpacked it in boxes during our church's semi-annual two-hour Food Sort at the Westside Food Bank in Santa Monicaon January 24. Bruce Rankin, Food Bank director (back row, third from left), said, "I want you to know how much wevalue that kind of help from volunteers.Your work completed a job that would have taken one of our employeesmore than one solid week of drudge work to accomplish, assuming we even had someone available. Thanks again toeveryone who participated - a great deed and great fun, too."