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October, 2006

Title	Presenter	Church	Date presented
Common as Mud Who does the work of ministry around here and what does it look like? On the morning of my Installation Day, I ground myself in the fact that I am not all that special. Come wallow in the mud with me.	Rev. Margie Allen	The Unitarian Church in Westport	10/29/2006
The Power of Narrative "Storytelling is a powerful tool, a tool of interpretation, of connection, of witness". Join Intern Minister, Lisa Kemper, as she shares the history and the importance of storytelling.	Lisa Kemper	Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax, VA	10/29/2006
The Greatest Hero of All Time What makes a hero, and who has been the greatest hero of all time?	Patrick O'Leary	Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Park Forest, Illinois	10/29/2006
Steadfastness	Rev. Kim K. Crawford Harvie	Arlington Street Church, Boston, MA	10/29/2006
Faith of the Heart	Cheryl M. Walker	All Souls Unitarian Church (New York City)	10/29/2006
What Are We Afraid Of? Why do we fear what we fear? Beyond hard-wired aversion to poisons or pain there are more subtle triggers. Particular costumes, a certain swagger or even just the color of a person's skin can set off our interior alarms, speeding up our heart-rates, closing down our minds. Rob will be joined by Kerri Meyer and Worship Associate Mary Baremore for a descent into the underworld.	Rob Eller-Isaacs	Unity Church-Unitarian, St. Paul, MN	10/29/2006
For Want of Pennies	Fred Muir	Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis	10/29/2006
Evolution of God Too	Marlin Lavanhar	All Souls Unitarian Church of Tulsa	10/29/2006
Out On a Limb Fifth in a series on Courage	Co-Minister Kaaren Anderson	First Unitarian Church of Rochester NY	10/29/2006
The Bible: Text, Teacher, or Tyrant?	Rev. Bill Clark, Tim Temerson	First Parish Lexington Unitarian Universalist	10/29/2006
The Answer to How is Yes	Rev. Dr. Joshua Snyder	Second Unitarian Church of Omaha	10/29/2006
In the Spirit of Yahrzeit This word literally means "time of [one] year". In the Jewish faith, yahrzeit is the yearly ceremony to honor the death of a loved one. Mourners participate in various customs like reciting the Kaddish prayer, lighting a candle which burns for 24 hours, fasting, visiting the gravesite, and doing a good deed in the deceased's name. We hold our yearly remembrance service in this spirit.	Rev. Chuck Freeman	Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church, Cedar Park (Austin), TX	10/29/2006
Imagination & Reality	Rev. Chris Buice	Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville	10/29/2006
Deeply Rooted, Growing Stronger Still	The Rev. Roberta Finkelstein	South Church - the Unitarian Universalist Church of Portsmouth, NH	10/22/2006
Passing Through A sermon about embracing life following a tragic loss.	Reverend Eric M. Cherry	Unity Church of North Easton, MA	10/22/2006
Hot Spots and Blisters How Leaders Can Lead Without Taking Over or Giving In. Join us as we dedicate our new church leaders and explore how leadership in a compassionate community must go beyond goals, outcomes and results and focus upon mission.	Rev. George Tyger	First Universalist Church of Rochester	10/22/2006
The Flattened Earth is Round We'll celebrate the United Nations, even as we acknowledge its limits, faults and failures. Our Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office deserves our attention and support.	Rev. Frank A. Hall	The Unitarian Church in Westport	10/22/2006
Childrens Gifts	Rev. Rod Debs	Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Emerald Coast	10/22/2006
Can we concede that the Death Penalty Experiment has failed? U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun concluded, "From this day forward I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death... I feel morally and intellectually obligated simply to conclude that the death penalty experiment has failed." On this National Weekend of Faith in Action on the Death Penalty we join with other religious communities in the country to reflect on the nature of the death penalty and to consider what its abolition would mean.	Rev. James Kubal-Komoto	Olympia Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Olympia, WA	10/22/2006
Prayer: Who Needs It?	Rev. Liz Lerner	The Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring, Maryland	10/22/2006
Why Can't We Think Anymore?	Reverend David Johnson	Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson (MA)	10/22/2006
Ministry Is What We All Do-Together Join the UUCF Lay Ministers on an insightful and a spiritual awakening by connecting to the world around you.	UUCF Lay Ministers	Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax, VA	10/22/2006
Characters of Religion: Prophets Who are the "prophets" and what role do they play in religion?	Rev. Dr. Randolph W.B. Becker	Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Park Forest, Illinois	10/22/2006
The Wrath of God	Rev. Kim K. Crawford Harvie	Arlington Street Church, Boston, MA	10/22/2006
Just War	Rev.Bill Hamilton-Holway	Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley	10/22/2006
Our Refuge and Hope	Rev. Galen Guengerich	All Souls Unitarian Church (New York City)	10/22/2006
In Our Own Best Interest Huston Smith said that the first step in human flourishing is empathy and compassion. Janne and Worship Associate Neely Crane-Smith will examine the role that justice making activities and our own community outreach play in our own lives. This service is part of the Privilege of Place series.	Janne Eller-Isaacs	Unity Church-Unitarian, St. Paul, MN	10/22/2006
Life Abundant	Fred Muir	Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis	10/22/2006
Why I Went to Jesus Camp	Rev. Tamara Lebak	All Souls Unitarian Church of Tulsa	10/22/2006
The Courage To See Fourth in a series on Courage	Co-Minister Scott Tayler	First Unitarian Church of Rochester NY	10/22/2006
I've Been Changed	Rev. Terasa Cooley	First Parish Lexington Unitarian Universalist	10/22/2006
The Heart of Understand	Rev. Dr. Joshua Snyder	Second Unitarian Church of Omaha	10/22/2006
The Human Heart in Conflict With Itself William Faulkner says, ''The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself.'' Of course, we'd prefer to avoid such necessary tasks, but it must be done, even if we don't realize we're doing it.	Rev. Frank A. Hall	The Unitarian Church in Westport	10/15/2006
Beyond Tolerance A journey along an action continuum from hostility, through tolerance, to advocacy.	Rev. Matt Tittle	Bay Area Unitarian Universalist Church, Houston, TX	10/15/2006
Spirituality and the Blues	Barbara Martin	The Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring, Maryland	10/15/2006
Magic for Muggles	Reverend David Johnson	Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson (MA)	10/15/2006
Ubuntu: Ending Global Poverty Mary Katherine Morn with help from the UUCF Global Poverty Task Force bring attention to the world's biggest killer and the greatest cause of ill-health and suffering across the globe, poverty.	Rev. Mary Katherine Morn	Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax, VA	10/15/2006
5 Challenges of Ethical Living We all strive to live ethical lives, but in doing so we face five major challenges. Ironically, any single religion often fails to deal with more than one of these challenges.	Rev. Dr. Randolph W.B. Becker	Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Park Forest, Illinois	10/15/2006
The Radiant Center	Jeffrey Melcher	Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley	10/15/2006
Even Better News What is the good news of Unitarian Universalism that our world so desperately needs? Rev. Hardies, senior minister of All Souls Church in Washington, DC, will share with us his vision of that saving message, and encourage us all to help spread it by "adding our voice."	Rev. Robert M. Hardies	Unity Church-Unitarian, St. Paul, MN	10/15/2006
Learning the Game - The Ecclesiology of Football, Part 2	Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman	Central Unitarian Church, Paramus, NJ	10/15/2006
Water Wars	Choir	Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis	10/15/2006
Why I Can't Give Up on Jesus	Rev. Dennis Hale	Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Emerald Coast	10/15/2006
Beyond Tolerance - Part 2	Marlin Lavanhar	All Souls Unitarian Church of Tulsa	10/15/2006
Beyond Tolerance - Part 1	Debra Garfinkel	All Souls Unitarian Church of Tulsa	10/15/2006
To Shove Or Not To Shove Third in a series on Courage	Co-Minister Kaaren Anderson	First Unitarian Church of Rochester NY	10/15/2006
Ancient Creation Second in a series on the ties between science and religion	Rev. Sara Zimmerman	East Shore Unitarian Universalist Church, Kirtland, OH	10/15/2006
Gifting	Led by Rev. Bill Clark	First Parish Lexington Unitarian Universalist	10/15/2006
Saving a Life; A Personal Mythology of Place and Time	Chris Peters	Second Unitarian Church of Omaha	10/15/2006
The Tao of Dog	Stefanie Newton	Pathways Church, Southlake, TX	10/15/2006
The Cost Of Freedom I'm thinking of the freedoms most of us take for granted: freedom of religion, freedom to remain ignorant, freedom to protest, and so on. We're free to choose, but what? And why?	Rev. Kathleen Ellis	Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church, Cedar Park (Austin), TX	10/15/2006
The Next Seven Generations	Rev. Chris Buice	Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville	10/15/2006
How to Be a More Spiritual Person in 15 Minutes a Day or Less This sermon explores four questions that can lead us to a deeper, richer, more fulfilling experience of life. The Reverend James Kubal-Kumoto serves as parish minister to the Saltwater UU Church just up the road in Des Moines, Washington.	Rev. James Kubal-Komoto	Olympia Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Olympia, WA	10/15/2006
The Discipline of Gratitude	Rev. Galen Guengerich	All Souls Unitarian Church (New York City)	10/15/2006
A Faith to Live By Two cheers for Sam Harris's complaint about the irrational aspect of religion, in his best selling book The End of Faith.Certain beliefs inspire the atrocities we're witnessing daily. But the obituary he wrote for faith is premature.	Rev. Frank A. Hall	The Unitarian Church in Westport	10/08/2006
Animals, Our Horizontal Brothers and Sisters	Diane DeFranzo, Beth Heller and Joyce Langley	Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson (MA)	10/08/2006
Fruit of Many Generations	Mr. Kelley Weisman Asprooth-Jackson	Arlington Street Church, Boston, MA	10/08/2006
Getting in Shape - The Ecclesiology of Football, Part 1	Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman	Central Unitarian Church, Paramus, NJ	10/08/2006
Pleased to Meet You	Theresa Novak	Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis	10/08/2006
Regions of Kindness Second in a series on Courage	Associate Minister Jen Crow	First Unitarian Church of Rochester NY	10/08/2006
Epic of Evolution The first sermon in a series on the ties between science and religion	Rev. Sara Zimmerman	East Shore Unitarian Universalist Church, Kirtland, OH	10/08/2006
Children	Rev. Laura Cavicchio, Tim Temerson	First Parish Lexington Unitarian Universalist	10/08/2006
UU Ancestors: Joseph Priestly	Rev. Dr. Joshua Snyder	Second Unitarian Church of Omaha	10/08/2006
The Miracle Of Compassion During Chuck's chaplaincy days in the Texas Medical Center he was heart sick trying to minister to a young woman who was dying of cancer and her husband. In a flash his despair yielded a moment of insight regarding one of Jesus' miraculous acts. The applications of this enlightenment are numerous, ranging from the personal to ministry in our Live Oak community.	Rev. Chuck Freeman	Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church, Cedar Park (Austin), TX	10/08/2006
Habitual Excellence Explores how we receive the personal challenge of making the extraordinary habitual. Our Prairie Cathedral Community has been blessed with many fruits of virtue. Together this community has accomplished amazing things! How then do we receive the personal challenge of making the extraordinary habitual? How excellent can you be today? And will you do it again tomorrow?	Susan P. Anderson	Unitarian Universalist Church of Elgin, IL	10/08/2006
From the Demands of the Daily Round	Rev. Bill Darlison	Unitarian Church Dublin	10/08/2006
What I Believe	Rev. Forrest Church	All Souls Unitarian Church (New York City)	10/08/2006
Our Response to Poverty Some years ago these words by Renni Shuter's appeared in a Unitarian Universalist meditation manual: "The question of whether the poor will be always with us is moot. Our operative hypothesis must be that intervention can ameliorate, prevent, and change the conditions which, for many, make life something to be endured rather than celebrated." For a number of years our congregation has provided aid to the those in need through our affiliated organization, Out of the Woods. Our commitment to this endeavor holds the promise of enriching our individual lives as well as the soul of our congregation.	Rev. Art Vaeni	Olympia Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Olympia, WA	10/08/2006
Baseball: The Sermon Enjoy Rev. Mary Katherine Morn hillarious and inspirational sermon on how the institution of Baseball holds the beautiful and difficult paradox of our lives...Baseball breaks your heart just like life."	Rev. Mary Katherine Morn	Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax, VA	10/08/2006
If I Had To Tell My Children 5 Things About Religion Even the children of ministers ask what religion is about. What would I tell them?	Rev. Dr. Randolph W.B. Becker	Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Park Forest, Illinois	10/08/2006
On Turning On Turning	The Rev. Roberta Finkelstein	South Church - the Unitarian Universalist Church of Portsmouth, NH	10/01/2006
To Forgive is Divine? The Jewish Holiday of Yom Kippur concludes the Jewish Days of Awe. It is a day of atonement, forgiveness and reconciliation. Is such forgiveness possible for us? What does it really mean to forgive? What is required of true forgiveness.	Rev. George Tyger	First Universalist Church of Rochester	10/01/2006
My Spiritual Story and Ours	Rev John Gibbons	The First Parish in Bedford (MA) Unitarian Universalist	10/01/2006
Will You be Written in the Book of Life?	Reverend David Johnson	Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson (MA)	10/01/2006
Choosing Champions	Rev. Robert Latham	The Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring, Maryland	10/01/2006
The Gate of Sorrow I don't know any pastor who doesn't constantly hear the refrain, "I'm hurting, but compared to so many other people, I have nothing to complain about." Suffering and complaining are two different things. In this sermon we try to understand a little bit better how to honor suffering such as it is, without comparing it to anyone else's.	Rev. Victoria Weinstein	First Parish Church, Norwell, MA	10/01/2006
To Feel Anothers Pain	Rev. Rod Debs	Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Emerald Coast	10/01/2006
Living the Call	Rev. Marlin Lavanhar	All Souls Unitarian Church of Tulsa	10/01/2006
Silent Witness	Rev. Sara Zimmerman	East Shore Unitarian Universalist Church, Kirtland, OH	10/01/2006
Pardon Me! This evening marks the conclusion of Jewish High Holy Days, a period of atonement. In Judaism, if someone causes you harm, but sincerely apologizes and tries to make amends, you are religiously obligated to forgive. Without this apology, there is no such obligation. Today is the day to ask forgiveness of G-d for offenses against G-d, but G-d cannot forgive harm done to another person without that apology. Other religions have a different approach to forgiveness. Buddhists see forgiveness as a way to keep painful emotions from damaging your own mental health. Do you need to forgive someone? Do you need to forgive yourself?	Rev. Kathleen Ellis	Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church, Cedar Park (Austin), TX	10/01/2006
Not Ready to Make Nice	Rev. Chris Buice	Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville	10/01/2006
Un/Sustainable Living The facts are pretty clear. The questions are: what does it mean for the future, and what can and shall we do?.	Rev. Dan Brosier	Unitarian Universalist Church of Elgin, IL	10/01/2006
Our Spiritual Journeys	Led by Rev. Bill Clark	First Parish Lexington Unitarian Universalist	10/01/2006
Dare to BUU There's an old joke that goes: If you were arrested for being a Unitarian Universalist, would there be enough evidence to convict you? On this Sunday as we begin our stewardship campaign, we will consider what it means to be you, what it means to be Unitarian Universalist and what it means to be you as a Unitarian Universalist.	Rev. Art Vaeni	Olympia Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Olympia, WA	10/01/2006
A Sudden Explosion of Faith	Rev. Galen Guengerich	All Souls Unitarian Church (New York City)	10/01/2006
Singing For Our Lives Join Intern Minister Lisa Kemper on an interesting sermon on the issue of supporting marriage equality and why we as a congregation should support it.	Lisa Kemper	Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax, VA	10/01/2006
Human Rights in a UU Context	Rev. Linda Hansen	Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Danbury	10/01/2006
The Shadow Knows First in a series on Courage	Co-Minister Scott Tayler	First Unitarian Church of Rochester NY	10/01/2006
How Can We Forgive?	Rev. Barbara Hamilton-Holway	Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley	10/01/2006
The Blessing of Animals	Rev. Kim K. Crawford Harvie	Arlington Street Church, Boston, MA	10/01/2006
Making a Profound Difference Remember people who made a profound difference in our lives, and our obligation to pass that difference on to a world hungering, thirsting, yearning to be changed.	Rev. Dr. Randolph W.B. Becker	Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Park Forest, Illinois	10/01/2006
Open Minds, Soaring Spirits, Welcoming Hearts Stewardship Sunday is a highlight of the year for me, actually it's one of my five favorite Sunday services; it's a time when we celebrate and renew our community, commitments, and common vision. Plan to be with us for a grand morning.	Fred Muir	Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis	10/01/2006
To Discourse Like Angels, But To Live Like Humans	Rev. Dr. Joshua Snyder	Second Unitarian Church of Omaha	10/01/2006

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