at the corner of Pomona Road and Liebig Stree in Galloway,
near the North entrance to Richard Stockton College.
Directions
Sunday Services start at 10:00 am and last till about 11:00 am.
Child care and a children’s program is available.
A coffee hour for socializing follows the service.
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2010
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Unitarian History: World War II Footnotes
Lay speaker Bill Felix
The subject of the sermon is the WWII activities of three Unitarians. Charles Rhind Joy and the Rev and Mrs Waitstill Sharp. These three helped hundreds flee the Nazi regime.
March 14
All Creatures Great and Small, or Things You Can Learn From Your Dog
Lay speaker Richard Grzywinski
Are you become increasingly overwhelmed by issues regarding animal rights? How should you respond? What is the proper ethical relationship between human and non-human animals? Better yet, why should we even trouble ourselves with this question? Can reason and philosophy provide the answers, or must we reach within to our own spirituality?
March 21
Talking About the “T” Word
Guest minister Rev. Jeff Gamblée
As we move into the post modern age, we UUs are finding our former orthodoxy of “reason and fact” in religion is softening with our desire for mystery and transcendence. Pastor Jef will speak of ghosts, quote historical Unitarians, acknowledge today’s peace vigil and share his take on the hunger with which we (almost) dare not speak.
March 28
Making Choices
Guest speaker Dr. Carol Ritter
During the Holocaust, people who today we refer to as “righteous gentiles” – rescuers, or, in Ervin Staub’s words, “active bystanders” – were a very small minority, not at all representative of the attitudes and responses of most non-Jews in Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II and the Hitler era. They highlight the issue of “choice”, that is the power of a person to choose an option when faced with the question, “Whose side am I on?” What is the role of “good” people in difficult times?
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February 7
Parenting Perfection
Lay speaker Jim Woodcock
It is a daunting challenge to raise a child well, even though we may have the best of intentions. Today’s talk will compassionately look at some of the traps which we parents may fall into. But perhaps there is a way by which all of us, parents and children alike, can find redemption from our missteps.
February 14
After the Love is Gone
Guest minister Rev Dr Om Prakash
There is a biblical verse that says one should love the Lord their God with all their heart, soul, body and strength, and equal to it, love thy neighbor as thyself. Equal to it is usually translated as “like it.” What does this mean when we hear fundamentalists railing against the Immigrant and Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Bisexual Communities, or being ahead when it comes to the desire for war? In our service we will discuss real love and its application, and how our world is being depleted and destroyed because of lack of a simple, heartfelt love.
February 21
Twice a phoenix: Reflections on the life of Tsutomu Yamaguchi
Guest speaker Dr Robert Nichols
Tsutomu Yamaguchi was a Japanese engineer who in August 1945 survived the atomic blast in Hiroshima, then a few days later, the next atomic explosion in his home of Nagasaki. Perhaps a hundred or more people experienced and survived both events. After the war he worked as a translator, teacher, and then again for his previous firm. Memories of death and loss haunted him. He became a poet who published late in life when he also took on public roles against nuclear weapons.
February 28
There Be Dragons Here
Guest minister Rev Dr Len DeRoche
Early European maps marked the end the world as they knew it with the statement, “There be Dragons here.” Locations where people had never gone or returned from, were thought to contain dragons; so it is with our inner lives. Len looks at looking in these dark places.
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January 3
Unitarian Universalist History Series: Part 3 – 1893 to 1961: The Rise of Humanism
Lay speaker Michael Cluff
Thanks to Darwin, Nietzsche, and the rise of American freethought in the late 19th century, Unitarian thinking evolves toward "religious humanism." Will Unitarians and Universalists agree on a "religion without God"? Can they survive resurgent Christian Fundamentalism? Don't change that dial!
January 10
UUism and Shiism
Guest speaker Amy Glenn
What do you know about Shia Islam? About 15% of the world’s 1.3 billion Muslims are Shia, with majority Shia in Lebanon, Iraq, Bahrain, and Iran. What similarities, if any, exist between this minority expression of Islam and our Unitarian Universalism?
January 17
The Morality of Global Climate Change
Guest speaker Chad Tolman
Climate change is not only a scientific, economic, political, and national security issue; it is a profound moral and ethical issue that demands a response from those who value the inherent worth and dignity of all people and who want to preserve the interdependent web of existence of which we are a part. Chad realizes that we have done a lot, but hopes to inspire us to even greater action on behalf of future generations and Earth’s other creatures. After the service Chad will expand on the topic with a presentation going into greater depth, with opportunity for dialog.
January 24
Unitarian Universalist History Series: Part 4 – 1961 to the Present: “An Unexamined Faith is Not Worth Having”
Lay speaker Jim Gentile
This quote from James Luther Adams sets the theme of the final Sunday in which we examine our UU tradition. The message will examine our responsibility to respect the dedication of those who came before us, define who we are as a community, and vigorously embrace the deep roots of our tradition, which intertwines relentless examination and universal compassion. The service will be followed by a Congregation-wide workshop to enable us, as a community, to further examine who we are and, most importantly, who we seek to become.
January 31
Are You a Poet and Don’t Know It?
Led by Barbara Miller
Join us for our traditional annual poetry service, in which congregation members share their favorite poetry – some original.
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