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Friday, November 06, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
How to Stem your Excitement between Now & SUUSI
By Annie Golson on 10 July 2009
1. Look through past Mug Books & memorize faces of people you don't know so you can greet them as old friends: they are-you just didn't have the chance to meet them!
2. Eat ice cream for lunch every day & tell everyone, "I'm in training for SUUSI."
3. Sing (to the tune of "How Many Nights") at the top of your voice:
"How many nights until we get to SUUSI?
How many nights til the fun never ends? (or substitute "til we see our friends?")
How many nights? How many nights until it's SUUSI again?"
4. Announce loudly in church, "SUUSI's coming!"
5. Dress in colorful clothing & say, "I'm preparing for SUUSI."
6. Play all the CDs you brought back from past SUUSIs. A few of my particular favorites in no particular order are: Joe Jencks, Amy Carol Webb, Meg Barnhouse, Wishing Chair, & Divas of Mercy. Oh, listen, there's Joe now.
7. Pack & repack your SUUSI clothing 14 times because the weather is changeable.
8. Phone church friends & say, "I leave for SUUSI in (insert # of days). Wish you were coming."
9. Leave for SUUSI two days early. Drive slowly down the Blue Highways to enjoy the journey.
Okay, so maybe this won't stem your excitement, but it does provide something to do until Sunday, 19 July 2009! See you @ SUUSI!
1. Look through past Mug Books & memorize faces of people you don't know so you can greet them as old friends: they are-you just didn't have the chance to meet them!
2. Eat ice cream for lunch every day & tell everyone, "I'm in training for SUUSI."
3. Sing (to the tune of "How Many Nights") at the top of your voice:
"How many nights until we get to SUUSI?
How many nights til the fun never ends? (or substitute "til we see our friends?")
How many nights? How many nights until it's SUUSI again?"
4. Announce loudly in church, "SUUSI's coming!"
5. Dress in colorful clothing & say, "I'm preparing for SUUSI."
6. Play all the CDs you brought back from past SUUSIs. A few of my particular favorites in no particular order are: Joe Jencks, Amy Carol Webb, Meg Barnhouse, Wishing Chair, & Divas of Mercy. Oh, listen, there's Joe now.
7. Pack & repack your SUUSI clothing 14 times because the weather is changeable.
8. Phone church friends & say, "I leave for SUUSI in (insert # of days). Wish you were coming."
9. Leave for SUUSI two days early. Drive slowly down the Blue Highways to enjoy the journey.
Okay, so maybe this won't stem your excitement, but it does provide something to do until Sunday, 19 July 2009! See you @ SUUSI!
Friday, May 08, 2009
Invite to concert at First Unitarian
You might be intersted in this event. Click to see entire poster. Also see http://www.emilypinkerton.com/.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Concert with Anne Feeney at Allegheny UU Church
Thursday, April 30, 2009, 8:30 pm at Allegheny Unitarian Universalist Church, 416 W North Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, $15 per person, 412-877-6480.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Fallen Hero Fund
April 19, 2009, the designated offering will be for the Pittsburgh Fallen Hero Fund. This fund has been set up for the families of the three officers killed in Stanton Heights.
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Does Cutting Edge Technology Create and Environment where People Become Lazy & Burned-Out?
Science & Spirituality is this Sunday at 10:15
Science & Spirituality will meet this Sunday, April 5, 2009. The discussion will be: Does Cutting Edge Technology Create and Environment where People Become Lazy & Burned-Out? Murray will email the notes to the S&S group and make copies of these notes for people who are not connected to a computer. The notes will be in the S&S folder on the wall outside of Elizabeth's office by Wednesday afternoon. Also, this week we will start collecting topics for discussion during our next series of S&S discussion in the LifeCraft hour. The 1st session is scheduled for the 1st Sunday in June. We will collect the ideas for discussion this month and then ask the group to vote on the topics. The highest-scoring topics become our scheduled discussion lists for the 2009-2010 season. Murray Zeldman emzee -at- sprynet -dot- com.
Science & Spirituality will meet this Sunday, April 5, 2009. The discussion will be: Does Cutting Edge Technology Create and Environment where People Become Lazy & Burned-Out? Murray will email the notes to the S&S group and make copies of these notes for people who are not connected to a computer. The notes will be in the S&S folder on the wall outside of Elizabeth's office by Wednesday afternoon. Also, this week we will start collecting topics for discussion during our next series of S&S discussion in the LifeCraft hour. The 1st session is scheduled for the 1st Sunday in June. We will collect the ideas for discussion this month and then ask the group to vote on the topics. The highest-scoring topics become our scheduled discussion lists for the 2009-2010 season. Murray Zeldman emzee -at- sprynet -dot- com.
Monday, March 30, 2009
United Nations CRC - the first 20 countries (193 in total) - Signs of Our Times
United Nations CRC - the first 20 countries (193 in total) - Signs of Our Times: "United Nations CRC - the first 20 countries (193 in total)
August 10, 2008 by ourtimes
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) required that it be ratified by a quorum of 20 Member States before it could become international law. Only one industrialized Western nation was among the first.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Social Action Committee
Social Action at Sunnyhill supports our Unitarian Universalist principles, including
...Justice, equity, and compassion in human relations
...the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all
..respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part
Our committee encourages and coordinates activities balanced among International, National, Pennsylvanian, and Local Pittsburgh humanitarian needs.
As a community, we designate the collection from one Sunday a month to a deserving organization.
In addition, members of our church participate in letter and email compaigns as well as public forums aimed at raising awareness of political and social concerns.
Current and past social action includes the other activities listed below. All charitable organizations are carefully screened for the quality of their services and management of administrative funds.
International Activities
In 2003, three of our members introduced FINCA’s microcredit program to our adult congregation. Their efforts prompted donations of over $5,000 to sponsor a village bank in Zambia. Finca’s approach is to provide very small loans to local women for cottage industries. Because this approach is so successful in helping recipients become self-sufficient, members of our congregation spearheaded a second fund-raiser in 2007. This time, the congregation of about 200 members raised over $15,000 in just two weeks to sponsor three village banks in Haiti. The theme of “Mothering Out of Poverty” began on Mother’s Day in the U.S. and ended on Mother’s Day in Haiti -- a powerful way to promote the concept of women helping their children.
Currently our 8th graders are building upon these past successes in raising funds for microcredit loans. Once they know how much money they have they will go on the KIVA website and choose how to allocate their resources to one or more small businesses in ‘3rd world’ countries. They plan to monitor how these businesses do, and report to the congregation.
We are also planning on contributing to the Central Asia Institute (CAI) which promotes and supports community-based education, especially for girls, in remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. CAI was founded by Greg Mortenson, the author of Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace, One School at A Time.
2008 was our third year to raise money for holiday gifts for a very grateful Kopek, Romania congregation, our Partner Church. Member Roz Maholland visited there in August 2006 with other area Unitarian Universalists. The purpose of the Partner Church movement is to learn about Unitarian Universalism in other parts of the world and to facilitate global friendships. American UU congregations currently have sister congregations in eastern Europe (especially Hungary and Romania), India and the Philippines.
International & National Activity
Many of our congregants are members of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC), an independent branch of the UUA, that actively promotes human rights and social justice both in this country and around the world. The UUSC is especially active in national social concerns such as gay rights and peace efforts. Our congregants of all ages participate in the “Guest At Your Table” campaign culminating around the holidays whereby we put money in a special box at each meal to support UUSC projects.
National Activity
In response to the hurricane two groups of adults and youth went to New Orleans in 2007 to help repair some of the damage.
State & Local (Pittsburgh Area) Activities
Currently 8 to 10 adults spend one Saturday a month working for the Habitat for Humanity chapter in Washington, PA.
We also support the South Hills Interfaith Ministry (SHIM) with periodic food collections and with donations of money or school supplies for children in need at the beginning of each school year.
In the past we have joined other Pittsburgh congregations as members of the Pittsburgh Interfaith Impact Network (PIIN). PIIN draws attention to and advocates politically to address needs in under-served areas of the city. We plan to continue this endeavor.
...Justice, equity, and compassion in human relations
...the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all
..respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part
Our committee encourages and coordinates activities balanced among International, National, Pennsylvanian, and Local Pittsburgh humanitarian needs.
As a community, we designate the collection from one Sunday a month to a deserving organization.
In addition, members of our church participate in letter and email compaigns as well as public forums aimed at raising awareness of political and social concerns.
Current and past social action includes the other activities listed below. All charitable organizations are carefully screened for the quality of their services and management of administrative funds.
International Activities
In 2003, three of our members introduced FINCA’s microcredit program to our adult congregation. Their efforts prompted donations of over $5,000 to sponsor a village bank in Zambia. Finca’s approach is to provide very small loans to local women for cottage industries. Because this approach is so successful in helping recipients become self-sufficient, members of our congregation spearheaded a second fund-raiser in 2007. This time, the congregation of about 200 members raised over $15,000 in just two weeks to sponsor three village banks in Haiti. The theme of “Mothering Out of Poverty” began on Mother’s Day in the U.S. and ended on Mother’s Day in Haiti -- a powerful way to promote the concept of women helping their children.
Currently our 8th graders are building upon these past successes in raising funds for microcredit loans. Once they know how much money they have they will go on the KIVA website and choose how to allocate their resources to one or more small businesses in ‘3rd world’ countries. They plan to monitor how these businesses do, and report to the congregation.
We are also planning on contributing to the Central Asia Institute (CAI) which promotes and supports community-based education, especially for girls, in remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. CAI was founded by Greg Mortenson, the author of Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace, One School at A Time.
2008 was our third year to raise money for holiday gifts for a very grateful Kopek, Romania congregation, our Partner Church. Member Roz Maholland visited there in August 2006 with other area Unitarian Universalists. The purpose of the Partner Church movement is to learn about Unitarian Universalism in other parts of the world and to facilitate global friendships. American UU congregations currently have sister congregations in eastern Europe (especially Hungary and Romania), India and the Philippines.
International & National Activity
Many of our congregants are members of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC), an independent branch of the UUA, that actively promotes human rights and social justice both in this country and around the world. The UUSC is especially active in national social concerns such as gay rights and peace efforts. Our congregants of all ages participate in the “Guest At Your Table” campaign culminating around the holidays whereby we put money in a special box at each meal to support UUSC projects.
National Activity
In response to the hurricane two groups of adults and youth went to New Orleans in 2007 to help repair some of the damage.
State & Local (Pittsburgh Area) Activities
Currently 8 to 10 adults spend one Saturday a month working for the Habitat for Humanity chapter in Washington, PA.
We also support the South Hills Interfaith Ministry (SHIM) with periodic food collections and with donations of money or school supplies for children in need at the beginning of each school year.
In the past we have joined other Pittsburgh congregations as members of the Pittsburgh Interfaith Impact Network (PIIN). PIIN draws attention to and advocates politically to address needs in under-served areas of the city. We plan to continue this endeavor.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
SUNNYHILL'S NEXT STEPS on April 4
On February 28th twenty-five of your friends gathered to take the Next Steps toward the future of Sunnyhill. We began the workshop by looking specifically at the current Mission Statement of the Unitarian Universalist Church of the South Hills. With my suggestion of how they could look at the Statement in four parts, I asked them to draw (yes, draw) their individual Visions in those four areas of Sunnyhill five-years from now; which they then shared around their tables.
As you will recall at the January 10th Identity Workshop seven groups each came up with their own Identity Statement ? their description of Sunnyhill as it is right now. A small group tried to combine those statements and produced a document that very nicely put everyone?s images into eight categories. I then took both lists and asked them to focus on four areas which seemed to me to be most representative and which offered the best possibility for exploration: Our Membership, Our Governance, Our Diversity, and Our Participation/Stewardship. After they rearranged themselves at the four tables (one for each topic) I asked them to use the Mission Statement, Identity Statements, and their own Visions to answer the question, ?What would it take to fulfill your vision?? Here is my rendering of what they wrote and articulated as their visions.
Our Membership: In 5 years our members will be committed to maintaining the health of our church community and united in fulfilling our Mission. Our members will be diverse and welcoming.
Our Governance: Our vision of governance is
1) A welcoming and transparent process
2) Foster a group culture of Right Relations (The Promises)
3) Sharing responsibility ? what does the Board decide vs. what the membership decides
4) Clear expectations on all sides
5) Ease communications ? a good and efficient feedback loop to governance
6) Explicit vs. implicit decision making
7) Use Annual Meetings & Budget Meetings better? using all of the above
8) All members are responsible to obtain information needed to help in decision process
Our Diversity: They agreed on a vision to either ?Celebrate Our Diversity? or for the need for a ?Unifying Principle? (which could be respect for life, respect for the individual, enrichment, understanding, among others) but did not decide on a priority between them. Among the ideas they were working on were: while the Sunday morning services articulated the Unifying Principle we could add an evening service that would specialize in one aspect of Our Theological Diversity (Pagan, Christian, Eastern, and Humanist) and appealing to young adults. The minister would focus on the unifying services and help facilitate the evening services, which they hope would raise visibility.
Our Stewardship/Participation: Develop and implement a 5-year plan including
? Continuing stewardship education
? Participation in the ?3Ts? (Time, Talent, Treasure) as a requirement for membership
? More youth involvement
? Redesign the annual stewardship census
? Open and effective communication on goals and progress
These were their Visions and their beginning steps for the future. I then asked them to plan the Next Steps ? to spell out completely (what, how, by whom, by when, resources needed) their Vision. In the limited time they had they each began the process but ran out of time. So, we have decided to continue the process on April 4th with the ?Next Next Steps? (poor title but you get the idea). Please plan on joining us from 9:00 to 1:00 and be a part of the process to mapping out Sunnyhill?s future! Sign-up in the foyer this Sunday or reply to this email ? be sure to let us know if you need childcare.
As you will recall at the January 10th Identity Workshop seven groups each came up with their own Identity Statement ? their description of Sunnyhill as it is right now. A small group tried to combine those statements and produced a document that very nicely put everyone?s images into eight categories. I then took both lists and asked them to focus on four areas which seemed to me to be most representative and which offered the best possibility for exploration: Our Membership, Our Governance, Our Diversity, and Our Participation/Stewardship. After they rearranged themselves at the four tables (one for each topic) I asked them to use the Mission Statement, Identity Statements, and their own Visions to answer the question, ?What would it take to fulfill your vision?? Here is my rendering of what they wrote and articulated as their visions.
Our Membership: In 5 years our members will be committed to maintaining the health of our church community and united in fulfilling our Mission. Our members will be diverse and welcoming.
Our Governance: Our vision of governance is
1) A welcoming and transparent process
2) Foster a group culture of Right Relations (The Promises)
3) Sharing responsibility ? what does the Board decide vs. what the membership decides
4) Clear expectations on all sides
5) Ease communications ? a good and efficient feedback loop to governance
6) Explicit vs. implicit decision making
7) Use Annual Meetings & Budget Meetings better? using all of the above
8) All members are responsible to obtain information needed to help in decision process
Our Diversity: They agreed on a vision to either ?Celebrate Our Diversity? or for the need for a ?Unifying Principle? (which could be respect for life, respect for the individual, enrichment, understanding, among others) but did not decide on a priority between them. Among the ideas they were working on were: while the Sunday morning services articulated the Unifying Principle we could add an evening service that would specialize in one aspect of Our Theological Diversity (Pagan, Christian, Eastern, and Humanist) and appealing to young adults. The minister would focus on the unifying services and help facilitate the evening services, which they hope would raise visibility.
Our Stewardship/Participation: Develop and implement a 5-year plan including
? Continuing stewardship education
? Participation in the ?3Ts? (Time, Talent, Treasure) as a requirement for membership
? More youth involvement
? Redesign the annual stewardship census
? Open and effective communication on goals and progress
These were their Visions and their beginning steps for the future. I then asked them to plan the Next Steps ? to spell out completely (what, how, by whom, by when, resources needed) their Vision. In the limited time they had they each began the process but ran out of time. So, we have decided to continue the process on April 4th with the ?Next Next Steps? (poor title but you get the idea). Please plan on joining us from 9:00 to 1:00 and be a part of the process to mapping out Sunnyhill?s future! Sign-up in the foyer this Sunday or reply to this email ? be sure to let us know if you need childcare.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Social Action Committee
Social Action at Sunnyhill supports our Unitarian Universalist principles, including
. . . Justice, equity, and compassion in human relations . . . the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all . . .respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.
Our Social Action Committee encourages and coordinates activities balanced among international, U.S. Domestic, Pennsylvania, and local Pittsburgh humanitarian needs. As a community, we designate the collection from one Sunday per month to a deserving organization.
Many of our congregants are members of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC), an independent branch of the UUA, that actively promotes human rights and social justice both in this country and around the world. The UUSC is especially active in national social concerns such as gay rights and peace efforts. Our congregants of all ages participate in the "Guest At Your Table" campaign culminating around Christmas-time whereby we put money in a special box at each meal to support UUSC projects.
In addition, members of our church participate in letter and email campaigns as well as public forums aimed at raising awareness of political and social concerns.
Currently, our social action includes the other activities listed below. All charitable organizations are carefully screened for the quality of their services and management of administrative funds.
International Activities
In 2003, three of our members introduced FINCA's microcredit program to our adult congregation. Their efforts prompted donations of over $5,000 to sponsor a village bank in Zambia. FINCA's approach is to provide very small loans to local women for cottage industries. These Zambian women owned and managed their bank so successfully that members of our congregation spearheaded a second fund-raiser in 2007. This time, the congregation of about 200 members raised over $15,000 in just two weeks to sponsor three village banks in Haiti. The theme of "Mothering Out of Poverty" began on Mother's Day in the U.S. and ended on Mother's Day in Haiti -- a powerful way to promote the concept of women helping their children.
Currently our 8th graders are building upon these past successes in raising funds for microcredit loans. Once they know how much money they have they will go on the KIVA website and choose how to allocate their resources to one or more small businesses in '3rd world' countries. They plan to monitor how these businesses do, and report to the congregation.
We are also planning on contributing to the Central Asia Institute (CAI) which promotes and supports community-based education, especially for girls, in remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. CAI was founded by Greg Mortenson, the author of Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace, One School At A Time.
Christmas 2008 was our third year to raise money for holiday gifts for a very grateful Kopek, Romania congregation, our Partner Church. Member Roz Maholland visited there in August 2006 with other area Unitarian Universalists. The purpose of the Partner Church movement is to learn about Unitarian Universalism in other parts of the world and to facilitate global friendships. American UU congregations currently have sister congregations in eastern Europe (especially Hungary and Romania), India and the Philippines.
State and Local (Pittsburgh Area) Activities
Currently 8 to 10 adults spend one Saturday a month working for the Habitat for Humanity chapter in Washington, PA.
We also support the South Hills Interfaith Ministry (SHIM) with periodic food collections and with donations of money or school supplies for children in need at the beginning of each school year.
In the past we have joined other Pittsburgh faith organizations as members of the Pittsburgh Interfaith Impact Network (PIIN) . PIIN draws attention to and advocates for politically to address needs in under-served areas of the city. We plan to continue in this endeavor.
. . . Justice, equity, and compassion in human relations . . . the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all . . .respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.
Our Social Action Committee encourages and coordinates activities balanced among international, U.S. Domestic, Pennsylvania, and local Pittsburgh humanitarian needs. As a community, we designate the collection from one Sunday per month to a deserving organization.
Many of our congregants are members of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC), an independent branch of the UUA, that actively promotes human rights and social justice both in this country and around the world. The UUSC is especially active in national social concerns such as gay rights and peace efforts. Our congregants of all ages participate in the "Guest At Your Table" campaign culminating around Christmas-time whereby we put money in a special box at each meal to support UUSC projects.
In addition, members of our church participate in letter and email campaigns as well as public forums aimed at raising awareness of political and social concerns.
Currently, our social action includes the other activities listed below. All charitable organizations are carefully screened for the quality of their services and management of administrative funds.
International Activities
In 2003, three of our members introduced FINCA's microcredit program to our adult congregation. Their efforts prompted donations of over $5,000 to sponsor a village bank in Zambia. FINCA's approach is to provide very small loans to local women for cottage industries. These Zambian women owned and managed their bank so successfully that members of our congregation spearheaded a second fund-raiser in 2007. This time, the congregation of about 200 members raised over $15,000 in just two weeks to sponsor three village banks in Haiti. The theme of "Mothering Out of Poverty" began on Mother's Day in the U.S. and ended on Mother's Day in Haiti -- a powerful way to promote the concept of women helping their children.
Currently our 8th graders are building upon these past successes in raising funds for microcredit loans. Once they know how much money they have they will go on the KIVA website and choose how to allocate their resources to one or more small businesses in '3rd world' countries. They plan to monitor how these businesses do, and report to the congregation.
We are also planning on contributing to the Central Asia Institute (CAI) which promotes and supports community-based education, especially for girls, in remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. CAI was founded by Greg Mortenson, the author of Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace, One School At A Time.
Christmas 2008 was our third year to raise money for holiday gifts for a very grateful Kopek, Romania congregation, our Partner Church. Member Roz Maholland visited there in August 2006 with other area Unitarian Universalists. The purpose of the Partner Church movement is to learn about Unitarian Universalism in other parts of the world and to facilitate global friendships. American UU congregations currently have sister congregations in eastern Europe (especially Hungary and Romania), India and the Philippines.
State and Local (Pittsburgh Area) Activities
Currently 8 to 10 adults spend one Saturday a month working for the Habitat for Humanity chapter in Washington, PA.
We also support the South Hills Interfaith Ministry (SHIM) with periodic food collections and with donations of money or school supplies for children in need at the beginning of each school year.
In the past we have joined other Pittsburgh faith organizations as members of the Pittsburgh Interfaith Impact Network (PIIN) . PIIN draws attention to and advocates for politically to address needs in under-served areas of the city. We plan to continue in this endeavor.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Ministry
It is time to think together about the shape of professional, settled ministry for Sunnyhill. We’d like to know everyone’s preference through a series of Forums.
First, here are some important things for you to know. Your Board, acting under the authority delegated to them, has decided that Sunnyhill will have a full-time interim minister for two years, keeping open the possibility for a third year of interim ministry until we finalize the 2010 budget, which means (if all goes well) we would expect to have a new minister in August, 2011. We believe that you have agreed with this decision because you voted overwhelmingly to approve the 2009 Budget, including funding for a full-time interim minister and without money for a Search in it.
Even though we will not begin a ministerial search until 2010, both because finances are tight and because we need more time to do the preparatory work, we believe that now is the time to begin our discernment of the timing and shape of our ministry going forward.
You are encouraged to be a part of one of these Open Forums in which we will ask you for your preference for the shape of professional, settled ministry at Sunnyhill. We do not expect these Forums to last more than one hour. Please exercise your responsibility to your congregation by participating in ONE of these Forums.
First, here are some important things for you to know. Your Board, acting under the authority delegated to them, has decided that Sunnyhill will have a full-time interim minister for two years, keeping open the possibility for a third year of interim ministry until we finalize the 2010 budget, which means (if all goes well) we would expect to have a new minister in August, 2011. We believe that you have agreed with this decision because you voted overwhelmingly to approve the 2009 Budget, including funding for a full-time interim minister and without money for a Search in it.
Even though we will not begin a ministerial search until 2010, both because finances are tight and because we need more time to do the preparatory work, we believe that now is the time to begin our discernment of the timing and shape of our ministry going forward.
You are encouraged to be a part of one of these Open Forums in which we will ask you for your preference for the shape of professional, settled ministry at Sunnyhill. We do not expect these Forums to last more than one hour. Please exercise your responsibility to your congregation by participating in ONE of these Forums.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
International Poetry Forum announces its last season
We saw this coming as Dr. Hazo has many Sunnyhill fans. He is a past speaker on Sundays.
International Poetry Forum announces its last season International Poetry Forum announces its last season
Thursday, February 12, 2009
By Bob Hoover, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Since 1966, the International Poetry Forum stayed true to its mission to bring the world's best poets to Pittsburgh, but its mission is now over.
Founder and director Samuel Hazo last night announced that this, the 43rd season, will be its last, a victim of the nation's financial downturn.
'It looks like it's our last year,' Dr. Hazo said following his poetry reading in Oakland last night. 'The reasons are financial.'
Dr. Hazo cited the forum's inability to find funding from philanthropic foundations and 'without such funding, the International Poetry Forum is unable to continue.'
Money from the A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust launched Dr. Hazo's organization in 1966 with a reading by Archibald MacLeish, then one of America's best known poets.
Saturday, February 07, 2009
Joe Jencks in Friendship House Concert, Feb 15
Friendship House Concerts
is proud to present
Joe Jencks
Sunday, February 15
4:00 p.m.
"Joe Jencks is the type of musician that will cause you to drop that morning newspaper or pull your car to the side of the road when you hear his songs. He is the type of artist that will turn heads in his direction when he walks onto a stage. His voice will instantly draw you into his passionate songs. He is the type of musician whose music will become part of you. His craft and artistry will remind you of the best efforts of Phil Ochs, Stan Rogers, and Woody Guthrie. The troubadour tradition is alive and well in the 21st century with the music of Joe Jencks." — Ron Olesko, WFDU–FM Teaneck, NJ
"A Joe Jencks concert is definitely not a visit to the inner world of some guy with a guitar who would like us all to sit still and listen politely. It's an occasion for singing, a contagious rising up of voices, an act of joy and defiance! …Tapping into the latent, nearly mystical beauty that a roomful of people can unleash by singing together." – Seattle Folklore Society
Joe Jencks is an award-winning songwriter. His career is based as much in ministering to the human spirit as it is in the performance of music. Joe has earned wide recognition for his songs about working people, and for his unique merging of musical beauty, social consciousness, and spiritual exploration. Joe manages to make everyone feel welcomed, valued, and part of a community.
Joe's latest release, The Candle And The Flame, combines the many facets of Joe's diverse musical background and weaves them all together into an aural tapestry that is stark and exquisite. Joe sings with the passion of an R & B/Gospel singer, the knowledge of a classical vocalist, the soul of an Irish Tenor, and the conscience of a troubadour. And at the center of Joe's music is an abiding love for all humanity, a love that transcends the everyday and boarders on the mystical.
Joe is a dual US/Irish citizen living in the US, and merges traditions from both countries in his eclectic and vibrant musical presentation. Joe has had the unique pleasure of sharing the stage with numerous folk artists including Pete Seeger, Utah Phillips, Holly Near, John McCutcheon, Pat Humphries, and Bill Staines.
Check out Joe and his music at http://www.joejencks.com
Seating is limited.
For information and/or an invitation, call or email:Llouise & Jim Altes
412.361.6051
friendshiphouseconcerts@gmail.
com
Suggested donation: $10.00. All proceeds go to the performer.
After the concert, there will be a pot luck dinner. Please bring an entree, an hors d'oeuvre, a salad, a side dish, or dessert to share.
Other House Concerts we're aware of:
February 12 Allison Williams with Chance McCoy, 7:30 pm at Cindy & Ricks
March 22 Friction Farm http://www.frictionfarm.com
April 19 Jay Mankita http://www.jaymankita.com
May 17 Andrew McKnight http://www.andrewmcknight.net
Friday, January 23, 2009
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Interesting book event
DR. PAVEL SOMOV, author of, Eating the Moment
Saturday, January 10th at 7:00pm at J.B. Booksellers in South Side Works
In Eating the Moment, Buddhist psychologist Pavel Somov introduces techniques, exercises, and tools to help overeaters slow down and become more aware of their food and food-related issues. Unlike many books about eating, Somov doesn't judge the reader for emotional eating, being triggered into eating, or eating out of boredom. He doesn't tell the reader how to eat; instead, he helps the reader become more aware of why he or she is eating at the moment, and helps the reader slow down, develop awareness of the experience of eating, and become more centered on his or her eating. There are 141 specific exercises in this book to promote mindful eating, as well as brief discussions of why we eat and stop eating, finding meaning in food, and developing a "philosophy of eating."
Saturday, January 10th at 7:00pm at J.B. Booksellers in South Side Works
In Eating the Moment, Buddhist psychologist Pavel Somov introduces techniques, exercises, and tools to help overeaters slow down and become more aware of their food and food-related issues. Unlike many books about eating, Somov doesn't judge the reader for emotional eating, being triggered into eating, or eating out of boredom. He doesn't tell the reader how to eat; instead, he helps the reader become more aware of why he or she is eating at the moment, and helps the reader slow down, develop awareness of the experience of eating, and become more centered on his or her eating. There are 141 specific exercises in this book to promote mindful eating, as well as brief discussions of why we eat and stop eating, finding meaning in food, and developing a "philosophy of eating."
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