Rest in peace, dear friend to so many.

Shirley Jean Williams died on Sunday, April 1, 2012 at the age of 86, after 64 years of wedded bliss to Robert.  Loving and devoted mother to Larry (deceased), Stephen (deceased), Caroline and Sam.  Caring and thoughtful mother-in-law to Jeanne, Steve, LeAnn and Marthika.  A doting grandmother to Stephanie, Cara Rose, Nora, Erin, Michael and Nicholas.  Regrettably, because the grandkids lived in CA, NJ and TX, the opportunities for spoiling them did not present themselves nearly as often as she would have liked. Shirley, a lifetime Unitarian, was born in Tulsa, OK and attended the All Souls Unitarian Church and sang in the choir.  For the past 42 years, she and her husband have been members of the Unitarian Universalist Church of the South Hills.  Shirley's true passion (besides Robert) was preparing gourmet meals for her appreciative family and many friends.  She worked fulltime as an administrative assistant for various companies and ended her career as the office manager at Baskin, Sears, Gondelman, Craig & Sachs in Pittsburgh. A memorial service is being planned for Sat., May 5th. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to her two favorite charities: Women's Center and Shelter of Pittsburgh and the Unitarian Universalist Church of the South Hills. 

Golf, anyone?

Hi Folks

Please consider joining us for some golf on Monday morning, May 16th !          - Larry Evans, MLV Board Member

 

Swing Fore the Village!

Monday, May 16, 2011

9:00am – 1:00pm

Mt. Lebanon Golf Course, 9 Hole Tournament

Registration Form

Box Lunch - 9 holes of golf and cart included

9:00am Registration     10:00am Shotgun Start

$90.00 Individual / $320.00 Foursome

Please fill out the information below

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Number of Golfers __________  Check enclosed $________________

 

Name_________________________________ 

Address__________________________________________

Phone _________________________

E-Mail___________________________________________________

 

Name_________________________________ 

Address__________________________________________

Phone _________________________

E-Mail___________________________________________________

 

Name_________________________________ 

Address__________________________________________

Phone _________________________

E-Mail___________________________________________________

 

Name_________________________________ 

Address__________________________________________

Phone _________________________

E-Mail___________________________________________________

 

_____ I would like to sponsor a Tee for $75.00

Call 412-343-4054

E-Mail info@mtlebanonvillage.org or

Mail to 710 Washington Road, Pgh., PA 15228

 

Sponsorship Opportunity Levels                                                                                                             

 Platinum Sponsor Benefits: $1,000

 

Large logo in all press releases, attendee thank you cards and other promotional materials
Prominent signage at event including at registration area and tee sign
Opportunity to hang banner at event
One foursome
Ability to provide attendees with company brochures/promotional materials
Acknowledgement on MLV website with link to sponsor website
Acknowledgement in MLV annual report
 Gold Sponsor Benefits: $500

Medium logo in all press releases and other promotional materials
Prominent signage at event, including tee sign
Two golfers at event
Acknowledgement on MLV website with link to sponsor website
Acknowledgement in MLV annual report 
Silver Sponsor Benefits: $300

Small logo promotional materials
One golfer at event
Tee sign at event
Acknowledgement on MLV website with link to sponsor website
Acknowledgement in MLV annual report
 

 

Special Opportunities                                                                                                                  

Tee Sponsor Benefits: $75

Signage at one hole
Name listed on MLV website
Acknowledgement in MLV annual report
Lunch Sponsor Benefits: $500 (one available)

Logo signage at lunch
Tee signage
Name listed on MLV website with link to sponsor website
Acknowledgement in MLV annual report
 

Call 412-343-4054

E-Mail info@mtlebanonvillage.org or

Mail to 710 Washington Road, Pgh., PA 15228

Simply Soups Long Range Planning Get Together

Saturday, March 5 from 5:30 - 9 p.m. at UUCSH

What do you hope our congregation can accomplish in the next year? Two years? Five years and longer?

Come break bread, share a bowl of soup, and help with the process of long range planning for the UUCSH.  Spend about 45-minutes in three of six facilitated sessions of your choosing:

1. Community Life,
2. Stewardship,
3. Administration & Governance,
4. Social Justice,
5. Facilities-building & grounds, and
6. Lifespan Learning-RE for children and adults.

Also, there will be other opportunities to add your ideas to all of the topic areas.

Soup and bread will be available in each of six areas/rooms. This will be BYOB-as in "bring your own bowl" (and spoon, plate and napkin if you wish). Sign up is in the Dining Room. Please be sure to indicate if you'll need childcare, so we can plan accordingly.

Run, UUs, Run

Do you want to teach a workshop in Virginia next summer

Dear SUUSI,


We're pleased to announce that we are joyfully accepting SUUSI 2011 - Joy! - workshop proposals through Nov. 1! Please log into your SUUSI SOLIS account to find the proposal form.
Go to https://solis.suusi.org/ and log in using your email address and password. If you have been to SUUSI since 2007, you should have an account already in the system. You will be able to reset your password, if you have forgotten it or if you have never logged in. You will need to be able receive mail at your registered email address to reset your password. Once you log in, you can click on the "Submit a Workshop Proposal for SUUSI 2011" link to start your proposal.
Successful workshops take many different forms and shapes. Together, we teach and learn about music, the arts, crafts and hobbies, spiritual and religious growth, movement and bodywork, relationships, sports and recreation, and sometimes we just gather to play games and have fun. Most workshops are held on campus, but some involve local travel to various places. Some workshops this year will be brand new, while some will be those that we've enjoyed in the past. And some will be 1-4 day events, while some will be happen every day of SUUSI. As a whole, the SUUSI workshop program promotes community-building, personal growth, and joy by offering a diverse selection of high-quality workshops. Workshop leaders receive credit toward their SUUSI registration costs in exchange for their volunteer service.
A few tips: as you create your proposal, please pay special attention to space and equipment requirements. The more equipment that you are able to provide for yourself (cd players, flip charts, ipod speakers, etc.), the better. And while we are limited in the spaces that we can offer for workshops, knowing as much as possible about your space wishes will increase our ability to offer something suitable. Also, please be sure to indicate any flexibility that you may have in the number of sessions that your workshop will include, as well as when and on which days the workshop will be offered. We aim to offer a balance of single-day and multi-day offerings, held in both the morning and afternoon slots. And finally, ask me questions. If you're new to leading workshops, or of you have an idea for something you'd like to offer but aren't sure about some of the specifics, or if you just have a general question, please let me know. I have personally been blessed by attending and leading numerous workshops over the years at SUUSI, and I truly can't wait to join with you in continuing that beautiful history of joy, growth, and friendship. You can always email me at workshops@suusi.org.
And remember, Nov.1 one is the deadline!
Warmly,

Bill Neely, SUUSI 2011 -Joy!- Workshops Coordinator

Mount Lebanon Village Intergenerational Games

From: Larry Evans


Here's the skinny on a unique Mount Lebanon Village Intergenerational Games set for Saturday, August 14 at Mount Lebanon Park and the Cedar Blvd fields. The softball games will be using the 16" leather Chicago Softball! Should be a gas!

412-445-2951
This summer, there is a new game in Lebo town -the Mount Lebanon Village Intergenerational Games being held on Saturday, August 14, 2010, 9am-2pm in Mount Lebanon Park. Mount Lebanon Village (MLV) is a community oriented, non-profit organization established in 2009 to give residents of Mount Lebanon 50 years and older the practical means, confidence and peace of mind to enjoy life in their own place of residence and in an environment they value as they grow older.


The MLV Games present a way to get to know our neighbors, to enjoy a day of playing together and to celebrate our common bonds. The Village Games are designed to bring together old friends and new acquaintances, pairing people of different ages and generations. The idea is to partner adults over 50 with someone under 50. The pairings could be with a son, daughter, grandchild, friend or neighbor – or maybe even some husband and wife teams! Partners will spend the day participating together in the activities of their choice. It will be a fun packed day of gently competitive team sports, individual pursuits and group games, followed by a picnic and prizes. Participants will be given a chance to win prizes for every event in which they partake.
The Village Games will open with a 9am "Chase Your Elders" one mile fun run/walk in Mount Lebanon Park where older folks start first, followed by a staggered progression by their younger partners so that all may finish at about the same time.


From 10am-1pm in Mount Lebanon Park, choose from a wide variety of friendly co-ed, intergenerational team sports including volleyball, softball, soccer, basketball, tennis & bocce as well as measure your athletic skills in a 50 yard dash, punt, pass and kick, free throws, target toss & radar gun stations, plus enjoy old fashioned games like a treasure hunt, relay races, water balloon toss, horseshoes, shuffleboard, hula hoops , scrabble, checkers & chess. You can also engage in creative activities such as an inter-active story-telling session led by the Pittsburgh Wing and a Prayer Interplay Troupe.

Beginning at noon, enjoy an old fashioned picnic provided by Pittsburgh Barbeque at the Mount Lebanon Tennis Center Founder's Room and Deck. Enjoy delicious food to live music. Ted Sohier of WQED will be picnic MC and prizes will be drawn throughout.
REGISTER at http://. by JULY 31st to receive a nifty Mount Lebanon Village Games T-shirt! http://www.mtlebanonvillage.org/  Further Information: 412-343-4054


Larry Evans
417 Kurt Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15243
c412-445-2951
h412-341-1486
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leifevans@comcast.net

turned down the posting capacity

Hi All,

Comments at this blog have been more restricted. I'm seeing a small rash of spam. So now, you'll need to have a google account to leave a comment.

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!

Invite to concert at First Unitarian

You might be intersted in this event. Click to see entire poster. Also see http://www.emilypinkerton.com/.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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