Jul 5th 2009
9:30 am & 11:15 am
~ Guest Minister, The Reverend Jim VanderWeele will explore the connecting wheels of time in the Mayan calendric system. Jim VanderWeele has ministered at Community Church since 2002. He was a student of World Religion at the U of Iowa and completed seminary at Meadville Lombard. Deborah Duckworth is vocalist for the services today.
Jul 12th 2009
9:30 am & 11:15 am
~ Guest minister, The Reverend Dr. Marie deYoung will reflect on Igor Stravinsky's description and uses of time, and compare his artistic renderings to our spiritual experiences of time. Rev. Dr. Marie deYoung is the consulting minister for the Gulf Coast Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, and as a community minister, she continues to teach music, enrichment skills, and writing in high poverty public schools. Her most recent co-authored book, Women in Combat, was excerpted in 2007 Louisiana high school American History textbooks. Stefka Ilieva is violinist.
Jul 19th 2009
9:30 am & 11:15 am
~ Do you ever wish you could turn back time? Or look ahead to see the future? This morning’s services will feature children, youth and adults of our summer camp (inspired by J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter stories), led by Jessica Gray, Camp Director and Director of Religious Education. It will include reflections on time from participants of all ages. Let us take you with us on this journey through time. The time is now. Music by participants from the Incantations classes.
Jul 26th 2009
9:30 am & 11:15 am
~ Guest Minister, The Reverend Melanie Morel-Ensminger from First UU New Orleans serves as our guest minister for this service. Three great religious traditions form an important part of the Living Tradition of Unitarian Universalism, and each has a distinct spiritual perspective on time. How have these influenced our liberal faith historically and in the present? Rev. Melanie Morel-Ensminger was ordained by First UU New Orleans in 1993. After serving congregations in Ellisville, MS; Chattanooga, TN; Auckland, New Zealand; and Cherry Hill, NJ, she returned to New Orleans in the summer of 2007 to accept a position as Consulting Minister at First Church.
Vocalist Helen Hoffpauir & Jazz Combo are the feature musicians.
