   We are an Open Spiritual Community in the North Georgia Mountains
Where Each Positive Progressive Week Begins Sunday At 11:00 AM
May 2012 May 6 – “A Soul Jam with Judy Linn.” Judy has been a songwriter for decades. Baptized in Nashville, she's played and sung from Paris to Dahlonega. She recently played for Good Friday at the Lumpkin Senior Center and sang the 23rd Psalm set to a Bach prelude. People sang along even though they'd never heard the music before. Service Leader: D.Broad May 13 – "Čapek, Flowers, and Ecclesiology” - The Reverend Dr. Barry Whittemore. Today we honor the Rev. Norbert Čapek, who pioneered Unitarianism in Czechoslovakia, created the Flower Service, and was later martyred. We will also learn more about the theological meaning of the flower ceremony and participate therein. Fittingly, prior to the sermon we will conduct a Bridging Ceremony for our graduating seniors. Please bring a flower to share. Service Leader: L.Howard May 20 – “Be a Volunteer” – Brenda Cook Executive Director of The Community Helping Place. Brenda will talk about some of the programs CHP has that would provide volunteer opportunities for members of our congregation. Service Leader: M.Lasris May 27 – “A Visit by Malcolm X” – Playwright, Jacqueline Clay Chester. Malcolm X has been thrust from the realm of the after-life with the force of a bullet being discharged from a pistol. Landing on shaky legs in a strange corridor, Malcolm X examines himself and finds he is fully dressed in a suit, shirt and tie. Peering down the hall he sees a man alone in a room. Excited now, he moves forward realizing this man is the man his journey has brought him here to meet. As Malcolm X approaches he gently and respectfully says, "Mr. President, we've never met but I'm...." So begins a play "A Conversation Between Malcolm X and Barack Obama." Playwright Jacqueline Clay Chester will share clips from her play, and discuss why she wanted people to remember Malcolm X. Service Leaders: K.Klemenchich/M.Lasris Are you seeking a church:
 That keeps an open mind to the religious questions you have struggled with in all times and places? Where personal experience, conscience and reason are believed to be the final authorities in religion, and that in the end religious authority lies not in a book or person or institution, but in yourself?Where no one is required to subscribe to a creed?Where everyone is welcomed in a safe, accepting community with open hearts and minds?Where people nurtue one another in spiritual growth and the expression of personal values through service to people and the planet?Where the congregation is self-governing. Authority and responsibility are vested in the membership?Georgia Mountains Unitarian Universalist Church may be for you.
Come and visit. Service is held every Sunday at 11:00 am.
Dress is Casual. Children's Religious Education meets concurrently
 Our mission is to be a safe,
accepting community
of diverse people with
open hearts and open minds
who nurture one another
in spiritual growth
and the expression
of personal values
in service to
people and our planet.
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