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Hometown Prophet
Sunday, August 17 at 11 am in the Church Sanctuary
service conducted by Rev. Dr. Gordon Gibson
In this campaign season we have seen the
presumptive presidential candidates of both
major parties backing away from the pulpit
pronouncements of clergy supporters.
Is this just because sometimes preachers say
crazy things, or is it at least partly
because people get uncomfortable when someone
speaks prophetically?
Jesus is reported to have said, "No prophet
is accepted in the prophet's hometown."
Did Jesus know what he was talking about?
— Rev. Gordon
Gibson
Just for Fun!
Sunday after the Service
Eddie Silk, the visiting father of staff member
Jonathan Silk, has offered to entertain
us with a vaudeville-style piano repertoire
in the Thomas Starr King Room following the
service.
He will be playing standards from the early
1920's up to present day.
A light lunch will be served. Grilled chicken
salad for $5! Come and enjoy yourself.
The Art Collector Cometh -- Bring Your Art to Church
Sunday Sign-In Table for Members' Art Show 9:30 to 2:00
ESCAPE by Leonard Breger ©
2008cut-shape painting, acrylic on
masonite
from Liz Breger
Bring in your artwork this Sunday for the
Annual Unitarian Universalist Members &
Friends Open Group Show. All ages and skill
levels from youth to old pros are invited to
share their work.
All wall-hung media is invited: painting,
drawing, photo, needlework, collage, etc.
Work should be ready to hang
with appropriate framing and hanging wire
attached.
Come to the art sign-in table in the hallway
across from the Martin Luther King (MLK)
room. Bring your artwork and an entry form. The
forms are available 1) on the Coming Events
Board by the front entry, 2) on the bulletin
board next to the MLK room, and 3) from the
links at the bottom of the Art
Committee's web page.
Talk Tonight ... Enjoy Equality in November
Phone Bank Tonight (August 14) from 6-9 pm
from Rob Packenham
A Unitarian Universalist phone bank starts
tonight (August 14) at 6 pm for the No on
8
campaign to preserve Marriage Equality. Food
will be provided!
The evening includes training, a simple
script to follow during your calls, and
coaches to support you while you phone bank.
We need volunteers to make phone calls to
recruit other volunteers and to call voters
educating them about defeating Prop 8 - the
marriage ban. The calling will end at 9 pm.
To volunteer, contact Rob Packenham by
email or call him at (408)
425-1486.
State Assembly Member Mark Leno has confirmed
that he will conduct the wedding ceremony of
Senior Minister Rev. Gregory Stewart
and Stillman Stewart on Sunday,
November 2 at 11 am. Additional participants
and celebrants will be announced in future
Flames. Make sure the ceremony is on
your calendar!
Good and Welfare
Gerda
Fiske will celebrate her 92nd birthday on
Saturday (August 16).
Her family reports that her health is
failing as she deals with advanced
Parkinson's and the effects of a recent
stroke. Cards would be very much
appreciated.
Congratulations, Nicole and Jeremy!
photos by Sonnie Willis
Nicole Marie Lamarche and Jeremy Daniel
Nickel were married in a service in the
Sanctuary conducted by Rev. Gregory
Stewart August 8, 2008 at 8 o'clock.
Jeremy served this congregation as an
ministerial intern last year.
Congratulations to Nicole and Jeremy!
Love the Gift of Your Life and Do No Harm
Worship
Associate Anna Sylvester graced the
Sanctuary
with her poetry during last Sunday's service.
She shares her credo online.
Books by and about Ric Masten
from Rev. Dr. Gordon Gibson
Rev. Gordon Gibson used a variety of sources for
last Sunday's service, which was built around
the life and the poetry of Ric Masten. The
poems "With Birth to Look Forward To,"
"Dementia," and "Me and Pancho Villa" were
taken from Going
Out Dancing by Ric
Masten (Skinner House, 2008) and words at the
head of the order of service were taken from
"Endline" in that collection.
'"Poor Devil"' and "Sing a Song," as well as
some of the autobiographical and biographical
material Gordon used, appear in Troubadour
and Poet: the Magical Ministry of Ric
Masten by Stephen D. Edington with Ric
Masten, Foreword by Ruby Dee (Trafford
Publishing, 2007).
"Learning Disabled" is in Ric Masten's
collection of poems and one line drawings, Let
it Be a Dance (Carmel Publishing Company,
2001).
Rev. Gibson also incorporated in "Me and
Pancho Villa" a slight variation as printed
in Not Dead Yet: Take 3 - Words &
One-Liners by Ric Masten (Sun-Ink
Presentations, 37931 Palo Colorado Road,
Carmel, CA 93923, 2008).
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