[Uucf-bible] ***SPAM*** Lenten Online Issue of Good News released, on website, more

[RevRonRobinson at aol.com]

Lenten Good News Issue Released  Online
The Unitarian Universalist Christian Fellowship, _www.uuchristian.org_ 
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founded 1945, freely following  Jesus
 
Welcome to another of our online Good News issues from the Unitarian  
Universalist Christian Fellowship. Go to _www.uuchristian.org_ 
(http://www.uuchristian.org)  and click on the  direct Good News link on the home page for 
this latest issue. Back issues are  available at the Good News section of the 
site.
 
In this end of Epiphany/beginning of Lent issue, you will find the  
following featured articles:
---"Why I Am A Unitarian Universalist Christian" by Kristin Leigh Grassel,  
UUCF Board member, intern minister at Bay Area UU Church near Houston, and 
young  adult. 
---President's Column by the Rev. Kathleen Rolenz, "a special treat".
---Executive Director's Lenten column on "UU Christianity and The Edge  
Effect", by Rev. Ron Robinson
---A special memorial to the life of the Rev. Suzanne Meyer, by friend and  
colleague and past UUCF President the Rev. Melanie Morel-Ensminger.
---A summary of the Fall UUCF Board Retreat, with visions and roadmap for  
the next few years of exciting transforming projects and events and 
deepening  both of the organization and our organic movement.
---Special First Look News at the UUCF at the General Assembly in June in  
Minneapolis, and the featured communion service preacher the Rev. Alma Faith 
 Crawford of the First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh. Our communion 
service is  back on the main official GA program again this year. Registration for 
GA is now  open.
---A two-page informational article unveiling Revival/Retreat 2010 in  
Dallas: "Re-Discovering Jesus and Communities of Hope" You can register for this 
 special event already too; see the information on the Revival page of 
_www.uuchristian.org_ 
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If you haven't received the issue already as an attachment .pdf file  and 
would like to, send a preferred email address to _UUCFOffice at aol.com_ 
(mailto:UUCFOffice at aol.com) . We are  also preparing to do more special email 
correspondence with members, so  make sure we have the email address of your 
choice. Please feel free to pass  this issue on to others who you think would 
find it, and our movement, of  interest. You can of course print off the issue 
from the website for ease of  your reading. 
 
We apologize for being a little late with this particular issue, one of our 
 two annual online issues (the other is the post-GA summer issue). We are 
in  between Good News Editors. But we are already at work on the Easter Good 
News  issue and you will also receive it later this month. You can get it 
sooner than  those who receive it through the mail by opting to receive all 
our Good News  issues online, and saving the UUCF some much needed money in 
the process, and  helping the environment. 
 
We also are seeking special Easter reflections, news from UUCF related  
small groups, prayers, favorite Easter sermons, and especially testimonials, as 
 in this issue, of "Why I Am A UU Christian" or "Why I am A Member of the 
UUCF."  Send those contributions, along with any pertinent reviews of new 
books, movies,  music, to me at _executivedirector at uuchristian.org_ 
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tor at uuchristian.org) .  Finally, if you are interested in applying for the 
Good News Editorship, or  being on the Editorial Team, also let us know.
 
The website has recently been updated with much new content, and will be  
adding new to it throughout Lent. Go especially to the Virtual Monastery 
section  for weekly prayer and scripture reflections and meditations. If you 
would like  to contribute to this section, let me know. All the weekly 
materials are  archived and accessible at the site, as well as previous issues of 
the Good  News. 
 
We have a special Lenten/Easter resource packet for sale for $15 which can  
ordered through the UUCF Bookstore online.
 
And while you are on the website, on the home page, you can easily give  
back to our movement through clicking on the Join, Renew, Donate link. We are  
publishing a special issue of the UU Christian Journal this Spring, 
celebrating  25 years of editorship by the Rev. Tom Wintle. It will only go out 
free to those  whose memberships are current, paid during the previous year. 
Make sure you are  one of those. If you have doubts about your membership 
renewal date, contact _UUCFOffice at aol.com_ 
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Blessings of this season, to you and all of yours, 
Rev. Ron Robinson
Executive Director, UUCF