We turned on our headlamps and started down the South Kaibab trail. Harder and harder came the wind gusts. We edged out beyond the protection of a side canyon wall and I wondered if we’d be blown away. I was cold and worried and wondered if we’d made a mistake. We crouched down. Inched our way along a ditch beside the trail. Rounded a switchback, and found shelter against another canyon wall.

The wind was strong while we dropped several hundred feet, but then something amazing happened. The light came. The sun rose over the eastern canyon ridges and bathed us. Gusts became breezes. My companions were radiant, in warm, golden light. We had survived our first twenty minutes!

It was a hard climb down and back out, but, together, we made it.

I don’t know how your ministries have been this year. Wherever you serve you may have had to bundle up. Turn on a headlamp to find your way. Seek shelter from the storm. Our calling takes us into rugged terrain. Lives can be an abyss. We wonder if we have made a mistake…

If your year has been like this, I hope you have experienced the dawn as well – and, if not, that you know it is coming. The radiance returns. It is a gift. I find it in the support of teammates. I hope you do, too.

I just returned from our Pacific Central Chapter retreat. We considered “Whose Are We?” I looked around the circle and I knew. In the eyes of colleagues I have known for decades and others I was seeing for the first time I saw prophets and pastors, preachers and priests, answering the call to serve the Mystery, the All, the Spirit of Love. We are bathed in the radiance and our calling is to reflect it.

You have given me the gift of serving you. You have elected an amazing team of leaders. They make my calling a joy. We look forward to being with many of you in Charlotte as we celebrate our steps in becoming an evermore effective professional association nurturing excellence in ministry through collegiality and continuing education. If you can’t join us there, reach out to your colleagues closer to home.

Think of them as teammates.

Blessings,

BillBillBillBill

Spring/Summer 2011

Volume 44, Issue 3 UUMA News

Special Interest Articles:

• Information and

Application for UUMA MFC Representatives

• New from the

Treasurer and Vice President

• Remembering

the Living Tradition

Individual Highlights:

From the ..

Exec. Director 2

Treasurer 2

Vice President 3

MFC Application 4

CENTER News 5

Living Tradition 6

Member News 9

UUA News 10

From the President . . .

Cold wind blew grit in our teeth. It was early morning, pitch dark. Barbara and I joined four bundled up friends as we began our trek down the Grand Canyon and back up. We’d been training for months, climbing the hills and peaks near Berkeley. I wasn’t worried about getting down to the Colorado River. But back up 4800 feet? I wasn’t sure.

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With careful

oversight of

spending along with

what looks like a

solid dues

collection rate, we

expect to end the

year with a small

surplus.

Each time I sit down to write a newsletter article or a monthly e-update column I wonder how effective this means of communication really is. I suspect many of you wonder the same thing. One of the statistics that I find most fascinating and challenging these days is something I share at every chapter I visit. When I was working in marketing twenty years ago the rule of thumb was that it took eight attempts to get a message to someone. This meant we needed to create two written ads or notices; a radio and/or TV spot; a face to face communication or two, etc. After eight times the receiver may or may not have bought our product or responded to our message but at least they were aware of it.

Recently I heard a marketing expert say it now takes 24 attempts to get through! Given the plethora of ways we communicate these days and the difficulties in being heard through the multi-media noise of our lives this number seems about right. But for people like us who are in the communication business how do we find the time, the energy, the ideas to have our message get through?

I continue to learn about the multi-media options available to us today. The UUMA has a larger presence on Face Book, we send more emails out, we try to come up with eye-catching mail pieces to send. We are not using Twitter yet and although I really think it would be a good idea I still don’t yet have a blog - and try not to feel like a slacker because I don’t! I spend much of my time on video and teleconference calls and I still like to think and hear there is value for me to be in our chapters talking to people face to face.

Perhaps our ministerial ancestors always thought there was too much information and not enough effective ways to process and share it. But I doubt it. Recently it seems there are more and more articles and books about the challenges of ministry in this (over)information age...or maybe I am just paying more attention. I have a hunch the abundance of information that comes to us is not going to slow down any time soon. How can we continue to learn how to more effectively communicate and connect with others, in other words minister, in a world when we, and they, are in overload?

I look forward to communicating with many of you the old-fashioned way in Charlotte. Face to face. Smile to smile. Hug to hug. Ear to ear. Heart to heart. While most of my work depends on more high-tech ways to connect with and serve you, I relish the time each June when I get to be with people in a real and not virtual way. I am no Luddite; I like technology and the ways the communication world has changed (most of the time) but I am still partial to being with people. I think it almost always takes fewer than 24 times for us to get through to each other.

Don Southworth, Acting Executive Director

From the Acting Executive Director . . .

We continue in a time of significant transition with the hiring of an Executive Director and the ramifications for how we do business. Of most interest to the members will be the following:

1. With careful oversight of spending along with what looks like a solid dues collection rate, we expect to end the year with a small surplus.

2. A proposed budget for 2012 was approved by the Exec to be presented to you at the Annual Meeting. Total income and expenses will show modest increases—most notably a 3% increase for staff compensation and a substantial increase in the subsidy amount available to Chapters.

3. While continuing the essential dues format proposed last year (with percentages based on earnings), we continue to listen to your concerns and suggestions. We believe we can support next year’s needs and programs of the UUMA with a dues increase to .85% of income (rather than the originally proposed 1%).

4. We have proposed a new minimum scale for professional ministerial services.

More details are available in the Annual Meeting packet located at www.uuma.org/AM2011.

Marni Harmony, Treasurer

From the Treasurer . . .

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It’s that time of year when those of us serving congregations are looking at a new set of leaders offered up by their nominating committees. Or perhaps, in serving a non-profit, you are seeking new board members for the coming fiscal year. Or, as a UUA staff person, wondering how to get more lay leaders engaged in district and national programming.

Developing new leaders, staff or volunteers, is central to any healthy organizational structure. Doing it right can be challenging. We all know of nominating committees whose best effort is “looking for a pulse” and filling slots. Or of people who agree to positions because someone told them “it won’t be much work”.

Our UUMA nominating committee has done an excellent job again this year finding candidates for the Exec and other groups. As the UUMA adapts our structures to our new staffing, we’re looking closely at leadership development in other areas as well – from improved recruitment strategies to the national UUMA Exec and Chapters to developing leadership positions on committees that will strengthen our vision of “nurturing excellence in ministry through collegiality and continuing education”.

What if we became intentional about this process together? What if we knew which great leaders from one area of our UUMA structure might be moving on and ready for a new challenge? What if colleagues had a better idea of the leadership skills of members who enter their chapters?

Don Southworth and I will be dedicating time and effort in the coming months to creating new leadership development strategies for the UUMA.

What would you need in order to serve the UUMA better? What best practices around leadership development do you know?

We welcome your engagement in this process. Together we can go from strong to stronger!

It remains an honor to serve as your Vice President, Lydia Ferrante Roseberry

From the Vice President . . .

The UUMA Executive Committee has historically nominated two UUMA members to serve two-year terms on the Ministerial Fellowship Committee (MFC). The UUA Board of Trustees has proposed a change to the UUA Bylaws at the 2011 General Assembly that would increase the number of UUMA Executive Committee nominees to four.

In the UUMA’s continuing effort to increase opportunities for members to lead and serve their colleagues, the Executive Committee is inviting members who wish to serve on the MFC to apply by July 15, 2011. If the delegates approve the proposal to increase the number of UUMA nominees serving on the MFC, the UUMA Executive Committee will nominate the two new members by August 1, 2011. Serving on the MFC while representing the UUMA is one of the most important leadership opportunities in our movement and it is one of the most demanding. Please review the qualifications and consider the time commitment that is listed below. A copy of the MFC rules which outlines their duties and responsibilities can be found at http://www.uua.org/documents/mfc/rules.pdf.

Qualifications ● Final fellowship and UUMA member in good standing ● Passion and commitment to ministerial formation and collegiality

Time Commitment ● Attendance at all MFC meetings (the MFC currently meets three times a year in Boston). Scheduled dates

can be found on UUA website ● Many hours of reading candidate packets in preparation for meetings

Application Process: Applications will be accepted until July 15, 2011 . The UUMA Executive Team will nominate two members to serve on the MFC by August 1, 2011. Applicants who are not selected at this time will be considered when future UUMA MFC nominations are made. We are hoping for a diversity of experience, culture, theology and spiritual practice to be represented. Questions about the application process and expectations of MFC members can be sent to Don Southworth at executivedirector@uuma.org

UUMA MFC Appointments . . .

Together we can

go from strong

to stronger!

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Please complete the following application and return it by July 15, 2011 . Forms can submitted online at https://uuma.site-ym.com/?mfcapplication, emailed to executivedirector@uuma.org, or mailed to the UUMA 25 Beacon Street; Boston, MA 02108. Applicants must be current members of UUMA and in Final Fellowship with the UUA. Name ___________________________________________________________ Preferred phone: ___________________________________________________ Email: ___________________________________________________________ Address: _________________________________________________________ Current Ministry position: ____________________________________________ What year did were you accepted into final fellowship:______________________ Please briefly answer the following questions. 1. Why do you wish to serve as one of the UUMA’s representatives on the Ministerial Fellowship Committee? 2. Discuss why you think you are especially qualified to do this work? 3. What do you think are the most important qualities and skills that new ministers must possess to effectively

serve Unitarian Universalism for the next 25 years? 4. Describe your experiences with anti-racism, anti-oppression and multiculturalism. How will that experience

inform your service on the MFC? 5. List current or past service in the UUMA or the UUA. Please give us the name and contact information for a colleague who can serve as a reference. ___________________________________________________________ Thank you for your commitment to serve your colleagues and our movement!

UUMA MFC Representative Application . . .

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Coming off the tremendous success of the UUMA’s first CENTER Institute for Excellence in Ministry at Asilomar, the aim of continuing education has a lot of momentum.

Nearly 375 ministers attended the conference with the theme, ‘be changed’ and were not only transformed by the beauty of the perfect weather and picturesque Monterey coastline, but by an exciting array of good worship, music, food, programming and company.

A few of the things we’re proud of besides the workshops and collegiality is the more than $7000 raised for local charities and future scholarships, the written and financial support we offered the Asilomar employees in the midst of their union negotiations and the fact that we held a great conference in a great place, with great reviews at a reasonable price with high quality personnel and came in under budget. But even beyond that, we’re excited about being able to offer the audio and video resources on the CENTER website of some of the worship, music, seminars and discussions at the Institute so those who weren’t able to attend can still benefit.

Capitalizing on the success of the Institute and successful programming like Dreaming Big (teaching healthy practices to those who want to serve large churches), the ‘Ten Year Plan’ is being developed to offer more in-depth learning opportunities in the specific areas ministers identify as crucial for their success. It is hoped that the fruits of these learning opportunities will spread as participants commit to small further exploration in more localized small groups.

A Coaching/Mentoring task force is developing a design to address an area that CENTER has long believed is essential for ministers to work collegially, spreading the wisdom of experience from where it has been developed to where it is needed. It is hoped the design will be complete by ministry days in Charlotte and a launch of a pilot program be ready by the fall.

CENTER is extremely excited with the collaborative efforts of the UUA and UUMA in designing Association Sunday 2011. UU Religious professionals will receive 2/3 of the proceeds of what we hope to be a generous expression of what our faith is called to be in the 21st century. Ministers have said we are willing to increase our dues for the value we receive from greater organization and learning opportunities. Association Sunday is welcome testimony of the kind of support that says we are not in this on our own.

Some of the other work that will be captured in our upcoming 5 year long range plan will include plans for a new Institute at St. Pete’s Beach in 2013; new online educational delivery systems, completing some written committee member job descriptions, policies and procedures which describe the committee’s infrastructure, a revitalized Chapter presenters program which streamlines offerings and adds a new focus on forging a moral response to oppression and addressing new conversations in sexual ethics.

We are extraordinarily grateful to all who have served on CENTER in the past and especially to those who have taken us so far recently.

Roger Bertschausen – Co-Chair Liz Lerner Maclay Cheryl M. Walker – Incoming Co-Chair Colin Bossen Greg Ward – Past Co-Chair Matt Tittle Jann Halloran – Liaison to UUMA Exec Jory Agate

We are especially grateful to Kimi Riegel for the tremendous service she did for all of us in her four years on the committee and to Sarah Gibb Millspaugh for agreeing to serve on CENTER for the next four years.

Of course, little of what we have achieved in the last two years would have been possible without the vision and leadership of Acting Executive Director Don Southworth.

And finally, we are grateful to you – who support us and give us the reason to exist. Thank you for your participation and your feedback on what is working and what is needed.

News from the CENTER . . .

UU Religious

professionals will

receive 2/3 of the

proceeds of what we

hope to be a

generous expression

of what our faith is

called to be in the

21st century.

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The Rev. Dr. Herbert R. Adams died on March 18, 2011. He was 78 years old. Rev. Adams was born in Philadelphia, PA, on April 19, 1932, to Leander H. and Helen R (Richards) Adams. Rev. Adams graduated from Colby College in 1954, where he was involved in theatre productions and won the Levine Prize for Public Speaking, and Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1972. He also attended Harvard Divinity School, Theil College, Kent State, and Boston University.

He served at the Follen Church Society in Lexington, MA, where he was ordained in 1968; Lake Shore Unitarian Society in Winnetka, IL; First Universalist Church of West Paris, ME; First Universalist Church of South Paris, ME; and the First Universalist Church of Norway, ME. He also served interim ministries at the First Unitarian Society of Ithaca, NY; the UU Congregation of Santa Fe, NM; and the UU Fellowship of Charlotte County in Port Charlotte, FL. He was Minister Emeritus at the First Universalist Church in West Paris, ME, where he was also a member.

In addition to his career in the ministry, Rev. Adams was a textbook editor and developer at several companies, the last of which was Laidlaw Brothers, a subsidiary of Doubleday & Company, where he served as President and CEO. He also taught English in public schools in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Massachusetts, and Maine and served as a principal of the Middle School in the Oxford Hills school district in Maine.

Rev. Adams began his ministry while a student at Colby College, ordained by the Fairfield Methodist Church where he served on weekends. Later while still at Colby, he commuted to Scarborough to serve the Pine Point Congregational Church, where he also served full time after his graduation. He left there in 1956 to study at Harvard Divinity School.

While in the Unitarian ministry, he authored a curriculum for church schools for the Unitarian Universalist Association Department of Education entitled "Project Listening,” based upon his doctoral research and thesis about the importance of empathic listening. Later while in the publishing business, he co-authored a book, "Listening Your Way to Management Success.”

Rev. Adams was a past president of the Norway Paris Kiwanis Club and various civic organizations in the Oxford Hills and Lovell. He had a particular interest in lakes conservation. He enjoyed Heald Pond, his summer home of 42 years, golf, fishing, poker, theatre, and jazz music. Most of all, he enjoyed spending time with his extensive extended family.

Rev. Adams is survived by his wife of 34 years, Mary Ryan Adams; his sister Anne Adams; and his four children, Ashley, Joshua, Lee, and Rachel Adams; three step children, Ande Hall, Ken Hill, and Rich Hill; twelve grandchildren, Sam, Jill, Vanessa, Rebecca, Jonno, Hannah, Tucker, Reuben, Calvin, Jenny, Ezra, and Nora; five nieces and nephews; and his faithful Boston Terrier, Betty Boop. He was predeceased by two brothers, Hampton and Jon B. Adams. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Rev. Adams’s memory to the West Paris Universalist Church, P.O. Box 36, West Paris, ME 04289, or to the First Universalist Church of Norway, 479 Main St., Norway, ME 04268.

The Rev. Dr. Virginia Perin Knowles died on January 23, 2011 after a long decline. She was 87 years old. Rev. Knowles was born in Washington, D.C., on January 10, 1924 to Bernard K. Perin and Virginia Protzman Perin. She graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1945 with a BA in Liberal Arts, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in 1948 with an MA in International Affairs, University of Chicago in 1976 with a Masters of Divinity and Meadville Lombard Theological School in 1979 with a Doctor of Ministry degree. She also studied at the Sorbonne and the University of Mexico during the 1940’s.

She served as the Director of Religious Education at Mt. Vernon Unitarian Church in Alexandria, VA and at Beverly Unitarian Church in Chicago, IL. Upon completion of her theological studies, she was called as minister to the UU Fellowship of Redwood City, CA. Following her time spent in Redwood City, she served as interim minister at both the Unitarian Universalist Church of Urbana Champaign in Urbana, IL and the First Unitarian Church of Louisville, KY. Rev. Knowles was next called to State College, PA where she served as minister of the UU Fellowship of Centre County.

Herbert R. Adams

Virginia Perin Knowles

James D. Hunt

Robert F. Kaufmann

And We Remember . . .

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Following this period, she served as interim minister at the First Universalist Church of Rochester in Rochester, NY, the Unitarian Church North in Mequon, WI, and finally at Paint Branch UU Church in Adelphi, MD until 1992 at which time she retired from full-time ministry. Following retirement she served as a consulting minister at the First Unitarian Church in Lynchburg, VA. She served on the governing boards of various denominational organizations over the years including the UU United Nations Office, UU Collegium, and UU’s for Social Justice in the DC region.

Prior to her ministry, Rev. Knowles worked in Paris for the U.S. Foreign Service and was subsequently accepted, along with a small group of other women, into an exalted and predominantly male program at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Upon completion, she was recruited by the newly organized CIA to work with refugees and ex-patriots from Eastern Europe. Her husband at the time, Ed Knowles, worked alongside her at the CIA. While stationed in Munich she gave birth to twins, one of whom was learning disabled as a result of a brain injury. The twins were soon followed by the birth of another child, Jeffrey. While her children were young, she began working as Director of Religious Education and Assistant to the Minister at the First Parish in Cambridge, MA. With money being scarce for the newly divorced mother of three, she took a more lucrative position with the Office (now Department) of Education as an international specialist. Eight years later with her children grown, and upon the advent of what she, and others, termed "women’s lib” she made the decision to rethink her life plans and enter the ministry, once again choosing a path that few women had traversed. Rev. Knowles, when writing in 1975 of her decision to enter the ministry, asked herself what in life gave her the most lasting satisfaction. Her answer follows: "Developing ideas which give some coherence to life in this galaxy, realizing again with companions of all ages that our work in a common cause can sometimes make a difference, discovering that I can inspire friends to try new ways or see some light through darkness, these are for me what make life worth living. Most fulfilling of all I find sharing with my fellows the awesome variety and depth of ways we cope with being human on this earth.”

Rev. Knowles is survived by her children Edward Christopher "Kit” Knowles and Katherine Perin Knowles of Tucson, AZ. Her youngest son, Jeffrey Knowles, died in 2007 at the age of 56. A service to celebrate the life of Rev. Dr. Virginia P. Knowles was held on Sunday, March 6, at Paint Branch Unitarian Universalist Church of Adelphi, MD where she was a member. Rev. Diane Teichert officiated at the memorial service. Please send messages of condolence to family friend, Marge Owens, 119 Northway, Greenbelt, MD 20770.

The Rev. Dr. James D. Hunt died on January 12, 2011. He was 79 years old. Dr. Hunt was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, on March 28, 1931, to Richard and Elizabeth D. Hunt. He later became stepson to John L. Daneker. Dr. Hunt graduated from East Greenwich, R.I. High School in 1948, Tufts College in 1952, and Boston University in 1958 upon receiving his Masters of Theology. He earned a Ph.D. from Syracuse University in 1965. His thesis was "James Luther Adams and his Demand for an Effective Religious Liberalism.”

He served as Associate Minister at Medford Hillside Universalist Church in Medford, MA, and Assistant Minister at Rockport Universalist Church in Rockport, MA, before being called to Acton Community University Church of South Acton, MA, where he served from 1954-1958 and where he was ordained in 1955. He also served as an Interim Minister for a summer at Blanchester Universalist Church in Blanchester, OH, and later as Minister of Cortland Universalist Church in Cortland, NY, from 1958-1961. In addition, he served at the First Unitarian Society of Albany, NY while a doctoral student.

Dr. Hunt made the decision to leave active ministry and devote his full attention to his academic pursuits in 1961. While earning his Ph.D. at Syracuse, he joined the faculty of the Dept. of Religion. After receiving his doctorate, Hunt joined the faculty of Tufts School of Religion - Crane Theological School in 1965. Upon its closure in 1968, Dr. Hunt found his ultimate and permanent home at Shaw University in Raleigh, NC, through a civil rights era program that placed white professors at predominantly black colleges in the South.

For almost 30 years he was a Professor of Ethics and Religion at Shaw University. He had a passion for fairness and justice, which led him to study the philosophies of Mohandas K. Gandhi. He published four books on Mahatma Gandhi; Gandhi’s own grandson, Gopal Gandhi, noted Dr. Hunt’s ability to write and speak on Gandhi in an objective way. Hunt, like Gandhi, was an ardent proponent of non-violent protest. He was an activist for social change throughout the course of his life, from his engagement in the Civil Rights Movement through his struggle to put an end to the death penalty. Hunt was involved

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Dr. Hunt is survived by his wife Jane (Henry) Hunt and his children, their partners, and his grandchildren - Sarah, Bob and Rivers; Nathan, Dove, Hannele and Pascal; Priscilla, Doug, Tasker and Owen; Jennifer, Marty, Caleb, Zachary and Hannah. Along with Jane, they are most grateful for his life.

A celebration of the life of Dr. James D. Hunt was held on Friday, February 18, at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh, NC. Contributions can be made to the Memorial Fund of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 3313 Wade Ave., Raleigh, NC 27606. Please send messages of condolence to Jane Hunt, 120 Pineland Cir, Raleigh, NC 27606-1313.

The Rev. Dr. Robert F. Kaufmann died on December 21, 2010 of bone cancer. Dr. Kaufmann was 89 years old.

Dr. Kaufmann was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 24, 1921, to Melvin and Vera Kaufmann. In 1970, at the age of 48, he received his M.Div. from Starr King School. He earned a Ph.D. in Psychology from United States International University in 1975.

He was called to the Emerson Unitarian Church in Canoga Park, CA, serving from 1969 to 1973, and was ordained there in 1970. In 1973, he was called to the Throop UU Church in Pasadena, CA, serving until 1985.

Dr. Kaufmann then began a series of interim ministries that spanned many years. He served at the following churches: Unitarian Church of Auckland, New Zealand; the Unitarian Church of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia; Fourth Universalist Society, New York, NY; UU Congregation of Columbia, MD; UU Church of Long Beach, CA; UU Church of Studio City, CA; East Shore Unitarian Church, Bellevue, WA; First Unitarian Church, Berkeley, CA; UU Fellowship of Boca Raton, FL; First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis, MN; New York Society for Ethical Culture; First UU Congregation of the Palm Beaches, FL; and UUs of San Mateo, CA. Many of these interim ministries resulted in substantial increases in attendance, membership, and pledging. The Long Beach congregation named him Minister Emeritus in 1991 in recognition of his accomplishments as their interim.

Dr. Kaufmann served the denomination as President and Good Officer of the Pacific Southwest Chapter of the UU Ministers Association. He also served on the Advisory Council for Accredited Interim Ministers. "Bob Kaufmann’s Mad World,” a satirical news column published in UU World among other papers, was named the nation’s best in the Variety of Topics category by the National Newspaper Association in 1968.

Active at the local and national level in numerous organizations, Dr. Kaufmann chaired the Board of the Southern California Urban Coalition and was president of the Pasadena Chapter of ACLU. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Pasadena NAACP; the National Committee on Prevention & Control of Delinquency, I. A. C. P; and Mothers Against Drunk Driving. He received the Distinguished Community Service Award from the National Urban Coalition. Most recently, Dr. Kaufmann presided over The Ethical Community Charter School Foundation, an organization which opened two charter schools in Fall 2009.

Prior to studying for the ministry, Dr. Kaufmann worked in a variety of professions - business, finance, journalism, television, public relations, and construction. He wrote for the Alan Young Show and recorded a comedy album for Decca Records, "A Trip Through A Blown Mind.” His poetry has appeared in several anthologies and recently he self-published "I Love You, I Think, Or I Would If I Knew What It Meant: 27 Chapters of Wit & Wisdom on Life, Laughter, and Love.” (www.whatifpublishing.com)

Dr. Kaufmann is survived by his wife Arlene; his daughter, Susan Kaufmann of Bellevue, WA; his son, Richard Kaufmann, and daughter-in-law, Pamela Kaufmann of San Diego, CA; a grandson, Robert Kendrick, and granddaughter, Dana Kendrick, both of Bellevue, WA.

In lieu of flowers, you may donate to The Ethical Culture Charter School Foundation (TECCS) at http://www.nycharities.org/donate/c_donate.asp?CharityCode=2604,or by sending a check to: Dr. Judith D. Wallach, Vice President, 101 Central Park West, 1A, New York, NY 10023-4250. Please send messages of condolence to Arlene Kaufmann, 401 – 100th Ave. NE #326, Bellevue, WA 98004.

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Dear Colleague:

In the middle of the night in June of 2009, Karen and Herb Tyson experienced every parents worst nightmare with a knock on their door. Their daughter Katie had been killed in a car accident as she was returning from General Assembly in Salt Lake City. She was 21 years young.

While every parent experiences the fear of losing their child, I’m not trying to stir up horrific feelings. I want to bring hope and love. Katie Tyson brought hope and love to many people, and her parents are continuing her legacy.

Katie was at the heart of Mount Vernon’s youth group, attending local and regional CONs and serving as a district youth leader. When she arrived as a freshman at Boston University, Katie joined the Arlington Street church and served as a leader of the large and thriving young adult group, sang in the choir, and joined the canvass committee.

Much to everyone’s joy, Katie had aspirations of one day serving our movement as a minister. She had assumed that becoming a minister would come later in her life, but found those plans accelerated after experiencing the love and spirit of GA. As she was leaving GA, Katie said to her father “GA messes with your mind.”

One of the extraordinary moments I experienced with Karen and Herb occurred very shortly after learning of their daughter’s death. They told me they wanted to launch an endowment campaign dedicated to supporting UU youth and young adults.

It was clear to me that Karen and Herb Tyson were not done with parenting, and were pursuing a dream for other Unitarian Universalist children. Deep in their grief they already had a vision for youth and young adults to be able to participate in district events, receive leadership training, and attend GA so that it could mess with the minds and hearts of more UU youth. As of the end of 2010 the Katie Tyson Fund is an endowed fund with the UUA.

To help make this a reality, my congregation has made a commitment to take an annual collection for the Katie Tyson Fund. And my church sponsored one of our star young adults to attend GA in 2010. In the spirit of hope and love, I urge all of our congregations to do the same each and every year.

In the immediate aftermath following Katie’s death, over a dozen UU ministers were involved in pastoral support to the network of Katie’s family and friends. This is one indication of the remarkable impact one young UU can have on our movement. The tragedy is not only Katie’s death, it is the lack of funding for UU youth and young adults.

The Katie Tyson Fund for Youth and Young Adult Ministries is dedicated to kindling the sparks of leadership among UU youth and young adults. The Fund supports scholarships, grants, and programs for youth and young adult projects, conferences, outreach, and more. With the generosity of Unitarian Universalists, young leaders will be empowered to live out their dreams, to weave our UU principles into the fabric of their expanding lives, and to encourage others to do the same.

Please join me in making a commitment to the Katie Tyson Fund for Youth and Young Adult Ministries by asking your congregation to take an annual collection for our UU youth and young adults. Do this for the future of our faith.

Send your collections to the UUA, attn: Katie Tyson Fund. Or use this link: http://uua.kintera.org/Tyson

Thank you. Rev. Kate R. Walker Minister, Mt. Vernon Unitarian Church, Alexandria, VA

Annual Collection for UU Youth and Young Adults Purpose: The purpose of the Katie Tyson Fund for Youth and Young Adult Ministry is to kindle the sparks of leadership among Unitarian Universalist youth and young adults. With the support of the Katie Tyson Fund, emerging leaders will be empowered to live out their dreams, weave our Unitarian Universalist principles into the fabric of their expanding lives, and to encourage others to do the same. For What: • Scholarships for participating in

district and national events, receiving leadership training, and attending General Assembly.

• Training for youth and young adults to exercise leadership in ministry.

• Project and event grants that support youth and young adults in deepening and developing connections with Unitarian Universalism and spreading our movement

• Youth and young adult ministry project grants are for Unitarian Universalist activities, conferences, outreach, and group start-up projects.

• Public event grants support the offering of large public programs, such as lectures or workshops of interest to youth or young adults, with the goal of increasing awareness of and interest in Unitarian Universalism.

Who Can Apply: Recipients of grants may include individuals, congregations, or districts. Distributions cannot be used for the salaries of professional staff. How to apply: Applications are available from Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministries – Katie Tyson Fund Grants Unitarian Universalist Association 25 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02108 Questions: Youth and Young Adult Ministries Director at yayadirector@uua.org or (617) 948-4359.

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New

Publications: Stephen Fritchman: The American Unitarians and Communism – A History with Documents Author Charles Eddis, who was there, tells in detail how the American Unitarians struggled to reconcile hopes and good intentions with painful political realities emerging after World War II. The A.U. Association awoke to find powerful pro-Soviet supporters -- including Fritchman -- in charge of their official magazine, their youth program, and their relief work in postwar Europe. The book’s broad historical canvass includes the FBI, the OSS (predecessor of the CIA), Soviet spies and agents, Stalin, and the US Communist Party set in the context of the ongoing evolution of American political radicalism.

"A very credible, accurate, well-balanced and humane study of the people who figured in this chapter in American Unitarian history, the issues at stake, the drama that unfolded." J. Ron Engel. retired professor, Meadville/Lombard. Available www.lulu.com/buy $19.95

Dear Colleagues:

As part of the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the merger of the Unitarians and Universalists we have been attempting to ask folks to help us capture part of our history around those events. Part of this is to help offer some perspective on what happened for us around consolidation, particularly so we can reflect on our aspirations then as we head into the next 50 years as a religious body.

There are guidelines on line on the 50th Anniversary web pages for how you might do an oral history (http://www.uua.org/50th/179221.shtml). What we need is for you, as congregation leaders, to identify members or past staff who were active in either the Unitarian or Universalist movements and the questions that faced us 50 years ago around joining together. Then, what we would hope, is that you identify a lay leader who would be willing to capture those reflections in a taped or transcribed interview.

In our instructions on the 50th Anniversary site we have questions that are created to seed conversation, and which we hope will provoke meaningful conversation about some of the history and hopes around consolidation. However, we also want people to feel free to follow or take conversations in ways that feel exciting and informative. In the end, we want what we leave behind to be an archive of experiences, reflections, hopes, concerns and open questions for our generation’s grappling and the generations of UU’s to come.

If you have more questions, please see the instructions on line, or feel free to contact me. I can be reached at 908-273-3245 (ext. 107) or Vanessa@UCSummit.org. Thank you in advance for considering being part of this effort.

All best Regards,

Vanessa Southern, on behalf of the entire 50th Anniversary Committee

50th Anniversary Oral History Project . . .

The Stewardship and Development staff is pleased to announce that the Reverend Vail Weller has been selected again this year as the recipient of the 2011 Stewardship Sermon Award for her sermon entitled Fire of Commitment, shared with the Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo, California congregation one year ago. Vail is one of a small number of religious professionals receiving this award multiple times—a testimony to her understanding of the importance of the stewardship of Unitarian Universalism. Fire of Commitment is an engaging mix of testimonials, stories, and ageless religious wisdom about the importance of stewardship in our lives and congregations, with clear linkage to Unitarian Universalist values. Vail deals with the taboo topic of money with her usual clarity and directness. Vail’s Fire of Commitment sermon, found online at: http://www.uua.org/giving/awardsscholarships/stewardshipsermon/index.shtml and join us in celebrating her achievement! On Monday, May 16, the UUA awarded the Frederic G. Melcher Book Award to author and Professor Cynthia Grant Tucker for her book, No Silent Witness. Tucker's award-winning book is a biography that follows three generations of ministers' daughters, mothers, and wives in one of America's most influential Unitarian dynasties: the family of Abby Adams Cranch and William Greenleaf Eliot. Spanning 150 years from the early 19th Century forward, the narrative lifts up a largely unsung female vocation and probes the women's defining experiences: the deaths of numerous children, the anguish of infertility, persistent financial worries, and the juggling of the often competing demands that parishes make on first ladies. Professor Tucker will be presenting a presentation at the UUMA’s Ministry Days. For details visit http://uuma.site-ym.com/?page=mduumps.

Award Announcements . . .

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12-Day Human Rights Trip to Israel / Palestine

Including East Jerusalem and the West Bank

July 16 – 27, 2011

Sponsored By Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East

Led by Don McInnes, immediate past President of UUJME

Join the tour for an extraordinary and unforgettable experience.

Meet with Palestinian and Israeli peace activists and political leaders, Israelis from both ends of the political spectrum, and members of Hamas and Fatah

Visit one or more Jewish settlements View the separation wall/ fence and experience checkpoints

Visit East Jerusalem, including the Old City and Western Wall, the Dome of the Rock, Al Aqsa Mosque, and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Spend two nights in Palestinian homes and tour several West Bank cities as well as Jerusalem,

Tel Aviv, Haifa, Nazareth, and the Galilee area Provide moral support for those working on the ground for a just peace, then return

energized and informed to work more effectively for a just peace from here

Estimated cost $2,400, including comfortable hotel rooms with private bath, ground transportation, guide, meals, gratuities, and trip leader fee. Does not include air fare or

transportation to and from airport in U.S. or in Tel Aviv.

For more information and/or to join the trip contact Don McInnes, 617-661-9000,

don@3mlaw.com.

For more information about UUJME, visit http://www.uujme.org.

From the Church of the Larger Fellowship They’re called Order of Service Covers

We have UU covers appropriate for celebrating spring,

flower communions, & other joyous occasions!

8 1/2" x 11" 60# white Hammermill Offset paper

Printed on one side in beautiful four color process.

Designed to work easily in any copy machine

Sold in packages of 100.

purchase Order of Service Covers and more www.clfuu.org

click on “CLF Shop” 617-948-6150

All proceeds from sales support the many UU ministries of the Church of the Larger Fellowship, serving UU individuals & groups all over the

world.

The Church of the Larger Fellowship is a UU congregation, supported by its membership.

Bill Hamilton -Holway , President president@uuma.org Phone: 510-525-0302

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Cheryl M. Walker , Secretary cherylmwalker@att.net

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