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| Our Latest News Friends, Our UU congregations have been saddened by the recent shooting incident at the Tennessee Valley UU Congregation and several have responded with an outpouring of support. Please consult the website of your nearby congregation (Directory of Congregations herein) to find out how you can be involved. In addition, here are two responses, regional and national. Our Chicagoland Marketing Initiative team has a issued through consultant Mike Murschel this press release: TO: Editorial News Religion FROM: Michael J. Murschel Public Relations Consultant Chicago Area Unitarian Universalist Council (CAUUC) 224-577-8338 mike@mjmwriter.com DATE: July 29, 2008 RE: Chicago Area Unitarian Universalists Express Solidarity with Tennessee Shooting Victims Chicago, Illinois — Leaders and members of the Chicago Area Unitarian Universalist Council (CAUUC) have expressed their shock and sorrow at the events surrounding the recent shooting that took place on Sunday, July 27 when a gunman entered the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee, and fired on those attending a church youth service there. The aftermath left two dead and several wounded. The 28 Chicago-area congregations which span an area from the Wisconsin border to northwest Indiana and southwest Michigan are holding candlelight vigils in support of the Knoxville congregation, and scores of letters expressing the grief and sadness which has spread through this denomination have already begun to make their way there. Throughout the coming weekend, many of these congregations will continue these activities. For those interested in participating, CAUUC has made contact information for their nearest congregation available at its website at www.cauuc.org. Unitarian Universalism is a liberal religion with Jewish and Christian roots, affirming the worth of all human beings. It advocates the primacy of individual conscience in the free and responsible search for meaning in warm, supportive places of worship. **************
Here is a letter from Alex Winnett of the UU Washington Office for Advocacy. From: AWinnett@uua.org Friends, I am sure you share with me feelings of shock and pain in light of the tragic events in Knoxville yesterday. It's times like these when we need to be in solidarity with all of those who are mourning. UUs from all over the world have been sending their thoughts and condolences for the two congregations involved. And prayers are being shared throughout the land. The UU Crisis and Trauma team has been dispatched to the area and is working with the community. And the UUA is working to find out how to best support the community of Knoxville, Tennessee and the Thomas Jefferson district. I invite you to show your support of the Tennessee Valley congregations by sending peace cranes to the congregations. You can send them, here: Tennessee Valley UU Church c/o Brian Griffin, DLRE 2931 Kingston Pike Knoxville, TN 37919 It just so happens that our blog has a video on how to fold a peace crane for the 63rd anniversary of the Hiroshima Bombings http://uuasocialjustice.blogspot.com/2008/07/63rd-anniversary-of-hiroshi ma-day.html May peace be with the people of Knoxville and may peace be with you. With peace and love, Alex Winnett Program Associate for Peacemaking Mary Bonner Memorial Internship UUA Washington Office for Advocacy 666 11th St NW Suite 800 Washington DC 20002 awinnett@uua.org http://uua.org/peacemaking ________________________________________ Peacemaking-network mailing list Peacemaking-network@lists.uua.org <http://lists.uua.org/mailman/listinfo/peacemaking-network>http://lists.uua.org/mailman/listinfo/peacemaking-network ***************************** Welcome! The 28 Unitarian Universalist congregations of greater Chicago, northern illinois, and Michiana comprise the Chicago Area Unitarian Universalist Council. Its membership is composed more historically than geographically: although the area is designed to include Chicago and its suburbs, some of the members of CAUUC are included because they have an historical tie to one or more of the Chicago-area congregations, Berrien (in St. Joseph, Michigan), Rockford, Elkhart (Indiana), Joliet. The mission of the Chicago Area Unitarian Universalist Council is to support the work of its member congregations by: * Encouraging an interdependent network among the congregations; * Maintaining a clearinghouse of Unitarian Universalist information and procedures; * Performing liaison tasks among denominational levels; * Communicating effective programming, leadership development, and operational practices among its constituents; * Promoting the visibility and presence of Unitarian Universalism and its values in the greater Chicago area Quarterly, CAUUC publishes "CAUUC News," and annually publishes a Directory. CAUUC provides major funding for the Chicago-area UUs for Social Justice organization (UUSJ). CAUUC solicits and provides funding for the Chicagoland Marketing Initiative (CMI). CAUUC contributes to the work of The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC). CAUUC administers the Clarence Darrow Fund (funds won in a 1985 suit against the "Red Squad" of Chicago Police which had harrassed individual members and whole congregations for "subversive activity"), established for the promotion of First Amendment freedoms. CAUUC provides grants for the individual and collaborative work of congregations. The Social Mission Grant is awarded annually to a congregation to support an on-going social justice activity of that congregation. Two "Cluster Grants" are awarded each year to support congregations in collaboration to carry off an activity. CAUUC maintains a clearinghouse of information, ideas, and resources, published primarily in its newsletter and website. CAUUC leadership from time to time sponsors collaborative events, such as "Leadership Days" and training in aspects of church organization. CAUUC supports its work through contributions from its member congregations, currently established as $1 per church member. |
Website navigator: Directory of Congregations Calendar News and announcements Topics Chicagoland Marketing Initiative Resources Links Bylaws Contact Us Board of Directors Rev. Brian Covell, president Third Unitarian Church briancovell@comcast.net Dave Karcher, vice president UU Society of Geneva wdkarcher@hotmail.com Margaret Shaklee, past president and secretary Unitarian Church of Evanston howshak@att.net John Halbeck, treasurer Unitarian Church of Hinsdale info@cauuc.org Lynne Garner, liaison to Meadville Lombard Theological School Lgarnerchicago@aol.com Ken Schug First Unitarian Society of Chicago kschug@msn.com Ellen Wehrle Unity Temple UU Congregation, Oak Park e_wehrle@comcast.net The CAUUC Board meets at Third Unitarian Church 301 North Mayfield Av. Chicago, IL 60644-2198 7:30-9:30 p.m. on the first Thursday of the month bimonthly (October, December, February, April, June) |
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