John Muir and the Manicheans
Sunday, August 26 at 11 am in the Church Sanctuary
service conducted by The Reverend Dr. Gordon
Gibson
It has been said that there are two kinds of
people in this world: those who say that
there are two kinds of people, and everybody
else.
In this service we will draw on the life and
words of environmentalist John Muir, words of
a French existentialist, and a letter from
Paul to the church at Corinth to come down on
the side of "everybody else."
The ancient heresy of the Manicheans, in
contrast, tended to say "there are two kinds
of people."
Alison Rittger will be the Worship
Associate, and Trustee Carol Johnson
will welcome worshipers to the service.
Annual Maintenance and Cleaning Closes Building
Monday (August 27) through Saturday (September 1)
from Executive Director Nancy Evans
and
Building Manager Donald Johnson
The church and center will be closed from Monday
(August 27) through Saturday (September 1)
for cleaning and maintenance. The
administrative staff will also use this time for
projects that require special concentration
and focus.
There will be no daytime phone or reception
service. In the event of an emergency,
please leave a message, and the staff will
respond.
"Thank you for allowing us this uninterrupted
time to prepare for what promises to be a
very busy fall," says Nancy.
Good and Welfare
Rev. Rali Weaver, former ministerial
intern and Acting Director of Religious
Education of our Society, was profiled in the
Norwood, Massachusetts Daily News
Transcript. The August 15th article
discusses Rev. Weaver's start as minister of
the First Church and Parish in Dedham.
Unitarian Universalists Ready Marketing
Media Actions Start September 10th
from Valerie Holton, Marketing Outreach
Director of the Unitarian Universalist
Association
Tuesday the Unitarian Universalist
Association outlined the schedule for the Bay
Area public awareness campaign. The plan
details may change, but the broad scope of the
$300,000 effort will be as described below.
The campaign will begin the week of September
10th with a few radio announcements on KQED
to warm up the audience.
The complete media plan will
include:- Four weeks of General Service
Announcements on
KQED shows such as All Things
Considered, Morning and Weekend Edition,
News, and Prairie Home Companion.
- Six weeks on KQKE and Air America with Thom
Hartman, a new environmental show called
Green Seed Radio, and the
Progressive News Hour with John
Scott.
- Four weeks of commercials beginning the week
of September 17th on The Daily Show
and The Colbert Report on the Comedy
Network.
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- Newspaper Inserts: 400,000 four-page,
four-color inserts in the major newspapers the
weekend of October 4-7. These papers include
the Chronicle, San Jose Mercury
News, and the Contra Costa Times
and the ANG papers.
- Direct Mail: 250,000 over-sized postcards
will be sent to households the week of
September 24th.
- Newspaper ads will be placed in a major
Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender weekly
publication.
- A full-page four-color ad will be placed
in the following national magazines' regional
editions: Family Fun, Parents,
Parenting, and American Baby.
- 100 "billboards" on BART stations the
month of October.
- Internet: Google ads and web banners on
specialty sites.
