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August 2nd – Herb Ogden: Lessons from a 50th Prep School Reunion: Explore the sometimes strange relationship of the Unitarian Universalist Association’s First Principle 9The inherent worth and dignity of every person) and Second Principle (Justice, equity and compassion in human relations) to a joyous reunion of people, many of whom didn’t like each other years ago.

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Jun. 7 Jim Haley, “Finding meaning in avocation” Businessman, author and motivational speaker Harvey MacKay said “Find something you love to do and you’ll never have to work a day in your life”. Well, while ideal, this is often just not the case and work is sometimes just work. What meaning and fulfillment do we find in our pastimes outside of work?

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“Creating Personal and Social Change through the Arts”: SafeArt is a progressive organization in Chelsea, VT, whose mission is to “engage the transformative power of the arts to prevent and heal abuse and other traumas”. This service will include performance and interactive experience as it teaches and inspires us to heal ourselves and our community.

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“The Pursuit of Meaning”: One of my favorite writers was the Viennese psychiatrist Viktor Frankl. Frankl was said to have founded the third school of Viennese psychiatry after Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler. The gist of his theory is that all of us need a purpose for living. As Unitarian Universalists, one of the most important lines in our Statement of Principles and Purposes speaks of “the free and responsible search for truth and meaning.”

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“Acacia in Kenya – changing the world one girl at a time”: How do we respond to the injustice and poverty in the world? The problems can be so many and so overwhelming that sometimes we are immobilized. Acacia in Kenya, founded in 2005 educates and cares for one girl at a time in rural Western Kenya, providing them opportunity and education and connecting communities across the globe. The stories of these young women is inspiring and shows that if we can get over our inertia amazing things can happen.

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“Surviving Death: – The Eddy Brothers of Chittenden and the Spiritualist Movement: The talk will address the spiritualist movement of the mid to late 1800s, the religious diversity in the US in the 19th century and the culture and consciousness of the time. It will focus on the seances of 1874 at the Eddy farm in our neighboring town of Chittenden, which was actually referred to as the spirit capital of the universe, and the Eddy brothers as the global superstars of spiritualism at the tail end of the movement.

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May 3 Susan Abraham, “Pope Francis: Capturing the World’s Imagination”: A “long” historical overview argues that the Pope needs to be placed in relation to the Council of Trent, Vatican I and Vatican II. In such a long view, Pope Francis is truly the first Vatican II Pope the Catholic Church has ever had. Further, the context in which the Pope is received in the United States is the context of what can only be called American Catholicism. Here, the speaker argues that the Pope is surprising to many because he is drawing on a different strand of Catholic theological tradition than many American traditional Catholics.