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UUA General Assembly 2003

District President’s Column/Fall Leadership Conference 

Qiyamah’s Corner 

Ministerial Matters 

Annual Meeting Focuses on Membership, Annual Meeting Awards and Elections 

Lifespan REflections

TJD District Staff Calendars 

Your Wild(e) Trustees Column

Does Your Congregation Want to Be More Family Friendly?

New Fair Compensation Guidelines Will be Available at GA; CLF Pen Pals

Accepting Allies News/Study Action Issues at GA/New Asian Pacific Islander Caucus 

TJ District Fair Share

Consulting Ministry

Chalice Lighter Grant Made/Western Carolinas Cluster Forms 

Congregations Focus Deeply on War / TJD Welcomes New Congregation / District Office Has New Sign

Welcome to Our New DREs / UUs Supporting National Public Radio / UUA President Spotted in TJ District

On the Journey Toward Wholeness / DRUUMM Events at GA

District Calendar

UUA General Assembly 2003 * June 26th-30th

Things are shaping up for the biggest ever General Assembly in UUA history. Here is a small sampling of some of the events:

Julian Bond will present the Ware Lecture.
He serves as chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization. 

Rabbi Kushner and Jonothan Kozol Among Major Presenters for GA 2003!
**Rabbi Harold Kushner (author of Why Bad Things Happen to Good People)
**Dan Savage (humorist and author of Savage Love)
**Dr. Jonathan Kozol (Advocacy for Children Living in Poverty)
**The Emerson Bicentennial Committee
**The Mystic Chorale with Nick Page
**Olympia's Daughters (The Gift: Uplifting Stories and Songs)
**Amy Domini and the Rev. Tim Smith (Corporate Accountability and Shareholder Activism)
**The Rev. Gene Navias and the Rev. David Johnson (Singing Our Visions of Action, Transformation and Hope)
**Dr. Herbert Benson (Frontiers of Healing: The Relation Between Spiritual and Medical Healing)
**The Rev. Bill Sinkford (Abolition Today: Ending Modern Slavery).

The Rev. Gary Smith to Deliver Living Tradition Sermon
In addition to the number of worship opportunities that occur throughout GA, the highlight for most is Sunday's Service of the Living Tradition. Celebrate as thousands of UUs sing traditional UU hymns and we commemorate the fellowship of ministry. The sermon at GA 2003's Service of the Living Tradition will be delivered by the Rev. Gary Smith, senior minister of the First Parish in Concord, Massachusetts.

GA District In-Gathering
Thomas Jefferson District In-Gathering will be held Thursday, June 26th from 3:45-5:00PM in Hynes Convention Center Room 112.

Study Action Issues
If you want to know what Study Action Issues are being considered at General Assembly, go to page 12.

Want to know more about General Assembly? Go to www.uua.org/ga for all the information you need, including lodging reservations, program grids, frequently asked questions (and answers) and more!

See you in Boston!

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