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- that "interesting" people could be found there. I was not a joiner and
too busy with my work to get involved with a new commitment. It took a
while, but I was eventually lured to a program on Emerson’s essays, by Joy
McLemore and then, the following week, another on Sodom and Gomorrah as
presented by a gay Christian minister! It was true. This place was
different and the people were "interesting". I began to attend weekly,
simply because the programs were connecting to the issues and ideas that I
am most concerned about – justice, beauty, reason, mystery. Well, I
joined. And now I have committed. My life will always be too busy, but
isn’t that the way it ought to be? Can you find a familiar face in this group picture of the Madame Butterfly Opera Chorus?
(see page 4 for the answer) STEW POT from page 1 No?? Good! We can use you to help serve food to the homeless and working poor. On the 4th Thursday of every other month, beginning with January as month number one, UFL serves lunch to the homeless at the Salvation Army Stew Pot on Cotton Street from Noon to 1:00 PM. For volunteering information, please contact Señor Bob Winters at 903-758-2538 or bobwinters@cablelynx.com. |
Government Of the People By the People and For the People Unitarians Put Democracy Into Action Several of our members were able to attend the 2004 Texas State Democratic Convention in Houston and exper- ience that part of the political process firsthand. Two of the delegates, Frank Herbert and Veronica Hummadi, agreed to write a brief report for the newsletter so the rest of us could have a glimpse into, and some understanding of that process. Frank reports: Last Spring, Ellen and I attended the annual meeting of the Gregg County Democrats. It was our first, but when it was over and done with, I had volunteered to attend the state convention as a delegate, as did Clyde Clubb, who was sitting next to us. It seemed that all who wanted to and could attend became a county delegate. Last weekend, (June 17, 18, 19) Clyde and I shared the trip to Houston and felt our way through the various caucuses, receptions and General Sessions. I discovered that a caucus is a lot like a UU program – someone presents issues and then opens up a huge talkback. Of the 50 offered, from motorcycle rights to the secular humanists, we were only able to attend three. Many were simultaneous. The East Texas Caucus felt like the UFL: lots of voices, some profound, some provocative, a few confusing, but all impassioned. Our Senate District One caucus, conducted by Longview’s Glenn Perry, produced four delegates, one alternate and two at-large representatives for the National Convention in Boston, July 26. By tradition, these are selected to achieve a delegation with gender balance, and representation to include organized labor and the African American community. |
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