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Resources:
For
Families
For
Congregations & Small Group Ministries
Books from Beacon Press
Music
Interfaith Resources
UU
Responses to 9/11
Recommended Links
Middle East Peace
For
Families
Columbia University's Teachers College: During September 2002,
as a follow-up to the Teach-In, Teachers College will present a website
and online forum and will include lesson plans, video presentations
and other materials from leaders in curriculum development and diversity
issues.Beginning September 9th, visitors to the site will have the opportunity
to reflect on and share their experiences and ideas with others in a
web-mediated discussion forum. Teachers College invites all interested
educators to visit this free resource at http://dlp.tc.columbia.edu/teachin
http://dlp.tc.columbia.edu/teachin starting
September 4th.
The Coming Anniversary: 9/11 by Rev.
Patricia Hoertdoerfer and Jacqui James
When the Buildings Fell, Connie
Dunn
Where Were You?, Connie Dunn
The current issue of "Inward Springs," a periodical for liberal
religious families, focuses on some of the spiritual questions raised
by the attacks of last September 11. Subscriptions (4 issues) are $15,
available from All Souls Church, 1157 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10021.
(Please make checks payable to "All Souls Church-Inward Springs.")
Single copies are also available for $3. Bulk rates are available. For
more information, please
email Insprings@aol.com.
Dramatic Reading for children's story with
two voices, Rev. Christine Robinson
 Courtesy
of the New York Public Library "NYPL
Responds: Meeting Community Needs in the Wake of Tragedy":
Constructive
Conversations about Challenging Times: A Guide to Family Dialogue,
from the Public Conversations Project
Talking To Our Children About September 11th,
thoughts from the Family Pride Coalition and the Early Childhood Equity
Alliance
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For
Congregations & Small Group Ministries:
Covenant Groups are a place where many congregational members come together
for support and to deepen their faith. For general information about such
groups visit http://www.swuuc.org,
or click
here to subscribe to a newsletter for UUs in covenant groups.
From Covenant Group News: An occasional
newsletter about Covenant Group Ministry read by 830 forward-looking
Unitarian Universalists:
The Coming Anniversary: 9/11 by Rev.
Patricia Hoertdoerfer and Jacqui James
First Anniversary of September 11th,
Rev. Lynn Strauss
Poem, Ellen Bass:
Facing
the Future: How Should We Move Foward After September 11?, Study
Circles Resources Center
Singers of Life,
Loren Eiseley
In Times of Hatred and War, Tereza
Halliday
"Big Questions, Big Answers"
Series for Covenant Groups, Rev. Michael McGee
Adult/Teen Evening for Processing 9/11
events, The Rev. Christine Robinson
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Books
from Beacon Press 
 Free
for All: Defending Liberty in America Today
Wendy Kaminer
Read the book introduction here
(9 pgs, 49KB, in PDF
format)
Purchase
now in the UUA Bookstore!
 Poems
to Live By In Uncertain Times
Joan Murray, Editor
$12.00 USD
UUA Bookstore #3778
Purchase
now in the UUA Bookstore!
For
Love of Country: A New Democracy Forum on the Limits of Patriotism
Martha C. Nussbaum
53.8 x 8 / 176 pages / June
Paperback / 0-8070-4329-X
$14.00 U.S. / $21.95 CAN
Purchase
via Amazon.com!
 The
Power of Nonviolence
Howard Zinn
$15.00 USD Paperback Original
ISBN: 0-8070-1407-9
Purchase
now in the UUA Bookstore!
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Music
A number of
UU musicians have recommendations for music (anthems) for worship in
commemoration of the events of Sept. 11.
America 2002, Harlan Sandidge
From Ken Langer, Director of Music and Arts, Eno River UU Fellowship,
Durham, NC:
"On September 11, we sang "Choose Something Like a Star"
by Randall Thompson, with text by Robert Frost. Available from G. Schirmer,
Inc. http://www.schirmer.com/"
For This We Stand, by
Jim Scott (5 pgs, 709KB, in
PDF
format) For performance license
information contact Jim Scott, Jimscott2u@aol.com
Hymns of Unity With Diversity, by Brandy
Sinco (8 pgs, 2225KB, in PDF
format) Please contact Brandy Sinco, AltoTenor@aol.com,
for an inexpensive performance license.
The New Normal: A Spiritual Response in Words
and Music, Original Cast Recording
Praise Wet Snow Falling Early, a choral
work with music by Elizabeth Alexander and poem by Denise Levertov
Proud Tower Standing Tall,
Harlan Sandidge
From Barbara Wagner, Director of Music, Unitarian Universalist Church
of Buffalo, NY:
"Our choir will be singing "Remember," a piece by Canadian
composer Ruth Watkins Henderson. The text is by Christina Rossetti:
"Remember me when I have gone away." It's published by Boosey
and Hawkes http://www.boosey.com/publishing/index.html
#OCTB86928. A cappella - medium to difficult."
When
I Breathe In, Sarah Dan Jones
From Ila Stoltzfus, Music Director, Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge,
LA:
"Our choir will be doing "When Sudden Terror Tears Apart"
- Hope Publishing Co., http://www.hopepublishing.com/html/main.isx
Words by Carl P. Daw, Jr, Music by Brad Printz. The theme of the piece
is finding hope and courage and not seeking revenge."
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Interfaith
Resources
The Shalom Center: Seeking
Peace
The Shalom Center's "Seeds of September: Eleven Days of Reflection"
series is thought-provoking and inspiring.
Bruderhof
Peacemakers Guide - Fighting For Peace
Created to inspire and empower you to work for peace, and to arm you
with living proof of the power of nonviolence to effect change and resolve
conflicts.
Associated Ministries of
Pierce County, WA: Hope
in Action
National Council of Churches': Interfaith
Open House
Council on American-Islamic Relations: Day
Of Unity and Prayer
Pierre Tristan: A
Tower of Self-Congratulation on an Anniversary of Great Pain
Sojourners online Magazine has a new study guide called "A
World at Odds: Conscience In A Time Of Terror" that offers
a moral response to terrorism and helps us see light in the darkness.
Women of diverse faiths associated with Diana Eck's Pluralism Project
wrote a statement of healing and reconciliation.
The American Muslim has a special online issue in memory of
the victims of the September 11th terrorist attack. It includes articles
by Muslims and non-Muslims and even a few articles that are not on this
topic. However, primarily we have a tremendous collection of articles
which may be of particular interest to those who have asked "Where
is the Muslim response?" See: www.theamericanmuslim.org
From the Union of American Hebrew Congregations: http://uahc.org/sept11/memorial.shtml
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UU
Responses to 9/11
The UU Service Committee raised more than $500,000 from UU contributions
following the events of Sept. 11, 2001.
Thanks to the generosity of many UUs who responded to the tragedy of
Sept. 11, a joint appeal by the UUSC and the UUA resulted in contributions
of more than $500,000, the largest response in UUSC history.
Reflection, Rev. Kathleen E.
Allan
Pastoral Thought,
Therese Baumberger
To Dwell in the Land Safely,
Rev. Kurt A. Kuhwald
Nor must we ever do evil, that good
may come of it., (newspaper column) Rev. John Morgan
Reflections on Sept. 11, 2001:
The impact on the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, VA,
Rev. Linda Olson Peebles
Rev. Audrey Vincent, UU Church of Savannah,
GA
The current issue of "Inward Springs," a periodical for liberal
religious families, focuses on some of the spiritual questions raised
by the attacks of last September 11. Subscriptions (4 issues) are $15,
available from All Souls Church, 1157 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10021.
(Please make checks payable to "All Souls Church-Inward Springs.")
Single copies are also available for $3. Bulk rates are available. For
more information, please
email Insprings@aol.com.
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Recommended
Links
Recommended by the Rev. Pat Hoertdoerfer, UUA Office for Lifespan Faith
Development:
- Educators for Social Responsibility (www.esrnational.org)
has an excellent collection of resources - "A Summer of Renewal" guide
for educators, 50 free lesson plans, guide for "Talking to Children
About Violence," sequel to the guide on building community and action
ideas for students, and their call for transformation "Crisis into
Community."
- Children's Defense Fund (www.childrensdefense.org)
has many appropriate resources, especially the Children's Sabbath
2002 Manual of worship, educational, and advocacy resources.
- Parenting for Peace and Justice Network (www.ipj-ppj.org)
publishes a newsletter four times a year and currently their issue
themes correspond to components of their Pledge of Nonviolence. "Be
the Best We Can Be" article by Jim McGinnis in a recent newsletter
was very thought provoking.
- YES! a journal of positive futures has recently published
the best collection of prose, poetry, and prayers in response to 9/11
tragedy. Their issues were titled Can Love Save The World? (Winter
2001) http://www.futurenet.org/20spirituality/20toc_main.htm
and What Does It Mean to be an American? (Spring 2002) http://www.futurenet.org/21American/21toc_main.htm
are filled with writings from famous and ordinary people that stir
your heart and mind, soul and spirit.
- Constructive
Conversations about Challenging Times: A Guide to Family Dialogue
Grassroots
International is offering education materials in the form of partcipatory
workshops, designed to help community groups reflect on the issues confronting
our nation. The first workshop, Global
Security: Options Beyond War, encourages participants to examine
alternative means of addressing terrorism and security. The second,
Extending
Rights, Building Security provides a framework for participants
to explore the connections between the protection and extension of human
rights and the creation of a more just, and thus safer, place for all
of us. Both have been used at public events, organizational meetings
or much less formal house meetings.
New York University
will be offering an intensive Crisis Management Institute, a two-week
total immersion to help executives and managers prepare for and respond
to crises, disasters and other events that threaten reputation or operations.
The Institute consists of eleven full days of classroom instruction
over two weeks, Monday, October 21 to Friday, November 1. Click
here for more information.
PBS FRONTLINE: "Faith
and Doubt at Ground Zero": As the country prepares to commemorate
the victims and heroes of Sept.11, FRONTLINE returns to Ground Zero,
both literally and metaphorically, and explores these fundamental spiritual
questions. What was it we saw on Sept. 11? Was it the true face of evil?
Was it the face of religion? And where, if one is a believer, was God?
Indeed, if one is not a believer, did Sept. 11 make the idea of God
that much more of an impossibility? Or was there something in the human
response to the tragedy that suggested transcendence?
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Middle East Peace
Pastoral Letter (March 27, 2002) from the Rev. William G. Sinkford:
"Contributing
to a Richer Imagination That Can Lead to Peace"
UUA Action of Immediate Witness, 2002: "Toward
Peace and Justice in the Middle East"
The UUA is a member of the World Conference on Religion and Peace.
Visit their website http://www.wcrp.org/RforP/RFP_1_MAIN.html
The UUA is a member of Churches for Middle East Peace. Visit their
website http://www.cmep.org/.
Tikkun online has many articles on mideast peace and the current conflicts.
Found out more http://tikkun.best.vwh.net/
The Shalom Center has many resources focused on seeking peace; pursuing
justice in the Middle East: http://www.shalomctr.org/html/peace.html
.
The Friends Committee on National Legislation also offers resources
on waging peace in the Middle East. http://www.fcnl.org/hottopics_index.htm#isr.
A convocation of Unitarian Universalist ministers, held in Birmingham,
AL,
issued a petition on peace in the middle east on March 10, 2002.
The UUA hosts an email list for civil discourse on the Middle East
conflict, called UUsMiddleEast. For more information, go to http://www.uua.org/mailman/listinfo/uusmiddleeast
For more information on the Middle East, we recommend visiting the
following sites:
Americans for
Peace Now
http://www.fcnl.org/issues/int/sup/israel_nyc53102.htm
presents an ad for peace in the Middle East which ran in the New York
Times and included the Revs. William Sinkford and Meg Riley as signators.
The Beyond
Blame Project
The Muslim Peace
Fellowship
Methodist
Federation for Social Action
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