[BES Friends] Upcoming Discussions, Poetry, and a PICNIC

[Stephen Meskin]

Summer Sunday Discussions every Sunday at 10:30 am all Summer long until 
and including Aug 28.

_*This Sunday 6/26*_: 10:30 am  "The AEU and You" with Stephen Meskin 
who will report on the 96th Assembly of the American Ethical Union held 
last week.

    * What do you think of the resolutions which passed and which did
      not pass at the Assembly?
    * Find out who won the Elliott-Black Award, The Anna Garlin Spencer
      Volunteer Awards, The Felix Adler Lifetime Achievement Award, and why.
    * Find out what the AEU is.
    * Find out what is going on at the AEU.
    * Find out how the AEU affects BES.
    * Find out the news about how BES will be affecting the AEU.
    * And much more.

_*Next Sunday 7/3*_ *_9:30 am -- Poetry Group _*with Kirk Mullen

                               10:30 am "The Secular Coalition for 
America" with Emil Volcheck
The Secular Coalition for America (SCA) lobbies  for the rights of non 
theistic Americans. Emil Volcheck will report on the SCA Biennial Summit 
that he attended this past May. He'll sketch the SCA's "Secular Decade" 
strategic plan and describe the SCA's first Lobbying Day. Discussion 
will center on whether non theistic Americans face discrimination and 
how the SCA and the Ethical Movement should respond.


_*Sunday 7/10*_ 10:30 am"The Atheist Spirituality of Andre 
Comte-Sponville" with Hugh Taft-Morales:

In /The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality/, French philosopher 
Comte-Sponville reaches into Eastern philosophy to offer a form of 
spirituality that even an atheist could love. It is a spirituality 
devoid of supernaturalism but full of friendship and community. He 
embraces a rational humanism that avoids both nihilism and hostility 
towards religion. Hugh will explore if such a perspective is consistent 
with Ethical Culture.

_*Sunday 7/10*_ _*Noon -- Board meeting*_; all BES members are welcome.

*_Sunday  7/17_* 10:30 am "The Dream of Earth: a proposed origin story 
for our time" by Tom Berry with Bob Corbett.

_*Sunday 7/24*_ 10:30 am "Potluck Discussion" with Stephen Meskin. Bring 
your own topics for discussion. Find out what others are interested in 
and put in your own two cents.

                           11:30 am Car Pool to
                           12:30 pm joint *_Potluck PICNIC_* with NoVES 
and an informal *_Platform_* by Jone Johnson Lewis in a beautiful 
setting on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay about 45 min from downtown 
Baltimore. Please reply if you are considering going. More information 
as we get closer.


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/Stephen A Meskin/,
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