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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 12:18 PM Original message |
Seriously...Do Unitarians just go on vacation all summer? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. The Unitarians in NJ don't |
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lost-in-nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. There is one here in my town |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. I would suspect it's more towards operational costs and decline in donations |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. Sometimes it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy though. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. OOO -- email me the text! |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Nice lil church |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. The oens in VA don't, either -- are you sure they didn't just stop one service? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Yes, those Unitarian secrets like how to drink three bottles of wine and not be hungover |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. And still make an 8:00 am flight out of Newark |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
29. "Around these parts she's known as Wonder Woman. And that's the people who don't like her." |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Who does she think she is, Midlo? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. At least she's not a minister |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. I guess that's one argument against the Church ordaining women. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. She can get her mitts on the wine during Mass as an altar server |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. I've been to UU services before, never learned that secret |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Pacifist Patriot officiated at our wedding, and then drank mucho wine at the reception |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I know there's a small congregation in/near Toms River |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I didn't know you lived that close to us! |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I'm a bit south, but not by much |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. That's the trifecta! |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
39. I used to be in the East Brunswick UU congregation |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. I deny everything! |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. My parents left right around the same time you did |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Bwah! |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. First of all. They declined to mention that said consumption of wine.. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Adding too many details takes some of the fun away |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. But does wonders for my reputation. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Good point |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 07:44 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Although I'm not above blowing people expectations out of the water. |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Nope, they only have one service each |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. That is so weird! |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I'll check around....there's also Quakers |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. PM Pacifist Patriot and ask her if she knows why |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
12. Summer is when we go to our secret forest retreat to plot the global takeover |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
15. In my local one, the ministers do. nt |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
24. It depends upon the congregation. Many UU congregations... |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. I finally found one about 20 minutes from my parents' place |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
41. That's what ours does... |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
26. We're godless heathens anyway, might as well enjoy the warm weather. |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
36. I went to an Anglican church for a while |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
37. We're UMC, not UUC, but we just became Virginia's first Methodist Reconciliation Church. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 07:40 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Very cool! |
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mwdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 08:08 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. As an ex-Methodist, |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
38. Our congregation has summer services |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. They can attend GA, Swoosie (SWUUSI) and summer camps. |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
46. My kind of religion! |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
47. God trusts them enough to let them take the summer off church |
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