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Unless otherwise indicated, all meetings will be held from 10:30 to noon at the Society, in the Congress Hotel at 306 W. Franklin St., Suite 102. On street parking is available. Handicap parking and entrance are available in the adjacent lot with appropriate identification. Ethical Humanist Sunday School for children during platform meetings. Call 410-581-2322 for more information or, on the day of the event, to check for closing during inclement weather. Also check our newsletter and web site: www.BaltimoreEthicalSociety.org Sunday Platforms (Details Below) Promptly at 10:30 am DON'T FORGET TO CHANGE CLOCKS April 2 *"Letting Go"* Fritz Williams, Leader April 9 *"What I Learned About Women at the UN"* Phyllis Ehrenfeld, AEU UN Rep April 16 *"Spring Festival of Hope & Peace*" Facilitated by Karen Elliott, Pres. April 23 *"Common Sense for the Healing Arts"* Robert M. Duggan, President of Tai Sophia Institute April 30 *"The Eight Commitments"* Phyllis Duncan, President of the Northern Virginia Ethical Soc Other Activities Sat., April 1, 7 pm Coffee House (see notes below) April 2, 9:30 am Poetry Group April 2, 10:30 am MOVABLE TREATS for Movable Feast (see notes below) April 2, 12:30 pm Board Meeting (Members) Sat April 8, 6pm Potluck Dinner@ Solomons' featuring Phyllis and Sylvain Ehrenfeld from the Bergen County Society who are 2 of the AEU representatives to the United Nations. Gather at 6, dinner at 6:30. Call 410.363.3140 for directions and information April 9, 12:15 pm Ethical Action April 16, 9:30 am Poetry Group April 30, 12:15 pm Newcomers MOVABLE FEAST prepares and delivers meals to AIDS patients, others with life-challenging conditions, and their families. The extra calories are a pleasurable part of their life support system. If you're interested, there are other opportunities to serve this wonderful organization. They're looking for volunteers to serve as delivery drivers, bakers, kitchen assistants, and events assistants. For more information log on to www.mfeast.org or contact Tom Patrick, volunteer manager, at 410-327-3420, ext. 31. MOVABLE FEAST has provided the following dessert guidelines: 1) No nuts. 2) No alcohol. 3) Avoid heavy icing. 4) If possible, prepare desserts in small individual portion sizes-cupcakes, cookies, separately packaged slices, etc. 5) Label what's in your package. (Not ingredients but type of dessert: cookie, cupcake, etc.) Our next Moveable Treats Sunday will April 2. Keep up the good work! Contact Fritz, chair of the Ethical Action Group, if you have any questions. Fritz Williams Ron Solomon writes: Movable Feast desperately needs delivery drivers. I will offer to make deliveries on Monday, April 3 when I deliver the BES desserts. It requires about an hour of time to deliver about 5 meals. Movable Feast provides the meals and the route. Any one who is available about noon and might be interested should call me at 410.363.3140. Afterwards, we could have lunch. :-) COFFEE HOUSE ~ Saturday, April 1, 7 pm Our April Fool's Day host will be the always amusing Walter Massey, with featured performers poet Rosemary Klein and flautist Jan Seiden. Rosemary is Exec. Dir. of Maryland State Poetry and Literary Society ,the author of the award-winning chapbook "The Absolute Heart" and a member of BES. Jan has performed in concert and at numerous powwows and cultural gatherings throughout the United States, as well as on television. She has also conducted successful programs of healing music for hospital patients recovering from traumatic brain injury, in non-responsive deep coma, with neuromuscular diseases, and for seniors' centers rheumatoid arthritis groups. Her solo CD "Woodland Winds" will be available for purchase. An open mic will follow the featured artists sign-up at 7 pm. ??? Coffee, tea, and snacks will be available ??? PLATFORM DETAILS April 2: Letting Go Fritz Williams, Leader We say it often. Wistfully. Regretfully. "If only I knew how to let go." We realize that we're trying to exercise control over our lives and circumstances in ways that are futile and counter-productive. Yet, we speak of letting go without giving much thought to what it is we're proposing to let go of. Or how we are going to reconcile letting go with having strong personal values, standards, and aspirations. Fritz Williams tries to get a grip on letting go. Fritz Williams is Leader of the Baltimore Ethical Society and serves as primary speaker, teacher, pastor, and organizational leader. Fritz also performs weddings and commitment ceremonies. He has worked as a parish priest in the Episcopal church, and as a writer and producer at public TV stations in Harrisburg, PA, and Detroit, MI. April 9: What I Learned About Women at the UN Phyllis Ehrenfeld, AEU UN Representative Historical and religious images of women are explored and connected to the struggle for human rights that began at the UN with Eleanor Roosevelt and continued with Mary Robinson, former High Commissioner For Human Rights. Phyllis wrote: I Have done postgraduate work at McGill University School of Social Work, Montreal, Canada, and Dept of Contemporary Literature at Columbia University. I have received the Arnold Gingrich Award for the most highly recommended Fellowship in Prose from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Five of my plays have been presented in Bergen County. I am Contributing Editor to the Ethical Culture Review of Books. As Representative to the UN from the AEU's National Service Conference I report, with my husband Dr. Sylvain Ehrenfeld, on the UN in monthly articles which appear in a number of newsletters and websites. I am currently President of the Bergen County Chapter of UNA-USA. April 16; Spring Festival of Hope & Peace Facilitated by Karen Elliott, Pres. "Hope springs eternal to the human breast" so it makes sense that each spring we at BES celebrate spring with a Festival of Hope and Peace. Come with hopeful thoughts, and be prepared for poetry, posies, and possibly other spring-like, peace-inducing practices. (Alliteration not required.) April 23: Common Sense for the Healing Arts Robert M. Duggan, President of Tai Sophia Institute The solution to the medical system crisis in America is not in fixing the system. The only hope for future generations is for most of us to join in creating a rapidly expanding Wellness System so that the medical system can be appropriately used for the services it does very well. Our bodies are very wise teachers from which we can learn to live well with very minimal medicalization. Robert M. Duggan, M.A., M.Ac., a practitioner of acupuncture for more than 30 years, is President of Tai Sophia Institute, an accredited graduate school of the healing arts located in Laurel, MD. He received his Master's in Education from New York University in 1970, and holds degrees in Philosophy, Theology, Human Relations, and Community Organization. He has a special interest in the unique contribution that practitioners of complementary medicine bring to the emerging wellness system in the United States. He is the author of Common Sense for the Healing Arts. April 30: The Eight Commitments Phyllis Duncan, President of the Northern Virginia Ethical Soc I grew up with the 10 Commandments, the 7 Deadly Sins, and the Trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Why is it, then, I find the 8 Commitments of Ethical Culture more appealing and more relevant to my life? Because I can use them to "fall back on" every day. Phyllis Anne Duncan is a Native Virginian and first generation American of Irish and Scots lineage. A graduate of James Madison University with degrees in History and Political Science, she is a Manager in the Federal Aviation Administration and a proud public servant for almost 27 years. A commercial pilot with instrument and seaplane ratings and a certificated flight instructor, she has been a charter and corporate pilot, an aviation writer, reporter, and editor, and currently publishes standardized guidance used by FAA safety inspectors for their oversight of airlines, pilots, and mechanics. Ms. Duncan has been a member of the NoVES for 6 years and now serves as President of the Board of Trustees for NoVES. She is also in the NoVES Chorus, and an Ethical Culture Officiant. She is the author of a collection of short stories entitled Rarely Well-Behaved, and is currently at work on a novel about the political intrigues in the Balkans and a three-part series on the Oklahoma City bombing. May 7: The Meaning Of Freedom Fritz Williams, Leader -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://baltimoreethicalsociety.org/pipermail/friends_baltimoreethicalsociety.org/attachments/20060330/ed4c7361/attachment.htm