[Peace] "War is not the answer" - Sunday noon service at Channing-Murray

[Jim Buell]

The Channing-Murray Foundation is resuming its popular noon services this 
Sunday, Jan. 26. Anyone interested is welcome to attend.

Channing-Murray is located at 1209 W. Oregon (corner of Mathews and Oregon) 
in Urbana, and is affiliated with the Unitarian Universalist Association. 
This week's service is conducted by ministerial intern Matt Tittle. More 
information about Channing-Murray can be found at 
http://www.prairienet.org/channing-murray .

Jim

Here is some additional information from Matt about this Sunday's service.

>Sunday, Feb. 2.
>12 noon, Channing-Murray Chapel
>1209 W. Oregon, U.
>"War is Not the Answer" - Dr. Matt Tittle
>
>We stand on the brink of another war in the Persian Gulf.  Rhetoric and 
>planning are ominously strong.  How do we move beyond protest toward 
>positive action that promotes world community and cooperation rather than 
>conflict.  How do we answer the calls of prophets throughout history that 
>love, not war is the answer?
>Before joining the faculty at UIUC and before pursuing the Unitarian 
>Universalist Ministry, Dr. Tittle served for 11 years on active duty in 
>the Navy.  He recently retired as a Commander in the Naval Reserve with 20 
>years of service.  Most of his career was as an intelligence officer.
>
>Thoughts from Matt
>UU Ministerial Intern at Channing-Murray
>In this column, I'd like to quote some of the headlines in today's 
>(January 21, 2003) news.
>Read together, this news seems surreal and very troubling to me.
>*Evangelical Christian who attacks 'gay deathstyle' appointed to US 
>Presidential panel on HIV
>*Nation's public schools have become resegregated
>*Teaching studies find white flight from black schools
>* U.S. moves 2 more carriers near Iraq
>*Bush walks fine line with race issue
>*U.S. racial labels confuse many Latino immigrants
>*Funds denied to child development program
>
>I don't know where to begin.  There are today's headlines, and tomorrow's 
>will be very similar.  These issues and others like them are the primary 
>reason I chose to pursue the ministry three years ago.  Being in action 
>and service toward promoting worth, dignity, justice, and compassion in 
>the world is not an option for me, but a moral responsibility.  Each of us 
>must choose for ourselves how we will act and react to the troubling news 
>of each new day.  I have decided to add a "virtual outreach" element to my 
>ministry and have developed a new website called "Jot & Tittle."  Jot & 
>Tittle provides an alternative web portal for progressive news and 
>information.  Its mission is to raise awareness of social justice issues 
>and to promote ACTION in the face of adversity, discrimination, and 
>oppression.  I hope you'll take a look:   http://www.jot-and-tittle.com/ 
>The site is still very much under construction.  I'd appreciate your 
>inputs and would be glad to post additional links of interest.
>With faith,
>Matt