August 24: “Restorative Justice”
Coordinators: Tom Thomas and Larry Menkes
Laura Rush, MSW, Conferencing Program Coordinator for
the Community Service Foundation & Buxmont Academy,
will speak to us about the practice of Restorative Practices.
The restorative practices concept has its roots in "restorative
justice," a new way of looking at criminal justice that
focuses on repairing the harm done to people and
relationships rather than on punishing offenders. This is a
new approach to our first UU principle in the criminal
justice field. Plan to come and be inspired.

August 17: “This Little Light”
Speaker: Rev. Daniel S. Schatz
What does it mean to let our light shine? In a special
“musical sermon,” we will explore the spark of holiness
within each of us.

August 10: "Free and Responsible"
Speaker: Rev. Daniel S. Schatz
Unitarian Universalists often talk about the free and
responsible search for truth and meaning as being at the
center of our religion. Much of the "responsibility" that
makes this shared search possible takes place in our
religious community, as we find ways to love and nurture
the community which makes this collective journey a
possibility.

August 3: “Recovery International”
Speakers: Mike Gabriele & Friends
Recovery International is a self-help mental health program
which offers its members a free method to regain and
maintain their mental health. Members have a wide variety
of issues including depression, dysthymia and bi-polar
disorders, schizophrenia, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and
personality disorders. Mike Gabriele, an assistant leader of
the Flourtown Group, will lead a panel which will
demonstrate the Recovery method in action and what
happens in a typical group meeting.

July 27,2008: “What BuxMont Means to Me”
Speakers: Linda Wisniewski, Christine Letts, Allison
Letts, Harry Rothwell
Some of BuxMont members, recent and not so recent, will
bring diverse viewpoints on their personal journeys, their
deep insights to what they have found in the Fellowship,
and the importance of what their experiences here mean to
them.

June 29: “Sponsoring a Child”
Speaker: Carol LeFevre

Carol LeFevre will speak about her forty-seven years of sponsoring children in countries around the world through Plan USA, what the program does, and what it means to her.

The June 22nd, 2008 Service Of original Poetry