Fresh Start Children’s Garden
Saturday, July 8 (and every Saturday through August)
10am-12pm
BUUF through the Green Sanctuary Team has agreed to provide volunteers to assist with the Fresh Start Children’s Garden in Benton Harbor. The neighborhood children’s garden, has been led by Emma Kinnard for more than 10 years. The garden is located at the corner of May and Pearl Streets in Benton Harbor (1104 Pearl Street). The garden has been cleared …
BUUF Board Meeting
Sunday, July 9
8:30am
Sunday Service
Sunday, July 9
10:30am
Please join us this Sunday at 10:30am for a service about “Environmental Justice in Guatemala”. Hilary Johnson is a graduate student at Western Michigan University getting her Masters in Social Work. She will speak on her experience traveling to Guatemala and learning about sustainability, permaculture and community health in the Lake Atitlan region.
BUUF Brunch
Wednesday, July 12
11am-1pm
Please join us at BUUF for a potluck brunch on Wednesday, July 12, from 11 AM to 1 PM, when we’ll ponder the question: “Doesn’t everyone deserve a chance at a good life?”
This TEDTalk is described as follows: “Aspirations are rising as never before across the world, thanks in large part to smartphones and the internet — will they …
Red Tent Event
Wednesday, July 12
7-9pm
Let us play together. Discover your spirit guides through tarot cards. Bring your own cards or consult those available. This is a time for sharing and building sisterhood. A love offering for our local Safe Shelter for Domestic Violence will be taken. Please bring a snack to share, if able.
Led by Gretchen Ohmann and Nan Lundeen. Questions? email nanlundeen@yahoo.com.
Creative Conversations
Thursday, July 13th
7-9pm
Please note the change in date and join us at BUUF on Thursday, July 13, from 7-9 PM for a Creative Conversation on a topic selected by Katharine Lion and described as follows:
“Anthropologist Jeremy Narby describes his work decoding Amazonian shamanism and linking their knowledge system to the DNA molecule. He illustrates the concept of intelligence in nature with the story of putting a slime mold inside a maze.” Talk about having “respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are all a part”!
July Book Club
Friday, July 14
Next month’s pick is A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. We will meet at June’s home on Friday, July 14. I’ll send out a reminder and the directions in a couple weeks. This book is quite popular so if you don’t want to purchase it, get your name on a wait list right away! If you do own it …
Environmental Justice Film Series
Thursday, July 20
7-9pm
Join us for a free screening of “An Inconvenient Truth“. Popcorn included, BYOB encouraged.
Director Davis Guggenheim eloquently weaves the science of global warming with former VP Al Gore’s personal history and lifelong commitment to reversing the effects of global climate change. A longtime advocate for the environment, Gore presents a wide array of facts and information in a thoughtful and compelling way. “Al Gore strips his presentations of politics, laying out the facts for the audience …
