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Jan. 22, 2012 10:30 AM

Lackey Rowe - "A Lesson Learned From the Marine Corps" The setting is Parris Island, June 1, 1956, the date I arrived at boot camp at the tender age of 16 yrs. The recruits in my platoon were comprised of Marine Corps Reserves, about 50% from Rome, GA, and the other 50% from New Jersey. This created a reenactment of the Civil War between the Rebs and the Yanks. The focus is on one of the boys from New Jersey - Delmond. Delmond was a loudmouth from the Bronx. He was a bragger, he was uncoordinated, he was slow, and he couldn't keep up with the pace the Marine Corps demanded. Because of these factors he slowed the progress of the entire platoon. Toward the end of boot camp everybody hated Delmond, especially the Rebs, and so when we finally had our first Liberty to Beaufort, SC we all decided to have a tattoo of the Company's mascot, "FLOWER" the Walt Disney skunk, tattooed on our left shoulder with U.S.M.C. under it and our serial number for identification. Then we (the Rebs) decided that when Delmond's time came to face the needle, instead of 'FLOWER" we would forcibly , if necessary, hold Delmond down and demand the tattoo artist tattoo the Confederate Flag on his right shoulder blade. The rest of the story has to do with my regret for participating in this outrage, especially in the light of my own refusal to have a tattoo because of my fear of needles. ________________________________________________ Lackey graduated from the University of Mississippi and immediately joined the Peace Corps where he served two years as a teacher in the Philippines. He was with one of the first groups in the Peace Corps and went directly from the Peace Corps into the University of Mississipi in 1963. Upon graduation from Law School he went to work as a Civil Rights lawyer in Jackson, Mississippi for three years, then was hired by the Lawyers Committee For Civil Rights Under Law to be Executive Director of the Urban Areas Project in Memphis, TN. Then he went into Real Estate for eight years followed by Director of Human Resources for Marriott Hotels for twelve years, etc. He is now retired living in Brevard with his wife Jean Rowe, a retired Unitarian Universalist minister.

Feb. 5, 2012 10:30 AM

Rev. Jean M. Rowe - "Good Relationships" A good relationship (true friends, marriage, family ties) is one of life's greatest gifts and achievements. A healthy, wholesome, loving relationship is a platform that allows the mysterious process of human growth to happen, through giving and sharing, safely and securely. When you are loved, you dare to be fully and completely yourself. This is the great gift that fosters the full flowering of each person. Good relationships give us the freedom to be our own best true selves. One might say that good relationships are of the highest religious and spiritual value because they allow transformation to take place, that is, we transcend old bondages, old ways of thinking and being. And as we are transformed, we may help to transform those around us as well. Or as Rabbi Harold Kushner put it, "The ultimate goal is to transform the world into the kind of world God had in mind when he created it."

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UU Library

Our little rolling UU library is available for use. Look for the green cabinet on wheels. The library presently has about 80 books and miscellaneous pamphlets, DVDs and videos.
Any appropriate donations to the library are welcome. Said nicely, 'if the book is not suitable or is a duplicate' it will be donated to Steps to Hope.
Topics: spirituality, history, comparative religions, UU related books, etc.

Food Pantry

It's easy to forget that others in our area are in need of such staples as canned food, toilet paper, paper towels, soap. Bring your contributions to this ongoing project. Gretchen and Larry Boyd will make sure they are delivered to the Outreach Ministry Food Pantry.