There WILL be service despite the weather this morning. There will NOT be regular Religious Education classes for children.

Sunday, January 22, 2012
“THE ROOTS OF COMMON GOOD”
Bill Patrie
Facilitator: Karen Van Fossan

Bill Patrie points the way out of the materialism and fear gripping America. He draws on the wisdom of religious and political thinkers who have helped define the concept of a common good. By changing our conversation from what we are afraid of to what we hope for, we change our individual lives. As we find each other, liberated from our own fears and selfishness, we change our community. Community by community, we change the country. Patrie notes that fear and materialism are powerful forces in society and have been useful tools for individuals and organizations seeking to dominate it. It will not be easy, but the American journey is filled with spectacular victories in the struggle to establish one nation with liberty and justice for all.

Bill Patrie holds a masters degree in Public Administration from Ball State University and a bachelor of arts degree in political science with a minor in religion from Anderson University. He served as the director of the North Dakota Economic Development Commission during the administration of George Sinner and as rural development director for the North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives. Bill is a founding Manager of Dakotas America LLC, a community development entity which has provided financing to build a new school in the poorest county in the United States. Bill and his wife Marcia have three children and live in the Missouri Valley north of Bismarck.

Sunday Service and Children's Programs: 10:30 AM
Fellowship and Light Refreshments will Immediately Follow Service

Bismarck -Mandan Unitarian Universalist Fellowship and Church
P.O. Box 297
818 East Divide Ave.
Bismarck, ND 58502 -0297
E-mail: office@bismanuu.org
Website: www.bismanuu.org
Phone: 701-223-6788