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Western Carolinas Cluster

of Unitarian Universalist Congregations



Speakers List

UU Ministers

Rev. Robert MacDicken, Black Mountain NC
    Minister, UU Congregation of Catawba Valley, Honorarium expected,
    macdicken@bellsouth.net
    • Multiple topics

Rev. Ernie Mills, Jr., Brevard NC
    Minister, UUs of Transylvania County, Honorarium expected, ernestm@citcom.net
    • Multiple topics

Rev. Jean Rowe, Brevard NC
    Retired Minister, Honorarium expected, jrowe@uuma.org
    • Multiple topics

Rev. J. David Scheyer, Franklin NC
    Retired Minister, Honorarium expected, scheyers@smnet.net
    • Multiple topics

From Our Congregations

Janice Baynes, Lyman SC
    UU Church of Spartanburg, "Scrappy survivor", Expenses plus $50, jjbaynes@earthlink.net
    • Love Song to UU     • Dirt Poetry

Dr. Donald Emon, Hendersonville NC
    UU Fellowship of Hendersonville, Atheist and critical thinker, Honorarium expected, emon99@peoplepc.com
    • Topics focus on improving ourselves!

Charlton Hall, Spartanburg SC
    UU Church of Spartanburg, Founder of Tomorrow's Light Center, Travel only,
     Within 200 miles only, charlton_hall@yahoo.com
    • Sustainable Living     • Spiritual Agnosticism     • Overcoming Addiction: A New Perspective
    • Intelligent Design and Evolution: Can Science and Religion Peacefully Co-Exist?

James Hardy, Brevard NC
    UUs of Transylvania County, Retired teacher, Honorarium expected, jhardy1@citcom.net
    • The Transcendentalists     • Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience"

Doug Jensen, Spartanburg SC
    UU Church of Spartanburg, Professor of Biology, Converse College, Travel expenses only,
    Doug.Jensen@Converse.edu
    • Evolutionary Biology and the Creation/Intelligent Design Issue

Pat Jobe, Forest City NC
    UU Church of Spartanburg, Former minister/Author/Heard on public radio,
    Honorarium expected, patjobe@aol.com
    • Humor as a Spiritual Alternative     • 18 Years of Radio Free Bubba
    • Domestic Violence in the Land of the Free     • Songs and Essays From a Radical Clown
    • How My Mother Ruined My Life
    • Love Really Can Save the World, But It Sure Is Taking Its Own Sweet Time

Donald L. Keefauver, Hendersonville NC
    UU Fellowship of Hendersonville, Retired United Methodist Clergy, Member of Yellowstone Conference
    in Montana, Honorarium expected, d.keefauver@mchsi.com
    • Religion, God, Spirituality, Meditation, Morality, etc.

Nancy Moore, Spartanburg SC
    UU Church of Spartanburg, Retired English Professor, USCS, Expenses plus $50,
    nancypmoore@bellsouth.net
    • Shifting Proportions of the Intellectual Stew

Sue Null, Brevard NC
    UUs of Transylvania County, Retired ESL and Spanish Teacher, PFLAG Mom, Travel expenses only,
    suenull@rice.edu
    Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Issues:
    • Putting a Human Face on Homosexuality
    • The Top Ten Things You Should Know About GLBTs
    • Parents Coming Out - What Straight Allies Can Do

Tim Perry, Black Mountain NC
    UU Congregation of the Swannanoa Valley, Former Fundamentalist, Free Will Baptist minister,
    & Charismatic Episcopal priest, Honorarium expected, timperry@charter.net
    • Confessions of a Former Priest
    • Are We Really Liberal or Just Left-wing?
    • Ideas That Must Be Exterminated
    • A Kinder, Gentler Christianity

Jack Seitz, Spartanburg SC
    UU Church of Spartanburg, Semi-retired Polical Science Professor, Wofford College,Author "Global Issues, An Introduction"
    Expenses only, SEITZJL@wofford.edu
    • Writing About Your Life and Spiritual Journey
    • The Spiritual Dimensions of Global Problems

Gail Stephenson, Roebuck SC
    UU Church of Spartanburg, Pagan/Holistic Health, Wofford College, Travel expenses only,
    CanisL01@aol.com
    • Herbalism     • Wiccans/Pagans

Dick Wolgamott, Hendersonville NC
    UU Fellowship of Hendersonville, Former Methodist minister, family counselor, teacher at colleges and Elderhostels, Travel expenses only,
    treedance@bellsouth.net
    • Body, mind, spirit connection     • Inter-religious acceptance     • Bridging science and religion
    • Practical application of spiritual wisdom

From Outside Our Congregations

Norman Bossert, Brevard NC
    Lay Leader, Brevard Jewish Community, Donation plus travel,
     norman.bossert@bcsemail.org
    • Holocaust related     • Jewish Holy Days     • Torah - History of     • Modern Israeli History

Dr. Melinda Bringle, Brevard NC
    Professor, Brevard College, and Professional hymnwriter, Honorarium varies with distance,
    mbringle@brevard.edu
    • Why and how the church gets new hymns     • How contemporary hymnwriters are
     addressing cutting edge issues of theology and social justice

Bruce Two Eagles Lamire, Greenville TN
    Artist/photographer, Honorarium expected, BTwoeagles@aol.com
    • Native American spirituality and culture

Shonnie Lavender, Asheville NC
    Author/Life and Leadership Coach, Honorarium plus travel, coach@shonnielavender.com
    • Living a Conscious Life     • Leadership     • Building & Maintaining Healthy Relationships
    • Personal Empowerment

Bruce Mulkey, Asheville NC
    Freelance journalist, Honorarium plus travel, bruce@brucemulkey.com
    • Diveristy     • The media     • Politics     • Ecology     • Peace

Caylen Rayne, Black Mountain NC
    Public speaker, Haiku poet, Artist/photographer, Teacher of Buddhism,
     Honorarium expected, eyeofnature@aol.com
    • Buddhism

Ken Sizemore, Panama City FL
    "Old Folkie", folksinger since the late '50s,
     Honorarium expected, plus travel, smilnken@yahoo.com
    • Songs of Protest and Change - the '60s Revisited
    • Woody Guthrie - Champion of the Underdog
    • Malvina Reynolds - A UU Songwriting Treasure
    • A Sunday of Anti-War Songs
    • Pete Seeger - How Can I Keep From Singing?
    • and many, many more

Dorothy Sulock, Asheville NC
    Mathmatics teacher, UNCA, Honorarium plus travel, esulock@unca.edu
    • Nuclear energy     • Nuclear weapons     • Alternative energy

Tom Warth and The Mountain Quartet, Highlands NC
    Quartet members are employees of The Mountain in Highlands,
     Honorarium expected, mountain@dnet.net
    • Combination music and reading service


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Last Updated: Oct-18-2008