We will look at how practitioners of Earth-based religions can foster a sense of community across multiple religious belief-systems and work together to help save our environment. Joining forces is especially urgent in light of the current oil crisis in the Gulf.

Each Sunday we welcome visitors with these words from our mission statement. What does it mean to be welcoming... to family members, to the stranger, to those who are different from us? Let us explore these ideas together.

In our rapidly changing world, our traditional American public school system is struggling to keep up to produce effective citizens. Melissa Logan, who has been teaching in the Plainfield Public Schools for 10 years, will give a talk about public schooling, No Child Left Behind, and what children are learning today. The emphasis will be on schools in New Jersey. There will be opportunity for a question and answer session at the end of the service.

Unemployment is high, with little improvement in sight. Yet we have so much work that needs doing. This service reflects on the need for universal employment and equal opportunity in a world that needs all of us to pitch in.