September/October 2002 · www.uuworld.org

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Autumn Alert

I have just returned from the northern woods and I bring alarming news. Something there is turning the leaves to red and gold . . . and it's coming this way. Already here one can see signs. An unfamiliar coolness in the air. Sailboats being brought in. Just this morning a school bus went by.
     Take warning, friends. Every leaf in our fair town is doomed, and every green unfinished summer dream will now be foreclosed. We have had our fleeting summertime.

— THE REV. ROBERT R. WALSH

Minister of the First Parish, Unitarian Universalist, in Duxbury, Massachusetts. This meditation appears in All the Gifts of Life: Collected Meditations, Volume Three, with essays, poems, and meditations by Walsh, Barbara Rohde, the Rev. Gary A. Kowalski, and the Rev. Meg Barnhouse. Published by the UUA's Skinner House Books; available from the UUA Bookstore (800-215-9076; $15).

features SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2002 · VOL XVI NO 5

Work Camp
Building a playground for a town of migrant farmworkers transforms a world of preconceptions for young volunteers. /BY HEATHER ROBB

Taking Justice to the Community
The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee's work camps put UUs face-to-face with the needs of underserved communities. /BY KIMBERLY FRENCH

Delegates Take a Global View
The UUA's General Assembly meets in Québec as congregations tackle the spiritual and ethical challenges of globalization. /BY CHRISTOPHER L. WALTON

On the cover: Erica Johnson wears her chalice necklace and campus ministry T-shirt proudly at the University of Wisconsin. Photograph by Christopher M. Cirker.

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