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A publication oi? the Lexington Gay and Lesbian Service Organization
Volume 17 Number 10

Fenton Johnson Volureteer Awards

Fenton Johnson will be speaking at the anq ue
Unitarian Universalist Rebublican Meeting The Eleventh Annual Volunteer Awards
House, on Oct. 19 at 7 pm., 3564 Clays Mi" Banquet will be held on Sunday October
Rd' Johnson has previously published 13th, at the Sheraton Four Points on
Scissors, Paper, Rock and Geography Of Newtown Pike at l-75. The cost is $20 per
the Heart, winner Of the American Library person and tickets are available through
Association GLB BookAward for nonfiction. the Pride Center (253_3233) or Terry

'" his f°”h°°mi"9 b°°kr we i F i 3 Mullins (days: 252-2867 or cell 576-
Awfi I u n (Houghton Mifflin, 5262). This is a joyous occasion, come
March, 2003) Johnson draws upon six share it with us.
years of research including time Spent at We will gather at 5 pm for cocktails and
American Buddhist and Christian monaster- dinner will be served at 6 pm. All commu—
ies. Specifically, he compares the Trappist nity organizations are invited to present
Abbey Of Gethsemani in Kentucky near their volunteer of the year awards to the
where he grew up with the various branCh- individual they select. Each group pres-
es 0f the San Francisco Zen Center. ents 'an award of their Choice; creative

He chose these two monasteries awards have included everything from
because he sees them as the two most tiaras to car detailing. Asacommunity, we
prominent institutions oftheir respective tra- will be honoring the individual (Wasson
ditions in this country. Within these two tra- Award) and the group (Rainbow Award) .
ditions, Johnson explores the meaning Of that through volunteerism has done the '
what we call faith and how it exists today in most for the GLBT Community in and
an age Of skepticism. By comparing two around the Bluegrass Area in the previous
radically different traditions, he hopes to year or years.
arrive at what they share, perhaps to illumi- mwnfinued on page 2
nate the virtue of faith they have in com-
mon.

At the Unitarian Church, Johnson will Mlnfl out Menu]
be addressing the role of Eastern thought in
influencing the West in general and, specif-
ically, Eastern influence on Unitarianism, (VOW 54 “74144 Banquet
which through Emerson and Thoreau has
strong connections with Buddhism's first 54,15va of 911:1;
appearances in America. Please join us for sandal, Datogu 73
what will be a stimulating evening. S e 6 page 5 for more activities