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Some NoVES members at 20th anniversary retreat, 2004

Ethics Is Our Religion

Notable Quotes

This is a call to the living,
To those who refuse to make peace with evil,
With the suffering and the waste of the world.

This is a call to the human, not the perfect,
To those who know their own prejudices,
Who have no intention of becoming prisoners of their own limitations.

This is a call to those who remember the dreams of their youth,
Who know what it means to share food and shelter,
The care of children and those who are troubled,
To reach beyond barriers of the past
Bringing people to communion.

This is a call to the never ending spirit
Of the common people, their essential decency and integrity,
Their unending capacity to suffer and endure,
To face death and destruction and to rise again
And build from the ruins of life.

This is the greatest call of all
The call to a faith in people.

— Algernon Black (adapted)

Ethical Societies near the Northern Virginia Ethical Society:
Baltimore Ethical Society
Washington Ethical Society

Who: Staff and Volunteers

Board Members and Officers

Who: Staff and Volunteers

President: Mary Ellen Stanton
Vice President: Hank Gassner
Treasurer: Mary Bellamy
Secretary, Assistant Treasurer: Andy Stanton
Bookkeeper: Marv Friedlander
Marianne Moerman
Karen Raymond-Hart
Helene Shore

Staff

Who: Staff and Volunteers

Professional Leader: Jone Johnson Lewis
Intern Leader, 2008-2009: Hugh Taft-Morales
Consulting Leader (on leave of absence): Judith Eckerson
Director of Religious Education: Lynn Konnerth

Ethical Culture Officiants

Josh Blinder
Ellen Dinerman
Phyllis Anne Duncan
Steve Goldstein
Mary Ellen Stanton

NoVES Senior Leader:

Jone Johnson Lewis

Coordinator: Mary Ellen Stanton, (703) 378 9650 or contact by email

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Committees, Tasks, Services

Who: Staff and Volunteers

Chairpersons or coordinators:

Adult Education: Mary Ellen Stanton
Caring Committee: Ellen Dinerman
Ethical Action / Service Committee: Marianne Moerman
Finance Committee: Mary Bellamy
Leadership Committee: Joe Maxwell
Liaison, Washington Ethical Society: Hank Gassner
Mailing List: Andy Stanton
Membership, Newcomer Info: Hank Gassner
Newsletter: Marv Friedlander
NoVES Chorus: Doris Justis
Platform Speakers: Hank Gassner
Publicity: Mary Bellamy
Sunday School: Lynn Konnerth
Wedding Ceremonies, Memorial Services

Webweavers

Who: Staff and Volunteers

Steve Goldstein
Karen Raymond-Hart

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