[act-ma] 2/1 MEGHAN O. MAHONEY - "Superbowl Sunday"

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THE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF BOSTON
SUNDAY SPEAKERS FORUM presents...

Sunday, February 1, 2009 at 11:00am

Superbowl Sunday
MEGHAN O. MAHONEY
"All the Sports World's a Stage and All the Athletes MORE than Merely
Players!"

Meghan Mahoney serves as manager of operations at Sport in Society--a
Northeastern University Center--where she is responsible for ensuring
productive, efficient internal activities and external advocacy. Previously,
she spent a year researching the international development of women's ice
hockey in Denmark, New Zealand & South Africa. Meghan was a four-year
varsity ice hockey player and team captain at the College of the Holy Cross,
where she graduated in 2005.

Paraphrasing Shakespeare, she observes that sport is perhaps a more closely
watched and revered stage than any other. As pure an escape as the general
audience wishes sport to be, athletes are intrinsically connected to the
larger world in both their daily lives and their place on this great stage.
What happens when athletes not only recognize this connection, but use their
positions to draw attention to the stark realities that exist within sport
and in the greater community? What would it take for tonight's winning
quarterback, say, to use his spotlight to speak up for human rights? What is
his responsibility to do so, and how would we react if he did?

Community Church of Boston
565 Boylston St. (Copley Square)
www.communitychurchofboston.org


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JOIN US ON SUNDAYS

10:00am Coffee, Tea and Bagels
11:00am Sunday Speakers' Service/Forum (2nd floor)
12:30pm Luncheon
5:00pm  Meditation/Prayer Services


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NEXT WEEK'S COMMUNITY CHURCH FORUM (2/8)

MATTHEW P. DUMONT, M.D. (rescheduled from 1/11)
"Hope Amid the Ruins"


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LUNCH ON SUNDAYS, 12:30PM

On Sunday after our morning programs, we have lunch with one another in the
Guatemala Room (3rd floor), prepared by our cook Luis Alonso Guzman. Enjoy a
delicious lunch with friends! A small contribution is requested to help
cover lunch expenses.


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DIRECTIONS/PARKING

The Community Church is located at 565 Boylston Street in Copley Square,
between Dartmouth and Clarendon Streets.

Parking is available on Sunday mornings at the Back Bay Garage (entrances on
Clarendon Street or St. James Ave.). We can provide a sticker to affix to
your parking receipt, and you will be charged $5.00 for 3 hours of parking.

By public transportation, take the Green line to Copley or take the Orange
line to Back Bay station. Community Church is a 2-minute walk from either
station.


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A PEACE AND JUSTICE CONGREGATION SINCE 1920

The Community Church of Boston is a free community of human beings united
for the study and practice of universal religion, seeking to apply ethical
ideals to individual life and the democratic and cooperative principle to
all forms of social and economic life.


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FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT US

Jason Lydon, Congregational Director
Community Church of Boston
565 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116
(617)266-6710
(617)266-0449 (fax)
info at commchurch.org
http://www.communitychurchofboston.org