What is 'Connections'?
It's YOUR chance to connect with others from Unity of Fairfax community for fun and friendship! Unity Connections has new team leaders in Deidre and Dave Richardson. They have lots of ideas and are beginning to plan events for 2008. If any of you have ideas or want to lead an event, please contact them via email or at 703 262-0930.

Mark Your Calendar for the Following 'Connections' Events:

Friday, July 4: Dinner and Music by the Donna Salter Quartet at the Ice House Café and Oyster Bar
Have you wanted to hear Donna Salter sing at the Ice House Café, but you’ve had no way to get there or maybe you don’t like to drive at night? Or you just want to make some new Unity friends while enjoying Donna Salter in a club setting? Now you can go! - join us for dinner and light jazz music by the Donna Salter Quartet. Just park at Unity of Fairfax at 7 PM and carpool to and from the restaurant or you can meet us at the Ice House Cafe (760 Eldon Street , Herndon, VA 20170) at 8PM. We need drivers to the Ice House and back to Unity. Designated drivers would be very welcome. A sign-up sheet and sample menu are on the Welcome Table to give you an idea of the variety of dinners offered. There is no cover charge for the music.
Future Date:

• Friday, August 1, 2008
• Friday, September 5, 2008

For more information and reservations, contact Edie Fattu (703) 641-4799 (home), (202) 994-5755 (work). To ensure we get a good table together please sign up or RSVP in advance.

Saturday, July 19: Hike and Picnic Lunch in the Piedmont Foothills, Sky Meadows Park, Paris, VA
Meet at the church at 9 am. We’ll carpool and arrive at Sky Meadows Park in about an hour. It’s a nice country drive after Haymarket. Back at church by 1:30 pm.

Bring a brown bag lunch and sturdy shoes. Birds, mountains and cows are on view, so a camera and binoculars are fun to have. After the moderately difficult walk/hike, we’ll eat lunch in a serene picnic grove by the historic farmhouse. Potluck desserts welcome! 

More information about touring the historic farmhouse and property, park amenities, hiking, etc. at: http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state_parks/sky.shtml. Admission price per vehicle is $4.

RSVP to Deidre or David Richardson via email or 703-262-0930 by July 18 if you want to be called in case of cancellation.

Sunday, July 13 at 7:30 pm: Debi Smith & Beth Nielsen Chapman in Concert at the Birchmere
Come enjoy the music of national recording/touring artist Debi Smith (Jaworek), recipient of Washington Area Music Awards, including Best Vocalist, Artist, and Album. Debi has been a repeat performer on Prairie Home Companion and All Things Considered, and locally at the Birchmere, Wolftrap and The Kennedy Center.  The other performer, Beth Nielsen Chapman, is a spiritual performer who has Grammy-nominated hit songs that have been recorded by Elton John, Faith Hill, Bonnie Raitt, Bette Midler, Willie Nelson, and Emmylou Harris. Of her recently released CD, Prism, Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu says, "Beth Nielsen Chapman embarks upon a journey, a beautiful voice singing songs from different lands, from diverse faiths, and in different languages, that says so movingly we are all family, we share a common humanity, and we can be human only together. What a glorious, melodious testimony."
 
Tickets are $28.50 per person, a special price for Unity of Fairfax members. To reserve a ticket, send a check made out to ‘Debi Smith’ to Deidre and David Richardson, 12621 Centurion Lane, Fairfax 22033 by Wednesday, July 9. Deidre and David will take checks and cash after church by the tables in the lobby. Tickets for the concert are also available at the box office for $33.95.

The Birchmere is located at 3701 Mt. Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22305.