Orange County Atheists

The Next Orange County Atheists meeting will take place Wednesday, June 11 at 7:30PM at the International House of Pancakes at 18542 MacArthur Blvd in Irvine, near John Wayne Airport. Those interested will also meet for a less formal gathering at 6:00PM at the El Torito across from the IHOP before coming to the 7:30PM meeting.

On April 23, the UCI Atheist, Agnostics & Rationalists (AAR) and Mission Viejo based Stand to Reason took part in a Garrison-Martineau Project event at UCI. Pictures of the event are available at http://quickwired.com/stories/20080423_uci_atheist_theist/.

AAR is also doing another event on April 30th from 5-6pm: "EVOLUTION IS FACT AND IT IS THE UNIFYING CONCEPT OF BIOLOGY", A lecture about evolution by UCI's Professor Ayala. Visit the group's website for more info

I received this from Niko last week, and wanted to wait to post it until we were done with Villa Park stuff. Good work!

For the past 13 months I've been invited to attend the Laguna Beach Interfaith Council meetings representing the non-church affiliated in Laguna Beach. At today’s meeting, by some coincidence, the South County Outreach Program was on the meeting agenda with Thomas Whaling and Megan Smith making presentations. When the subject of food collection came up, I interjected that just last week about 40 atheists collected 200 pounds of non-perishable food and considerable money for South County Outreach. Megan verified that Orange County Atheists were very generous to SCO. In closing I mentioned that even though we (atheists) may not go to church, we can still be generous and giving. I think, as they say in my native Nu Yawk, we done good today (at least with the Laguna Beach faithful).

It was brought up at the April meeting that we should coordinate to fight the Bakersfield lady who is pushing all the city council's to put the nation's slogan up at all the city halls. Click "Continue reading..." to see how you can help and discuss planning and strategy.

The Next Orange County Atheists meeting will take place Tuesday, May 6 at 7:30PM at the International House of Pancakes at 18542 MacArthur Blvd in Irvine, near John Wayne Airport.

The Next Orange County Atheists meeting will take place Wednesday, April 9 at 7:30PM at the International House of Pancakes at 18542 MacArthur Blvd in Irvine, near John Wayne Airport.

Remember that we'll be collecting non-perishable food for South County Outreach, and Ed from SCO will be there to talk to us about some volunteer opportunities. Please bring canned foods or cash, if you'd like to donate. If you don't know what to bring, SCO can always use peanut butter and jelly -they are some of their most popular items. A list of other needed items are available here.

SCO provides food, clothing and transitional housing for people in need in Orange County, and it'd be great if we can give them a little help in the non-holiday season. Thanks!

Niko had the idea this week that we should start a carpooling option for group members, since it turns out many of us are coming from the same directions. Please use this space to offer a ride, request a ride, and discuss the plan in general. Atheists tend to be a bit more socially conscious than the general population, let's see what we can do.

The Next Orange County Atheists meeting will take place Tuesday, March 11 at 7:30PM at the International House of Pancakes at 18542 MacArthur Blvd in Irvine, near John Wayne Airport.

The Next Orange County Atheists meeting will take place Wednesday, February 13 at 7:30PM at the International House of Pancakes at 18542 MacArthur Blvd in Irvine, near John Wayne Airport.