In 2017, the Black Lives of UU Organizing Collective urged UU congregations to adopt an 8th Principle in Unitarian Universalism and commit “to the dismantling of white supremacy, within the stated principles of our faith.” At our 2020 Congregational Meeting, UUCSS committed to spend a year “in deep study and mindful reflection about what adopting…
UUCSS members and friends are rolling up their sleeves as an expression of hope that vaccines will allow us to safely meet together in person again. And we’re rolling them up and make a pledge to financially support our church. More…
The presidential election is past, but there are still two critical races left that will determine the control of the U.S. Senate. The state of Georgia, which has a widely documented history of voter suppression, will hold January 5 runoff elections for two U.S. Senate seats. On November 3, none of the candidates in the two…
Rev. Kristin Grassel Schmidt Online Worship Service for Candidating Week April 26, 2020, 11:00 a.m.
Sign up to show how you can help stem climate change.
Dear UUCSS Members, Friends, and Staff, We are excited to be able to present the candidate for ministry at UUCSS: Rev. Kristin Grassel Schmidt. Rev. Schmidt was born and raised in Montgomery County, Maryland. From a young age Kristin encouraged her family to find a church to attend. They began going to Cedar Lane UU Church when…
Worship is online now and will potentially continue through April in an effort to protect one another from exposure to the COVID-19 virus. Our senior staff team has developed online worship on our new UUCSS YouTube page, as well as online connection throughout the week. Please continue to check our website for updates on our response to…
LOVE MADE REAL: Worship this Sunday, March 22, at 11:00am will be a collaborative, on-line service in cooperation with Cedar Lane UU Church. Music, preaching, and worship from both congregations will help us to reflect on the ways love is made real in our lives, and on the ways we’re using creativity in love, even…
A Message from Rev. Lyn Cox for the UU Church of Silver Spring March 4, 2020 Dear Ones, As a community, you know the power of being together and of supporting one another. When world events are concerning or even frightening, it is to our spiritual traditions we go for solace and to make meaning.…
Rarely do we think of middle school religious education as a place of beauty and in that we would be wrong. Along with the chaotic energies that comes with this age are creative energies striving for a place in the world and a place as a UU. In this we are blessed with the teachers…