Below is a comprehensive listing of the many events and meetings at UUCSS.

Water Ceremony – Rev. Kristin Grassel Schmidt and Rev. Caitlin Cotter Coillberg

Whether from your favorite beach, the stream along your favorite hiking path, or just the hose you use to water your garden, everyone is invited to bring some water to mingle in our annual Water Ceremony! This is a service for all ages – children will stay for the full hour, though Nursery care is…

Worship Services Committee

Please contact worship@uucss.org for details, as meeting schedule and location are subject to change. Worship committee oversees the production of consistent and meaningful worship services throughout the year by coordinating with the minister, minister of religious education, music director, deaf access committee, and congregation. The committee creates worship services when the minister is absent from…

Nurturing Wonder for Revolutionary Love – Rev. Kristin Grassel Schmidt

Year-Long once-a-month series on Valerie Kaur’s See No Stranger, this month topic is Wonder https://sanctuaryucc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Readers-Guide-to-_See-No-Stranger_.pdf and https://valariekaur.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/See-No-Stranger-Educators-Guide_excerpt-4-21.pdf

Program Council

Please contact council@uucss.org for details, as meeting schedule and location are subject to change. The Program Council through its volunteer committees provides structure for church members to operate all the programs of the Church in conjunction with our professional leaders. The Council is led by the Board Vice President for Program and includes the Chairs of all…

Autumn Equinox

At the Autumnal Equinox, we experience a moment of balance between night and day, before tipping over to longer nights and shorter days. We are reminded that both our democracy and our climate are at tipping points. Join Gaia Circle, Defending Democracy and Green Sanctuary members in a service to reflect on balance and tipping…

Property Committee

Please contact property@uucss.org for details, as meeting schedule and location are subject to change. Monitors the requirements for maintenance, renovation and improvement of buildings and grounds. Working closely with the sexton, supervises and organizes the maintenance of church property. Manages the attractiveness of the church facility, gardens, and grounds. Helps the church to be energy-efficient and…

Administrative Operations Committee

Please contact aoc@uucss.org for details, as meeting schedule and location are subject to change. Supports the minister and staff in performing the administrative functions of the church. The committee is responsible for improving office procedures and making decisions about purchases, replacements, repairs and maintenance of all office equipment.

food donation

Food Donations

UUCSS volunteers donate coffee, green vegetables, and fruit once a month to Silver Spring Christian Reform Church located at 1501 Arcola Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20902. UUCSS volunteers sign up to donate food every other month, or drive the food over — which really only amounts to driving on average once a year. Donations of…

National Coming Out Day

National Coming Out Day (NCOD) is an annual LGBT awareness day observed on October 11, to support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people (and sometimes other groups typically grouped within the LGBT community) to “coming out of the closet”. Coming out — whether it is as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer — STILL MATTERS.…