Christmas is a time for old traditions and new rituals, old stories and new friends, music and poetry from across the centuries that touch on the concerns of the world today. Carols and sacred text related to the Nativity story help us frame a larger understanding about the rebirth of hope.
Come on a journey to remember hospitality, awe, and wonder as themes for the Christmas season. Enjoy the Christmas pageant, Children’s Choir, Sanctuary Singers, and celebration of babies born in the community over the past year. Between the two Christmas Eve services, stick around for a potluck cookie reception.
The astronomical facts of the winter solstice are connected with many of the winter holidays that originated in the northern hemisphere. Celebrating both the nurturing, dreaming dark and the turn of the year toward the growing light is a spiritual pursuit in earth-honoring traditions. We welcome special musical guest Jennifer Cutting and the Ocean Trio…
During the holiday season, we consider stories of surprise appearances and unexpected reversals. These legends of awe and wonder lead us to consider courage, love, and sincerity.
Kathy and Richard Lorr and Pat Hulsebosch are on the Library Advisory Committee (LAC) for the Montgomery County Library located at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility, the jail out in Boyds MD. (Kathy is the Chair of the LAC). We thought it might be beneficial for those of us in UUCSS working on — or…
The word “Hanukkah” means “Dedication.” The story of the re-dedication of the center of Jewish life and identity during a war with an occupying world superpower 2,200 years ago shows that strength, resources, and hope can surprise us. The UUCSS Klezmer Ensemble will play.
The search for a settled minister offers the congregation opportunities for spiritual growth. UUA-trained facilitators Mary Esther Johnson and Carol Carter Walker will lead this worship service about expanding our concept of who a minister might be, following up on their December 1 workshop. Let us learn together how we can all live our values more…
“Plowshares”
November’s theme is Service.
The annual UUCSS Auction is one of the church’s most enjoyable events as well as a terrific fundraiser. It is an evening of great fun and fellowship at which donations made by UUCSS Members and Friends are auctioned off to others within the church family. You will find everything from terrific things such as paintings;…
“Abundance”
This is a multigenerational service; school-age children, youth, and adults will worship together for the entire hour. November’s theme is Service.