Due to the winter storm, worship and all other programs scheduled for Sunday, January 13, have been cancelled.
As we let go of the things we are leaving behind in 2018 and set our hopes for 2019, we celebrate our capacity for transformation. This multigenerational service will include an opportunity to seal our commitments; we’ll recess outdoors at the end of the service for a brief ritual fire.
Shamanism is an ancient spiritual path that leads to healing for the whole community. Member Sandy Dwiggins will lead this service, drawing on her experience with shamanism. Music will be provided by Nancy Dougherty and friends.
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…