Information bulletins
Emily Tien is the Volunteer of the Month for November. During her seventeen years with UUCSS, Emily has been involved in a wide array of activities. The first volunteer activity she remembers is being on the search committee for the music director and interviewing Michael Holmes. She has taught mini-courses and middle school Owl, and…
Dear Ones, On Sunday (10/28), we came together in worship, carrying various kinds of grief from personal, national, and international news. When the worship service ended, we still had those griefs, but we also had the strength of being part of something larger than ourselves. Realizing that the news keeps on coming, while the memory…
UUCSS’s Charity of the Month for September is Suited for Change. Founded in 1992, Suited for Change empowers women by increasing their employment and job retention potential. They are the area’s leading nonprofit for women in need of professional attire, mentoring, and job-readiness education. By providing head-to-toe professional attire to local women entering the job market or to those recently…
Jane Jackson is the July Volunteer of the Month. Jane came to UUCSS in 1984 with her husband John Acton searching for a community in which to raise their two-and-half-year-old daughter. They chose UUCSS because their upbringing conditioned them to go to the closest church. The first service they came to was on Canvass Sunday, and they heard Rev. Paul Johnson preaching…
Michael LeBlanc is the Volunteer of the Month for June. Michael has considered himself a Unitarian all his life. One of his most memorable moments as a young child was a Halloween service at the church where his mother was an RE teacher in which everyone dressed up in costume for the service and then…
Jeremy Holt is the Volunteer of the Month for April. Jeremy came to UUCSS in 2013, looking for a church in which to raise his 1 year old daughter Nora. UUCSS was the first church he and his wife Ashley attended in their search, and Jeremy immediately fell in love with the ministers, the music,…
Audrey Engdahl is the Volunteer of the Month for March. Audrey grew up in local UU churches. Audrey and her husband Rick first came to UUCSS when Rev Liz Maclay was preaching her candidating sermon and were married by Rev. Liz the following year in 2001. They chose to join UUCSS because of Rev. Liz’s…
There is a Legislative Kick-off session Saturday, January 20, 2018 from 2 – 5 PM at the UU Congregation of Columbia. UU Legislative Ministry of Maryland will discuss upcoming bills on the environment, criminal justice, economic justice, immigration, gun violence, LGBTQ issues, death with dignity, and healthcare.
THIS WEEK At the Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring January 4, 2018 Worship Services This Sunday’s Service THIS Sunday, January 7, 2018, Guest Speaker Gita Zember joins Rev. Evan Keely to lead a session of Kirtan in a service entitled: “Hari Om!” UUCSS will be alive with devotional chanting! Please Join Us! Worship Services Time…
THIS WEEK At the Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring December 20, 2017 Worship Services Two Christmas Eve Services Christmas Eve, December 24th, falls on Sunday this year, so we’ll have our first service at 10:30am, when we’ll have our Annual Childrens’ Pageant and hear our multi-generational choir perform. We will have a second evening…