Member Spotlight (Page 2)

September 2023 Member Spotlight – Natasha Barden

Natasha Barden came to the United States from Ukraine with her family in 1989 and settled in New York City.  She attended NYC public schools through high school and then went on to college in upstate New York eventually settling in Silver Spring with her former husband.  A coworker at GAO spoke glowingly of her Virginia UU church and how there was a time…

August 2022 Member Spotlight – The Scurry Family

Dennis Scurry, MD did not quite fit into his wife’s Pentecostal church.  His random remarks suggesting that Jesus was the son of a Roman soldier did not go over well.  They did however fit Dennis who loved the interplay of discussion and ideas.  He found his way to UUCSS and on December 6th, 1987 signed the book.  His daughter Ebony Contreras recalls…