The UUCR Board is pleased to announce the selection of Rev. Sue Browning as our next minister. Sue has been serving the Easton UU congregation for the past four years as half-time minister, and she is excited to expand her Eastern Shore ministry to now include Chester River. This opportunity gives us not only a … Continue reading BOARD SELECTS NEW MINISTER
YARD SALE DATE SET: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 With your help, this will be another fun and successful event. NOW: Get out a box and start filling with your gently used items. If each of us added one item a day of our “no longer needed stuff,” a good collection it would be! WHAT SELLS? Tools, furniture, … Continue reading YARD SALE DATE SET: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
Please post your name on the SUMMER SESSIONS SIGN-UP sheet on the white bulletin board. Please write in your name for a selected date even if you have not decided on the discussion/title. These very informal lay-led summer sessions in the past filled up causing disappointment for some members and friends. Make haste to sign … Continue reading June 4th, 10 a.m Our informal Summer Sunday Discussions Begin
There will be no potluck dinner for May, as no one was able to volunteer this month. However, Diane Shields and Kevin Brien will be our hosts for June and Alice and Bill Lindsay our hosts for July. Thanks, all you hosts and hostesses out there! Our potlucks are always grand.
Building Bridges is a program started last year after the workshop that was held in Chestertown about racism (I can’t remember the exact name of it, but I can probably find out). Some members of the Mount Olive AME church and the Unitarian Universalists of the Chester River attended that workshop, and wanted to do … Continue reading Trip to Museum of African American History
This talk will explore ways of fostering our faith and our belief when those beliefs are sometimes confronted by the reality of life. Is your experience challenging your theology? Rev. Van de Wal is an independent Interfaith Minister. He graduated in 2010 from the New Seminary for Interfaith Studies in New York City. He currently … Continue reading April 30, Rev. James Van de Wal, “When Belief Meets Reality.”
This talk will be a timely forerunner of our Annual Meeting and potential changes in ministry and growth in our beloved community. Mike, a longtime UU, has been active and Chair of the Boards of Cedar Lane Unitarian Church in Bethesda and the Joseph Priestly District (now Central East Region). He has been a trainer for … Continue reading May 7, Mike Harris, “Envisioning Our UU Future.”
Beth Ohlsson, MA, is a storyteller, a veteran teacher, an addictions counselor, and a person in long term recovery. She works with vulnerable populations in MD detention centers and prisons using storytelling as a vehicle for recovery, healing, and instilling hope. Currently, she is the Executive Director of the Recovery Resource Center (formerly the Salisbury … Continue reading May 14, Beth Ohlsson, Mother’s Day/Flower Communion. Special music by Sue Matthews.
