In today’s heated climate of fear and heightened vulnerability, how do we keep body, mind, and soul steady? How do we stay the course of journeying toward the common good? A closer look at resilience will help us understand and embrace its gift to bring us to that better outcome. The Rev. Jane Ayers, a … Continue reading May 21, Rev. Jane Ayres, “A Spirituality of Resilience: Process, Sources, Practices.”
The agenda and business materials will be sent out 15 days prior to the meeting. Business will include: Election of Trustees and Audit Committee Approval of budget for 2017-2018 fiscal year (July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018) Changes to UUCR Bylaws President’s Report, including committee highlights and report on Ministerial Search process (Written reports … Continue reading Sunday, May 21, 11:30 a.m. UUCR ANNUAL MEETING
At its core, Easter is about miracles and the renewal of life. Whether you find your miracles in a resurrected savior, the birth of a new baby, the unfolding of a flower following a long winter, or even an oversized bunny delivering baskets of eggs and candy, Easter holds the joyful message of promise and … Continue reading April 16, Easter “Generational” Service! “Add the Alleluias!”
Sustainability. What is it? What is it not? Ecology studies the interactions between living organisms and their environment. As we recognize in our seventh principle, all life is interconnected and deserving of respect and dignity. How can we best live into this principal, how successful are we already and what shifts in thinking would help … Continue reading April 23, Green Sanctuary. Ms. Kim Agee, “Ecological Sustainability.” Special music by Meredith Hadaway and Rebekah Hardy Hock
At its core, Easter is about miracles and the renewal of life. Whether you find your miracles in a resurrected savior, the birth of a new baby, the unfolding of a flower following a long winter, or even an oversized bunny delivering baskets of eggs and candy, Easter holds the joyful message of promise and … Continue reading April 16, Easter “Generational” Service! “Add the Alleluias!”
Rev. Hunter will share letters that his grandparents might have written to him (but did not), in response to questions he might have asked them (but did not). Rev. Dave and his wife, the Rev. Kerry Mueller, are the co-consulting ministers for the Unitarian Universalists of Gettysburg. They will retire at the end of June.
Our service on May 28 will be the final traditional Sunday service at UUCR until September. Our informal Summer Sunday Discussions begin on June 4th, 10 a.m. 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 … Continue reading June 4th, 10 a.m. Summer Sunday Discussions begin
COMING EVENTS Save the date! This is a fundraiser co-sponsored by our Building Bridges partnership to assure that all participants in the May bus trip to the African American Museum will go free. While all tickets have been allotted, there is a waiting list on the white board in the lobby. The fish fry will start at … Continue reading Fri, Mar 31, afternoon at the Mt. Olive AME Church in Worton — Fish Fry!
Calling all UUCRs to help navigate this theory. While many have written in esoteric, scholarly terms on the subject of “Science as Religion,” it was UU Janeen Grohsmeyer, a physicist, mathematician, writer, and storyteller, whose writings caught my attention and helped me to see science as a fundamental belief system. Join us as we use the … Continue reading Sunday Service – April 2, Ms. Annie Lavin, “Science as Religion.”
We have seen a coarsening of public discourse in the past several years, and the new administration has pledged to challenge values we hold dear. This is ominous not because (or just because) we hold particular political views, but because we hold particular religious views. The good news is that our faith affords us the … Continue reading Sunday Service April 9, Rev. Dr. Michael Franch, “Worth and Dignity in the Age of Trump.”
