The twenty-first century is the century of small, strong congregations… Across the planet, the vast majority of congregations will be small and strong, and the vast majority of people will be in these congregations. -Kennon L. Callahan, Small Strong Congregations: Creating Strengths and Health for Your CongregationSpring-boarding from the success of this workshop held by the Central … Continue reading SMALL and MIGHTY! January 2020
If you have been visiting for awhile and would like to learn more about Unitarian Universalism and about how UUCR works, please mark your calendar and plan to join us!
Please note that the date for the auction has been postponed until later in the winter or spring.
Weds, Dec 4, 11, and 18 — Our next UUCR racism book discussion will be on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ book, We Were Eight Years in Power, a collection of eight essays Coates wrote for The Atlantic during the eight years of the Obama presidency. Copies of the book have been purchased and are now available for checking out. You … Continue reading Discussions of our “Combating Racism Book Club” We Were Eight Years in Power
hosted by Nancy Holland and Dick Hawkins. No need to RSVP; just come to the church, a beverage or dish to share in hand, and we will do the rest!
The public meeting to launch the James Taylor Lynching Remembrance Coalition (“JTLRC”) will be on October 20, at 4 p.m. at Sumner Hall. Will Schwarz, President of the Maryland Lynching Memorial Project, and Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner, Marshall F. Stevenson, Jr. Ph.D., will be speaking. Click HERE for a press release about this … Continue reading James Taylor Lynching Remembrance Coalition (“JTLRC”)
Fri, Oct 11, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. at UUCR — Friday Conversation with Rev. Sue. October’s topic is “Belonging.” We gather in the lounge (the room next to the sanctuary with the couches) and begin with a few possible questions on the theme. Everyone has a chance to share a story or reflection, as they are comfortable, … Continue reading Friday Conversation with Rev. Sue.
Sat, Nov 9, 9:30 a.m. — 12 noon, “Orientation to UUCR.” If you have been visiting for awhile and would like to learn more about Unitarian Universalism and about how UUCR works, please mark your calendar and plan to join us!
We are excited to announce UUCR has hired Connie Schroth as our new RE Program Support Coordinator. Connie comes to us after a long career in education, most recently as the Academic Director in the Horizons program for low income children. As our program support coordinator, Connie will assure we are ready for learners each Sunday, … Continue reading WELCOME, CONNIE SCHROTH! Our New Program Support Coordinator
Sun, Sept 8, 2 p.m. — Help Graves UAME Church celebrate the burning of their mortgage! UUCR made a contribution to help the church pay off their mortgage and now they have invited us to join the festivities: Graves United African Methodist Episcopal Church, 102 Big Stone Road, Millington, 21650.
