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.

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 May 7, Mike Harris, “Envisioning Our Future.” Special music by Shannon and Mike Buccino.

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.”

  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 … 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, Pat Bjorke, Easter “Generational” Service! “Add the Alleluias!”

Click on blue title to hear recording of service. 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.   … Continue reading April 9, Rev. Dr. Michael Franch, “Worth and Dignity in the Age of Trump.”

  Click on blue title to hear recording of service. 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 … Continue reading April 2, Ms. Annie Lavin, “Science as Religion.”

Since the election, many UUs have asked what they can do to preserve the progress our nation has made toward the beloved community. In this service, we will explore how we got off the path and some actions we can take to bend the arc of the universe back towards justice. Music pianist Dick Durham.

Cantor Gary Schiff will explore Muslim, Jewish, and Christian intolerance.  Why has this seemingly come to the fore now, and what can we do about it?

Click on title to hear recording. Singing is a wonderful way to create wholeness in our lives and in our spiritual community. We can also create wholeness by understanding the way Unitarian Universalism grew out of the movement known as the Second Great Awakening. The effects of that movement continue in the way our great … Continue reading Mar 12, Jim Curtis, “Does Your Life Flow On in Endless Song?”