Sunday, June 23, 2024 - 10 a.m.

Online ONLY (see below)

UUA General Assembly Worship Service

"Weaving Our Lives"

We are all tangled up together in a great web of life that is woven with beauty and hardship, love and loss, thriving and struggle. How do we tend well to the weaving so that all of us are held in care?

Rev. Molly Housh Gordon will be joined by Violet Vonder Haar, Jamila Bachelder, Rev. Leon Dunkely, Rev. Eric Kaminetsky, Rev. Joan Javier-Duvall, Rev. Jordinn Nelson Long, Rev. Aaron Wisman, Rev. Sadie Lansdale, and Rev. Sarah Oglesby-Dunegan.

Featuring musicians: Natasha Steinmacher, GA Music Coordinator; Lea Morris; Francisco Ruiz; beheld; Violet Vonder Haar; Paul Winchester; and choirs from All Souls Unitarian Church, Indianapolis, IN; First Parish in Concord, MA; First Parish UU in Lexington, MA; First UU Congregation of Ann Arbor, MI; UU Fellowship in Athens, GA; UU Fellowship of Poughkeepsie, NY; UU Church in Cherry Hill, NJ; UU Church in Reston, VA; and UU of Minnetonka, MN.

View the Order of Service.

*** The link to this service will not be available until sometime on Saturday, June 22^nd. Please check your email late Saturday for the link to the Sunday General Assembly service. ***

So You Don't Miss Anything!

• This Week's Summer Discussion Information
• Upcoming Summer Discussion Services Information
• Newsletter Index
• Helpful Links, Office Hours, Upcoming Events Calendar
• Minister's Column — "Almost Done"
• Summer Solstice Potluck at UUCR — Friday, June 21
• Getting Ready for the New Church Year
• UUA General Assembly — Totally Virtual in 2024, June 20-23
• Undoing Racism Training Sessions — June 27 & 28
• Pastoral Care and Connection Committee
• Birthdays
• UUCR Contact Information
• End of Reflections Notice at the VERY END

Thank you all so much for the send-off party last week. The gifts, energy, and fun were just perfect! Thank you also for being a part of the service this past Sunday. I'm wrapping up a few more meetings, and will attend UUCR's June Board meeting this week. We're getting close.  

I'm walking through final steps at UUCR as I pop in and out of this year's national ministers' conference and UUA General Assembly (GA), both online this year. I look forward to sharing the GA experience this year with UUCR's delegates MQ Riding and Linda Dutton, along with UUFE's representatives. Together we'll keep you posted on the conference, and in particular on the status of the proposed "Article 2" changes, i.e., the UUA bylaw revision centering the values of Love, Generosity, Pluralism, Justice, Equity, Transformation, and Interdependence.  

The sermon from last Sunday best captures where my head and heart are now. (The text of the sermon is HERE.)

In faith,



Rev. Sue

The PROC Committee will host a Summer Solstice Celebration ceremony in the UUCR Woodland Memorial Garden, followed by a potluck within the church on Friday, June 21^st, beginning at 6 p.m. Come to enjoy the fellowship, and please bring a dish to share. Please contact John Ramsey johnramsey1948@gmail.com if you have any questions or if you can help with the set up and/or clean up. Thanks!

Transitions are a part of life and a

part of a community. UUCR is going through a significant transition. Reverend Sue will be departing at the end of the month and Reverend Kathryn Adams will be with us in in September.

Starting in July, we will be in what is frequently called (in the consulting world) a neutral zone. A neutral zone isn’t necessarily static, it can be a time of preparation for new beginnings.

With that thought in mind, I would like to propose a leadership meeting on July 20^th. This meeting will be for every Friend and Member who would like to participate and for all committee chairs and members to attend. We will keep the meeting to the morning, to let everyone enjoy the balance of the day, wherever they choose.

I would like feedback on this concept of preparing for the new church year, feel free to reach out to me directly. There will be more to come on the agenda in next week’s Reflections.

Very best,

MQ

General Assembly (GA) is the annual meeting of our Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA). Participants worship, witness, learn, connect, and make policy for the Association through democratic process.

GA will be held June 20^th–23^rd and is totally online this year.

The Social Action for Racial Justice is sponsoring the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond (PISAB)’s, two and a half day training.

This training will take place on June 27^th from 4 - 7 p.m, June 28^th, and June 29^th from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. PISAB's expectation is for all attendees to commit to ALL three sessions.

This event will be held at Minary’s Dream Alliance located at 9155 American Legion Road, Chestertown, MD 21620.

Food and childcare will be available at no cost. This is a free training.

If you would like to attend this event please complete the registration form: Undoing Racism Registration