Sunday, October 27, 2024 - 10 a.m.

"Healing with Community, Belonging, and Love"

Building on our discussions on deep listening, it is time to decide. Today we will explore repair and crisis contemplation. We live in a time of many crises. With integrity, wholeness, and love, we can be a village that responds communally with belonging, resistance, and resilience. In love and lament, we can decide.

• Rev. Kathryn Adams, Minister
• Nancy Holland, Worship Leader
• Michael Casey, Musician
• Lynn Geisert, Greeter
• Peggy Christie, Coffee Host

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This week's hymn numbers:

• "Abide With Me" — # 101 (grey hymnal)
• "My Life Flows on in Endless Song" — # 108 (grey hymnal)

November 10 | "Duty to the Past, Duty to the Future" — In-person & Zoom

As the results of the recent election are digested, the nation pauses to remember the service and sacrifice of people who served in the Armed Forces, and to also be mindful of what we owe to those who will inherit this country, this world from us. What is the unfinished business of our time?

• Rev. Paul Boothby, Guest Speaker
• Kim Agee, Worship Leader
• Michael Casey, Musician
• M.Q. Riding, RE

November 17 | "What Brings Us Back to Church (or to Church for the First Time)?" — In-person & Zoom

We all have our stories to tell, our needs to share, and our beliefs to explore. Churches and religious communities in general provide a safe place—at least, they should—to do these things. For some of us, a Unitarian Universalist religious community is the only one in which we would feel at home.

• Rev. David Hunter, Guest Speaker
• Jan Sprinkel, Worship Leader
• Michael Casey, Musician
• Judy Graham, Greeter
• Linda Dutton, RE

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• Minister's Column
• Change Your Clocks
• Remembrance Service — Nov 1
• Orientation to Unitarian Universalism/UUCR — Nov 2
• Legacy Committee Update — Nov 3
• Not to Be a Broken Record, but...
• Free CPR/AED Training at UUCR — Nov 17
• Soup Sampler Supper Tickets on Sale
• CVMA Interfaith Thanksgiving Service — Nov 24
• Birthdays

Beloveds,

Happy Halloween!! Meaningful Samhain!! Amazing Autumn is here, and the world is reminding us that we are in transition. First frosts on the ground, excited children preparing for Halloween, and the rituals of remembrance. Such a full time of year.

I am so looking forward to spending time with the community on November 1 in our Ritual of Remembrance at 5pm. I think remembering those we have lost to death is one of the central tasks of the religious community. In doing so, we recognize our own mortality. We get to gently approach the idea that we too will, eventually, cross over the veil. 

Samhain is a Celtic pagan holiday celebrated when it was believed the veil or divide between the living and dead was thin. It is not a mistake that our Christian ancestors designated this All Saints Day. The earth is announcing the changing of the seasons with a riot of color in our temperate forest region with both joy and beauty, harvest, plenty, and the death of leaves and coming of winter. I look forward to sharing the beauty of our memorial garden in remembrance, recognizing our ancestors and ancestry.

Beloveds, it is good to be together.

Daylight Saving Time ends this Sunday, November 3.

Remember to set your clocks back

by one hour on Saturday night.

Orientation to Unitarian Universalism/UUCR is scheduled for Saturday, November 1 from 10 am to 1 pm. If you have visited UUCR or been attending for a while and would like to learn more about Unitarian Universalism history, theology, and processes, please plan to attend. Refreshments/light lunch will be provided.



Please let Diane Shields dashdiane@gmail.com

know if you will join us.

In the sanctuary, after church on November 3^rd, the Legacy Committee will present to members attending an update on what we have accomplished. The committee will talk about recommendations to manage the Legacy Fund. In addition, we'll identify the plan going forward to increase the value of the Fund. This education session will be a short presentation, and then the committee members (Amy Warner, Bob Bjork, Bill Gimpel, and M.Q. Riding) will participate in a Q&A session. We look forward to seeing you at the meeting.

...we need volunteers to serve as greeters, Coffee Hour hosts, and potluck hosts. Please sign up on the sheets provided on the whiteboard. If you've never done this before and would like to help, or have questions, please see Diane Shields.

Please sign up for our FREE CPR/AED training on site here at UUCR. After our regular Sunday service on November 17, you will be offered our complimentary lunch while we set up for the training. Staff from our Eastern Shore University of Maryland, Department of Community Services will be bringing us 8 manikins and other materials to help us learn to “SAVE a LIFE.” We will even be using our own AED equipment! Did you know we have an Automated Electronic Defibrillator near our back deck door? Look for the sign-up clipboard near the equipment and get yourself a reserved, numbered ticket for one of the only 18 spots to be offered. Contact Linda Dutton with your questions. 

Friday, December 13, 5:30 pm

Enjoy a Variety of Soups, Breads, Dessert, and Coffee

$25 per person

Our Soup Supper will be a filling meal before you attend the Chester River Chorale’s “Feast of Carols” that same evening at 7 pm at the Presbyterian Church, our neighbors on Gateway Drive. Bring your friends, make up a table!

Soup, Bread, and Dessert Makers Needed!

Please email Jane Hardy, janewhardy@gmail.com.

OCTOBER

11| Cynthia Ramsey

17| Catherine Brooks

NOVEMBER

02 | Kathy Lee

18 | Jan Brandon

24 | Diane Shields

We want to help celebrate your birthday!

If we didn't include your birthday, please contact the UUCR office by email