We join together to encourage spiritual growth,
build a beloved community, and act for peace and justice.
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Sunday, November 29
10:30 a.m. Sunday Service
"The Borders We Must Cross Separately"
- Intern Minister Jen
with Rev. Carl as liturgist
Special Music:
Ellen Jacobs, Nick Int Veldt, Deb Int Veldt, Elaine Gleaton, Jeff Wilson, Danielle Grace, and The Mighty Kelltones (Chapin Vasilake, Kathie Lillie, & Ralph Lillie)
Please spread the word about our online Sunday Services
to anyone you know who may be interested.
11:30 a.m. Virtual Coffee Hour
(Same Zoom Room as Sunday Service)
11:45 a.m. Friendly Forum:
#UUtheVote at UUCF: The Year in Review,
led by Dick Roblin.
3:00 p.m. Atheists/Humanists/Agnostics (AHA)
Discussion Group
Regularly check our homepage for
the next 7 days of online opportunities:
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General Announcements
Frederick County Pharmacy Transgender Experience Survey:
UUA General Assembly will Be VIRTUAL!
Let’s reach record-breaking attendance on June 23-27, 2021. Registration opens December 1, 2020: $200 per person. Financial support for registration as well as a payment plan are available. Visit uua.org/ga for more information.
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Joys and Sorrows
Long-time UUCF member John Ditman died Sunday around 7:00 p.m. from end-stage heart failure. He was 85 years old.
John contributed to UUCF in many ways over the years. To name one prominent example, he was instrumental in helping with the complex calculations needed to construct our beautiful 9-circuit labyrinth on the ground between the chapel and sanctuary. And with Thanksgiving Day approaching I'm reminded that for many years John and his late wife Juya hosted Thanksgiving feasts at UUCF.
Please save the date for an online Celebration of Life for John that has been tentatively scheduled for Saturday, December 5 at 2:00 p.m. via Zoom. (A further announcement will be forthcoming once the date is confirmed with all the members of his family.) In the meantime, please keep John's family in your thoughts or prayers.
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Ongoing Classes & Events
First Friday Monthly Hike: December 4 (masks and social distancing required). Please join us on a close in hike in Gambrill State Park.
We will meet at 12:30 pm at the Rock Run recreation area at 8002 Gambrill Park Road. We’ll meet in the parking lot there, just inside the entrance. The bathrooms are closed for the season though there is a portajohn.
In keeping with the season we’ll hike the red and green trails for a total of around 4 miles. Plenty of options for shortcuts or for a longer hike too. Sturdy footwear a must. Homemade Cornish pasties at the finish.
Visit our Home Page, frederickuu.org, for a weekly schedule of ongoing classes & events. We've got meditation and Yoga classes to help relieve stress along with many other ideas. Check out the calendar at frederickuu.org/calendar for other meetings and groups.
Blanche Ames Gallery Fall Art Show continues with some new items for sale! Visit here to see what's been added! Great for Holiday gifts.
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While our nation is getting ready for the new leadership of President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice-President Elect Kamala Harris. Our state is also getting ready for our next legislative session and we need to continue that momentum to ensure that our lawmakers are passing legislation that continues to uphold our UU Values. Our work could not be more relevant. Over the past year, we have watched as covid-19 challenged our country and laid bare the inequalities, systemic racism and fallacies that our country is based on. Now, maybe more than ever, we need to ensure that we are focused on our UU values. We need your voice, please take a moment to fill out the 2021 Issues Survey.
2021 Issues Survey
And if you have not signed up for our First Virtual Annual Legislative Kick-Off on Zoom. Our Keynote Speaker will be President of the Senate, William "Bill" Ferguson. We will review the legislation related to UU values that is expected to come before the next session of the Maryland General Assembly and prepare for action.
Please click below to register.
Our Annual membership fee is $25. Registration for the Annual Meeting is $15. However, this year we will waive the Annual Meeting Registration fee if you sign up for a membership. Scholarships are available upon request, please email info@uulmmd.org for more information.
We encourage you to become a "Sustaining Member" of UULM-MD by authorizing a monthly donation.
Register for 2021 Annual Legislative Kick Off!
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Must-watch: Our mass call Thursday was on fire! Ash Lee Woodard Henderson from Highlander and the Movement for Black Lives and Jaira Burke from the New Georgia Project joined me and broke down white people’s work in the days ahead.
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Did you know that in 1870, the Maryland General Assembly unanimously voted against ratifying the 15th Amendment? This constitutional amendment granted Black men the right to vote, but legislative leaders in our state tried to block it at the time. Shamefully, attempts to disenfranchise Black people from voting didn't stop there.
Free the Vote is a new documentary by the ACLU of Maryland. The film takes a journey in history to show how denying the right to vote of people who are incarcerated is rooted in a deeply racist system, focusing on the stories of people who have experienced having their right to vote taken from them.
PREMIERE SCREENING OF FREE THE VOTE
Join us on Thursday, December 3, at 7 p.m. for an online screening. Learn about Maryland's history of voter disenfranchisement and what you can do about it.
Thursday, December 3, 7 p.m.
After the screening, there will be a panel discussion moderated by Dr. Karsonya Wise Whitehead, award-winning host of "Today with Dr. Kaye" on WEAA 88.9 FM, along with panelists Qiana Johnson, executive director of Life After Release, Dr. Pippa Holloway, author of "Living In Infamy: Felon Disfranchisement and the History of American Citizenship", and more to be announced.
This is an online screening via Zoom. You will receive the link to join the screening by email the day of the event, so keep an eye on your email inbox. Please save the date on your calendar.
RSVP TODAY
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Join us to hear Rev. Ashley Horan...
Please celebrate our 20th anniversary and many accomplishments on December 12, 4-6pm ET.
Our event will feature a policy keynote by U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), House Committee on Oversight and Reform, a charge for social justice makers by Rev. Horan, UUA (& UU the Vote), with music by LEA Morris.
We also have exciting panelists like Nicole Pressley, UU the Vote, Everett Tompson of Side with Love, and non-UUs Sara Benitez of Faith in Public Life and Elizabeth Alex of CASA, among others.
Please attend this fundraising celebration!
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Announcements for our weekly e-newsletter are due no later than Wednesday noon. Please keep your announcement 50 words or less. If you have a graphic for the group or organization, please include that as well. Email to: office@frederickuu.org
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