River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation
To grow and deepen in Community, Spirit, and Service
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February 25-March 4, 2021
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You are welcome here! Interested in learning more about the congregation, our faith, and our community? Would you like to join with us for online Sunday worship services? We invite you to check us out! Contact us here or email us.
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Meeting the Moment, Rev. Nancy McDonald Ladd, Senior Minister, and Stewardship Team
Sun., Feb. 28, 10am, Zoom
9:30-10am: Early-bird; 10am: Service; 11am: Break-out Rooms
Link in the Saturday email. Recording will be posted on YouTube
Our Stewardship Kickoff is this Sunday. We’ll lift up all the ways in which each of us as individuals and as a congregation are meeting the moment each and every day. As we kick off our stewardship campaign, we’ll ponder what it is that community means to us, especially in times like these.
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Celebratory Concert This Sun., Feb. 28, at 3pm
As the three Potomac Partnership congregations begin annual stewardship campaigns, we’re joining forces to offer a kickoff concert with the popular musicians Peter Mayer, Emma’s Revolution, and Lea Morris. Please tune in this Sunday at 3pm and join River Road, Cedar Lane, and Fairfax for a musical celebration of our shared theme of Meeting the Moment! Streaming live on the UU Fairfax website here.
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Beginning & Belonging: An Introduction to UUism
Two Sundays, Mar. 7 and 21, 2-3:30pm
A joint offering of Cedar Lane, River Road, & Fairfax Unitarian Universalist Congregations, this short two-session introduction to Unitarian Universalism is great for anyone seeking to connect more deeply and to learn more about our free faith tradition. Led by Rev. Abhi Janamanchi, Rev. Nancy McDonald Ladd & Rev. David Miller. If you’re new, feeling new, contemplating a spiritual home, or even just looking to deepen your relationship to UUism, this is a great place to start. Register at this link.
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Grounding: Spring Cleaning
In this week's Grounding, Spring cleaning -- and spring renewal -- coming soon!
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COVID-19 Advisory Committee Information about Vaccines and Vaccination
Find information curated by our COVID-19 Team here.
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February's Designated Gift Organization: UU Legislative Ministry (UULM-MD)
UULM-MD envisions a Maryland free of oppression and injustice, where all are guaranteed basic human and civil rights. This vision is addressed by alerting, educating, activating and facilitating a statewide UU base to advocate for legislation before the Maryland General Assembly each year. Recent issues include health care reform, ending marriage discrimination against same-sex couples, global warming, and abolition of the death penalty. Please support the UULM-MD by giving generously throughout the month by contributing online, Text-to-Give (732-56 then RRUUC), or by check to RRUUC with UULM-MD in the memo line. Thank you for your generosity!
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UUSJ Immediate Action. Support raising the minimum wage to $15 nationally. People need a living wage. It has not been raised since 2007, under the Bush administration. Money earned is quickly circulated through the community and fuels economic growth, while helping children and families afford food, heat, and housing. Use the easy to complete Action Alert here. Share the link with friends in other states to convince their Senators! Link: https://bit.ly/2NDWz4Y
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The Earth Ministry is asking members of RRUUC to support three important climate and climate justice bills which are being debated now in Annapolis. The first two bills - Climate Solutions Now and Transportation Safety and Investment Act - have been selected by the UU Legislative Ministry of Maryland as top climate priorities in the 2021 session. For more information, click here.
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Distribute food every Tuesday through Thursday and the first Saturday of the month. Join us at 8:30am Tues.-Thurs., and at 7:30am on the first Saturday of the month, at Clifton Park Baptist Church (CPBC), 8818 Piney Branch Road, Silver Spring, alongside members of our Engaging Communities pathway, River Road middle-schoolers, and volunteers from CPBC. Join us! You may also want to consider helping CPBC buy baby food and baby wipes for these families with an online donation to "Outreach".
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As part of our ongoing commitment to the activists who are interrupting gun violence on the streets of our cities, we are saddened yet honored to memorialize the names of those in our area lost to gun violence over the last week. These lives continue to matter: Baltimore: Justin Bucalo, name not released. Capitol Heights: Two names not released. District of Columbia: Geno Freeman, Youness Zarouaki, Dalonte McLean, Diamonte Green, Cierra Young. Every life lost to gun violence shatters the world for each of us, and every life saved by those who interrupt the violence helps knit us back together.
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The Migrant Solidarity Team (MST) of All Souls Unitarian Church and AsylumSeekers, Meeting on Thurs., Mar. 4, 7:30pm (Zoom). The MST has an ongoing partnership with AsylumWorks, a local organization that serves the needs of hundreds of asylum seekers in DC, Maryland and Virginia. The MST invites those interested in the changing realities facing asylum seekers in the region to join in this Zoom meeting when AsylumWorks will describe its work. We'll also hear from some asylum-seeking clients. Click here to learn more about the details and register for the event. Thank you.
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Valarie Kaur, author of See No Stranger: a Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love, to speak on Wed., Mar. 10, at 7pm (Zoom)
Author, film maker, attorney and civil rights activist Valarie Kaur will speak at Cedar Lane on Wed., Mar. 10. She has written an inspirational and thought-provoking guide for getting us through challenging times and helping us more fully realize the Beloved Community. Please click here to register. All are welcome!
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River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation | 6301 River Road, Bethesda, MD 20817 | 301-229-0400 | office@rruuc.org | www.rruuc.org |
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