River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation
To grow and deepen in Community, Spirit, and Service
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May 13-20, 2021
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You are welcome here! Interested in learning more about the congregation, our faith, and our community? Our Connections Team would love to help get you started. If you'd like to join us for online Sunday worship services, contact us here. And if you’d like to find out more about how to get involved email us.
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A Theology of Covenant and other Pandemic Lessons
Special Service with Cedar Lane and Fairfax at a Special Time!
Sun., May 16, 11am.
Watch for your Saturday email for directions.
The pandemic has shown us more clearly the ways we are interconnected and responsible to and for each other. How does this change the way we think about covenant in and across our congregations. What new practices does it call us to?
This Potomac Partnership Worship will bring together Fairfax, Cedar Lane and River Road Unitarian Universalist congregations. We’re delighted to be hosted by Cedar Lane for the service and to welcome our UUA president – look for links in your Saturday email!
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Notices & Online Ministry Offerings |
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Springsview Garden presents us with a riot of plants and birds in this week's Grounding.
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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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Changing the world, one piece of clothing at a time
Folks at our two beloved communities in McElderry Park and Clifton Park thank all of you who donated clothing last Saturday – at least a Prius full for each community. When River Roaders care, we change the world.
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May's Designated Gift Organization is Action in Montgomery
With the COVID-19 pandemic in its second year, inequity in Montgomery County has increased, and AIM’s community organizing efforts are as critical as ever. We must convince our elected officials to take bold action on housing, education, immigration, and health. Action in Montgomery is working hard to ensure passage of new initiatives to address the thousands of households that need rental and food assistance because of lost jobs, the growing gap in education because of online learning, and the need for vaccination accessibility to people of color in Montgomery County. Please support AIM, May's Designated Gift Organization, throughout the month of May by making online or check donations to RRUUC (designate AIM) or participating in our Extend the Offering for AIM on Sun., May 23, (during the annual music service).
~ RRUUC’s AIM Core Team
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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. Just show up! 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: George Hawkins, Angelo Jones, Donell Avery, Danny Henson, Renee Jones, Brittaney Hayes-Smith, Ephraim Gordan, Daquan Redd, Marvis Pollock, and Rakiswende Nana. Capitol Heights: Phajia Hutchinson. District of Columbia: Delano Harris, Louis Cheeves and Keith Frye. Greenbelt: name not released. Gwynn Oak: Everton Brown and three names not released. Lanham: Bryan Pailin. 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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Unexpected Stage: A Celebration of Art, Voice, and Imagination, Sundays, May 16-Jun. 6, 2pm.
Join us outdoors this spring for our festival celebrating extraordinary voices and ideas, showcasing a number of multidisciplinary events. Each Sunday for 4 weeks, beginning May 16, Unexpected Stage will host a different event, including play readings, poets, salons, and conversations. The event is outdoors and distanced in the RRUUC courtyard. To find out more, please visit our website.
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If you'd like to get the news from River Road every week,
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River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation | 6301 River Road, Bethesda, MD 20817 | 301-229-0400 | connections@rruuc.org | www.rruuc.org |
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