River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation
To grow and deepen in Community, Spirit, and Service
eWeekly
September 24 - October 1, 2020
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Confession, Forgiveness and Healing; How will we ever come together?
Service at 10am
Zoom links will be sent on Saturday.
In this first of several shared services between River Road and our sister congregations, Cedar Lane and Fairfax UU, we’ll welcome the preaching of Rev. David Miller and the collaborative participation of both Rev. Nancy and Rev. Abhi. Special music will feature Jim Cash of Woven Green, cantorial soloist Jodi Blankstein, guitarist Adam Dehner, and our own Music Director, Clif Hardin.
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax’s Zoom capacity is 500 households. If this capacity is reached, you may watch the service through the simulcast. To help with security for the service, before you open Zoom, please make sure your name is on your account. After the service, for those watching via Zoom, we’ll have breakout rooms available for members of the three congregations to get to know each other. Please note: the service will not be posted on RRUUC’s website or YouTube channel but can be viewed here.
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Women in Music - This Saturday!
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College Access Fundraiser
Sat., Sept. 26, 7-8:30pm, Live Streamed!
Please - Register by Fri., Sept. 25
Performance and discussion by Daryl Davis, Seth Kibel, and singers Angela Hill, & Deletta Gillespie focusing on the history and influence of women on American music. Enjoy Jazz, Blues, Country, and Rock 'n 'Roll, with a historical narration. Program is FREE. We request donations to River Road's College Access Fund which awards scholarships to students mentored by College Bound or Mentors, Inc. @Kid Power, Inc. Register at: tinyurl.com/CAF-REGIS. Invite your friends and family and share this link. For more info, contact: RJTFinfo@rruuc.org.
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Notices & Online Ministry Offerings |
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Giving Statements are Going Paperless!
We're switching Giving Statements from USPS snail mail to email.
This change will ensure that congregants receive their statements quicker and provide a back up platform for the congregants. It will also save admin time and postage costs. The timing of the statements will remain the same. Please expect to receive your statement via email during the week beginning Monday, Sept. 28 If you have questions, please contact our bookkeeper, Jackson Njoroge, jnjoroge@rruuc.org.
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Deepening Vespers, Sat., Oct. 10, Two Services: 5:30-6:15pm & 7-7:45pm, RRUUC Parking Lot. Please register!
Gentle music, a quiet evening, and the socially-distanced and safely-masked company of our beloveds. Each service is 45 minutes long in the River Road parking lot. Your registration is necessary to help us to maintain safe numbers for each service. Please park offsite. Safe distancing will be marked on the parking lot for "pods" of an individual or a family group of up to 5-6. Feel free to bring lawn chairs or blankets to sit on. Register for:
Together, we'll find our spirits soothed and our energy renewed for the season ahead!
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ICMI - Read Rev. Nancy's Sept. 23 "Note on Worship"
Rev. Nancy sent an email updating the congregation on the "Format, Platform, and Holy Imperfection" of our worship services. In case you missed it, read it here: https://conta.cc/3j0U5Z0
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Middle and High School Online Ministry has Begun!
Here are the fall offerings for middle and high school youth. If you have a child that age and are not getting emails, please contact Beth Irikura, Religious Educator for Youth. A HUGE thank you to the volunteers who make these sessions possible!
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Middle School (6th & 7th grade): Sundays, noon - Heeding the Call:Qualities of a Justice Maker
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8th grade: 1st & 3rd Wednesdays, 7pm - Coming of Age
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High School Youth Group (9th-12th grades): Sundays, 4pm - various topics of interest to the youth
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9th &10th grades: Optional add-on - 2nd & 4th Wednesdays, 7pm - Coming of Age
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All Middle and High School: Wednesdays, 8pm - Game Night with other area congregations hosted by RRUUC
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Bottle Station Ready for Thirsty People Who Have Their Reusable Bottles!
As part of the Green Sanctuary recertification, RRUUC has installed a water bottle filling station on the entrance to the bridge. The goal is to eliminate the use of plastic bottles and promote more environmentally sound practices in our daily lives. The project was paid for by special donations of members through a fundraiser sponsored by RRUUC's Animal Ministry.
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Come to Practice! Grow Your Spirit with Our Daily Facebook Posts!
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Do you identify as a sexual minority -- lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, or asexual (LGBTQIA+)? New affinity group starting!
We are forming an affinity group for all adults who are part of this community to get together for social activities (Zoom for now). Kindly send an email to Gail Henry (she, her) at lgbtq@rruuc.org to be put on the mailing list. [Please note: If you are a friend, ally, or family member, Cedar Lane UU Church sponsors a PFLAG chapter; there are other Montgomery County meetings too.]
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Join the GOVOTE2020 Team and over 50 members of the congregation working to ensure a fair election.
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Call North Carolina Voters with Forward Together - a great option for first time online calling. The UU Justice Ministry of North Carolina will host a phone bank in partnership with Reclaim Our Vote and the North Carolina NAACP, Thurs., Sept. 24 and every Thursday in September and October, 6 to 8pm until the election. Phone banks are conducted and overseen through Zoom; training, instruction, and troubleshooting are provided. Register here.
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Text Pennsylvania voters with CASA to help voters with vote by mail and to encourage them to get out to vote. Find dates, details, and registration here.
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Educating4Change (E4C) Racial Justice.
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E4C Resource Corner
Learn more about the history of The Negro Motorist Green Book, a travel guide used by Black Americans to stay safe as they journeyed across country by car during segregation. In this podcast series, "Driving the Green Book," journalist Alvin Hall sets out on his own road trip and interviews individuals along the way, exploring the continued relevance of the Green Book's wisdom and strategy for staying safe in a hostile world https://n.pr/2RIXAat.
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RRUUC Engaging Communities, Food Distribution with Clifton Park Baptist Church, Silver Spring
Help distribute food every Wednesday. 9:30am-1pm, and on the first Saturday of the month, 7:30-11am, as well as the Friday before the first Saturday, 10am-3pm, at Clifton Park Baptist Church, 8818 Piney Branch Road, Silver Spring, MD 20903. We’ll also be delivering to folks’ houses soon.
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Physical distancing - social solidarity! We'll be maintaining distance and wearing masks, with our signs and banner, every Friday. Join us!
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September's Designated Gift Organization: RRUUC College Access Fund
For over 29 years, RRUUC's College Access Fund has provided scholarships to local public high school graduates with financial needs. Four-year scholarships go to qualified students selected by Racial Justice Task Force’s Supporting Educational Access Pathway (SEAP) from applications submitted by Mentors, Inc. and College Bound. Please support College Access throughout the month by contributing online or through check donations to RRUUC (designate College Access). Also, please join us for the Sept. 26 Women in Music fundraiser!
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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 week. These lives continue to matter: Baltimore: Melvin Thompson, Vincent McCoy, two not named; DC: Phillip Roche, Donika Hawkins, Hassan Jalloh; Temple Hills: Kendall Conrad. 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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La Clinica presents Women Forward: A Conversation about Gender-based Violence, Health, Hope and Justice, Tues., Sept 29, 11am-12:30pm, Zoom
Join La Clinica’s Executive Director Catalina Sol, Gender and Health Manager Dilcia Molina, and Heather Burns from the Live to Give Equity and Justice Fund, for a lively discussion on how La Clinica conceived Entre Amigas, a women-driven health program addressing gender-based violence, the inherent gender discrepancies that have magnified during the pandemic, and the role we all can play in building more equitable and just communities. Free registration here.
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UU's for Social Justice’s Storytelling for Advocacy Workshop, Sat., Oct. 10, 1-4pm, Zoom
In advocacy work, it often seems stories move hearts and then hearts move minds. Help boost your efforts in influencing legislators to create change in line with UU values. Join this digital workshop on personal storytelling and effective advocacy. The workshop was developed with a grant from the UU Funding Program so there is no charge for participating. Register Here.
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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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