We join together to encourage spiritual growth,
build a beloved community, and act for peace and justice.
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This Sunday, June 20
9:00 a.m. UU Buddhist Fellowship:
Group Meditation & Discussion
(Note: Each event has a different Zoom link.)
10:30 a.m. Sunday Service
"What has the Pandemic Taught Us about Our Relationship with Animals?" - Dr. Aysha Akhtar, MD, MPH
with Rev. Carl as Liturgist
Special Music: Kiley Mead, the Mighty Kelltones, & more!
11:30 a.m. to Noon: Live Q & A with Dr. Akhtar on Zoom (immediately after Sunday Service in same Zoom Room)
Please spread the word about our online Sunday Services
to anyone you know who may be interested.
Noon Friendly Forum: "I Believe in Me":
Learn about June's Split-plate recipient with Lisa Bromfield.
3:00 p.m. Atheists/Humanists/Agnostics (AHA)
Discussion Group
Check our homepage for
the next 7 days of online opportunities:
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General Announcements & Upcoming Events
RUUMEO ("Retired UU Men Eating Out"): Wednesday, June 23 at 9:00 am. at the Airport Inn in the terminal at the Frederick Airport on. For more information or to be added to the email list for this group, contact dhutchins471@comcast.net
Women’s Spirituality Group: Wednesday, July 23 @ 7pm outside on the UUCF grounds. For our first meeting, we will be discussing the first chapter of Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes and getting to know one another a bit. If you haven’t spoken to me, please email sherripsc@gmail.com so we know to expect you. Thanks!
The Things You’ve Been Carrying: Wednesday, June 23, 8-9 pm– Many of us have been toting around losses for the last 15 months – keeping them to ourselves because everyone was having a hard time. Maybe we thought we just needed to keep going. Maybe we didn’t want to make things harder for everyone else. Maybe those losses are getting heavy. Julia Jones, our congregational seminarian, will be holding space for setting some of those burdens down. Drop in Zoom room: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87696743032. You can also talk to Julia one on one by reaching out to her at jjones@meadville.edu.
UU Hiking Group: Friday, July 9 at 10am. Join us on our next walk along the canal. Please park at the main parking lot across the road from the Ferry Hill plantation visitors’ center which is located at 16500 Shepherdstown Pike, Sharpsburg, MD. Optional lunch in Shepherdstown after the hike. Sherri will be leading us. Please contact her at Sherrilp1128@aol.com with any questions. Hope you can join us! If you’d like to be added to our email list of hikers, please contact Ruth at ruthsheridan@msn.com
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Until the story of the hunt is told by the Lion, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.
—AFRICAN PROVERB
The UUCF Dismantling Racism Team has scheduled a special 2-hour Guided Walking Tour of Frederick’s historic African American community landmarks.
See and hear the Lion’s story from a leading member of AARCH
Saturday, June 26, 10:30am - 12:30pm (rain or shine)
We will meet at 125 East All Saints Street at the site of the new AARCH Heritage Center. Garage and street parking are available there.
Participation will be limited. Please register on Eventbrite here.
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Auction Survey—We Need Your Feedback (Only 5 Short Questions!): Thanks to everyone who donated items, set up the online system, and bid on the items, we were able to exceed our goal for this year! With your input we can make everything go even better in the future. Please respond no later than Sunday, June 20 using this link:
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Frederick Covenant of UU Pagans (FCCUPS) Events
*Full Moon Divination Circle*
*Thursday, June 24th, 7 PM*
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84733938031?pwd=MDJPd25pR1NVT1VGUGNiRjR2Z0VhUT09
Join Heather and the Frederick CUUPS Community on Full Moon nights at 7 PM Eastern for a Divination Circle! This facilitated open discussion circle is an opportunity for the FCUUPS community to meet up and exchange ideas and techniques surrounding the different types of divination we all use. Email fcuups@gmail.com for the Zoom link.
*Full Moon Labyrinth Walk and Drum Circle*
*Friday, June 25th, 8 - 10 PM*
Come enjoy the beauty and peace of the Labyrinth by the light of the full moon! This will be an outdoor, drumming walk. The event will be canceled in the event of rain.As per the CDC guidelines, if you are vaccinated you can wear a mask or not as you like. If you are not vaccinated you must wear a mask. The first half hour will be a quiet walk, the remainder drumming, so feel free to bring hand drums and other percussion instruments. If you haven't walked a Labyrinth before, there is no ceremony or ritual. A Labyrinth Walk is safe, open Sacred Space for personal exploration. Please plan to arrive by 9 pm to allow enough time for your walk.
Sign-up here to receive the FCUUPS monthly newsletter.
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Summer Religious Education Opportunities! Save the Dates!
Sunday, June 20th at 7:30pm: Online Game Night- Youth Group. Check in will start at 7:30pm, game will start at 8pm
Sunday, June 27th at 1:30pm: Compassion Crew with Amie LaPorte (any age!). Meet on the UUCF grounds near the front playground (weather permitting). Sign up here: https://forms.gle/SQukSevmXY8aAFoT8
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Joys and Sorrows
Mike Morse’s sister, Julie, died early the morning of Wednesday, June 16 after a long battle with COPD. Mike and Sea Raven were able to visit with her in California just before her death. Please keep the family in your thoughts or prayers, and condolences can be sent to:
Rev. Mike and Sea Raven Morse
5512 Old National Pike
Frederick, MD 21702
301-367-7640
AARCH Society President David Key’s name is synonymous with the African American Resources Cultural and Heritage (AARCH) Society. From the day of his incorporation of the Society in 2009 to his death on June 13, 2021, David was the Society’s greatest advocate and champion. He found purpose in honoring the memory and in realizing the vision of his teacher, friend and mentor William O. Lee Jr. to establish the AARCH Society – a society that would preserve, recognize, display and celebrate the cultural objects and the often omitted and untold stories, history and rich heritage of African Americans in Frederick County. Until his passing, David worked tirelessly to guide, promote, support and build a community of committed and passionate volunteers and members who shared his vision. The AARCH Society Board of Directors mourn his passing and are deeply saddened that he won’t be with us when the new African American Heritage Center opens in 2023. With the ongoing support of the community and of his loving family and friends, we honor his life and wishes by continuing forward with the mission and purpose of the Society and by bringing to fruition his vision for the Heritage Center.
Read Mr. Key's obituary here.
Watch his sermon at UUCF from 2019 here.
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Join Rev. Dr. Kristen L. Harper and Skinner House Books to honor and celebrate the publication of The Darkness Divine: A Loving Challenge to My Faith. In The Darkness Divine, Rev. Harper confronts and unpacks the language, imagery, buzzwords, and cultural touchstones that reinforce white supremacy culture and invites readers to radically transform their perceptions of Blackness. The event is Saturday, June 19th at 4:00 PM ET and will include reading and discussion. Rev. Harper will be in conversation with author and historian Rev. Dr. Mark D. Morrison-Reed. Instructions to attend are available in the Facebook event.
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Monday June 21 5PM - PPC - Please join low-wage workers, moral and faith leaders and advocates online simultaneously with a socially-distant rally at the North Carolina General Assembly in Raleigh, NC for a National Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers Assembly. The hybrid online/in-person mass assembly will include over 40 state coordinating committees, 200+ organizing partners, and thousands of moral and faith leaders in our Prophetic Council. From June 21, the Poor People’s Campaign will launch a one year campaign fighting forward every day towards a massive, generationally-transformative Moral March on Washington and Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly on June 18, 2022. - RSVP - Help Us Amplify These Events
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We have 10 days to pass the For the People Act
The For the People Act is a critical piece of legislation to begin building a democracy for everyone--where the voices of BIPOC (“Black, Indigenous, People of Color”) voters are heard and elected leaders are accountable to the people. Join UU the Vote and UUs for Social Justice (UUSJ) to build the support we need to pass S.1-For the People Act.
Your Senators need to hear from you before it comes to a vote week of June 21! (Majority Leader Schumer has pledged to do so.)
Call or Write Your Senator
Right now, we are in a battle for democratic governance. As Unitarian Universalists, our 5th Principle guides us to rigorously strive towards democratic systems, understanding that together is the only way we create a society for everyone. Historically, the filibuster has been an obstacle to collective governance and to progressive legislation. Tell your Senators to show up for the people and against the filibuster to build a multiracial democracy.
Last year, you joined UU the Vote in reaching out to over 3 million voters, to get out the vote and combat voter suppression. Together we contributed to the largest voter turnout in U.S. history. Now we need to make sure that our systems build on that work.
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Invitation to Meadville Lombard Week:
A UU-Identity Theological School
You are invited to daily events that we hope would engage both your mind and spirit and allow us to strengthen and widen our ML Community. Join us to learn about what we do, what we value, and support our work! All events are free to the public. Please register for each event using the buttons on the webpage: https://www.meadville.edu/ml-week-2021/
Thursday, June 17, 1pm EDT: Library & Archives Tour: Not Just for Students. John Leeker, Director of Library and Archives, and Sarah Levine, Assistant Director of Library and Archives, will share with you all the ways the library and archives at Meadville Lombard can help you! From circulating library books via mail to researching your congregation's history to creating your own congregational archive, our team of librarians and archivists are here to help.
Friday, June 18, 7:00 pm EDT: Mini Lecture: Rev. Dr. John Buehrens and Rev. Dr. Stephanie May will speak about the future directions of the UU History and Heritage Society and UU Collegium and their future partnership with Meadville Lombard.
Saturday, June 19, 8:00 pm EDT: Day of Remembrance: Rev. Tandi Rogers and Dr. Ortega will lead rituals of mourning and hope, a space for grieving what we have lost since the pandemic started and tending the energy of hope together.
Sunday, June 20, Noon EDT: Meadville Lombard in the Pulpit: A week of these thought-provoking talks and other events will lead to very special closing worship. Rev. Nancy McDonald Ladd, MDiv ‘04, Senior Minister of River Road UU Congregation in Bethesda, Maryland, will preach on "Going to the Well of Living Waters," based on the Gospel of John 4:1-26. A special musical guest is Mark Miller, faculty at Drew Theological School, and the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale University. This will be a worship service not to be missed, not only for UU audiences but for liberal Christians as well.
Keynote for this event is Dr. Nicole Kirk. She will give a talk on a piece of very fascinating UU history, entitled, "A 'Congregation of the Air': Ministry, Technology, and American Religion."
All events are free to the public.
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UU Mid-Atlantic Community has been an intentional community for forty years. On Sunday, July 11th from 5pm-6pm we will officially launch UUMAC by ringing in 40 years at our Opening Ceremony. We are highlighting community as a spiritual practice.
Our minister of the month, Dr. Elias Ortega, will speak on ‘Caring to Care About Community’. Other worship opportunities include ‘The Ministry of Presence in Justice Making’ (July 18th 5pm) and The Sacred Work of Calling Forth A New Future (July 25th 5pm).
Paula Cole-Jones leads us through how a Community of Communities grounded in the 8th principle makes care and equality central to our collective thriving. Tune in on Saturdays for the Theme Talk with Paula Cole-Jones on July 17th and 24th from 12:30pm-2:00pm.
There are meet-ups and activities for children, youth, and young-adults.
There will singing and dancing.
Find time for casual conversations, or creative crafting, or culinary cooking.
These are all spiritual practices in community
Check our schedule. You may join as many events as you choose (unless restricted to age-appropriate meet-ups).
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Looking for a Room to Rent
Currently looking for a room to rent in or near Frederick. I'm a queer cisgender Latina in my late 40s, and I've lived in the Frederick area for six years. I've worked as a teacher, writer, and tutor. My work has been published at UU World Magazine. Also working part-time remotely for a Baltimore nonprofit. Interests include meditation and listening to music. Allergic to cats, but dogs are great. I've worked as a dog sitter for roommates' dogs. Also worked as a house sitter. COVID conscious. Nonsmoking. References available. Please reach out to arachne2017@gmail.com for information about budget range. Thank you!
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Free: Beautiful Conference Table (must be able to pick up and transport from Towson). For more details or if interested, contact Emma Lou Comstock ASAP: emmaloudav@aol.com
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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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