Welcome to UUCR!
A spiritual home...
- Where all people are welcome
- That nurtures intellectual, spiritual, and creative growth
- With a Religious Education program that inspires insight and a sense of wonder
- Engages in social justice, community service, and global outreach
Rev. Lynn Thomas Strauss
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100 Welsh Park Drive
Rockville MD 20850
Map and Directions
Phone: 301-762-7666
FAX: 301-762-7667
Email: uucr -at- uucr.org
Sunday, August 26 at 10 a.m.: “Does America Still Have Moral Authority?”
by Suzanne O'Hatnick, National Religious Campaign Against Torture
Suzanne O’Hatnick is also the Legislative Coordinator
for Amnesty International USA. She encountered both tortured and torturer as a
consultant on human rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1996-2000) during the Balkan war.
Nursery-5th grade in Bldg 3; 6th-8th grade in room 50.
Summer youth group (7th-12th grades) meets 7:00-9:00 p.m. on Aug. 26.
Other upcoming sermons:
- "Reason and Reverence: Religious Humanism for the 21st Century" on September 2 by Rev. Dr. William R. Murry, Minister Emeritus, River Road UUC
Welcome to our new Director of Music, Jennifer Rodgers Beach! more
Watermelon Party, Aug 26 after the worship service. Enjoy watermelon while getting to know our new families!
Film and Discussion about Torture, Aug 26, 11:45–1:00 pm. Jean Athey, founding member of Washington Region Religious Campaign Against Torture and coordinator of PeaceAction Montgomery, will show the film Outlawed, about extraordinary rendition and torture, and lead a subsequent discussion. Please register by email to Gail Owens
Save the Date On Wednesdays, Sept 5, Sept 12, and Sept 19 at 7:30pm, we'll kick off this year's Wonderful Wednesday program with a powerful three-part PBS video series, "Race: the Power of an Illusion," with a discussion led by Rev. Lynn Strauss and Deborah Kahn, Director of Religious Education.
Water Ceremony, Sunday, Sept 9. On this day, we will celebrate our Water Ceremony. Please bring some water from your travels or from a sacred place in your life. We will pour our water together as we speak the name of the place where it was gathered. The ritual will be for all ages. It is a celebration of our return to religious community and an honoring of the earth's blessings.
Josh Rushing, Sept 9, 2:00–4:00 p.m., will discuss the ideas and values that inspired his 2007 book, Mission Al Jazeera: Build a Bridge, Seek the Truth, Change the World.
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