This special service celebrates the return of summer, the beauty of the diversity among us, and the importance of defending and preserving freedom and dignity for all. Each person in the congregation is asked to add a flower to our community bouquet at the beginning of the service and will take a different flower home at the end, representing one spiritual community of many individuals.
Sunday, 16 June 2019 – 10:30am to 11:30am UUFSM has been represented in the past at a table advertising our commitment to welcome all to this fellowship. Today, we prepare signs and posters to help decorate this year’s table. The 3rd. Annual Pride SoMD Celebration will be held Saturday, June 22, 11 am to 3pm … Continued
From the Greek Orthodox tradition: The Kontakion of Pentecost:
When the Most High came down and confounded tongues of … at Babel, [the Most High] divided the nations. When [the Most High] dispensed the tongues of fire, God called all to unity, and with one voice we glorify the Most Holy Spirit.
We continue the work begun on June 1 at the Leonardtown Library (10 – 4).
The holiday we celebrate this weekend has evolved over time – begun by freed slaves to celebrate their liberators, expanded by the Grand Army of the Republic in 1868 across the northern part of our nation, established as a national holiday to honor all who died in the service of the United States.
“First rule of change is controversy. … You can’t get away from it for the simple reason all issues are controversial. Change means movement and movement means friction, and friction means heat, and heat means controversy.” – Saul D. Alinsky
Rev. Walker reflects on, and invites your thoughts about, maintaining serenity in a time of change.
The ability to nurture another person is not limited by biology or gender. Today we come together to remember and celebrate the persons (parents, grandparents, relatives, friends, mentors, teachers, guides of all types) who have nurtured us. Please bring a memory, a memento or photograph, some sign of those who have been nurturers in you life.
How one sees another is often a function of how one sees oneself and one’s needs. Chaplain James Gibbons Walker shares slides and narratives which capture the changing representations and changing understandings of Jesus of Nazareth from the 1800s to the present.
Today, Dr. Sala Qazi of The Islamic Center of Lexington Park will share a slide presentation on these and other contributions of Islamic Culture.
Children ages 4 and up participate with their families in this special Multi-generational Worship Service. Bring your pet, or a photo of a shy or departed pet, or a representation (plush toy, etc) of a beloved animal.
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