This Sunday, we conclude our series on Cultivating Compassion by learning more about the Charter for Compassion and thinking about obstacles to and practices for fostering compassion. Please see Congregation News for more details.

This Sunday, we will listen to a sermon by Rev. Tess Baumberger about the call to compassion and openness that Universalism embodies.  Please see Congregation News for more information.

Our guest speaker, Rev. Dr. Bruce Marshall, addresses “What Does It Mean to Be a Liberal?” He says, “Given the climate of these times, I wonder: what does it mean—today—to be a liberal?” Please see Congregation News for more information.

Our Unitarian Universalist core values call for us to keep love at the center of our lives. But amidst the bullying and chaotic thinking all around, can we find a way to love the people who make it hard, and seem to be unlovable?  See Congregation News for more service details.

In our “Building Belonging” series, this Sunday we reflect on individualism and its implications for belonging.  What does it produce in terms of our happiness or the health of our relationships and communities?  Sermon is by Gena Wade. Please see Congregation News for details.

As we continue our September theme “Building Belonging,” Jackie Triplett will read a sermon by the Rev. Dr. John T. Morehouse that poses a question: Whose Are We? To whom do we belong? Please see Congregation News for more information.

We are given advice to show the world our real selves. Well, what exactly does this mean, and what does this have to do with belonging? Come listen to Debs Szymkowiak share the sermon “True Belonging,” by Rev. Sandra Fees. See Congregation News for more information.

This Sunday is our Water Communion, the annual ingathering service to start our regular church year. We will also hear the sermon “Love is the Water that Wears Down the Rocks.”  Please see Congregation News for more information

On our summer Preaching Along the Potomac schedule, this Sunday we will view and follow along in the “Animal Blessing Service,” provided by Rev. Rebecca Banner,Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax.  We will bless our own animals as we see the service on line. Please see Congregation News for more information.

This Sunday, we will view “Waging Peace: A UU Reckoning with War, Pacifism, and Justice,” a homily given in July by Rev. Dr. Rebekah A. Savage. It’s also our Blessing of the Backpacks as the school year arrives.  Please see Congregation News for more information.