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In the Know
April 11, 2024
Only one service at 9 am. Join us for our Sweet Celebration at 11 am!
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Sunday, April 14, 2024
Worship Service:
9:00 am (in-person only)
The Practice of Transformation
Rev. Anastassia Zinke, Minister
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Many come to religious communities seeking support in becoming their best self. Change is more than just understanding how you want to be, it is based on new behavior. Spiritual practices can be a powerful means for this process of becoming. Let's consider the transformational value of spiritual practice. Rev. Anastassia, with Rob Redei and our UUCA Choir. Stay for our 11 am celebration of our reopened space. Flowers for the pulpit are donated by Julia Tower. | |
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Mindfulness Practice Group
9:00 am - 10:00 am
UU Sisterhood Room (formerly the Young Room)
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Middle Hour (10:15 am - 10:55 am Special Time!) | |
Building Multigenerational Community:
A Faith Formation Presentation for Everyone
Calling Parents of Free Range Adults!
Calling Parents on Active Duty!
Calling People who are happy to have other people's children around!
Let's talk about how a multigenerational community is a Beloved Community!
A Faith Formation Presentation
10:15 am - 10:55 am
Sanctuary and Online
Zoom Link
Meeting ID: 969 171 2043
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Soul of Aging Information Session
with Cindy Atlee
10:15 am - 10:55 am
Wendi Winters Memorial room
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UU Theist Group
Exploration Session
We consider the sources of our UU faith, derived from Jewish and Christian teachings, which call us to love God and our neighbors as ourselves. We seek to accept one another's beliefs, learn from each other, and collectively foster our individual spiritual growth and understanding.
10:15 am - 10:55 am
UU Sisterhood room
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ACT Affordable Housing
with Kari Alperovitz-Bichell
10:15 am - 10:55 am
Black Lives Matter room
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Special Event - Starts at 11 am! | |
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The Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis
Is Opening New Doors!
Sun. 4/14 at 11 am
Join us for a Sweet Celebration! You're invited to a short program and ice cream social as we open our new doors and atrium with community and sweet treats. Please note this event will be in place of the 11:15 am service and is open to the public! Zoom link
You can add to the celebration through a donation of cookies, juice or your time. It's easy, go to this sign-up genius link to contribute. Thanks!
Questions? Contact Dianne Moreau, 443-994-4154.
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Do You Like Thinking about Money?
Two important committees at UUCA are recruiting new members: our Finance Committee and our Endowment Committee. These are both committees that report to our Board of Trustees.
The Finance Committee provides assistance and oversight regarding our operating funds and budget - (they get down in the weeds). The Endowment Committee oversees our endowment, including when and how we spend its funds. We are looking for members of all ages, races, and identities.
To learn more, contact, Kari Alperovitz-Bichell, Nominating Committee Chair, or Caroline Hadley, Endowment Committee Chair, or Staff Warren, Finance Chair.
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UUCA needs you!
We are calling for nominations for leadership positions: UUCA secretary, UUCA finance officer, 2 UUCA board members-at-large, 4 nominating committee members. All positions start June 2024 and have two-year terms.
Interested? Or just curious? check out information on the UUCA website, or ask Kari Alperovitz-Bichell, chair, or any Nominating Committee member.
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Join our
Right Relationship Committee (RRC)
Our UUCA RRC supports the congregation’s overall health by fostering an understanding of covenantal practices, different approaches to engaging in conflict, and the supports available within UUCA. We continue to welcome members to the RRC so we can reflect the multifaceted diversity within our congregation. Valuable skills or experience for this work include: conflict resolution, facilitation, counseling, trustworthy congregational leadership, and work that includes communicating confidential information. Contact Jim Shettel.
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General Assembly (GA) is the annual meeting of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA). Participants worship, witness, learn, connect, and make policy for the Association through democratic process. Anyone may attend; congregations must certify annually to have voting delegates.
General Assembly is the annual gathering of Unitarian Universalists, where we conduct the business of the Association, explore the theological underpinnings of our faith, and lean fully into our mission and principles.
Funding GA Registration: The UUA is committed to the goal of making General Assembly accessible to the maximum number of attendees possible. Financial support is available as well as volunteer opportunities to offset the cost of registration for GA 2024.
Be a GA Volunteer
Register for 2024 Virtual General Assembly
Find out more: General Assembly 2024.
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Registration Now Open!
Camp Beagle 2024 Registration Form
July 8 -July 12, 2024
9 am - 3 pm
Register your child or youth for a science, music, and outdoor adventure-filled week at Camp Beagle. We spend our week learning science, basic survival skills, music, and how to be curious. We spend our mornings outside and then go in for the afternoons.
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Let's Make Our Space Sparkle!
Save the date for April 13, Saturday, from 9-12 for our annual Spring Cleanup. This is even more important this year as we celebrate our reopening! More info to come. Questions? Contact Dianne Moreau or 443-994-4154.
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Join Gallery 333 for a RECEPTION
on Friday, April 19
from 6-8 pm!
"Enchanting the Everyday" by Rachel Frazier reveals fleeting moments of beauty and magic that constantly surround us and challenges viewers to look for those moments in everyday life.
Interested volunteers, please contact gallery333curator@gmail.com. Email or attend the event to purchase art.
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JOIN ACT AT UUCA
ON 4/30
at 7 pm
ACT is coming to our building! Our Attainable Housing Team is committed to pursuing solutions that create more equitable communities where people of all incomes, races, and ages can afford to live.
Click the image to RSVP!
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Learn More About
the UU Theist Group
UU Theist Group. Middle Hour: May 12 (Wendy Winters Memorial Room). We consider the sources of our UU faith, derived from Jewish and Christian teachings, which call us to love God and our neighbors as ourselves. We seek to accept one another's beliefs, learn from each other, and collectively foster our individual spiritual growth and understanding. Contacts: John Fischer (jwlfischer@gmail.com) and Bill Bennett (john_30201@msn.com).
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The Soul of Aging
May 17-18 AND June 21-22
Program meets:
4 - 8 pm on Fridays
10 am - 6:30 pm on Saturdays
Register by May 10
Led by Cindy Atlee. We approach “the art” of aging creatively and intentionally; exploring the many soulful invitations our maturing years offer us. Ideal for those who yearn to understand, surrender to, and be transformed by the aging process -- regardless of our numerical age! We use poetry, story, music, and art to explore: your visions of aging, living your unlived lives, completion & forgiveness, your relationship with time, how to nurture your mystical nature, and the notion of befriending your own deaths. Using the Circle of Trust® approach, we learn how to listen deeply to one another and how to create safe spaces for honest sharing and self-discovery. All food and refreshments will be catered. The retreat-like structure allows participants to experience a deeper, extended community. You can take some time to retreat into Muir Woods for personal time to recharge. The new cost for the program is $150 for UUCA members and $200 for non-members (including meals and materials). Some scholarships are available.
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Help Lead Worship!
Unitarian Universalists have a tradition of shared, democratic leadership – this even applies to our worship services. Apply now to be a worship leader at UUCA. Help shape and inform our services by sharing your values and life experiences and by serving as one of our spiritual leaders.
Worship Leaders Application
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Join the Worship Ensemble!
Do you love to sing and cultivate Beloved Community? Join the Worship Ensemble Tuesdays 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm! Attendance to all rehearsals/services is not mandatory to participate. To learn more about this joyful opportunity, please contact Josh Long at jlong@uuannapolis.org.
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Join the Tech Team!
We are seeking Zoom-savvy congregants who can serve as Zoom Moderators for our Sunday Worship Service and Middle-Hour. Zoom Moderators help welcome our online community and keep the service running smoothly online. The commitment would be once a month. With 40-60 online attendees each Sunday, this is an important role! You can remote or be in the Wendi Winters Memorial Room (formerly the Library). If you are interested in serving, please contact Melanie Keller.
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BLOOMS FOR UUCA
Looking for a way to Volunteer in a meaningful way to UUCA?Join the Flower Committee to brighten our Sanctuary as Spring arrives! Many of you have commented on how much the arrangements add to the beauty of our Services each and every week. We all would miss them if the blooms suddenly disappeared! We need more help to cover each week. Volunteer to bring Flowers once every two or three months. Vases are provided and Trader Joe's, Lidyl and Sam's Club etc offer very reasonable bouquets if your garden is full of vegetables, not flowers. Do join us! Email JuliaTower.Trio@gmail.com to join for a Trial (limited) Membership-we need you!
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Join One of Our
Covenanted Groups
These groups are open to new members:
- Annapolis, 4th Mondays @ 6:30 pm
- Crownsville (ZOOM), 4th Mondays @ 7 pm
- Severna Park, 4th Thursdays @ 6:30 pm
Email Rev. Anastassia to join.
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Learning Our Land (LOL’fers)
We meet on the 3rd Saturday of every month to care for our grounds. Please join up! 8 am - 10 am, and beyond. Notify Margaret Martin.
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Amnesty International
Group 284
Second Sunday of the month
12:30 - 3 pm
Black Lives Matter room
(formerly Angebranndt room)
Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 10 million people who are committed to creating a future where human rights are enjoyed by everyone. United by our shared humanity, we know that the power to create positive change is within all of us.
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Mindfulness Practice Group
There are multiple events on different days that happen each week.
Stay updated!
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Thursdays
in the Sanctuary
6:30 pm- 8:30 pm
Sundays
in the Young room
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Sundays
via Zoom
4:30 pm to 5:10 pm
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Wider Community and UU News | |
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Looking For Something
To Do This Summer?
Learn about UU Summer Camps for children, youth, and all generations. Camp Beagle is July 8th-12th! It is time to register, click to learn more.
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UU Easton Concert
at the Academy Arts Center
Saturday, 4/20
Doors open at 6:00 pm
Concert at 7:00 pm
Food and drinks are included with the ticket.
Register Here
The concert will feature Philip Dutton. Philip is a ton of fun and you may have heard of him playing at the Avalon (e.g. Red Devil Moon) or street fairs around the eastern shore.
Independent of his music, Philip has helped sponsor incredible work on racial justice and was a leader in having the soil sample from Chestertown placed at Bryan Stevenson's Equal Justice Initiative center in Alabama. Bottom line - super talented and good-hearted.
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FREE virtual workshop, Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)
Sat. 5/4 and 5/11, 9 - noon each day,
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rockville (UUCR) is hosting this workshop. It is led by staff from Mosaic Community Services. Registrants are required to attend both days.
Register Here by Friday, 4/12!
MHFA teaches you how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges among adults. You’ll build skills and the confidence you need to reach out and provide initial support and to help connect folks to appropriate support. Spots are limited. Please note: Registrants are required to complete about two hours of self-paced, online pre-work before the first day’s session on May 4.
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Celebrate a Full Moon Earth Day!
UU Ministry for Earth (UUMFE) will celebrate Earth Day with a full moon gathering on April 23 at 7 pm. The event invites participants to explore how we can protect what we love as Unitarian Universalists and includes time for reflection and small group sharing.
Earth day with UUMFE
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Thursday, 4/25, 6:30 - 8:30 pm. Virtual.
For more information on all seminar sessions and preregistration, please
email oemoutreach@aacounty.org.
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In the DC Area?
Save the Date for Voter Mobilization Organizing School
Sat. 4/27, 10 am - 3 pm at All Souls Church
Register Here
Join with other UUs from DC, MD, and VA for the first-ever organizing school! We are all more effective when we gather together in our power. Youth are welcome. This event offers programming to several age groups in conjunction with the organizing school! Learn more.
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Meet with Your Ministers
Rev. John: You can set up a meeting by emailing him.
Rev. Anastassia: You can see her availability and self-schedule using this link - calendly.com/revaz.
- Join a small, informal group for some spiritual direction and reflection time on Wednesday mornings at 9 am
- Set up a 30- or 45-minute individual meeting
- Set up a 90-minute committee or leadership meeting.
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UUCA Calendar
The button below will take you to our calendar.
Please note that only public events will appear in this calendar.
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OFFICE HOURS
The church office is open during these hours.
Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Wednesday, 8:30 am to 12:30 pm.
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