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Hybrid Service: Covenant: Forged in Forgiveness – July 16, 2023 10:30

Note: All Services in July will be at 10:30 Worship Service for July 16, 2023 Covenant: Forged in Forgiveness by Rev. Ali K.C. Bell, Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Congregation. As Unitarian Universalists we seek to live into covenant with each other. In our quest to live in covenant and to build and maintain relationships we … Continued

Hybrid Service: Interdependently UU – July 9, 2023 10:30

Note: All Services in July will be at 10:30 Worship Service for July 9, 2023 Interdependently UU  by Rev. Ali K.C. Bell, Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Congregation. Many of us are taught that we can’t ask for help without showing weakness. Others of us are taught that to be successful we must depend only on … Continued

Hybrid Service: Patriotism – July 2nd, 2023 10:30

Worship Service for July 2nd, 2023 Note: All Services in July will be at 10:30 Patriotism by Rev. Bill Sinkford, All Souls Unitarian Washington D.C. The Fourth of July is not just another long weekend and picnic opportunity. Our faith long prided itself on the involvement of Unitarian ancestors in the creation of this republic. … Continued

All Services in July will be at 10:30

Throughout July UUFSM will participate in “Preaching Along the Potomac,” a partnership of neighboring UU congregations.  These hybrid services (via zoom and in-person at the Church of the Ascension) will be livestreamed by the host congregation, followed immediately by a UUFSM hybrid meeting for reflection of the sermon, joys and concerns, and coffee with conversation.

Flower Communion – June 25th, 2023

This Sunday, we are celebrating Flower Communion. The Flower Communion is an annual Unitarian Universalist ritual celebrating beauty, human uniqueness, joy, diversity, and community. Originally created in 1923 by Unitarian minister Rev. Norbert Čapek of Prague, the ceremony was introduced to the United States by the Rev. Mája Čapek, where it has endured and is … Continued

Hybrid Service – June 18th, 2023

This Sunday we will gather to share “Transformative Justice,” a message by Rev. William Sinkford, interim minister of All Souls Church Unitarian, DC as delivered on May 21, 2023. The idea of justice can be hard edged, inviting a focus on separation of the good from the bad, as if any of us were pure. … Continued

Hybrid Service – June 11th, 2023

Please join us at the Church of the Ascension Fellowship Hall for a worship service about delight. Discovering Delight: A meditation on something that seems like it should be obvious by Gena Wade and Eva Miller, UUFSM members What is it that makes delight something different from joy or pleasure or happiness? Why does delight … Continued

Hybrid Service – June 4th, 2023

Please join us at the Church of the Ascension Fellowship Hall for a worship service based on creation beliefs. Some part of our heart yearns for wildness, for spaces untouched by civilization. What does untethered creation have to teach us about living a joyful and purposeful life? Our message will be a recent sermon by … Continued

Hybrid Service – May 28th, 2023

Please join us at the Church of the Ascension Fellowship Hall for a worship service based on creation beliefs. The indigenous people of the Americas have passed down many creation stories for our benefit, if we choose to listen. What lessons might we learn from the stories of the Haudenosaunee, Yupik, Abenaki, Dine, Lakota and … Continued

Hybrid Service – May 21st, 2023

This week, we are virtually joining the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax via their livestream. The sermon, by Senior Minister Rev. David A. Miller, is called “In the Beginning.” This congregation relies on the Soul Matters themed materials; the theme for May is Creativity. Please join us at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in … Continued