Unitarian Universalist Church of Hagerstown, 13245 Cearfoss Pike, Hagerstown, MD (2026)

09/01/2023

RE Open House!
Parents & children!
Saturday, September 16 @ 2 to 4pm
13245 Cearfoss Pike, Hagerstown, MD

You are cordially invited to an Open House to learn about our Unitarian Universalist liberal religious education program for children. Please join us at The Unitarian Universalist Church of Hagerstown!

The event will include a tour of our religious education rooms, time to chat with teachers, and a look at our 2023-24 curriculum - Holidays and Holy Days, an updated world religions course about the many ways people worship and celebrate.

Light refreshments provided.

Questions? Please contact Elise Weber at 240-469-4488 or by email at [email protected]

01/08/2023

JANUARY 2023 SPEAKERS & TOPICS
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January 1: Abundance and Emptiness. The winter holiday season, with its festive togetherness and frequent extravagance, can leave us with mixed feelings as we gaze into the new year. What does our spirit need to add or shed for growth or contentment?
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January 8: Lora Powell-Haney. Centering Our Values. If someone asked about your values, could you list them? At the start of this new year, let’s explore the core values of Unitarian Universalism—and our own— so we can demonstrate who we are by the choices we make and how we show up. A new speaker for UUCH in person in the sanctuary.
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January 15: Rev. Susan V. Rak. Grow Your Soul – 20th century Unitarian minister Powell Davies is often remembered for one saying: “Life is just a chance to grow a soul.” But what is a “soul” to a 21st century Unitarian Universalist (Rev. Rak last spoke to us in March 2022).
*Offering in Action Collection. Potluck Lunch after the service.
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January 22: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Unredeemable? Three weeks into 2023, many of us already have given up on our New Year’s resolutions. Can people really change? Yes! This message compares the UU model of spiritual growth, which makes us responsible for changing ourselves, with the more traditional models of conversion or grace, which rely on the goodwill of a distant deity.
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January 29: The Flame Beneath the Ice: Winter is more than icy roads and high fuel bills. Let music from cellist Jane Peatling and Marlin Barnes on marimba, and poetic readings from the worship team show you the beauty, serenity, and promise of winter.

https://uuhagerstownmd.org/celebrate/about/

11/14/2020

Stay Connected with Your UU Community!
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Our on-line worship includes familiar elements from our regular in-person service, like the lighting our tree of life chalice, hymns and other music, inspirational readings, joys and sorrows, congregational response time, our closing ritual, and fellowship.

For connection details, contact [email protected] BEFORE 6pm on Saturday with your name, town & phone number, to be added to our "friends" list and you will be sent the Zoom Meeting ID & password.

The service starts at 11 a.m. but please arrive between 10:40 a.m. and 10:55 a.m. because we are now using a waiting room for additional security. Our host has to admit each person from the waiting room to the service, which takes more time. If you arrive after 11 a.m. he will be busy managing the service so he may not immediately notice you in the waiting room.

For security reasons, please do not share the log in link on social media or in any other way. This invite is being sent only to all active UUCH members and friends, to any others who have previously attended the Zoom worship, plus many recent visitors.

Hope to "see" you on Sunday!

08/21/2020

ON-LINE SERVICE - August 23, 2020
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Please join us this Sunday, August 23 for our on-line worship service with Rev. Dr. Kenton Stone, who will speak on Love Beyond Belief. UUism’s spiritual freedom carries with it a responsibility to define our own theology. Then it seems we are to tiptoe to the edge of our particular belief and take a flying leap out of love beyond belief.

Our on-line worship also includes familiar elements from our regular service—lighting our tree of life chalice, hymns and other pieces by musician Pam Lego, inspirational readings, joys and sorrows, congregational response time, our closing ritual, and fellowship.

The service starts at 11 a.m. but please arrive between 10:40 a.m. and 10:55 a.m. because we are now using a waiting room for additional security. Bill has to admit each person from the waiting room to the service, which takes more time. If you arrive after 11 a.m. he will be busy managing the service so he may not immediately notice you in the waiting room.

For connection details, contact [email protected] BEFORE 6pm on Saturday with your name, town & phone number, to be added to our "friends" list and you will be sent the Zoom Meeting ID & password.

For security reasons, please do not share the log in link on social media or in any other way. This invite is being sent only to all active UUCH members and friends, to any others who have previously attended the Zoom worship, plus many recent visitors.
Hope to "see" you on Sunday!

08/15/2020

ON-LINE SERVICE - August 16, 2020
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Please join us this Sunday, August 16 for our on-line worship service. F***y Crawford will deliver Rev. Nathan Ryan’s sermon, Black Lives Matter More than a Slogan, in which this minister at the Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge—and a Louisiana native—describes his struggle to “stay woke”.

Our on-line worship also includes familiar elements from our regular service—lighting our tree of life chalice, hymns and other pieces by musician Pam Lego, inspirational readings, joys and sorrows, congregational response time, our closing ritual, and fellowship.

The service starts at 11 a.m. but please arrive between 10:40 a.m. and 10:55 a.m. because we are now using a waiting room for additional security. Bill has to admit each person from the waiting room to the service, which takes more time. If you arrive after 11 a.m. he will be busy managing the service so he may not immediately notice you in the waiting room.
For connection details, contact [email protected] BEFORE 6pm on Saturday with your name, town & phone number, to be added to our "friends" list and you will be sent the Zoom Meeting ID & password.

For security reasons, please do not share the log in link on social media or in any other way. This invite is being sent only to all active UUCH members and friends, to any others who have previously attended the Zoom worship, plus many recent visitors.

Hope to "see" you on Sunday!

08/08/2020

ON-LINE SERVICE - August 9, 2020
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Please join us this Sunday, August 9 for our on-line worship service with Rev. Dr. Paul Britner, whose sermon is Wild Forces. “Francis of Assisi wrote that ‘There are beautiful, wild forces within us.’ In these challenging times, we need all of the power we can muster. This message explores how we may use the powers within us to transcend our difficulties and nurture our spiritual growth."

Our on-line worship also includes familiar elements from our regular service—lighting our tree of life chalice, hymns and other pieces by musician Pam Lego, inspirational readings, joys and sorrows, congregational response time, our closing ritual, and fellowship.

The service starts at 11 a.m. but please arrive between 10:40 a.m. and 10:55 a.m. because we are now using a waiting room for additional security. Bill has to admit each person from the waiting room to the service, which takes more time. If you arrive after 11 a.m. he will be busy managing the service so he may not immediately notice you in the waiting room.
For connection details, contact [email protected] BEFORE 6pm on Saturday with your name, town & phone number, to be added to our "friends" list and you will be sent the Zoom Meeting ID & password.

For security reasons, please do not share the log in link on social media or in any other way. This invite is being sent only to all active UUCH members and friends, to any others who have previously attended the Zoom worship, plus many recent visitors.

Hope to "see" you on Sunday!

07/25/2020

ON-LINE SERVICE - JULY 26, 2020
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Please join us this Sunday, July 26 for our on-line worship service with another favorite guest speaker, JD Stillwater. Building a New Way: DIY. “Lessons learned from JD’s do-it-yourselfer father and grandfathers, and how those lessons might be applied to building a new way for our increasingly precarious global society. What kind of world do we want for our grandchildren and for their grandchildren? Are we behaving accordingly? Building is not easy or comfortable—are we willing to do what it takes?”

Our on-line worship also includes familiar elements from our regular service—lighting our tree of life chalice, hymns and other pieces by musician Pam Lego, inspirational readings, joys and sorrows, congregational response time, our closing ritual, and fellowship.

The service starts at 11 a.m. but please arrive between 10:40 a.m. and 10:55 a.m. because we are now using a waiting room for additional security. Bill has to admit each person from the waiting room to the service, which takes more time. If you arrive after 11 a.m. he will be busy managing the service so he may not immediately notice you in the waiting room.
For connection details, contact [email protected] BEFORE 6pm on Saturday with your name, town & phone number, to be added to our "friends" list and you will be sent the Zoom Meeting ID & password.

For security reasons, please do not share the log in link on social media or in any other way. This invite is being sent only to all active UUCH members and friends, to any others who have previously attended the Zoom worship, plus many recent visitors.

Hope to "see" you on Sunday!

07/18/2020

ON-LINE SERVICE - JULY 19, 2020
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Please join us this Sunday, July 19 for our on-line worship service with Kari Gottfried, whose sermon is about “The Five Jagged Rocks of Unitarian Universalism”. Ms. Gottfried is a life-long UU but still a young adult so her sermon is a refreshing view of the future of UUism. Her five spiritual statements are a simple way to explain UU theology to others —and to ourselves.

Our on-line worship also includes familiar elements from our regular service—lighting our tree of life chalice, hymns and other pieces by musician Pam Lego, inspirational readings, joys and sorrows, congregational response time, our closing ritual, and fellowship.

The service starts at 11 a.m. but please arrive between 10:40 a.m. and 10:55 a.m. because we are now using a waiting room for additional security. Bill has to admit each person from the waiting room to the service, which takes more time. If you arrive after 11 a.m. he will be busy managing the service so he may not immediately notice you in the waiting room.

For connection details, contact [email protected] BEFORE 6pm on Saturday with your name, town & phone number, to be added to our "friends" list and you will be sent the Zoom Meeting ID & password.

For security reasons, please do not share the log in link on social media or in any other way. This invite is being sent only to all active UUCH members and friends, to any others who have previously attended the Zoom worship, plus many recent visitors.

Hope to "see" you on Sunday!

07/03/2020

ON-LINE SERVICE - JULY 5, 2020
TOPIC: UU Patriotism
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Please join us on line this Sunday, July 5, for our on-line worship service using Zoom, a free meeting app which allows us to see, talk to and hear each other.

This week’s service is “UU Patriotism”
Special holiday additions of micro-essays and photos of UU patriotism from UUCH members and friends. Our on-line worship also includes familiar elements from our regular service—lighting our tree of life chalice, hymns and other pieces by musician Pam Lego, inspirational readings, joys and sorrows, discussion, our closing ritual, and fellowship.

The service starts at 11 a.m. but please arrive between 10:40 a.m. and 10:55 a.m. because we are now using a waiting room for additional security. Bill has to admit each person from the waiting room to the service, which takes more time. If you arrive after 11 a.m. he will be busy managing the service so he may not immediately notice you in the waiting room.

For connection details, contact [email protected] BEFORE 6pm on Saturday with your name, town & phone number, to be added to our "friends" list and you will be sent the Zoom Meeting ID & password.

For security reasons, please do not share the log in link on social media or in any other way. This invite is being sent only to all active UUCH members and friends, to any others who have previously attended the Zoom worship, plus many recent visitors.

Hope to "see" you on Sunday!

06/20/2020

ON-LINE SUNDAY SERVICE - JUNE 21
TOPIC: “Onward with Purpose”
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Please join us on line this Sunday, June 21 for our alternative worship service using Zoom, a free meeting app which allows us to see, talk to and hear each other.

This week’s service is “Onward with Purpose”. Our virtual worship has familiar elements from our regular service—lighting our tree of life chalice, hymns and additional music from guest musician Riley House, joys and sorrows, meditative words, mini-sermon and discussion, and our closing ritual. (The chalice lighting words, discussion questions, and hymn lyrics are farther down this page and in the attached file.)

The service starts at 11 a.m. but please arrive between 10:40 a.m. and 10:55 a.m. because we are now using a waiting room for additional security. Bill has to admit each person from the waiting room to the service, which takes more time. If you arrive after 11 a.m. he will be busy managing the service so he may not immediately notice you in the waiting room.

For connection details, contact [email protected] BEFORE 6pm on Saturday with your name, town & phone number, to be added to our "friends" list and you will be sent the Zoom Meeting ID & password.

For security reasons, please do not share the log in link on social media or in any other way. This invite is being sent only to all active UUCH members and friends, to any others who have previously attended the Zoom worship, plus many recent visitors.

Hope to "see" you on Sunday!

06/06/2020

ON-LINE Sunday Service - June 7
"Stay Woke"

Please join us on line this Sunday, June 7, for our alternative worship service using Zoom, a free meeting app which allows us to see, talk to and hear each other.

This week's topic is “Stay Woke."

The service starts at 11 a.m. but please arrive between 10:40 a.m. and 10:55 a.m. because we are now using a waiting room for additional security. Bill has to admit each person from the waiting room to the service, which takes more time. If you arrive after 11 a.m. he will be busy managing the service so he may not immediately notice you in the waiting room.

For connection details, contact [email protected] BEFORE 6pm on Saturday with your name, town & phone number, to be added to our "friends" list and you will be sent the Zoom Meeting ID & password.

For security reasons, please do not share the log in link on social media or in any other way. This invite is being sent only to all active UUCH members and friends, to any others who have previously attended the Zoom worship, plus many recent visitors.

Hope to "see" you on Sunday!

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