The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbia

What We’ve Learned | Rev. Paige Getty

During the past year, there has been much loss and fear and worry. There has also been learning—new skills, ways of coping, depths of grief, self-knowledge. As we near the 1-year anniversary of our pandemic lockdown, Rev. Paige Getty and UUCC members share stories of what we’ve learned in this time.

 

Speakers:

• Ann Faust, Betty Myers, Colette Gelwicks, Dianne Dunlap, Jim Reiser, Kelli Danaker, Liam Estell, Michael Phillips, Paige Getty, Ross Martin, Tom Monroe

Rev. Anthony Jenkins answers your questions, part 1

UUCC’s beloved former Assistant Minister Rev. Anthony Jenkins moved to Texas last fall to become a military chaplain. Today, Rev. Anthony answers YOUR questions about life in Texas and gives us an update on how his family fared in last month’s snow storm and ensuing crisis.

This is the first of three episodes in which Rev. Anthony answers questions submitted by UUCC members.

Generosity as an Act of Love | Rev. Paige Getty

As our Annual Budget Drive gets underway, Rev. Paige Getty and others will celebrate the unique nature of UUCC as a spiritual community with a mission to serve its community and the world, thus reminding us why our financial commitments matter.

For our Time for All Ages, Robin Slaw created and shared a video from January’s Stuffy Sleepover. You may view that below!

 

Speakers:

• Amy Brooks, Jim Reiser, Laurie Coltri, Lisa Schlossnagle, Michael Adcock, Rev. Paige Getty, Robin Slaw, Suzanne Henig, The Tribe Family, Vickie Beck

Margaret Hegmann on UUCC's food insecurity ministry

Margaret Hegmann helps lead UUCC’s efforts to address food insecurity in our local community, where 1 in 4 children live in households with food insecurity. Most people first think of our brightly-colored Little Free Pantry when they think of UUCC’s food insecurity ministry. While the Little Free Pantry may be the most visible part of its work, the food insecurity team has been working for over 20 years on initiatives throughout Howard County to address this problem. Margaret and Sara discuss a few of those initiatives, what it takes to keep the Little Free Pantry stocked for our neighbors, how volunteering in this capacity has expanded Margaret’s understanding of the world as it is, and how YOU can help today!

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Building Beloved Community | Rev. Paige Getty

In keeping with this month’s Soul Matters theme of beloved community, Rev. Paige Getty will explore what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said are the necessary elements of Beloved Community and how those elements might apply in the context of a congregation like UUCC.

 

Speakers:

• Amber Guthrie, Jim Johnston, Kelly Blake, Kerridwen Henry, Mo Grant-Olsson, Rev. Paige Getty, Robin Slaw

Nicole Guimarães & Chase Farmer share lessons from their cross-cultural relationship

In February 2020, right before COVID lockdowns began, Chase Farmer celebrated Carnival in Rio de Janeiro where he met Nicole Guimarães. Fast forward a year, and Nicole and Chase are finally in the same place and navigating the ins-and-outs of their cross-cultural relationship in person. In between tuning in to UUCC’s virtual services every Sunday morning, Nicole and Chase are trying out Baltimore restaurants and learning each other’s languages. They chat with Sara about differences and similarities they’ve observed between American and Brazilian culture and what they’ve learned from each other during their time together. 

Bonus: Tune in to hear Nicole’s recommendations for authentic Brazilian food in the area!

Siding with Love | Rev. Paige Getty

What if to “side with love” meant making bold, faith-full choices? What if it were even a little bit scary? This worship service brings together worship leaders and musicians from across the country to offer hopeful, moving, challenging reminders about what we, as Unitarian Universalists, are called to do, and BE, in the world.

 

Speakers: Amy Brooks, Everett R.H. Thompson, Joyce Poley, Rev. Paige Getty, Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray, Dr. Takiyah Nur Amin, Dr. Tuli Patel, Rev. Michael Crumpler, Julica Hermann de la Fuente, Laura Conkle, Rev. Erika Hewitt, Tashi-Kali, Michael Adcock

Michael Adcock reflects on UUCC's Beethoven service

Michael Adcock, UUCC’s Director of Music, is gearing up for a long-awaited sabbatical, and we made sure to catch him before he leaves in March. Last month, Michael designed and presented a service on the psychological and musical resonance of the life and work of Ludwig van Beethoven; today, Valerie and Michael discuss the life and work of Michael Adcock! Michael chats with Valerie about how Beethoven speaks to him personally and considers how his own life, like Beethoven’s, might be broken into three periods with distinctive characteristics and themes. Michael also begrudgingly shares his Beethoven favorites — you’ll want to listen to these!

Compassion | Robin Slaw, DRE

Robin Slaw, Director of Religious Education, ponders the Compassion part of our 2nd UU Principle: Justice, equity and compassion in human relations.

 

Speakers: Tim Lattimer, Robin Slaw, The Bote Family, Kelli Danaker, Collette Gelwicks

Rev. Louise Green, Minister of Movement

Rev. Louise Green is a long-time friend of UUCC, and Sara catches up with her on where her ministry has taken her in recent months, from congregational ministry at All Souls in DC to movement chaplaincy with change makers around the country. Sara and Rev. Louise then discuss a different type of movement—dance. Rev. Louise shares about her past experiences as a professional dancer and reflects on how movement and art are fully integrated into her spiritual life, work, and world.

Referenced in this episode

• Faith Matters Network
• UUCC service in which Rev. Louise shared about her past life as a dancer
• Choreographer Agnes de Mille