The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbia

Camping as a Spiritual Practice

The Rocky Gap CAMP (Creating Awesome Memories Planning) Committee recently organized the annual UUCC Rocky Gap Camping Trip, which happens every year over Memorial Day weekend. For those who were unable (or unwilling!) to attend, we’re bringing some of the highlights back to you. Immerse yourself in the camping experience without the bugs, rain, or burned marshmallows and learn why camping can be a spiritual experience that brings people back to the great outdoors year after year.

Speakers: Christiana Rigby, Colette Gelwicks, Jill Cairns, Kelli Danaker, Lee Gelwicks, Lukas Bonilla, Michael Adcock, Prabas Pokharel, Sebastian Bonilla, The Pokharel Family and Zach Nelson

• Christiana Rigby, Colette Gelwicks, Jill Cairns, Kelli Danaker, Lee Gelwicks, Lukas Bonilla​, Michael Adcock, Prabhas Pokharel, Sebastian Bonilla, The Pokharel Family, Zach Nelson

I Am - A Worship Service by UUCC Kids

Please join staff member Kelli Danaker and the children of UUCC as we celebrate all of the ways in which our kids enrich our faith community and how their presence reminds us of why the work we seek to do in the world is so vital. Through poetry and art, our children will tell us about who they are, how they see themselves in the world, what concerns them and what they dream about. This will be fully multigenerational service. Please note that there will be no Sunday morning children’s classes.

Speakers: Amerlia Sorenson, Clare VanHouten, Declan VanHouten, Helena Gelwicks, John Huh, Kelli Danaker, Margot Afkinich-Daniels, Mathew Huh, Stacy Huh, Tom Monrow and Violet Afkinich-Daniels

• Amelia Sorenson, Clare VanHouten, Declan VanHouten, Helena Gelwicks, John Huh, Kelli Danaker, Margot Afkinich-Daniels, Matthew Huh, Stacy Huh, Tom Monroe, Violet Afkinich-Daniels

 

 

 

Is Democracy Worth Saving?

Our political divisions have reached the point where we can no longer even agree if democracy is a good thing. Join Ken Rock for an exploration of what it means to live in a democracy, some of its flaws, and what we can do to make it better.

Speakers: Alex Cauthen-Zach, Kelli Danaker, Ken Rock, Laurie Alderman, Laurie Coltri, Tom Monroe and Valerie Hsu

 

 

So Long, Farewell

On her last Sunday at UUCC, Rev. Paige Getty reflects on 21 years of shared ministry, expresses her sense of hope for the congregation’s future, and says farewell. Please note that there will be no religious education class during service for children, and also that this service will run longer than usual.

Speakers: Beth Yocum, the Chalice Rebels, Colette Gelwicks, Gail Thompson Guy, Kelli Danaker, Lisa Marini, Meagan Lopes, Melissa Affolter, Michael Adcock, Rev. Amanda Poppei, Rev. Paige Getty, the UU Chalice Choir and Valerie Hsu

 

So Long, Farewell

On her last Sunday at UUCC, Rev. Paige Getty reflects on 21 years of shared ministry, expresses her sense of hope for the congregation’s future, and says farewell. Please note that there will be no religious education class during service for children, and also that this service will run longer than usual.

Speakers: Beth Yocum, the Chalice Rebels, Colette Gelwicks, Gail Thompson Guy, Kelli Danaker, Lisa Marini, Meagan Lopes, Melissa Affolter, Michael Adcock, Rev. Amanda Poppei, Rev. Paige Getty, the UU Chalice Choir and Valerie Hsu

 

Summer Solstice - We are Grateful

Join the Turning Circle as we celebrate the longest day of the year with joy and reverence for the world around us.

Primary Speakers: Alex Cauthen-Zach with the UUCC Turning Circle

Higher Intelligence?

Chaplain Anthony Jenkins will lead a service exploring the concept of intelligence — how we define it, who we define as intelligent (or not), why we define ‘smart’ the way we do, and what that says about humanity’s highest values.

Speakers: Aaron Hill, Ama Chandra, Anthony Jenkins, Howard County Lynching Truth and Reconciliation, Jing Wang, Melisa Affolter, Roger Stewart and Tom Monroe. 

 

Holy Ground - A Pride Service with Christ United Methodist Church

In a joint service with Rev. Angela Wells and our Christ United Methodist Church siblings, we celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride and the holy ground we cultivate together at the Owen Brown Interfaith Center.

 

Speakers: Haley Fischer, Rev. Angela Wells and Rev. Paige Getty

 

Tiny Slivers of an Immense World

Rev. Paige Getty offers reflections inspired by the book An Immense World, by Ed Yong. (“But every kind of animal, including humans, is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of our immense world.”)

Speakers: Becky Reese, Kelli Danaker, Linda Adcox-Kimmel, Michael Adcock and Rev. Paige Getty

• Becky Reese, Kelli Danaker, Linda Adcox-Kimmel, Michael Adcock, Rev. Paige Getty

Justice in Action

In the final service of the series about proposed revisions to the UUA’s Article II, Rev. Paige Getty considers our commitment to Justice: “We work to be diverse multicultural Beloved Communities where all thrive. We covenant to dismantle racism and all forms of systemic oppression. We support the use of inclusive democratic processes to make decisions.”

Speakers: Kelli Danaker, Margaret LaFon, Michael Adcock, Regina Verow, Rev. Paige Getty and Valerie Hsu