Join Rev. Lauren for connection with nature and each other. Thursday, January 2 1:30-3:00 pm Sperryville Trail Meet at the Old Schoolhouse, 12018 Lee Hwy, Sperryville, VA 22740 Please aim to arrive by 1:25pm, and the group will wait until 1:35pm to begin our hike.

Come on out for a celebratory service that is sure to light your fire! This New Year’s service will explore the inner and outer lights that guide and ignite us. If you have a chalice, bring it with you to be placed on our community altar for a chalice blessing ceremony. We will round out […]

As we approach the inauguration of a self-declared authoritarian, we will revisit the two novellas and share some observations about where we are presently. Are we there yet? You decide.

Every January, we honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, the great leader of our Civil Rights Movement. And, too, there were other voices in the chorus of that movement that built, shaped, and sustained it. Join us for a morning of storytelling and remembering, as we honor history… and herstory. DUE TO […]

This talk by Andrew Batcher, Social Justice Coordinator for a partnership of Unitarian Universalist congregations in the DC area, is one of the winners of the UUA Climate Justice Sermon Contest. We want to thrive, and for people to thrive we need a planet that thrives.

𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐮 𝐁’𝐒𝐡𝐯𝐚𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 “𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬,” 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐢 𝐌𝐚𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐢, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐥 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. […]

Today’s hike is canceled due to inclement weather conditions this morning, downed tree limbs, and pockets of power outages in the area. Check back for next month’s hike on March 6th and the first Thursday of each month!

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 “𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞” 𝐚𝐧𝐝 “𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠.” 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤. 𝐇𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐳𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 […]

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐔𝐁𝐑𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥. 𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞? 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞), 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨’𝐯𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐔𝐔𝐁𝐑𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 […]

𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭. 𝐀 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬. 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 […]

𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. . . . 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲. 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐚𝐩 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐲, “𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐛𝐲 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐖𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 […]