𝐀 𝐝𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐦𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬. 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭. 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬 […]

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!

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲! 𝐖𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐬’ “𝘼 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙢𝙖𝙨 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙡.” 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐔𝐔𝐁𝐑𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐟𝐟!

“𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞” 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 “𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥.” 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫. 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲, 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐧. 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 […]

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 “𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬” 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 “𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬.” 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬, 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐞, 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬, 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 “𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧,” 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥, 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜, 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐲, 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 […]

𝐍𝐨 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟗𝐭𝐡. 𝐄𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫’𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲!

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. […]