RRUUC Annual Retreat - River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation

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Bethesda MD 20817
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Resolution on Racial Justice
As individuals, we commit to a new level of engagement, to continually seek ways to use our voices, our privilege, our standing in the community to effect change.
As a congregation, we commit to turning a new page. We declare the obvious—that Black lives matter to our beloved community. We affirm the need for powerful words and collective action, both to call out injustice and to call in love.

RRUUC Land and Labor Acknowledgment
We acknowledge that the land on which we worship is the traditional land of the Nacotchtank and Piscataway people and the land through which other Indigenous Peoples traveled. We acknowledge that enslaved African people and their descendants likely labored and lived on this land. We recognize these and other people displaced, enslaved, or harmed by past injustices.

We pledge that we will follow our faith in love and work to make our congregation and our larger community more accessible, inclusive, and equitable. We pledge that we will be good stewards of the land by encouraging healthy ecosystems. We pledge to remember the past while building a more just and welcoming future for all.

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Celebrating our Connections and RE-Connections

April 26-27, 2025, at Seneca Creek State Park in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Registration is now open!

Schedule of workshops and activities

Register here

Directions to the Park

What is the Retreat?

The RRUUC community has been gathering for an annual retreat for more than 30 years. The Retreat Committee’s vision is to create an experience that provides:

Deeper community connections through activities that bring generations together
A time of respite away from daily routine
Experiences that focus on spirituality in the natural world
A balance between workshops and activities, and unstructured time for relaxing and socializing

The retreat will be all outdoors and local, in a lovely park, featuring a wooded setting, a lake, and miles of trails for hiking and biking. Activities will be planned for all ages, and will include:

thought-provoking workshops
games, sports, and outdoor recreation
music-making
crafts
worship experiences that take advantage of the beautiful natural setting

Interested? Can you help?

Would you like to help create this fun and renewing weekend? There are plenty of opportunities to help.

Email retreat@rruuc.org if you want to get involved.

We hope to see you there!