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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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In a New Light

May 6, 2020 • Joseph Saliunas

Hi River Roaders,

Monday this week was a singularly spectacular day. It started with rain early in the morning, and then was partly cloudy with a deep blue sky and brilliant sun. The alternating sun and shadow enabled me to see our grounds in a new light.

Patterns of light and sun on the grounds near our springs.

I never realized you could see into the sanctuary and out into the front through our clerestory windows.

Our bell tower, with branches of River Birch (Betula nigra) from the Fireside patio.

The bridge is framed by the flowers of our red buckeye (Aesculus pavia) tree. The tube-shaped flowers are very attractive to hummingbirds.

When is a flower a weed? When is a weed a flower? Daisy fleabane (Erigeron sp.) growing from the cracks by our new building.

We’ll follow this group of jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) growing in the spring area over the summer. Some say the name is from the reflection of the beads of water on the leaves.

Have a great week.

Joe

River Road UU Congregation

River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation

In a New Light