6301 River Road
Bethesda MD 20817
(entrance on Whittier Blvd.)
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RRUUC is an easy-access facility.

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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Circle Round for Freedom, Vespers

Vespers, Tues., Nov. 12, 7pm Rev. Amanda Weatherspoon Minister for Justice & Community Building

So often, the world throws so much our way – personal struggles, global chaos, fast paces, and busy schedules. We also hold gratitude for the ways in which our lives bring joy. Essentially, we all hold a myriad of truths. And in themidst of our busyness it can be challenging to connect with what’s in our hearts, especially in a struggling world.

Traditionally, a vespers service is a “sunset evening prayer” – typically a more contemplative, soulful service that promotes inward connection. At River Road, a vespers service can be a time to explore and experiment with what worship can be, and already is. A time to gather and be with the complexities of our world and our hearts. A time to connect, to deepen, and to return again. This service will include meditations, music, readings, space for connection with one another, and a grounding in what personal liberation could be for each of us and what collective liberation can be for the wider world. Please join us.

River Road UU Congregation

River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation

Circle Round for Freedom, Vespers