We Care

The We Care program is a network led by volunteers who reach out to address short-term needs - food deliveries, rides to doctor's appointments, a listening ear in the event of a loss. The Cedar Lane congregation is organized geographically by "neighborhoods"; each neighborhood has at least one chairperson to coordinate support. Look at your nametag or the map in the church office to find your neighborhood.

It is with sadness that we announce the death of long-time member, Mary Clare England. Mary Clare died this past Monday after a long illness. A Service in Celebration of Her Life will be held this Saturday, August 6 at 2:00 pm in the Cedar Lane chapel. All are welcome.  

We celebrate that our own Carol Ireland (Neighborhood 11) was featured in the July, 2001 issue of Washingtonian Magazine, "In Retirement, Former Opera Singer Finds Passion in Synchronized Swimming." You may read the full article here: http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/20129.html   

Best wishes are with Al Reese (N19) who is recovering at home after a few days in Holy Cross Hospital.

We rejoice that a number of Cedar Laners will be honored by the UUs for Social Justice at their annual awards banquet, to be held on October 23. The UUSJ Collaborative Social Justice Program Award will be given to our Action in Montgomery team and the UUSJ GLBTQ Award will be given to Marge Dimond (N1) and Stephen Colgan (N7), co-chairs of our LGBT Task Force. Hooray!

Hopes for healing are with Art Johnson, husband of Mary Butler (N17), who is recovering at home after time in a rehab facility.

And We Care Chairperson, Helen Pechacek and the We Care ministerial liaison Heather Janules are delighted to announce a number of new We Care Neighborhood Chairs! Many thanks to all who have agreed to serve the congregation in this way:

Neighborhood #7         Kathleen Reedy and 
                                         Marion Torchia

Neighborhood #19       Betsy Wilhelm

Neighborhood #10       Maureen McNulty

Neighborhood #4         David Hawver

Should you know of a member of our community in personal need, you are encouraged to reach out to them. If you learn that this person wishes to receive a response from the church, please contact Heather Janules at

hjanules@cedarlane.org. All ministers offer pastoral care to our members so you are also encouraged to contact any member of the ministerial team.

Upcoming Sundays   

There will be one Sunday Service at 10 a.m. from May 1 through September 4.   

August 14, 2011
Capital Focus Jazz Band    

Led by Dave Robinson, with Bob Harrison, Master of Ceremonies  

August 21, 2011  

"Gifts of Peace and Hope: Hiroshima Children's Drawings"

Jim Heltman and Kathie Shahan of All Souls Church Unitarian

For more information about these sermons click here 

Around the Church

Check out the UU summer camps here or in the fliers under the bulletin board in the office.  

Admin Ministries- NEW

Here is a link for the Washington Post article about the UUA and General Assembly.  Here  

Find out what's been going on behind the scenes at church this summer here. 

Find out what the CSA/farmer's market has this week.    

Susan Archer, Minister for Religious Education

 Gale Ginther Luce and Jeannette Wilson, Administrators

Vanessa Steck,
Youth Coordinator 

For information and to register for classes and programs call 301-493-8300 x207 or e-mail RE@cedarlane.org.

Religious Education for Children (RE)

RE Office Summer Hours

During the summer, Gale and Jeannette have reduced their office hours.  If you need to get in touch with us, please leave a phone message at

RE@cedarlane.org.  We will check them weekly and get back to you as soon as we can.  If your need is immediate, please contact Rev. Susan Archer at 301-493-8300 x206 or

sarcher@cedarlane.org.

RE Registration Information

We have sent out our preliminary registration information by email.  To register your child(ren), respond to the email, and return all necessary forms to the RE office.  If you haven't received an email, and would like to register your child(ren), contact the RE office!

For more RE, including info about a new Youth Group trip, please click here. 

Adult Programs (AP)

The Adult Programs Brochure will

be available September 1.

GoGreen Gala

Visit the GoGreen webpage at www.cedarlane.org/gogreen.htm 

Contact Holly Parker (cobbparker@aol.com) or Susan Clark (songsue@aol.com) to volunteer.

Music Notes From the Director of Music

Dr. Henry Sgrecci 

For more on the music for upcoming Sundays and the Music Department click here  

On Sunday, we will be having Rev. Donald Robinson, the minister of Beacon House preach. Please visit

this link to learn how you can help the Beacon House children prepare for a new school year.

Green Tips - "6 Easy Green Habits"  

Calendar

We have updated our calendar system.  We are now using Virtual EMS, which allows for a much better organization of our online calendar. Once we learn more about it, we can enable it so you may make reservation requests directly from the calendar web page! Please visit the calendar here.