Social Justice - Highlights
Science Fair: UUFSM presents Joseph Priestley Awards
Date and time:
Saturday, 4 February 2012 - 1:00pm - 5:30pm 
UUFSM is a religion of both reverence and reason. In support of that, we award the Joseph Priestley Cash Award (Junior and Senior categories) to the students whose science fair project in chemistry has the best potential to improve quality of life or shows great promise.
Fellowship recognized as 2011 UUSC Honor Congregation
The UU Fellowship of Southern Maryland has beeen recognized as an Honor Congregation by UUA for our "support of the Annual Program Fund."
Also, the UU Service Committee recognized the Fellowship as a "Vision of Justice" Congregation, which means between 50% and 74% of our members are also members of UUSC. We also donate as individuals to "Guest at Your Table" project (GAYT) every year.
UUFSM Donates $4000 to Charities in 2010-2011
All the cash from our weekly offerings goes to charity; we also collect for UUSC’s Guest at Your Table. Our goal is to tithe by donating an amount equal to 10% of our pledged income. For the fourth year in a row, we exceeded our goal!
Film Screening: Blue Gold - World Water Wars
Date and time:
Thursday, 12 May 2011 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm 
As part of UUFSM's 40/40 Earth Day Challenge we will be showing the film Blue Gold, World Water Wars at the Lexington Park library on Thursday, 12 May at 7 PM. This 90-minute documentary by Sam Bozzo, based on the book by Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke, sheds light on the world's rapidly approaching water crisis and suggests that wars of the future will be fought over water. Numerous examples of people fighting for their basic right to water, from court cases to violent revolutions to U.N. conventions, are presented.
Garden featured in Three Oaks Newsletter
Charity:
Landscaping and Gardening Fund 
The September 2010 edition of the Three Oaks Newsletter features a picture of the garden that UUFSMers have been working on these last two years, along with the caption: "With the help of some of the members of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Southern Maryland, Three Oaks is again enjoying home grown fruits and vegetables, as prepared by Chef Julius.&qu
Presentation of the Three Oaks Garden Sign
Charity:
Landscaping and Gardening Fund The UU Fellowship of Southern Maryland presented a hand-carved wooden sign to the Three Oaks Shelter for their garden on Friday, July 2, at 7 p.m. The Shelter is located at 46905 Lei Drive in Lexington Park, near the Three Notch Theater (the old library).
The garden is already producing zuchinni, eggplant, and peppers. Watermelon and cantaloupe are growing nicely and the tomatoes should be ripe soon.
Three Oaks Garden planted
After several delays due to scheduling conflicts and weather, we successfully planted the Three Oaks Garden. On Monday, May 10 a few people showed up to rototill and add peat moss to the garden. On Tuesday, we bought plants from the Amish store in Loveville on Route 5: eggplant, collard greens, cucumbers, zucchini, watermelon, musk melon, tomatos, peppers, chives, onions, and a few marigolds to look pretty.
Herbs were donated by the Funny Farm, a store at 21057 Point Lookout Rd in Callaway. Many thanks!
Fellowship is 2009 UUSC Honor Congregation
The UU Fellowship of Southern Maryland became a UUSC Honor Congregation for at least the sixth consecutive year. (We're still looking for records before 2004.) The UU Service Committee honors congregations where more than a quarter of the members contribute to UUSC. In 2009, two-thirds of Fellowship members were members of UUSC. We also donated $775 as individuals to "Guest at Your Table" project. Way to go, UUFSMers!
Loving Hearts, Helping Hands in December
The people of the Fellowship gave generously to families from the community at Christmas. We collected $865 and used that to purchase two bicycles, safety helmets, a computer, books, and other gifts in time for the holidays.
People also gave to our December Charity: The HOPE Food Pantry. Even though we missed a Sunday because of the snow, we still collected $285 and some food.
UUFSM Mentioned in JPD Newsletter
UUFSM was featured in "News You Can Use" from the Joseph Priestley District in July 2009.
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The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Southern Maryland is one of five congregations worldwide to receive the Helen Fogg Chalice Award, which recognizes exceptional support of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC). The award is named for Helen Fogg, who was the director of UUSC's Overseas Programs in the late 1950s and established a children's home in Czechoslovakia and a teacher education program in Cambodia.
Three Oaks Garden Blooming
On Memorial Day weekend, people from the Fellowship and Three Oaks Center in Lexington Park created a garden with flowers and vegetables. As you can see, it's growing well! (including, unfortunately, some weeds. If you have time, feel free to stop by and pull some of them out.)
UUFSM Receives Helen Fogg Chalice Award
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Southern Maryland is one of five congregations world-wide to receive the Helen Fogg Chalice Award, which recognizes exceptional support of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC). The award is named for Helen Fogg, who was the director of UUSC’s Overseas Programs in the 1950s and established a children's home in Czechoslovakia and a teacher education program in Cambodia.
Shawl Ministry
This article appears on the UUA website (http://www.uua.org/congregationallife/sharingministry/120509.shtml).
A Peace Shawl Ministry at UU Fellowship of Southern Maryland By Marianna Nystrom
At a March 2007 Sunday morning service held at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Southern Maryland (UUFSM), six many-colored Peace Shawls were blessed by the congregation before they were sent to Iraqi women in Baghdad, Iraq.
