Flaming chalice, a Unitarian Universalist symbol

Channing Memorial Church,
 Unitarian Universalist

A welcoming, supportive, and caring community
of liberal religious worship in Ellicott City, Maryland


Worship
 Overview
 Upcoming Sunday
   Services
 Past Sermons

 Special Church
   Services

 

Religious Education
 
Overview
 Child/Youth RE
    Sunday School FAQs
 Adult RE

Congregational Life
 Overview
 Event Calendar
 Welcoming
  Congregation
 Special Events/Activities

 How do I...?
Last Two
Channing Connection
Newsletters

February 2010
January 2010

About Us
 Overview
 Newcomer FAQs
 Our Minister
 Our History
 Virtual Tour

Denominational Affairs
 UUA (Unitarian Universalist Association)
 UUSJ (UUs for Social Justice)
 JPD (Joseph Priestley District)
 UULM-MD (UU Legislative Ministry of MD)

Contact Us

 Office Hours
  (at Bethany Lane)

 By Email or phone
 Directions

 

 

Welcome to Channing Memorial Church, a Unitarian Universalist congregation where the focus is on the question, not the answer. If you searched and found this website, you may be looking for a religious community that feels comfortable spiritually. If you are also open to being challenged spiritually, we may be the place for you.  (Continue message from the minister)

In the wake of devastation wrought by the earthquake which struck the island of Haiti on January 12, 2010, the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) and the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) are launching a joint relief effort to bring aid to the impoverished island nation. The Haitian Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA) estimates 2.2 million people are immediately affected in this nation of 9 million people.

Contributions may be made by going to the UUSC website:
https://secure2.convio.net/uusc/site/Donation2?df_id=1720&1720.donation=form1

More information at
http://www.uusc.org/content/major_earthquake_devastates_haiti_uusc_uua_launch_relief_fund

Our Sunday Services begin at 10:00 a.m. From September to early June, services are at Northfield Elementary School, 9125 Northfield Road in Ellicott City, MD (or occasionally at our Bethany Lane office). See our Upcoming Sunday Services page for topics or check out our Event Calendar for all upcoming church activities including times, and locations. See Directions to Northfield Elementary and Bethany Lane for directions to our locations.

Read a brief description of a typical Sunday worship service.

We provide child care for infants and religious education for children and youth during worship services.

Our minister, Reverend Susan LaMar, is in the pulpit most Sundays, except during July and August. In her absence, we offer a lay-led service or have a guest speaker.

Listen to the audio from the Rev. LaMar's January 18, 2009 sermon, A Clearer Vision, which was contributed to the Library of Congress's Inauguration 2009 Sermons and Orations Project to mark the inauguration of the country's first African American president, Barack Obama.

Our Mission

To build a church of liberal religious worship that assists its members to meet their own spiritual needs and their responsibilities to others.

Our Vision

  • To derive a common spiritual center from Jewish and Christian roots, drawing inspiration from other world religions.
  • To promote religious education for all ages.
  • To provide a welcoming, supporting, and caring community.
  • To identify and respond to needs in the larger community.

Want to Learn More About Unitarian Universalism?
Watch "Voices of a Liberal Faith" Video


The Channing Memorial Church banner
Banner that hangs at the entrance to the sanctuary.

William Ellery Channing gave 1819 Unitarian Christianity sermon in Baltimore
Statue of William Ellery Channing.

 

 

Channing Memorial Church
3230 Bethany Lane, Suite 4, Ellicott City, MD  21042
410-203-0474

www.channingmc.org