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When Life Doesn’t ‘Add Up’ Like We Want It To
Jul 26 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Sunday, July 26, 10 a.m., “When Life Doesn’t ‘Add Up’ Like We Want It To,” Bruce DePuyt, UUSD member and retired broadcast journalist: Life is filled with paradox. Conundrums abound. Sometimes it seems like everywhere you turn, things fail to meet our expectations for how they should be. Developing a personal playbook for handling the curveballs that inevitably come our way is a big part of life’s journey. 

Bruce DePuyt is a UUSD member, retired journalist, and political analyst, a recipient of the James F. Jenkins Pillar of Faith Award from the Howard University School of Divinity and the United Church of Christ, and a recipient of a Governor’s Citation for decades of civic-minded journalism from Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan. A graduate of the University of Maryland, Bruce is a former member of the SAG-AFTRA Mid-Atlantic executive board, a former board member at All Souls Church in Washington, D.C, and a former board member at Unity Christ Church in Gaithersburg, Md.

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Register Now! Still Water Summer Camp

The second annual Still Water Summer Camp will be held at UUSD on August 26-28, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m., for grades 1-8.

Still Water Summer Camp is a values-centered, joy-filled summer experience designed for children entering 1st through entering 8th grades. Campers are placed in age-based groups, each led by caring adult counselors and junior counselors, with group sizes intentionally kept small (approximately 5–10 children) to foster connection, belonging, and age-appropriate learning.

Share the Plate in July

Habitat for Humanity

Our Share the Plate offering in July is for Sussex County Habitat for Humanity. Seeking to put love into action, they bring people together to build homes, communities, and hope. Since 1991, SCHFH has built and sold 210 homes, serving over 700 individuals, including over 500 children. Since 2019, the Healthy Homes program has provided repair services to over 700 low-income people who are homeowners impacted by age, disability, and family circumstances, including over 130 in the last fiscal year alone.

UUSD Joined the Juneteenth Parade in Georgetown

On Saturday, June 20, about 10 UUSDers marched in the Juneteenth Parade in Georgetown. Our presence has been noticed and appreciated every year. Our group convened behind the Brick Hotel at 10 a.m. The parade went from the Georgetown Circle to the Richard C. Allen Community Center (about one mile). We had members up front with the two person wide parade banner and the large flaming chalice on the van in the back and many UUSD tee shirts.

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Sharing Our Stories

Each of us at UUSD has a different story to tell about how we found a spiritual home here. A few of us are life-long UUs but most are not, having come from a variety of other religious backgrounds or from no particular place of faith. Whatever our journey, sharing the stories of the paths we took helps connect us to each other and to the shared journey we are now making.