St. Paul's in the ‘ruff' and the ‘rough' Youth group holds Empty Bowl Harvest event

Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008

Click here to enlarge this photo Submitted photos Adults Alice Yutzy, Ann Saunders and Michele Neel oversee the Empty Bowls youth project at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Chesapeake in California. E-Mail This Article | Print This Story Click here to enlarge this photo At top, the Rev. Joy A. Rose, far right, of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Piney Parish conducted a "Blessing of the Animals" Oct. 4 at the Waldorf church. Erin Brady makes a bowl. Click here to enlarge this photo Submitted photos At left, Dave Horton, left, Will Mumford, Jay Covington and Brandon Warren were the first-place winners during St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Piney Parish's 16th annual golf tournament Oct. 3 at the White Plains Park and Golf Course in Waldorf. Click here to enlarge this photo

On Nov. 23, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Chesapeake is holding a fundraiser for SMILE Ecumenical Community Outreach in Lusby.

Recently, UUCC's youth outreach group made bowls for the fundraiser and will prepare soup to be served in the dishes, according to a church press release. The soup will be served at 11:30 a.m. after the 10 a.m. service at the Southern Maryland Higher Education Center in California. The project, dubbed the Empty Bowl Harvest, called for the teens to create and glaze pottery bowls with food-safe glaze under the watchful eye of ceramic artist and teacher Alice Yuzty and youth outreach facilitator April Tucker. Individual soup bowls may purchased for donations of $10 to $20 per bowl. Canned and dry goods will also be accepted for distribution at SMILE at the Empty Bowls Harvest.

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Chesapeake is a new congregation promoting opportunities for liberal religious growth. The church's mission is to create a spiritual environment for people of diverse cultural, ethnic, racial, economic and religious backgrounds. The church's goal is to understand, respect, appreciate and love one another as well as a commitment to social justice and our environment, according to the release. UUCC meets Sunday at 10 a.m. from September through June at the Southern Maryland Higher Education Center, 44219 Airport Road in California. For more information, call 301-880-0508, e-mail board chairwoman Linda Bodycomb at pres@theuucc.org or go to www.theuucc.org.