Past Events

Coffeehouse at Sugarloaf Yurt Returns Come hear Eddy Viscosity and the Turbulent Core (The Eddys) play bluegrass, folk and other popular songs at our Coffeehouse at Sugarloaf, Friday January 16, 2026, 7 to 9 pm!

Eddy Viscosity and the Turbulent Core brings together musicians joined by their love of bluegrass, folk and popular songs. The lineup changes and the instruments vary – guitars and banjos, fiddles and mandolins, someone always brings something new. It’s a rich musical experience that features vocal harmonies and breakout solo performances. Listen to the high energy music created by this turbulent core of rotating players, and see if you can pick out which one is Eddy! Including Cheryl Gendron:  Bluegrass, folk, and popular music (Cheryl is a musician friend of Krisna and  Chuck Becker)

Coffeehouse at Sugarloaf Yurt Returns December 19th 7 to 9 pm! Come hear Emily Martin, family and friends play traditional holiday music

Based in the Washington metropolitan area, Emily Martin is a longtime mandolin and tenor banjo player steeped in Irish and Old Time traditions. She has taught at traditional music camps, won first place awards at the Mid-Atlantic Fleadh, and recorded an old time album with her siblings under the direction of Alan Jabbour. Her family band, The Martin Family, also received a Maryland State Arts Council Grant for their work preserving Colonial-era music at George Washington’s Mount Vernon. A former apprentice of master Irish fiddler Brendan Mulvihill, Emily continues to share her love of traditional music—including festive Christmas selections—and will be joined by her daughter, Elora Paul-Martin, on flute, along with other musical friends. www.EmilyMartinMusic.com

Coffeehouse at Sugarloaf Returns Nov 21st – Mark Glaudemans

Sugarloaf October Frolic Auction

Online Auction: Friday, October 3 through Saturday, October 18, 2025, 8 pm

Live Auction and Party: Saturday, October 18 from 6 – 10 pm

GET YOUR TICKET FOR THE SUGARLOAF OCTOBER FROLIC party and live auction, Saturday, October 18, 2025 from 6 to 10 pm!  $5 per person in advance, $6 per person at the door!  Click this link, to access the auction website to bid or to obtain tickets by clicking the Ticket button:  https://auctria.events/OctoberFrolic2025

At the SCUU Yurt, 16913 Germantown Road, Germantown, Maryland 20874

USE THIS LINK FOR ONLINE AUCTION [Click Here]

For information, contact Mary E. Farrar, 240-441-2516 or maryefarrar@verizon.net

Coffeehouses at Sugarloaf

Come hear David Meredith perform at our Coffeehouse at Sugarloaf, Friday September 26, 7 to 9 pm!

Saturday April 5th, 7 to 9 PM
The Locals – Clara Becker along with Rafael Babay and Charlie Gleason

Hello Sugarloaf Congregation of Unitarian Universalists Members (and friends):
Happy New Year 2025!

The Board of Trustees of SCUU seeks your approval to ordain Matthias Everhope as a minister in the UU faith on January 26, 2025, during an intergenerational service, a couple short weeks away.

(Please Note: WEATHER PERMITTING, Watch here as this may change. Ordination has been rescheduled due to weather from original date of 1/12/25; Counterintuitive news – Matthias will give the service on 1/12/25 i.e. Ok for a service Not Ok for a Ordination)

WE thought it might be helpful for you to know the following, that we have checked with Rev. Henry:

In some cases, congregations ordain a minister that they want to keep on staff, but that is not always the case. Cedar Lane, for example, ordained many ministers who grew up in the congregation or were interns there, and just wanted to support them on their ministry path. Once they were ordained, they moved on to other duties and locations.

In the case of Matthias, he in most interested in chaplaincy, such as in a hospital, but ordination will give him a credential that will help him in that type of ministry. He will continue to do services at SCUU, and we should make sure we pay him the correct amount each time and not accept his return of the stipend in the collection. We can support him by attending services and giving him constructive feedback, but we don’t believe we have any other designated duty to him. Although he and Emily will remain members of SCUU.