Generosity Matters Now
Annual Fund Campaign
2025-26
1. Share your intentions
2. Set up your giving
Together, we nurture the heart of our community
through vibrant worship,
transformative faith formation
compassionate pastoral care
impactful social justice initiatives.
Why Support Cedar Lane?
Cedar Lane offers compassion and hope in these uncertain times. This congregation is here for you – a community where you can be nurtured and comforted when you need solace, a community where you can stand up for your beliefs and show love and justice in action, a community where your full, authentic self is welcome.
Your Generosity Matters Now
Cedar Lane is fully responsible for raising our annual budget. Your contributions directly impact the programs and staff that Cedar Lane is able to offer.
Our goal is to raise $950,000 – a 5% increase over last year. Cedar Lane has 675 active members and contributing friends. We aim to ensure participation from all of our members and friends.
And, many people are experiencing uncertainty about employment, housing, access to medical care, and more. Your income may be in flux, reduced, or unknown. If you feel unable to make a financial commitment right now, that is ok. We are your community and you are welcome here.
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The Unitarian Universalist Association provides a fair share giving guide to assist you in determining your pledge amount. In our UU faith, pledges typically range from 3% to 7% of household income, with some aspiring to a tithe of 10% or more.
Where do you find inspiration, hope, and community at Cedar Lane?
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Vibrant Worship Services
A dedicated hour on Sunday morning for you to grow and connect spiritually, hear beautiful music from the Cedar Lane choir and band, and gather with others.
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Thriving Faith Formation
Age-appropriate classes for children and youth designed to nurture students’ understanding of themselves and others, helping to raise spiritually-grounded, justice-oriented, creative people.
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Spiritual Programs
Designed to deepen your faith and build community, Cedar Lane’s popular small group ministries – such as our Soul Circles – offer opportunities to learn, and to meet and deepen friendships with other Cedar Lane members.
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Social Justice
Deeply engaged with the local community, Cedar Lane is a leader in gender and LGBTQIA+ rights, food justice, environmental justice, immigrant justice and more. With your Cedar Lane community, you can be an ally and advocate, as well as help meet the basic needs of our neighbors.
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Pastoral Care
Highly skilled, caring Cedar Lane ministers and lay leaders provide vital support – compassionate listening, connection to resources – in times of crisis and beyond.
In a world marked by uncertainty, injustice, and disconnection,
Cedar Lane offers something essential:
A place to ground ourselves
A place to grow spiritually
A place to act boldly for love and justice
Together, we are resurrecting hope in each other and in the world.
Supporting your religious community is a catalyst for spiritual growth.
Giving is an opportunity to reflect on questions like
How does generosity embody the interconnectedness of all and contribute to collective healing?
What does my UU faith inspire me to be and do?
How does love manifest within Cedar Lane in life-changing ways?
Ways to Give
Supporting Cedar Lane in its 2025-26 Annual Giving Campaign is a two-step process:
Share how much you wish to pledge.
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Set up your payment plan using the options below.
Online recurring gifts are preferred.
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Online Giving
Set up automated recurring or one-time giving via credit/debit card or provide your bank’s routing and account number for automated clearing house (ACH) payments.
By Check
Drop a check into the plate with memo “2025-26 Annual Fund”
Or mail it to
Cedar Lane UU Congregation
9601 Cedar Lane
Bethesda, MD 20814
From Investments
Give from appreciated securities or a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) from an IRA. For assistance, contact
Jen Morley
jmorley@cedarlane.org
301-493-8300 ext 209
Would you like to talk with someone about giving to Cedar Lane?
Contact Executive Director Jen Morley
jmorley(at)cedarlane.org or 301-493-8300 x209.
Or visit with Cedar Lane's Generosity Team on Sunday mornings in the Fellowship Hall.
Our goal is to raise $950,000 – a 5% increase over last year. Cedar Lane has 675 active members and contributing friends. We aim to ensure participation from all of our members and friends.