Experience the Divine Mother’s Blessings Sri Karunamayi May 23 - 25, 2008 Washington, DC “I have not come to you as a Guru ---  I have come to you as your own Mother.”

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	The Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring   10309 New Hampshire Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20903 Directions UUCSS is located at 10309 New Hampshire Avenue, three blocks north of the Capitol Beltway. From the Capitol Beltway (I-495), use Exit 28 north on New Hampshire Avenue. Turn right in three blocks onto Oaklawn Drive. Turn right into the church parking lot at the bottom of the hill. Driving from Washington, DC You can get to the Church from anywhere in the District fairly easily, it is about a half-hour drive from downtown. Take 16th St. North to the District boundary at a traffic circle, where you bear right on Route 29 North, which is Colesville Road.   Drive up Colesville Rd. past downtown Silver Spring, to the Beltway entrance marked “495 Baltimore.” From the Beltway go to the next exit, “Route 650, New Hampshire Ave., White Oak North.”  Proceed three blocks and make a right on Oaklawn where you will see the church on the right. Driving from Suburban Maryland From Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Potomac, Kensington and much of lower Montgomery County: the easiest way to the church is the Beltway, I-495, and proceed as above. For Northern Silver Spring, the church can be reached from Route 29, Colesville Road, South, to Route 650, New Hampshire Avenue, South. If you are near Georgia Avenue, the best route is the Beltway and the directions above. From Prince Georges County, the Beltway may be the best route, unless you are coming from somewhere near University Blvd.  In that case take University to Route 650, New Hampshire Avenue, North, and proceed as above. Driving from Northern Virginia No matter what time of day, the Beltway is the best way to the church from Northern Virginia. Take the inner loop past I-270 (but don't take I-270) towards Silver Spring.  It takes about 30 minutes from the American Legion Memorial Bridge.  Follow the directions above. Mapquest: Unitarian Universalist Church Sacred Fire Ceremony 9208 Gladys Farm Way Gaithersburg, MD  20882   Directions: ~ From the Beltway (I-495), take I-270 North. ~ From I-270, take exit 8, Shady Grove Road.  When you are exiting, do not take the immediate right turn onto Redland Blvd.  Continue on to the intersection with Shady Grove Road, and turn right. You are now 8-9 miles from the homa site. ~ Stay on Shady Grove Road all the way to the end.  At the intersection with Route 124 (Woodfield Road), do not cross the intersection and continue on Airpark Road.  Instead, turn right onto Woodfield Road (Route 124 North). ~ Continue on Woodfield Road through four lights (the last light is at Brink Road). ~ After you pass Brink Road, the third road to the left is Goshen School Road.  Turn left onto Goshen School Road. ~ Take the second left, Gladys Farm Way. ~ End at 9208 Gladys Farm Way (it is on the right, just after the white mailbox that says 9210). Sacred Fire Ceremony (Homa) Sponsorship Form Mapquest: Sacred Fire Ceremony location
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