Janeen K Grohsmeyer

Janeen Kelley Grohsmeyer joined the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Southern Maryland in 1996. She has served on the Board of Trustees and on the Worship and the RE committees, taught Preschool and Elementary Religious Education classes, been the Coordinator of the Religious Education Program, created services (Winter Solstice, Women's History, Sacredness of the Body, and Spring Sunrise), told stories during the Children's Moment, and sung in the choir.

Grohsmeyer earned a B.S. in physics and mathematics from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, and a B.S. in electrical engineering from the United States Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, then worked in computer design and a radar/microwave teaching laboratory. She is the mother of two children and was a breastfeeding counselor with La Leche League for five years. Currently, she manages the website for her local League of Women Voters, plays and composes for the lever harp, and is pursuing a career as a writer and storyteller.

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Creating Home | Tapestry of Faith

Flame of Learning, Chalice of Love

Janeen K Grohsmeyer

From Creating Home
(Light a chalice, if there isn't already one lit, and have some matches at hand.) Have you ever watched a candle burn?...

Faithful Journeys | Tapestry of Faith

Speaking Out Maria Cook, Universalist Preacher

Janeen K Grohsmeyer

From Faithful Journeys
In 1779, more than two hundred years ago, a girl named Maria Cook was born in New York State....
Finding Your Way Ethelred Brown

Janeen K Grohsmeyer

From Faithful Journeys
One morning, more than a hundred years ago on the island of Jamaica, a boy named Ethelred Brown went to church. Usually at this church, the people sang...
Belonging Fannie Barrier Williams

Janeen K Grohsmeyer

From Faithful Journeys
Our hearts should be too warm and too large for hatred....
Muddy Children Hosea Ballou

Janeen K Grohsmeyer

From Faithful Journeys
From A Lamp in Every Corner: Our Unitarian Universalist Storybook. To make the story more engaging and to help make it very clear who is speaking during...

Gather the Spirit | Tapestry of Faith

The Clearwater

Janeen K Grohsmeyer

From Gather the Spirit
By Janeen K. Grohsmeyer. In the month of July in 1969, a gigantic rocket was launched into space....
Why Toilets Are Important

Janeen K Grohsmeyer

From Gather the Spirit
When you go camping, what do you miss most? Electricity? Or toilets? Only a hundred years or so ago, people didn't have either one....

inSpirit: The UU Book and Gift Shop

A Lamp in Every Corner

Janeen K Grohsmeyer

From inSpirit: The UU Book and Gift Shop

Collection of 21 short stories about UU history and traditions, famous UU men and women and the 7 Principles.

Love Connects Us | Tapestry of Faith

Joseph Tuckerman's Revolution

Janeen K Grohsmeyer

From Love Connects Us
On a cold January day in 1778, more than 200 years ago, while the United States was still fighting its War for Independence against Great Britain, a bab...

Love Surrounds Us | Tapestry of Faith

Barn School, Free School

Janeen K Grohsmeyer

From Love Surrounds Us
A story of Dorothea Dix (1802-1887), Unitarian teacher and social reformer. "Finish eating your supper, Anna," said Florence. "We mustn't be late to...

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