Sunday, September 9, 2018, 10:45am Our In-gathering and Water Communion Service always marks the start of our church year. We celebrate coming back together by pouring out water from our summer experiences. Some families share water that they’ve saved from a special occasion or meaningful experience, others offer water that they’ve collected while traveling, and … Continue reading Waters of Life at Tree of Life
Sunday, August 26, 2018, 10:45am Join us Sunday, August 26 for a special event – An Animal Blessing Service. Animals can be a source of joy, peace, strength and so much more in our lives. So we will pause to bless them in return. Join us to celebrate the interdependent web of creatures great and … Continue reading Animal Blessing
Sunday, August 12, 2018, 10:45am M.E. Tanabe Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr once said, “Our goal is to create a beloved community and this will require a qualitative change in our souls as well as a quantitative change in our lives.” Beloved community is a powerful force – change within us is necessary to … Continue reading Beloved Community and Quantum Change
Sunday, August 5, 2018, 10:45am Voices of Tree of Life (maybe yours) To offer radical hospitality, we need to be sure we are the radical community who can do it. Rev. Rosemary Bray McNatt reminds us, “We cannot create radical change in the world…if we are only hanging out with one another…. We can create … Continue reading Offering Radical Hospitality
Saturday, October 20, 2018 7:00pm Concert at First Congregational Church 461 Pierson St, Crystal Lake, IL 60014 Tickets are $20 in advance on Brown Paper Tickets click here or pay $25 at the door. Sunday, October 21, 2018 10:45am Worship Service at Tree of Life UU Congregation 5603 Bull Valley Rd., McHenry, IL 60050. Biography … Continue reading Tree of Life Hosts Peter Mayer
Sunday, July 29, 2018, 10:45am Dr. Gina Swinney Throughout our lives, if we are blessed, we find someone to turn to for counsel, advice, or just to offer a listening ear as we process our thoughts and feelings. Sometimes, if we are blessed, we are that trusted person for someone else. We listen to words … Continue reading A Box of Chocolates
We’re so sad to announce that long-time member, Bob Tirk, passed early Tuesday, July 3, 2018. He was such a special person and loved by all whose paths he crossed. Please raise a glass (gin preferred) in his honor today. Robert “Bob” James Wescott Tirk was born May 29, 1943 in Boston, MA, the son … Continue reading We remember Bob Tirk
Sunday, July 15, 2018, 10:45am M.E. Tanabe Gathering wisdom is a journey – and in such a passage the true gains are more about what we become than what we’ve acquired. We are called to take this journey because the world has great need of the healing that only loving wisdom can offer.
Celebrating Life through Music: Wisdom of Spirit Sunday, July 22, 2018 10:45am It is a summer of music at Tree of Life. Classical guitarists Bert Lams and Fabio Mittino will present a program of music from their album “Long Ago” during the worship service at Tree of Life on Sunday, July 22nd as M.E. Tanabe … Continue reading Guitar Duo at Tree of Life
Sunday, July 8, 2018, 10:45am Cassandra Vohs-Demann has been a professional musician, songwriter and coach for over 25 years. She believes in sharing her gifts to build community through the arts. Today she will bring those musical gifts to Tree of Life and help all of us build community through music. As a voice coach, … Continue reading Worship Through Music
