February 13, 1942 – April 6, 2018 Wonder Lake, Illinois | Age 76 Loving Mother, Sister and Aunt Joyce E. Fisher, 76, of Wonder Lake, Illinois, passed away unexpectedly on April 6, 2018. She was born in Chicago on February 13, 1942, the daughter of Allen J. and Inez R. (nee Samppala) Schimke. The family … Continue reading We Remember Joyce Fisher
Friday, April 27th, 2018, 7:00 pm ‘Chasing Coral’: Documentary Vividly Chronicles A Growing Threat To Oceans Coral reefs are the nursery for all life in the oceans, a remarkable ecosystem that sustains us. Yet with carbon emissions warming the seas, a phenomenon called “coral bleaching”-a sign of mass coral death-has been accelerating around the … Continue reading Green Sanctuary Movie Night
Sunday, April 22, 2018, 10:45 am We invite you and your family to join us for a traditional Unitarian Universalist service, the Flower Communion. We will learn about Norbert Capek who started this celebration of individual beauty and gifts. Please bring flowers to share. As an Earth Day celebration, the Green Sanctuary committee invites you … Continue reading Flower Communion on Earth Day
No Size Tags this year! You heard right. This year you do not need to put size tags on the clothing you are donating. The charity that gets and pays for our leftovers has a new rule against tags. Please still label electronics with masking tape as to their working order. Please make sure clothing … Continue reading Big Rummage Sale News!
Friday, April 13, 2018, 7:00 pm Making a Killing: Guns, Greed, and The NRA tells the stories of how guns, and the billions made off of them, affect the lives of everyday Americans. It features personal stories from people across the country who have been affected by gun violence, including survivors and victims’ families. The film exposes how … Continue reading Movie Night – Gun Violence
The Tree of Life Rummage sale is just a month away! Bring your donations to the church Sunday, April 29, 2018, noon to 5 pm. What can you bring? All your answers are here. Donating Items to Tree of Life Rummage Sale Please put a size tag on those clothes. You can use this to print … Continue reading Rummage Sale 2018
ReZist – Funny Songs about Peace and Justice Friday, May 25, 2018, 7:00pm Cost: $20 or pay what you can Tickets will be sold at the door. ReZist is ninety minutes of Roy Zimmerman’s original songs, a funny and forceful affirmation of Peace and Social Justice. “Sometimes I think satire is the most hopeful and … Continue reading Roy Zimmerman in Concert at Tree of Life
Sunday, April 8, 2018, 10:45am M.E. Tanabe Spring is a season of promise. Even when faced with cloudy skys, the days are becoming longer and we know we’re moving towards warmer weather. Planning gardens and flower beds, we welcome the change.
Sunday, April 15, 2018, 10:45am Dr. Timothy Hayes Much of our culture teaches us to close ourselves off, and “defend and protect”, yet the only way to emerge is “be open”, to allow change. Identifying our role and responsibility in Emergence is important so that we don’t oppose the real agent for change.
Sunlight emerges from clouds… sprouts emerge from seeds… deer emerge from the forest… While these situations are all different, in each illustration of emergence, the unseen has become visible — cloud movement reveals the light that had been temporarily hidden, the expanding life within a seed breaks through the outer casing for growth to continue, … Continue reading Soul Matters at Tree of Life: Being a Community of Emergence
