Due to very low water levels in Nippersink Creek, we have had to change our first UUs We Show Up group volunteer event to a land based activity. But we have a great one! Join us for Creation Care Saturday, September 21 (same day) 1-4pm at Pleasant Valley Conservation District, 13115 Pleasant Valley Rd, Woodstock, … Continue reading Creation Care is our new UUs We Show Up event
Announcing The Undivided Isle: The Missing Quest This class will run throughout 2024-2025 on select Sundays during our Worship service. In this class, students will become travelers who are presented with challenges and stories about the Undivided Isle and the creatures that live there. They will explore what it takes to work together and to practice using skills … Continue reading Religious Exploration for Children and Youth at Tree of Life
It’s back! Our annual service auction will return Saturday, October 19th with a Plaid Night Celebration! You ‘ve seen the Diamonds and Denim Parties. We are going all in on plaid and the fall harvest out here in McHenry as we raise money to fill our budget gap and support our community. Join us for … Continue reading There will be a bounty of parties, gifts and services at our fall Service Auction
FaithBridge Interfaith Presents: Creation Care at Pleasant Valley Conservation Area on September 21, 2024 Woodstock, IL –– FaithBridge Interfaith, in partnership with the McHenry County Conservation District, Rotary Clubs of McHenry County, and Advocate Smart Farm, is proud to present Creation Care, a Conservation Celebration on Saturday, September 21, 2024, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM … Continue reading Creation Care
The second UUs WE SHOW UP event will be at the Northern Illinois Food Bank in Lake Forest in their new facility on Business Center Drive. It will be a Sort & Pack event from 9 am- 11:30 am on Saturday, October 5th. We will be assigned to tables and then stand while we pack things, … Continue reading UUs- We Show Up in October
Each month starting in September we will offer an opportunity to live out our values in the community alongside our Prairie Circle UU Congregation friends. Our first event is Saturday, September 21st. We will be led on a canoe/kayak paddling trip down the Nippersink Creek through the McHenry Conservation District’s beautiful Glacial Park. Along the way we … Continue reading UUs- We Show Up
Tricia’s music & ministry: 1) We Are The People (that we’ve been waiting for) Music Video Spirit Art – using the recording of Tricia’s song as the sound track: https://youtu.be/7UDopUVU5HE2) Her interview with Mark Helpsmeet’s (Song of the Soul, Northern Spirit Radio) Here’s the link for you to share or post, as you see fit: <https://www.northernspiritradio.org/song-soul/music-medicine-tricia-alexander>Music CDs and Poetry Books … Continue reading The Answer is Love Concert
Tree of Life: Rooted in love, extending that love to all of humanity. Our heart calls us to be present in our understanding and relationship with Life. For this we need a welcoming, radical love that is sometimes hard to even imagine and so we need hefty inner resources to face the staggering challenges of … Continue reading Soul Matters Chalice Circles Return September 2024
After the July 7th service, all are invited to stay for An Old Fashioned (Indoor) Picnic Potluck Lunch.
As temperatures plummet here in McHenry County, IL, the homeless and unhoused are still sleeping outside, in cars, or in unheated spaces like storage lockers, garages, and vacant buildings. Compassion for Campers, a ministry of Tree of Life, will once again be distributing critical survival equipment at the Community Resource Day at Willow Crystal Lake, … Continue reading 2024 Faithify Campaign for Compassion For Campers
