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Service Auction 2017 Donation Form
Have an item or a service you can donate to our Auction this year? Print out the donation form and hand in to Dave Ayres, Judy Stettner, or Don Metivier. You can also mail them in to the church. Auction2017 Donation Form Need ideas? Here is last year’s auction booklet. auction-book-master-2016 Remember, this is our … Continue reading Service Auction 2017 Donation Form
Being a Community of Welcome
Soul Matters at Tree of Life: Being a Community of Welcome One of the wonderful resources we have at Tree of Life is our subscription to the UU curriculum, Soul Matters. This program is the source of the themes used for our worship calendar and through it we receive ideas and materials for … Continue reading Being a Community of Welcome
Jail Brakers hosts The If Project at Woodstock Public Library
Proudly providing support to children and their families who struggle with the stigma and challenges of incarceration The If Project Film Screening & Community Discussion SAVE the DATE! Tuesday September 19th, 2017 6:30 p.m. Woodstock Public Library 414 W Judd St, Woodstock, IL 60098 In 2008, Seattle police officer Kim Bogucki walked through the gates … Continue reading Jail Brakers hosts The If Project at Woodstock Public Library
Water of Life at the Tree of Life Worship @ 11:45
For our Water Communion we celebrate coming back together by pouring out water from our summer experiences. We bring water from special occasions or travel or which symbolizes meaningful experiences. This year the UU Fellowship of DeKalb joins us and their choir and our choir will sing for the service. Worship starts at 11:45 to … Continue reading Water of Life at the Tree of Life Worship @ 11:45
Words, Thoughts, and Deeds
Sunday September 3, 2017 10:45am Gina Swinney We grew up learning various responses to playground adversaries; ”sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” was one of the most popular. We know that words carry much power to hurt or help. There is much power in what we do and … Continue reading Words, Thoughts, and Deeds
A Vigil for Charlottesville – All Creeds, All Colors, All Caring
Monday August 14, 2017 8pm-9:30pm As Unitarian Universalists dedicated to democracy, peace, and equality the violent demonstrations by Supremacists in Charlottesville last week were disheartening. Tree of Life Social Justice Team invites you and the McHenry County community to join us tonight for a candlelight vigil as we remember the victims and speak for the … Continue reading A Vigil for Charlottesville – All Creeds, All Colors, All Caring
Service Auction Date Announced
SAVE THIS DATE: Saturday, November 4, 2017 Tree of Life Annual Service Auction This is one of our biggest fundraisers – we will bring in thousands of $$$$$s We will need your donations by about mid-October. A more precise date will be announced a little later. We will begin assembling an Auction Team immediately. Our … Continue reading Service Auction Date Announced
Ingathering and Water Communion
Sunday September 10, 2017 11:45am In tandem with Combined Worship with DeKalb UU’s and a Potluck Picnic Our Ingathering 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 … Continue reading Ingathering and Water Communion
Barn Service
For our Barn Service, we gather at the Tinkler family barn to worship in an intimate and charmingly rustic space. As part of this celebration members usually bring wildflowers and garden flowers to decorate our Flower Wheel and in this way we have created our own unique form of a flower communion. The Tinkler home … Continue reading Barn Service