Plan Now for Tree of Life Sesquicentennial Celebration! Saturday April 23, 2016 and Sunday April 24, 2016 Here is what you need to know. Saturday April 23rd 1-2pm Get a tour of our old building in Woodstock; now Blue Lotus Buddhist Temple. They completely reworked the first floor of the building and it is well … Continue reading Make Your Plans Now for the Sesquicentennial!
This Sunday, April 10, at 4pm, our Adult Choir will participate in the annual Western Crescent Choir Festival. This year, the concert will be held at the Rockford Unitarian Universalist Church, 4848 Turner St., in Rockford, Il 61107. This is the third year our choir has participated in this festival that is open to the … Continue reading Western Crescent Choir Festival – Sunday, April 10 at 4pm
April is here and it’s already been wild. Thundersnow and blustery winds, sunshine and daffodils–sometimes at the same time! Living in the prairie midwest is exciting, beautiful, and sometimes strange. The seasons are a paradox of predictability and surprise. There is never a lack of things to experience, witness, and talk about in our little … Continue reading Minister’s Mind: Creation
Sunday April 24, 2016 10:45am Rev. Barbara Merritt Join us as we celebrate the 150th year of our congregation. Rev. Barbara Merritt, who served the congregation from 1975 until 1982 will preach as we honor our past and envision our future.
Sunday April 17, 2016 10:45am Michelle Lattanzio and Misha Sanders, the Intern Ministers Spring has sprung and it’s time for the Flower Ceremony! Please join your intern ministers, Misha Sanders and Michelle Lattanzio, for a service celebrating the beauty of spring through one of our unique Unitarian Universalist traditions. This service will also celebrate Earth … Continue reading For the Earth Forever Turning
Sunday April 10, 2016 10:45am The Worship Arts Team We are all creative, sometimes we just need a little inspiration to get things started. Join us as members of the Worship Arts team share ways in which we can all access our creative sides. We will create a mandala together as we explore the ways … Continue reading Feeding Your Creative Soul
COMPASSION FOR CAMPERS The end of the PADS nightly shelter season is rapidly approaching. Once again Tree of Life will be hosting Monday picnics for our camping friends. Our first picnic will be held May 9th at the PADS headquarters on Kishwaukee Valley Rd in Woodstock. This season, Judy Mullen will be assisting me with … Continue reading Social Justice at Tree of Life
Date: Saturday, May 14th 9am-12pm As Unitarian Universalists we believe that learning is a never ending process. Whether you are new to the Tree of Life or have been coming a while we want to offer you the opportunity to learn more about Unitarian Universalism and more about how the Congregation works Childcare is available … Continue reading New Member Orientation
COFFEE WITH QUESTIONS In his book “In Our Own Best Interest,” Dr. William F. Schulz (ordained UU minister, President of UUA 1985-1993, Executive Director of Amnesty International USA 1994-2006, presently Senior Fellow at Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C.) argues passionately for the importance of emphasizing human rights in American foreign policy as opposed … Continue reading Coffee with Questions Invites You
March 31, 2016 Dear Members and Friends of Tree of Life Unitarian Universalist Congregation, It’s been sixteen months since the Adult Choir started planning a pilgrimage to Romania. Now, we are only nine weeks away from a 13 hour flight on Lufthansa Airlines that will take us to Bucharest for the start of our adventure. … Continue reading Tree of Life Choir Is Going to Romania/Transylvania!
