Unitarian Universalists Worship in the Park. End of Year Celebration / Picnic with Elgin, Rockford, Rockton, and DeKalb churches. Bring your own chair / blanket for worship, and a picnic lunch for after the service. Indians Oak Park 825 Indian Oaks Trail Marengo, IL 60152
June 7, 2015 10:45am This month our focus is revelry. We begin by exploring the place and power of joy in our lives and our community. Should Unitarian Universalism be fun? Is joy appropriate in a world of suffering and sorrow? What good does it do to be happy?
May 31, 2015 12:00 noon Part tent revival, part cabaret, part art festival, join us at noon for a celebration like no other. LEARN MORE HERE.
Haystack’s Coffee House Presents Open Mic & Jam Night On Friday, May 8, from 7 – 10 pm, Haystack’s Coffee House will present another Open Mic & Jam Night. The evening will feature local performers showing their skills as folk, R&R, jazz, classical musicians, comedians and poets. All are invited to attend. Bring your friends!! … Continue reading Haystacks Coffee House
“The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.” ~Chinese Proverb Each generation inherits the traditions of the past and creates the traditions of the future. Sometimes we do so knowingly, sometimes we are almost unaware, thinking of these traditions as “just the way things are.” I’ve … Continue reading Minister’s Mind: Tradition
For the past few days, I’ve finally begun to believe in Spring again. The snow is mostly melted, I have crocuses blooming in my yard, and the grass is beginning its shift from brown to green. Even though this happens every year, I still find myself responding to the change of seasons like it has … Continue reading Minister’s Mind–Revelation
Hello All Members and Friends of Tree of Life, We all had a great time with the Auction in the fall and now we are looking to more fun in the spring with a big church rummage sale. While rummage sales can be a lot of work, they can be very profitable, a service to … Continue reading Rummage Sale 2015
Whew! We’ve made it through another winter, although I do believe that this one seemed less intense than last year. Spring is finally here, even though currently the weather belies this fact. With Spring, comes new beginnings, new life, renewal, change, etc. In our Religious Education program, we too are going to begin something new! … Continue reading Religious Education Under Construction
Reading from “Selma’s Challenge” in the UU World by Mark Morrison-Reed People converged on Selma: clergy and laity, men and women, blacks and whites, Catholics, Orthodox Christians, Protestants, Jews, Unitarian Universalists, and atheists. They came from across the United States and Canada. The events of March 1965 in that county seat in Alabama’s Black Belt … Continue reading Still Something Sings
According to Psychology Today: Resilience is that ineffable quality that allows some people to be knocked down by life and come back stronger than ever. Rather than letting failure overcome them and drain their resolve, they find a way to rise from the ashes. Psychologists have identified some of the factors that make someone resilient, among … Continue reading Minister’s Mind: Resilience
