Dear friends, You may be wondering, “What’s going on with the minister search?” I’m excited to tell you that it’s going quite well. Our search team put together a wonderful profile of our congregation that has been posted on the UUA Minister Search Jobs Board, and the Prairie Circle team has done the same. Our … Continue reading News from Board President
Dear Beloved Community, We have exciting news to share! We have officially embarked on the search for our next minister. Our board has agreed with the board of the Prairie Circle Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Grayslake (PCUUC) to conduct a joint search for a full-time minister who will serve both of our congregations on a … Continue reading Exciting News About Our Future
Greetings Beloved Community!We have several things to share with you this week. The Board met this Monday to review our COVID guidelines. We are pleased to let you know that we are dropping the pre-registration requirement to attend in-person services. We do ask, though, that you sign in when you arrive, and that you let us … Continue reading Leadership Link May 27, 2022
Faith Forward: From Visitor to Leader is a guided path for Unitarian Universalists to follow in their congregations, helping them navigate from building connections early on, to finding their sense of belonging as a member, to serving as a leader and boldly living their faith. It was developed by First Unitarian Church of Dallas, and … Continue reading Faith Forward Comes to Tree of Life
From Misha Sanders: After spending all of January commuting to and from downtown Chicago, I can tell you that I am very excited to welcome Spring! I have been happy to get back into the groove of life here at ToL, after having been mostly absent from worship and office time for a month. It … Continue reading An Update from Our Interns
Here is a list of 2016 Winter Spring Events happening at Tree of Life. This list is just part of the exciting ways you can get involved in the life of the congregation.
Integrity comes from the same root as the word “wholeness.” I once heard a friend of mine, a gay man who was closeted because he feared losing his job as a public school teacher, say, “I don’t want a double life. I think everyone deserves to have a single life.” For me, that is the … Continue reading Minister’s Mind–Integrity
A Personnel Committee is being formed. Do you have experience working with personnel issues? Members needed! Personnel Committee: The mission of the Personnel Committee is to support the hired personnel, Board of Trustees, and membership by providing consistent and fair definition and implementation of personnel policies. The Personnel Committee develops and recommends to the Board … Continue reading Personnel Committee
