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
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!
Music is really the heart of Tree of Life. Our nearly thirty-member choir loves to sing all kinds of music. The talent in our congregation is deep and wide, from bluegrass to opera to rock to classical. We have three Haystacks Coffee Houses a year and have launched “The Church of ______” –Sunday services that … Continue reading We are Searching for a new Music Director
Sunday April 3, 2016 10:45am “Is the spring coming?” he said. “What is it like?”… “It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine…” ― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden On Sunday, April 3, at our regular 10:45am service, Tree of Life Unitarian Universalist Congregation will present the … Continue reading The Church of…Vivaldi: Spring
Signs of spring are showing up all around me as I write this. I especially am appreciating all the different birds that I missed hearing over the winter. For Religious Education, this means we are winding down from another church school season. This was to be the year that we tighten our church … Continue reading Message from the Director of Religious Education
