The second UUs WE SHOW UP event will be at the Northern Illinois Food Bank in Lake Forest in their new facility on Business Center Drive. It will be a Sort & Pack event from 9 am- 11:30 am on Saturday, October 5th. We will be assigned to tables and then stand while we pack things, … Continue reading UUs- We Show Up in October
Each month starting in September we will offer an opportunity to live out our values in the community alongside our Prairie Circle UU Congregation friends. Our first event is Saturday, September 21st. We will be led on a canoe/kayak paddling trip down the Nippersink Creek through the McHenry Conservation District’s beautiful Glacial Park. Along the way we … Continue reading UUs- We Show Up
As temperatures plummet here in McHenry County, IL, the homeless and unhoused are still sleeping outside, in cars, or in unheated spaces like storage lockers, garages, and vacant buildings. Compassion for Campers, a ministry of Tree of Life, will once again be distributing critical survival equipment at the Community Resource Day at Willow Crystal Lake, … Continue reading 2024 Faithify Campaign for Compassion For Campers
Tree of Life is excited to be a part of McHenry County Juneteenth in Woodstock on Saturday, June 15.
I fully encourage us to support one another in these efforts, and to support our LGBTQ+ community in these challenging times.
Over the past week I have received many inquiries about activist Valarie Kaur and the video clip of her speech from a 2016 Watch Night service that I included in our Tree of Life worship service on Sunday January 28th.
Families and individuals impacted by the criminal justice system are invited to an evening of community.
On Wednesday, December 6, 2023, at 6:00pm, Tree of Life Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5603 Bull Valley Road in McHenry, is hosting a public forum examining the history of the campaign to pass the Illinois Pre-Trial Fairness Act and how it actually is being implemented in the criminal justice system despite strong opposition.
We will be sharing songs and readings of hope and concern and focus on healing our broken world.
Don’t put those plastic bread tabs in the landfill. Instead, help turn them into wheelchairs for children. These inexpensive chairs can be replaced easily as the child grows. We are collecting the tabs in our coat closet. Look for the plastic bear hanging over the lost and found. Get your friends and neighbors in on … Continue reading Bring Us Your Bread Tabs
