Gun violence fills our news. This week the shootings piled on one another and this year has seen over forty mass shootings already. As our county considers declaring McHenry county a Gun Sanctuary join us as we explore what is sacred in our country and how love calls us to act. After the service enjoy … Continue reading The Sacred and The Sanctuary
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is most commonly known for his “I Have a Dream Speech.” In what ways have we avoided hearing the real message of his life and ministry by focusing on soundbites? How do we avoid finding our center by focusing on sound bites in our own lives? After the service enjoy … Continue reading More Than A Dream
If you’d enjoy taking a heart-centered pause to welcome the New Year, join us as we celebrate this together and as we also make space to explore what our hearts are calling us to do. Finding our center in the heart’s desire can be a life-long quest and it’s always small steps that carry us … Continue reading A New Year’s Day Celebration of Simply Centered Community
This week the Side With Love campaign kicks off. Dr. King once said “I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.” What does it mean to stick with love in the face of all that is going on in our world? Did you miss this service? You can … Continue reading To Stick with Love
Did Holiday Celebrations knock you off-center? Did you strike the perfect balance this year? Let’s leap into the Path of Finding our Center together and kick-off the Spring session or our Religious Exploration calendar! This service is perfect for the whole family. For those members and friends joining our worship remotely, please have a Tootsie … Continue reading Finding Our Center- Do We Have Far to Look?
Join us online or in-person for our service as we explore the wonder of Christmas Eve. This service will be at 7pm. Did you miss this service? You can watch it here.
Please join us on Sunday, December 18, 2022, at 10:45am, to celebrate Winter through Poetry & Music. Spread the word, bring your friends! Refreshments served after the service. This is our annual choir concert service supported by our poetry group. Our choir this year will be led by Beth Hoover. After the service enjoy refreshments … Continue reading Winter Through Poetry & Music
December is often known as the season of joy. But it can also be a reminder of what we have lost, people who are not with us this holiday season. This service creates space for us to hold grief together. This service is 7pm on Wednesday December 21st entirely on zoom. To Attend Online We … Continue reading Blue Christmas
Wonder can mean surprise and awe. It can also mean doubt. As UUs we tend to take a skeptical view of miraculous events. Many of us have doubts. We wonder about the evidence for such things, we wonder how other people can believe in such things. How can we maintain a sense of wonder as … Continue reading Not All Who Wonder Are Lost
Come one, come all! Join us for an unrehearsed Christmas pageant and become a part of the Wonder as we experience the traditional story of a baby born in Bethlehem in a whole new way! Please bring a donation for Compassion for Campers to donate to our unhoused family during the story. Please see the … Continue reading Pageant: An Unhoused Christmas
