Brene Brown says “vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage.” It is hard to be vulnerable, to be authentic, in a culture that calls us to be anything else. What are the challenges and gifts of vulnerability? We will take a special collection for Jail Brakers. After the service enjoy enjoy a potluck lunch … Continue reading Becoming Real
At Tree of Life UUC, we nurture a community that welcomes diversity, supports the spiritual growth of its members and acts to create a more just society. What is our call to support this beloved community? After the service enjoy refreshments and socializing online and in person. 12:15-1:15 we will offer a newcomers Q&A session … Continue reading This is the Way
Love shows itself in kindness and understanding. Love is the strength of courage and the sustenance of commitment. And Love has a powerful direction — calling us to the path it wants to travel. To Attend in Person In accordance with CDC guidance, masks and vaccination are optional. We will ask you to sign in with your … Continue reading Love, With Vision and Conviction
We all have a spiritual journey. For some of us that means we have left another tradition to find our way to UUism. Others are life long UUs even during times of struggle. How can our spiritual autobiography help us understand the beauty and complexity of the path to our center? After the service enjoy … Continue reading Walking the Path
How does finding love help us transcend our expectations? When we focus on love as a response to the world around us how does that shape our other responses? After the service enjoy refreshments and socializing online and in person followed by a discussion of what we learned. Did you miss this service? You can … Continue reading The Molten Core
How does path of finding love call us to care for the interdependent web? Our 7th Principle is respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part. After the service enjoy refreshments and socializing online and in person. We will offer a newcomers session on Membership 101 at 12:15pm. Did … Continue reading Loving the Web
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
