Another way of looking at balance is to realize that we simply have enough. But…what are enough activities? Possessions? Friends? Join Sue Kazlusky, with the help of the Rev. Ward, as they try to find an answer. Use this link to join our service. bit.ly/3dVdFUb First time joining our service? Click Here to learn how. … Continue reading Having Enough – Based on a sermon by Reverend Mark Ward
Think of standing in a canoe in a still river. No wind or ripple anywhere, the surface glass like. Yet beneath your feet the boat is shifting, even in small hardly noticeable flinches. These invisible flickers of movement from deep in the lake cause you to adjust your balance moment to moment. This is balance, … Continue reading Balance
Join us as Rabbi Maralee Gordon reflects this holiday weekend. We use the words independence, freedom, and liberty in a variety of ways.What was the original significance of “Independence Day”? Have we abusedit? Misused it? The Biblical verse “Proclaim liberty throughout theland unto all the inhabitants thereof” (Leviticus 25:10) is inscribed onthe Liberty Bell. What was … Continue reading Independence Day – What is Independence? And What is it Not?
Guest Speaker, Lou Ness “There’s never nothing going on, there are no ordinary moments,” Socrates in Peaceful Warrior. What are your takeaways from Covid-19, quarantine and public unrest? There are pearls of wisdom and nuggets of truth emerging through adversity. How we allow ourselves to be transformed in this moment is on us. Join us … Continue reading When a Gift is Really a Gift
Speakers: Joan Javier-Duval, Mykal Slack, Benjie Messer Join us for the largest annual gathering of UUs joining in worship. This powerful, communal worship experience is open to the public. Rev. Joan Javier-Duval will deliver the sermon at the 2020 General Assembly Sunday Morning Worship. She serves as Minister of the Unitarian Church of Montpelier, VT. She is the daughter of … Continue reading Beyond the Water’s Edge
Rabbi Maralee Gordon, guest speaker In this time of upheaval and national pain, Rabbi Maralee Gordon will speak to us about justice. To join our interactive online service, use this link bit.ly/3dVdFUb Meeting ID: 914 978 219Password: 105215 Did you miss the service? Rabbi Gordon has provided a copy of her sermon along with many … Continue reading Equation for Justice: Compassion = Ownership + Action
Carol Alfus, lay guest speaker As we navigate a world changed by COVID-19, what is our part in making this shared world a better place? Our offering today will be taken for Youth & Family Services (formerly Garden Quarter Center). Youth and Family Center of McHenry County envisions a collaborative community that provides equal opportunities, … Continue reading The Shared World
Sunday, May 24, 2020, 10:45am Rev. Michelle Lattanzio We are, as individuals, as a nation, and as a worldwide community, gathered on a threshold, between what was and what will be. We are living in a liminal time, with loss, fear and uncertainty. In this sermon, let us consider the import of this time and … Continue reading On Thresholds, Liminality, Loss and Hope
Sunday, May 31, 2020, 10:45am Guest Speaker: Lou Ness The Tree of Life family celebrates and sends it Class of 2020 graduates into the world. Consider what lessons and values, you as a community have embedded in their hearts. While celebrating achievement understand this – They step into the next great adventure begins. To join … Continue reading Oh, the Place You Will Go!
Rev. Michael Dowd will be “zooming” in from Eureka, California to offer some thoughts on humanity’s place and purpose in “the interdependent web of existence of which we are a part” (our UU 7th Principle). Rev. Michael Dowd is bestselling eco-theologian, TEDx speaker, and pro-future advocate whose work has been featured in The New York Times, LA Times, … Continue reading “Reality 101: Coronavirus, Climate, and Compassionate Generosity”
