We’ll gather in the sanctuary to share worship with thousands of other UU’s as we stream the GA worship service from this year’s gathering in Baltimore, MD. We’ll join in unity for an awe-inspiring worship celebration. Always with lots of wonderful music and charismatic leaders and speakers, it’ll be an experience to uplift our souls … Continue reading General Assembly Worship Watch Party
Gather with us on Saturday, June 21, to Celebrate the sUUmmer Solstice with food, readings, intention, music, and a simple dance. We’ll eat & greet at 6:30PM and the start the service at 7PM. Bring a chair and a treat to share. If you are into it, the sUUmer Solstice colors are white, yellow, gold, orange, … Continue reading sUUmmer Solstice
A question we ask ourselves is ‘who are we’. The answer is neither simple or unchanging. There are many things that we are and many things that we are not. We are complicated and our self identity changes over time. An experience might lead us to experiment with a emergent way of being in the … Continue reading Genuine Pretending
Within a caterpillar lie imaginal cells that remain dormant. In order for the caterpillar to transform, the imaginal cells must become activated. What are the imaginal cells in our own lives, communities, and congregation? Join us as we reflect upon our own process of becoming and celebrate our imaginal selves. This will be an abbreviated … Continue reading Becoming
We are celebrating our freedom and right to be who we are and our mission to celebrate diversity. Join us Sunday morning, June 15th at Woodstock Pride Fest. We will meet next to the Tree of Life UU float as we line up for the parade for a short but meaningful service to remind us that … Continue reading Freedom to Celebrate
Memorial Day was created originally to honor Union soldiers killed during the Civil War. The observance was eventually expanded to include all U.S. soldiers who have died in service. Rabbi Gordon will speak about what is missing, who is missing in this observance. Rabbi Maralee Gordon serves McHenry County Jewish Congregation when she is not … Continue reading What We Get Wrong About Memorial Day
If you missed this service, you can watch the entire General Assembly version here. We are gathering for worship online to create building access for our TOL housemates, the McHenry County Jewish Congregation. While we’ll be meeting from our homes, we will still celebrate the willingness of our faith and our community to become the … Continue reading Ever Willing: Becoming the People Our World Needs
Our Sunday worship service will include our annual celebration of Flower Communion, a practice in Unitarian Universalist Churches throughout the world, to embrace the beauty in our diversity and uniqueness. As part of the ceremony, each person is invited to bring a flower with them, whether it is a wildflower from a field, a flower … Continue reading Inspired Gifts: A Celebration of Flower Communion and of our Community
Letting go doesn’t mean relying on the idea that life will just get better. Letting go requires deep insight into universal truths, and learning to keep those at the front of our understanding. Join us as Bhante Sujatha recounts tales from his own life experiences, and how these hard-won lessons when viewed with mindful awareness … Continue reading The Journey to Letting Go
Join Rev Allison Farnum and Keith Talley of UUPMI (Unitarian Universalist Prison Ministry of Illinois) as they invite us to organize ourselves to be a presence to those in IL jails and prisons, remembering our power as a humanizing, caring presence. Keith Talley (he/him/his) is the Prisoner Solidarity Specialist at the Unitarian Universalist Prison Ministry … Continue reading Refusing to Abandon
