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
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
National Coming Out Day is this week. The decision to come out is a courageous one that transforms a person’s life. What does it take to encourage one another? What are some of the challenges and lessons on this path? We will also take an offering for Chalice House Refugee Sanctuary. Speaker: Rev Jenn Gracen … Continue reading To Encourage
The path of belonging to a community can be a long and winding journey. What does it mean to belong to a community? Join us for this exploration and our new member ceremony! Speaker: Rev Jenn Gracen Worship Leader: Ron Relic Chalice Lighter: Ray Beth After the service we will have online and in person … Continue reading To Nurture a Community
This Sunday we gather in the Universalist spirit and are reminded that no one is outside the circle of love. Joining with guest speaker, the Rev. Allison Farnum, we are invited to feel the power of belonging through the lens of the Unitarian Universalist Prison Ministry of Illinois. Speaker: Rev Allison Farnum Worship Leader: M.E. … Continue reading The Circle of Love
Water Communion is one of the few rituals that can be found in most Unitarian Universalist Congregations. It is frequently known as the homecoming service, with the idea that the waters that have scattered across the land are returning to one shared point. Water Communion is an important touch stone, a reminder, that no matter … Continue reading The Water Bearer
Unitarian Universalism is a life giving, life saving, religious tradition. Have we built invisible barriers that prevent people from being a part of our communities? Speaker: Rev Jenn Gracen Worship Leader: Jesse Bowen Chalice Lighter: Carol Alfus After the service we will have online and in person social time. Did you miss this service? You … Continue reading Invisible Barriers
A transcendentalist and writer Margaret Fuller had a profound impact on the shape of Unitarian Universalism. What does Fuller have to teach us about transcendentalism and our lives? Speaker: Rev Jenn Gracen Worship Leader: Sue Kazlusky Chalice Lighter: Mary McClelland Reader: Janet Burns After the service we will have online and in person social time. … Continue reading A Woman of Words: the Life of Margaret Fuller
A Unitarian minister, theologian, social activist, editor and more Adams created the five smooth stones of religious liberalism. What does JLA’s idea of theology have to offer us now? On this Sunday we will give our offering to UU Prison Ministry of Illinois. We will also have fun crafts and activities after the service for … Continue reading The Smooth Stones: the Life of James Luther Adams
Born in Illinois, Mary Safford grew up to be one of the pioneers of the Iowa Sisterhood. How did this group of women ministers change Unitarianism in the Midwest? Speaker: Rev. Jenn Gracen Worship Leader: Jesse Bowen Music: Ken Johnson After the service we will have online and in person social time. Did you miss … Continue reading Forging a Path: the Life of Mary Safford
