Join us as we celebrate our Coming of Age (COA) youth as they share their credo statements they’ve been working on for the last year. Students of all ages will be staying for the service to support their friends completing this capstone program. After the service, we invite you to enjoy coffee hour and social … Continue reading Coming of Age Graduation
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 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
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
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
