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The Lesson of the Snow Leopard March 29, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. Online and in-person
Rev. Joyce Palmer
This Sunday we are invited to notice how easily we miss our own lives while dreaming of someplace more dramatic. Using Walter Mitty as a mirror, we’ll consider how paying attention can reveal meaning and wonder in the ordinary. What might change if the real adventure is showing up right where we are?
We will share the plate with NW River Valleys Sierra Club Northwest River Valleys Group is committed to the protection of wild places, natural resources, and environmental education in northern and northwest Illinois. The Group covers a major portion of Illinois from East Dubuque to Harvard on the northern Illinois border to Sandwich to Serena to Mendota to Amboy to Sterling to Savanna. The region touches the Mississippi on the western edge, the Fox on eastern edge, and encompasses much of the Illinois portion of the Rock.
In addition to numerous state parks, including Lowden State Park, home of The Black Hawk Statue, four counties also contain the highest capacity Canadian tar sands pipeline in the United States. Click Here to Donate
Fifth Sunday Safety
The Building Emergency and Safety Plan Team will present short informational sessions related to safety for members and friends after worship on fifth Sundays throughout the year.
First informational session: Sunday, March 29 after worship
Topic: Fire extinguisher safety
We hope you will join us!
Eco Justice Team will meet this Sunday after service in the library!
Guess what? It’s March. As sure as the tulips come up, it is Stewardship Season. You can imagine that the church will start talking about money. The spring season is the time when we start to build our budget for the coming church year, and ask you to fund our ministry, our building, our youth, our reach into the community, and the world.
It’s simple, really, just as we gather together in community on Sunday, just as we gather together in smaller groups for reflection, just as our kids gather together. Just as we gather together on the streets with yellow shirts. ……..We must gather together to make gifts to fund the church. That is how we support our building, our ministers, our programs.
This year, as we move into Year Two of transition, Imagination will be a common theme. You will be asked to imagine how the church might change (or not). Imagine who should minister to us. Imagine how our program might take shape. Imagine how we might impact the world we live in, our work for justice and diversity.
So, each spring, we ask you to make a pledge. A pledge to tell us what you intend to donate to the church for the coming year. So that we can continue the planning for the coming year.
Please imagine how you can support our church financially. It is your own decision. Everyone has a different answer. Everyone’s financial abilities differ.
More simply, use our website. At the very top is a link to a simple online form to fill out. Or, you can scan the QR code below.
If you are of a certain age and must withdraw from your IRA, you can make a tax-free donation. If you need help with this call, Steve Lewis (815-979-5901).
If you just want to verbally make a pledge, please call Autumn (815-398-6322)
Past Sunday Services
Did you know you can watch past Sunday services anytime? We have them on our website under past worship services so you never have to miss a Sunday! Click here to find a service that you haven’t seen yet! You can also always go to our YouTube page.
The Board of Trustees:
President: Wendy Bennett
Vice President: Diane Kuehl
Clerk: Scott Garwick
Treasurer: Bob Spelman
Trustees: Kendra Asbury, Clark Logemann, Neita Webster
The Unitarian Universalist Church, Rockford, IL | 4848 Turner St., Rockford, IL 61107 | 815-398-6322 | uurockford.org |
