You’ve Got a Friend
Join Rev. Allison Farnum from the UU Prison Ministry of Illinois as this UU-Affiliated statewide organization invites opportunities for prisoner solidarity in their Ending Death by Incarceration campaign.
Archives: Services
A Listening Heart
Listening and learning to listen are lifelong processes. The need to listen in situations which include our interpersonal relationships and our efforts to work across differences with community partners, makes the job of listening a more daunting and critical task. How do we listen … read more.
Heaven Knows Where We Are Going (General Assembly Recap)
I’ll share the themes and questions that struck me from our national meeting. How do we face change when we don’t know what’s next? How do we heal our hearts and relationships? What does the Beloved Community feel like?
GA Service
We will be showing the GA service live in the Sanctuary this Sunday or you can watch it on Youtube at home. Go Here to the UUA Youtube page Sunday morning and click on their live stream to watch the service.
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Freedom to Protect, Freedom to Nurture, and the Freedom to Menace
Fathers are told that part of our job is to protect. But in a world of mass guns and violence, how do we do that? What is the relationship between the Freedom that is celebrated on Juneteenth this weekend and the task of … read more.
“The Ocean I Travel”
One of our greatest sources of delight is the natural world. 185, Ralph Waldo Emerson began the famous Divinity School Address with the words: “In this refulgent summer, it has been a luxury to draw the breath of life.” Reflections on delight, our earthly … read more.
10 Big Ideas: Happiness Studies
The last of the year-long series on 10 big ideas that are shaping my ministry. Researchers have been studying happiness and reaching profound conclusions about what actually produces joy, meaning, and satisfaction. What will actually make us happy? And how do we … read more.
Memorial Day Peace Service
A remembrance of local and area peace activists who have died. Some are veterans from the military, but most are civilians who dedicated their lives for peaceful and just causes, and who had an impact on local peace activist Stanley Campbell.
Music Sunday: Creativity and the Arts
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrV-Zbrqsd4-OVkz0LrZu_gand in-person
Our May Music Sunday celebrates creativity in the arts, particularly the arts of music and poetry. Guest musicians and singers will join the Unicantors in presenting For a Breath of Ecstasy, a major work by composer Michael John Trotta comprising musical settings … read more.
Big Momma Makes the World
Online and in-person
The wonderful re-imagination of the creation story, Big Momma Makes the World, suggests a way we might exercise the creative power of mothers, parents, caregivers, and those who support them to make a better and beautiful world. We’ll celebrate the … read more.