December 2023 - Universalist Unitarian Church of Peoria

Seeds for the New Year

Join the 10:30am Service Zoom Sunday, Dec 31, 2023 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Regina Stanley and the Congregation Overview: What seeds are you planting for the New Year? How are you weaving your magic into your relationships with others? How can we center beauty and...

Lessons and Carols for Christmas Eve

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Join the 7pm Service Zoom Sunday, Dec 24, 2023 @ 7pm Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer and the Congregation Overview: For Christmas Eve, we share the message of the birth of Jesus through ancient and modern texts and beautiful music. This service will feature music from...

A Participatory Nativity Story

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Join the 10:30am Service Zoom Sunday, Dec 24, 2023 @ 10:30 am Overview:This story of compassion, care, love, and wisdom will have opportunities for young and old and everyone in between to participate either from their seats or by joining the tableau. Coffee Hour...

Winter Solstice Yule Celebration

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ALL AGES Saturday, December 23rd @ 6:00 PM Spend a moment in the darkness with Keepers of the Great Grove and help call back the light. We’ll start with an indoor ritual and weather permitting will have a yule fire outdoors and Luminary walk on the property. Warm...

The Freedom to Doubt?

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Join the 10:30am Service Zoom Sunday, Dec 17, 2023 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: Doubting, wondering, and questioning are essential to human evolution. And doing so often gets us in big trouble. With so much emphasis on Mystery, what happens...

A Winter Holiday Pageant

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Join the 10:30am Service Zoom Sunday, Dec 10, 2023 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Jesi Laughlin and a Cast of Thousands Overview: Somewhere in the world there is a place for all of us. UUCP kids and youth explore this idea through telling Lemony Snicket’s “The Latke Who...

How Does One Address a Mystery?

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Join the 10:30am Service Zoom Sunday, Dec 3, 2023 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: Our Universalist ancestor Gordon McKeeman lays out a way for encountering Mystery: Cautiously, Reverently, Hopefully, Quietly. What does Mystery mean to our...

Calendar

	April 2024
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
	1 OLLI Practice OLLI Practice April 1, 2024 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Sanctuary See more details •	2 SGM Facilitators Meeting SGM Facilitators Meeting April 2, 2024 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Conference Room See more details Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2 Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2 April 2, 2024 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Zoom at https://bit.ly/3rthCHr Join us on Zoom at https://bit.ly/3rthCHr as we invite guest presenters and talk about videos of current events, religion, and politics. We aspire to use empathy, humility, curiosity, critical thinking, and compassionate communications to discuss new insights, controversy, disinformation, irrationality, and magical thinking. See more details • •	3 Builder Mailing Builder Mailing April 3, 2024 9:00 am - 10:00 am Conference Room See more details Administrative Team Administrative Team April 3, 2024 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Zoom 3 - conference room or library See more details CUUPs Meeting CUUPs Meeting April 3, 2024 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Conference Room See more details UUkulele Strum Group UUkulele Strum Group April 3, 2024 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Foyer See more details • • • •	4 Mugs & Musings with Regina Mugs & Musings with Regina April 4, 2024 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Our Membership Coordinator, Regina Stanley, invites you to join her on Thursdays at 10am at a local coffee shop for a mug of your favorite hot beverage and conversation about whatever is on your mind, whether it is personal stories, spirituality, current events, or any subject you find interesting or important. See more details Thursday Afternoon CC Thursday Afternoon CC April 4, 2024 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Jr High Room Sarah A See more details • •	5	6 Rivermen Hockey Rivermen Hockey April 6, 2024 7:15 pm - 9:15 pm Peoria Civic Center, 201 SW Jefferson Ave, Peoria, IL 61602, USA Join Us at the Rivermen Hockey Game! Saturday, April 6, 7:15pm Peoria Civic Center Get ready to lace up your skates and cheer on the Peoria Rivermen for their final hockey game of the year! Tickets are just $18 each when we secure a group of at least 10 attendees. Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity! Contact Tim Herold as soon as possible to reserve your spot by texting 309-251-7807 or emailing herold1961@gmail.com. Let's show our support and make this last game one to remember! See more details •
7 A Course in Miracles A Course in Miracles April 7, 2024 8:45 am - 10:00 am Conference Room You are welcome to join ongoing weekly sessions of A Course in Miracles, a self-study spiritual program based on universal spiritual themes, primarily including forgiveness as the path to love in order to focus on living more peacefully in this world. To RSVP, contact Suzette Boulais at zetter3@comcast.net. See more details Choir Practice Choir Practice April 7, 2024 8:45 am - 9:45 am See more details Worship Service Worship Service April 7, 2024 10:30 am - 11:30 am Sanctuary See more details Coffee Hour Coffee Hour April 7, 2024 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Patio See more details ARE-Humanist Discussion Group ARE-Humanist Discussion Group April 7, 2024 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Zoom using TV and Harry's laptop See more details Coffee with the Minister Coffee with the Minister April 7, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Conference Room Coffee with the Minister Sunday, April 7, Noon-1pm Conference Room and Zoom at https://tinyurl.com/bddarn7a Want to learn more about Unitarian Universalism and our church? A great way to get your questions answered and to find out more is to attend Coffee with the Minister with Reverend Jennifer Innis and Membership Coordinator Regina Stanley. Childcare will be provided. If you have questions, please email Regina at membership@peoriauuchurch.org. We hope to see you there! See more details Sunday Afternoon CC (Hybrid) Sunday Afternoon CC (Hybrid) April 7, 2024 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Sr. High Room Galen See more details PRC (Peoria Recorder Consort) Practice PRC (Peoria Recorder Consort) Practice April 7, 2024 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Sanctuary See more details • • • • • • • •	8 OLLI Practice OLLI Practice April 8, 2024 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Sanctuary See more details Covenant Circle Covenant Circle April 8, 2024 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm See more details • •	9 Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2 Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2 April 9, 2024 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Zoom at https://bit.ly/3rthCHr Join us on Zoom at https://bit.ly/3rthCHr as we invite guest presenters and talk about videos of current events, religion, and politics. We aspire to use empathy, humility, curiosity, critical thinking, and compassionate communications to discuss new insights, controversy, disinformation, irrationality, and magical thinking. See more details •	10 Administrative Team Administrative Team April 10, 2024 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Zoom 3 - conference room or library See more details UUkulele Strum Group UUkulele Strum Group April 10, 2024 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Foyer See more details • •	11 Mugs & Musings with Regina Mugs & Musings with Regina April 11, 2024 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Our Membership Coordinator, Regina Stanley, invites you to join her on Thursdays at 10am at a local coffee shop for a mug of your favorite hot beverage and conversation about whatever is on your mind, whether it is personal stories, spirituality, current events, or any subject you find interesting or important. See more details Thursday Women Covenant Circle Thursday Women Covenant Circle April 11, 2024 1:15 pm - 3:15 pm Conference Room Joyce R - Zoom #2 See more details • •	12 Movie Night Movie Night April 12, 2024 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm Movie Night Friday, April 12 Pizza served in Fellowship Hall at 5:30pm Popcorn and Movie in RE Commons at 6pm We, as a church, are committing to saying, “YES!” And for this movie night, we will get inspired by screening the family friendly film YES Day! Wear your jammies, bring your stuffed friend or a snuggly blankie, and join us! See more details •	13 Offsite: Loaves & Fish Offsite: Loaves & Fish April 13, 2024 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Off site ST See more details Spring Cleaning Spring Cleaning April 13, 2024 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Spring Cleaning, Inside & Out Saturday, April 13, 9am-1pm (Inside) Outdoor Clean Up from 10am-Noon From 10am-noon we'll have leaders directing tasks outdoors. It's time again to clean away last year's foliage so new growth can bloom! Join us at church for cutting and raking in the flowerbeds, leaf removal, and maybe work on the playground and in the forest. Bring gloves and a hat, and enjoy our beautiful outdoor spaces! From 9am-1pm, drop in and choose from indoor tasks of scrubbing, dusting, vacuuming hidden corners, polishing, and window cleaning. There is a task for every skill and for as much or as little time as you can give! See more details Date with Death Club Date with Death Club April 13, 2024 9:30 am - 11:30 am Conference Room Date with Death Club Saturday, April 13, 9:30-11:30am Conference Room & Zoom https://tinyurl.com/yz2ur5zc Do you hope to face our mortality with less fear and more curiosity? Less euphemism and more reality? Less conformity and more creativity? If that sounds like you or who you hope to become, welcome to Date with Death Club. We’ll meet every other month at UUCP to explore topics of aging, death, and dying. Attend one, some, or all sessions. In April, we’ll explore hospice, palliative care, and end-of-life documents. More and more people are using hospice and doing so sooner, which can be helpful to them and their loved ones. Yet, most people who want to die at home end up dying in a facility. In this session, we’ll hear from an expert on hospice and explore end-of-life documents, like advance directives. See more details • • •
14 A Course in Miracles A Course in Miracles April 14, 2024 8:45 am - 10:00 am Conference Room You are welcome to join ongoing weekly sessions of A Course in Miracles, a self-study spiritual program based on universal spiritual themes, primarily including forgiveness as the path to love in order to focus on living more peacefully in this world. To RSVP, contact Suzette Boulais at zetter3@comcast.net. See more details Worship Service Worship Service April 14, 2024 10:30 am - 11:30 am Sanctuary See more details Coffee Hour Coffee Hour April 14, 2024 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Patio See more details In person & Virtual: Caring Committee In person & Virtual: Caring Committee April 14, 2024 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Conference Room See more details JOLT Harm Reduction HIV Screening Clinic JOLT Harm Reduction HIV Screening Clinic April 14, 2024 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm RE Commons & Rooms JOLT Harm Reduction Clinic Sunday, April 14, 1-4pm at Church JOLT Harm Reduction will run a screening and resource clinic at church on April 14. Staff will offer testing for HIV and Hepatitis C, educational materials, counseling, referrals for services, and more. JOLT wants to serve people all over Peoria, and we are happy to support them. For more information, see Rev. Jennifer or email her at revjennifer@peoriauuchurch.org. See more details Mah Jongg for UUs Mah Jongg for UUs April 14, 2024 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Fellowship Hall Do you play Mah Jongg or do you want to learn? Join fellow UUs on 2nd and 4th Sundays in Fellowship Hall to play (or learn and then play) Sichuan Mah Jongg (Chinese Mah Jongg). Bring your own drink and snack and plan to have a good time! If you have a Mah Jongg set or mat, bring it, too. In March, we will begin to teach and play National Mah Jongg (American Mah Jongg). See more details • • • • • •	15 OLLI Practice OLLI Practice April 15, 2024 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Sanctuary See more details LGBTQIA2S+ at UUCP LGBTQIA2S+ at UUCP April 15, 2024 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm RE Meeting Room Do you identify as LGBTQIA+? Do you attend, visit, or belong to UUCP? Then join us for our next meeting. Questions? Email DLRE@peoriaUUchurch.org. See more details Feminist Discussion Group Feminist Discussion Group April 15, 2024 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm Everyone is invited to join the conversation. Bring your own brown bag dinner and drink. The monthly meeting of the Peoria National Organization for Women (N.O.W.) chapter follows at 7pm. Call or text Heather McMeekan 309-333-8801 or Kathy McNeil 309-687-9739 with questions. See more details NOW* NOW* April 15, 2024 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Conference Room See more details • • • •	16 In person: Senior Group In person: Senior Group April 16, 2024 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm Conference Room See more details Virtual: Finance/Personnel Committee Zoom #2 Virtual: Finance/Personnel Committee Zoom #2 April 16, 2024 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Bill K See more details Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2 Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2 April 16, 2024 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Zoom at https://bit.ly/3rthCHr Join us on Zoom at https://bit.ly/3rthCHr as we invite guest presenters and talk about videos of current events, religion, and politics. We aspire to use empathy, humility, curiosity, critical thinking, and compassionate communications to discuss new insights, controversy, disinformation, irrationality, and magical thinking. See more details • • •	17 Administrative Team Administrative Team April 17, 2024 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Zoom 3 - conference room or library See more details UUkulele Strum Group UUkulele Strum Group April 17, 2024 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Foyer See more details Worship Committee Worship Committee April 17, 2024 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Conference Room See more details • • •	18 Mugs & Musings with Regina Mugs & Musings with Regina April 18, 2024 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Our Membership Coordinator, Regina Stanley, invites you to join her on Thursdays at 10am at a local coffee shop for a mug of your favorite hot beverage and conversation about whatever is on your mind, whether it is personal stories, spirituality, current events, or any subject you find interesting or important. See more details Ladies Lunch Ladies Lunch April 18, 2024 11:30 am - 12:30 pm TBD See more details Thursday Afternoon CC Thursday Afternoon CC April 18, 2024 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Jr. High Room Sarah A See more details • • •	19 Game Night Game Night April 19, 2024 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Fellowship Hall UUCP Game Night All ages are invited to play! Bring a favorite game or try one that’s new to you. You are welcome to bring snacks for yourself or to share, but dinner is on your own. Contact Jesi Laughlin to host a month or sign up online at https://uuchurch.flocknote.com/signup/131999. See more details •	20
21 A Course in Miracles A Course in Miracles April 21, 2024 8:45 am - 10:00 am Conference Room You are welcome to join ongoing weekly sessions of A Course in Miracles, a self-study spiritual program based on universal spiritual themes, primarily including forgiveness as the path to love in order to focus on living more peacefully in this world. To RSVP, contact Suzette Boulais at zetter3@comcast.net. See more details Choir Practice Choir Practice April 21, 2024 8:45 am - 9:45 am See more details Worship Service Worship Service April 21, 2024 10:30 am - 11:30 am Sanctuary See more details Coffee Hour Coffee Hour April 21, 2024 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Patio See more details Orchid Clinic Orchid Clinic April 21, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Conference Room Orchid Clinic Sunday, April 21, Noon Conference Room Do you have an orchid like those sold in supermarkets and wonder how to care for it? Can it re-bloom? The orchids sold in supermarkets are phalaenopsis orchids (moth orchids) and can easily be kept in the home and bloom again. Come learn some tips on caring for them. If you have an orchid that isn’t in the best of health, bring it or a picture of it, and we will try to help you keep it growing. See more details Welcome Committee Welcome Committee April 21, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm RE Meeting Room See more details Sunday Afternoon CC Sunday Afternoon CC April 21, 2024 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm RE Meeting Room/Sr. High Room Galen See more details PRC (Peoria Recorder Consort) Practice PRC (Peoria Recorder Consort) Practice April 21, 2024 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Sanctuary See more details Affirming Faiths Youth Night Affirming Faiths Youth Night April 21, 2024 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm United Presbyterian Church, 2400 W Northmoor Rd, Peoria, IL 61614, USA Affirming Faiths Youth Night Sunday, April 21, 5-7pm for 6th Grade & Up United Presbyterian Church 2400 W Northmoor Rd, Peoria, IL 61614 United Presbyterian Church invites youth from the area’s Affirming Faiths Community for a night of fun! They’ll provide games in the gym, a Bob Ross painting tutorial, and nachos. Please bring a drink and sweet treat to share. RSVP to Jesi Laughlin at DLRE@peoriauuchurch.org. See more details • • • • • • • • •	22 OLLI Practice OLLI Practice April 22, 2024 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Sanctuary See more details Covenant Circle Covenant Circle April 22, 2024 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm See more details • •	23 Virtual Only: ACLU* Virtual Only: ACLU* April 23, 2024 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm See more details Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2 Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2 April 23, 2024 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Zoom at https://bit.ly/3rthCHr Join us on Zoom at https://bit.ly/3rthCHr as we invite guest presenters and talk about videos of current events, religion, and politics. We aspire to use empathy, humility, curiosity, critical thinking, and compassionate communications to discuss new insights, controversy, disinformation, irrationality, and magical thinking. See more details • •	24 Administrative Team Administrative Team April 24, 2024 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Zoom 3 - conference room or library See more details UUkulele Strum Group UUkulele Strum Group April 24, 2024 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Foyer See more details In Person Board Meeting (virtual option) In Person Board Meeting (virtual option) April 24, 2024 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Conference Room Zoom #2 See more details Builder Deadline Builder Deadline April 24, 2024 11:45 pm - April 25, 2024 12:45 am See more details • • • •	25 Builder Deadline Builder Deadline April 24, 2024 11:45 pm - April 25, 2024 12:45 am See more details Mugs & Musings with Regina Mugs & Musings with Regina April 25, 2024 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Our Membership Coordinator, Regina Stanley, invites you to join her on Thursdays at 10am at a local coffee shop for a mug of your favorite hot beverage and conversation about whatever is on your mind, whether it is personal stories, spirituality, current events, or any subject you find interesting or important. See more details Thursday Women Covenant Circle Thursday Women Covenant Circle April 25, 2024 1:15 pm - 3:15 pm Conference Room See more details • • •	26 Retired Men's Last Friday Lunch Retired Men's Last Friday Lunch April 26, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Childer's Eatery on University Join other retired UU men for lunch at Childers Eatery, 3312 N University St., Peoria. We plan to meet every month on the last Friday. See more details •	27
28 A Course in Miracles A Course in Miracles April 28, 2024 8:45 am - 10:00 am Conference Room You are welcome to join ongoing weekly sessions of A Course in Miracles, a self-study spiritual program based on universal spiritual themes, primarily including forgiveness as the path to love in order to focus on living more peacefully in this world. To RSVP, contact Suzette Boulais at zetter3@comcast.net. See more details Worship Service Worship Service April 28, 2024 10:30 am - 11:30 am Sanctuary See more details Coffee Hour Coffee Hour April 28, 2024 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Patio See more details Hygiene Kits for Children's Home Hygiene Kits for Children's Home April 28, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm RE Commons Hygiene Kits for the Children’s Home Sunday, April 28, after Service, RE Commons Join together for a community service project after worship! We will fill bags of personal hygiene items for youth that use the services provided by the Children’s Home of Illinois. This event was postponed from March. See more details UUCP Drum Circle UUCP Drum Circle April 28, 2024 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Sanctuary See more details Mah Jongg for UUs Mah Jongg for UUs April 28, 2024 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Fellowship Hall Do you play Mah Jongg or do you want to learn? Join fellow UUs on 2nd and 4th Sundays in Fellowship Hall to play (or learn and then play) Sichuan Mah Jongg (Chinese Mah Jongg). Bring your own drink and snack and plan to have a good time! If you have a Mah Jongg set or mat, bring it, too. In March, we will begin to teach and play National Mah Jongg (American Mah Jongg). See more details • • • • • •	29 OLLI Practice OLLI Practice April 29, 2024 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Sanctuary See more details •	30 Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2 Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2 April 30, 2024 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Zoom at https://bit.ly/3rthCHr Join us on Zoom at https://bit.ly/3rthCHr as we invite guest presenters and talk about videos of current events, religion, and politics. We aspire to use empathy, humility, curiosity, critical thinking, and compassionate communications to discuss new insights, controversy, disinformation, irrationality, and magical thinking. See more details •

Seeds for the New Year

Lessons and Carols for Christmas Eve

A Participatory Nativity Story

Winter Solstice Yule Celebration

The Freedom to Doubt?

A Winter Holiday Pageant

How Does One Address a Mystery?

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