Sunday, May 23rd, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis and Amy Popp, CRE Overview: Join us for a celebration of story and the abundance of life as we honor our ritual of the Flower Communion. This Sunday also includes a chance to honor our senior high...
Sunday, May 16th, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview:Members, ministers, and educators from five UU congregations just spent 11 weeks studying the major report from the UUA called, Widening the Circle of Concern. Join us for reflections on...
Sunday, May 9th, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: Bernard Loomer, process theologian asks, “What is the size of your soul?”. In other words, what is your ability to grow into life, amid the contradictions and hardship that comes your way?...
Sunday, Apr 18, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Dale Goodner Overview:Earth Day is 51 years old on April 22nd. We can become a beneficial species… The goal is not just an environment of clean air and water and scenic beauty, but an environment of respect for ALL species....
Sunday, Apr 11, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: African-American First Lady Michelle Obama has this question for us, in her book, Becoming: “Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be?” As we find...
Sunday, Apr 4, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: Easter is a time of transformation. At its heart is the experience of letting go for the sake of what can emerge. What will be revealed this time? Join us for the music and the messages on...
Sunday, Apr 25, 2021 @ 10:00 am Worship begins at 10am – Note earlier time Speaker(s): Unitarian Universalists in Illinois Overview: Twenty five Unitarian Universalist congregations in IL, the UU Advocacy network and UU Prison ministries are gathering to take a...
Sunday, Mar 28, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: The stories of our elders serve as mirrors for how we know ourselves now and for how we wish to be in the future. Hear the story of the Universalist minister, Olympia Brown. She was the...
Sunday, Mar 21, 2021 @ 3:00 pm JOIN the Zoom Meeting Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Order of Worship Overview:You are invited to join us as we celebrate our new ministry with Reverend Jennifer Innis on March 21 at 3:00 PM. She will be formally installed as our...
Sunday, Mar 21, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Darrick Jackson Overview: From Rev. Jackson: This afternoon you celebrate the commitment between minister and congregation. Improv can provide a way for you to think about the possibilities of your...
Sunday, Mar 7, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: James Luther Adams offered a challenge to liberal and moderate churches after witnessing the rise of Fascism in Europe. What does it mean to live as a religious liberal today? Coffee Hour...
Sunday, Mar 14, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis and a Cast of Thousands Overview: This weekend marks the anniversary of the major lockdown in response to COVID-19. This service is a chance to reflect on the past year. What needs to be named,...
Sunday, Feb 28, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: In the early 19th century, Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote: “The great end in religious instruction is not to stamp our minds upon the young…The great end is to awaken the soul, to excite and...
Sunday, Feb 21, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: Congregational life is aspirational, inspirational, and intergenerational. The church and our faith are products of our differences as they are of our common vision. Where do we begin when...
Sunday, Feb 7, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: Rev. Mark Morrison-Reed reminds us, “Alone, our vision is too narrow…and our strength too limited…Together, our vision widens and our strength is renewed.” As we begin the theme...
Sunday, Jan 31, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: What do our science fiction dreams tell us about ourselves and our future? In a year when we have so many reasons to recast what “normal” means, where do we begin with creating a new world?...
Sunday, Jan 24, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Allison Farnum Overview: Join the Reverend Allison Farnum as we reimagine what is possible in our interdependent web of life through the lens of the work of the Unitarian Universalist Prison Ministry of Illinois....
Sunday, Jan 17, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: Deep in the heart of justice is the question of who controls one’s body. On this weekend when we reflect on the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. and prepare for Inauguration, we hear from...
Sunday, Jan 10, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: Due to the attempted coup at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, this worship now focuses on the intersection of imagination, power, and language as part of our democratic society. The title...
Sunday, Jan 3, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: As we enter the New Year and a new decade, how shall we make ourselves ready? In January we pick up the Soul Matters theme of Imagination. We begin to explore what it means to be a people of...
Sunday, Dec 28, 2020 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Garry Moore Overview: Join us as Garry Moore shares a celebration of Kwanzaa and African culture through his stories, wit and music. Mr. Moore is a programming/radio consultant for WPNV-106.3 FM, former TV anchor, poet,...
Thursday, Dec 24, 2020 @ 7:00 pm Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis and Congregation Overview: Our online Christmas Eve service will include the deep story and the beautiful music of the season. Musicians include EmmaLee Holmes-Hicks and Andrei Baumann, along with...
Sunday, Dec 20, 2020 @ 4:30 am Speaker(s): Amp Popp, CRE Overview: This year the eve before the Winter Solstice will be Sunday, December 20, and the church’s annual solstice service will be held as the sun is setting on that day (technically 4:34 PM) on Zoom at...
Sunday, Dec 20, 2020 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: In this Winter Solstice service we explore the long night even as we seek the new light. Order of Worship Coffee Hour Afterwards & Offering...
Sunday, Dec 13, 2020 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Amy Popp, CRE Overview:Many of us will be staying close to home for this year’s holidays, celebrating with our circles of loved ones in the warmth of our own dwellings. This special holiday service will celebrate all of the...
Sunday, Dec 6, 2020 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: Mahayana Buddhists tell the story of how the Bud-dha completed his search for Enlightenment by sitting under the Bodhi Tree. As part of our theme of Stillness, what is our practice of waiting...
Sunday, Nov 29, 2020 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: To close our monthly theme of Healing, we explore times when the way to be more whole is to break down what already exists. Then we can begin to rebuild. Order of Service Coffee Hour...
Sunday, Nov 22, 2020 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Rev. Erin J. Walter Overview: Feminist scholar Carol Meyers says Exodus is arguably the most important book of the Bible. This Sunday, musician and UU Rev. Erin Walter will lift up one small but key detail in that story of...
Sunday, Nov 15, 2020 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview:Rumi reminds us, “The wound is where the light enters.” We explore the nature of brokenness and healing. Hint: They are not opposites Order of Service Coffee Hour Afterwards &...
Tuesday, Dec 8, 2020 @ 7:00 pm Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview:The holiday season is not merry and bright for many of us. Share a quiet space with kindred spirits as we acknowledge the wider range of feelings and experiences of this time. This live Zoom...
Sunday, Nov 8, 2020 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview:On this Sunday after the election, the questions is: “Where to begin?” Order of Service Coffee Hour Afterwards & Offering...
Sunday, Nov 1, 2020 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview:Join us for a service on grief and remembrance inspired by the All Souls tradition in Universalism. There will be times to remember our beloved dead. You may want to light a candle, gather...
Sunday, Oct 25, 2020 @ 10:00 am Illinois UU Congregations Overview: YouTube: Democracy Revival Live Event Worship is at the special time of 10 AM. Join with hundreds of other Unitarian Universalists around Illinois for a Democracy Revival. Along with 16 Unitarian...
Sunday, Oct 18, 2020 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Order Of Service & Lyrics Overview:We are 8 months into a pandemic marathon that nobody wanted. The finish line is a question mark. Where are we now, and what is our liberal religious response to...
Sunday, Oct 11, 2020 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Amy Popp, CRE Overview:A service on the importance of loosening our expectations and hopes about life, so we can listen for what Life hopes and expects from Unitarian Universalism. The sermon is by Reverend Sandra Fees. This...
Sunday, Oct 4, 2020 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview:As this congregation deepens into what it means to be a liberal religious community in this time, let us explore the nature of covenant. How are we called to live out our promises and hopes in...
Sunday, Sep 27, 2020 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview:September 30 marks the 250th anniversary of John Murray’s first Universalist sermon in the United States. But it wouldn’t have happened without the determined faith of one country farmer....
Sunday, Sep 20, 2020 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview:As the High Holidays of Judaism begin, we explore the practice of reflecting on the year, taking responsibility, and making amends. Coffee Hour Afterwards Facebook Post...
Sunday, Sep 13, 2020 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview:Join Reverend Jennifer and a Cast of Thousands (You!) as we begin the new year. Congregations across the country start the church year by inviting members and friends to share a bit of their...
Sunday, Sep 6, 2020 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: This Sunday is a chance to create the message along with Reverend Jennifer. She will take your questions and respond during the sermon. Your input also helps her plan for the year. Send your...
Sunday, Aug 30, 2020 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Dr. Melanie Davis Overview: Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Our Whole Lives (OWL) Sexuality Education, this service explores the Unitarian Universalist perspectives on sexuality and our internationally acclaimed Our...
Sunday, Aug 23, 2020 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: As the winds of summer and our shifting world blow about us, what is the purpose of the church? How might we manifest our beloved community in this moment? Share the Plate: Peoria Friendship...
Sunday, Aug 16, 2020 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview:Join Reverend Jennifer for a time to honor the beginnings in our lives. All ages are welcome! This service will include a “blessing of the backpacks” where we will recognize what we carry...
Sunday, Aug 9, 2020 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Lindy Peterson Overview: Honoring the past can provide insight for today and the future. Lindy Peterson shares some personal family history and how it shapes her perspective in the present. Share the Plate: Peoria Friendship...
Sunday, Aug 2, 2020 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Mary Kuester Overview: Emotional intelligence is about 5 key components of emotional health and the skills we need to interact with others. They can be indicative of life long happiness and success. There are many life...
Sunday, July 26, 2020 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Rev. Marcus Fogliano Overview: As Unitarian Universalists around the country grapple with what, if anything, connects us, questions of power and authority create narratives about how we are and aren’t in relationship. Rev....
Sunday, Jul 19, 2020 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Chama St. Louis Overview:Join us on Sunday to hear Chama St. Louis talk about her time as a grassroots organizer right here in Peoria. Chama is the organizer for the Peoria People’s Project. The PPP is a community and labor...
Sunday, Jul 12, 2020 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Brad Keefauver Overview:Brad will speak on how stories reflect culture, and how to find good stories to move forward with amongst the bad stories of our past.. Share the Plate: Mom and Me Camp...
Sunday, July 5 @ 10:30 AM Speaker(s): Reverend Martin Woulfe (Visiting Minister) Overview: On this July 4th Weekend, Rev. Martin Woulfe, minister of Springfield’s Abraham Lincoln Unitarian Universalist Congregation (ALUUC) will speak about the recent protests...
Sunday, June 28 9:00-10:00 AM Sunday Morning Worship from Regional Assembly (registration not required)Click Here to Watch Overview: Join us for the largest annual gathering of UUs joining in worship. The worship service will include a collection for the Tomaquag...
Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2
Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2
April 1, 20257:00 pm - 9:00 pm Zoom at https://bit.ly/3rthCHr
Join us on Zoom at https://bit.ly/3rthCHras 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.
April 3, 202510:00 am - 12:00 pm Intuition Coffee + Juice, 734 Main St, Peoria, IL 61602, USA
Mugs & Musings ~ Thursdays at 10am
In April, we will meet at…
Intuition Coffee ~ 734 Main St., Peoria
Drop in and join Membership Coordinator Regina Stanley to discuss whatever is on your mind. Questions? Contact Regina at 309-648-2767 or membership@peoriauuchurch.org.
Let's play together! Come join in this all-ages game night and get to know your UU family. Bring your own games or play ours and bring a snack or dessert if you like (not required). Please RSVP so we can plan dinner. Go to https://uuchurch.flocknote.com/signup/204967 or email Jesi at dlre@peoriauuchurch.org.
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.
Life Force Tai Chi
First & Third Sundays through December 2024
Tai Chi is an ancient discipline from China. Join Dave Grebner for this class, where we will learn how to stand and move to enhance the flow of chi life energy through our bodies.
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 on Sunday, April 6, at noon in the Conference Room. Please contact Regina at membership@peoriauuchurch.org if you have any questions.
Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2
Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2
April 8, 20257:00 pm - 9:00 pm Zoom at https://bit.ly/3rthCHr
Join us on Zoom at https://bit.ly/3rthCHras 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.
April 9, 20257:00 pm - 8:00 pm Re Meeting Room or Zoom
Amethyst Circle: An Addiction Recovery Group Following UU Values Wednesday, Feb. 12, 7-8pm, RE Meeting Room or Zoom at https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82364810407?pwd=FjgFS3XbZW5K65uGRobaalNosAJumF.1 Gather with others to offer and receive support on your addiction journey. This group is facilitated by Tony Huerta and is open to all.
April 10, 202510:00 am - 12:00 pm Intuition Coffee + Juice, 734 Main St, Peoria, IL 61602, USA
Mugs & Musings ~ Thursdays at 10am
In April, we will meet at…
Intuition Coffee ~ 734 Main St., Peoria
Drop in and join Membership Coordinator Regina Stanley to discuss whatever is on your mind. Questions? Contact Regina at 309-648-2767 or membership@peoriauuchurch.org.
Come learn about the nutritional and medicinal uses of herbs in community. We will explore the history of Peoria through its cuisine: the Native, French, German, Lebanese, and more. We will occasionally prepare a dish to share after service on Sunday. For more information, contact Kevin Cashmer at kevincashmer44@gmail.com.
The third workshop in our four-part Resistance series will focus on actions from big to small that engage us all! We will share resources for things happening now, ways for every activist type to be involved, and work together to make plans for where we go from here. Mary Kuester and Jesi Laughlin will be co-facilitating this workshop. Childcare and a light potluck lunch with soup and bread will be provided.
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.
Annual Campaign Kick-Off Luncheon ~ Sunday, April 13
Please join your fellow UUs on Sunday, April 13, immediately after church for our lively Annual Campaign Kick-Off Luncheon! Lunch (including a vegan option) will be provided by the Annual Campaign Team. This is the launch of our 2025-26 pledge campaign that will provide 77% of the support of our work for the year beginning July 1, 2025. Our theme, “Rise to the Moment,” speaks to the great need for a safe place and a group of people who will stand up for what is loving, just, and equitable in this highly volatile time in our society.
Our campaign will be shorter this year, so we are counting on YOUR prompt response. Key dates are:
• April 13 ~ Distribution of pledge materials.
• May 4 ~ Please pledge by this date.
• June 1 ~ Congregational budget meeting where members vote on the income and expenses for 2025-26.
Do you play Mah Jongg or do you want to learn? Join the fun on 2nd and 4th Sundays! Bring your own drink and snack, and if you have a Mah Jongg set or mat, bring it, too. Contact Char Rickey at spinwool7@aol.com or 309-472-7085 or Evan Stubbs at sirstubby@hotmail.com or 575-621-5519 with questions.
Sacred Rest
In person Sun., April 13, 4pm
Zoom Sun., April 27, 4pm
You were not just born to center your entire existence on work and labor. You were born to heal, to grow, to be of service to yourself and community, to practice, to experiment, to create, to have space, to dream, and to connect.
~ Tricia Hersey in Rest Is Resistance
You deserve time to rest. Come and practice in community. In-person Sacred Rest on April 13 will be in the Senior High Youth Room. Bring water, a journal, and/or blanket if you wish. On fourth Sundays (next on April 27), the Central IL Religious Educators will facilitate a guided rest experience on Zoom for our four congregations in Bloomington-Normal, Champaign-Urbana, Peoria, and Springfield. Create a comfortable nest with a blanket or pillow, grab some water, and bring a journal if you wish. We’ll draw from the work of Tricia Hersey. To receive the link, email Jesi at DLRE@PeoriaUUChurch.org or sign up here https://uuchurch.flocknote.com/signup/192803.
Tuesdays, April 15, 22, 29, and May 6, 13, 20; 6-7pm, Conference Room or Zoom at https://bit.ly/3sxzsci
UU History 101, part of our Faith Forward Path, is a six-session introduction to concepts and people from our history. In this series, we approach history from the starting point of compelling stories and personalities. We will explore the questions those people faced and make connections with our own lives and the world around us today. The overarching question is: how can history be translated into our life and spiritual practice? In addition to learning about history, we hope you will learn about yourselves. Facilitators: Jesi Laughlin, DLRE, Lindy Peterson, and Jennifer Stubbs.
Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2
Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2
April 15, 20257:00 pm - 9:00 pm Zoom at https://bit.ly/3rthCHr
Join us on Zoom at https://bit.ly/3rthCHras 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.
National Healthcare Decision Day (NHDD) is an annual initiative to encourage and empower people to begin conversations about their wishes for end-of-life care. This year, you are invited to set April 16 as the date by which you plan to have a conversation with someone important in your life about your or their wishes. Maybe you can even normalize this with people in your social network. These aren’t just conversations we have with doctors and lawyers, and we don’t have to wait until we’re sick to have them.
We have these conversations in our monthly Date with Death Club--join us! Two more places you can go online for resources to make these conversations easier are the Conversation Project at theconversationproject.org/get-started and Five Wishes at www.fivewishes.org.
April 17, 202510:00 am - 12:00 pm Intuition Coffee + Juice, 734 Main St, Peoria, IL 61602, USA
Mugs & Musings ~ Thursdays at 10am
In April, we will meet at…
Intuition Coffee ~ 734 Main St., Peoria
Drop in and join Membership Coordinator Regina Stanley to discuss whatever is on your mind. Questions? Contact Regina at 309-648-2767 or membership@peoriauuchurch.org.
April 17, 202511:30 am - 12:30 pm Le Peep, 7501 N University St, Peoria, IL 61614, USA
Third Thursday Ladies’ Lunch
La Peep ~ 7501 N. University St., Peoria Join us for breakfast, brunch, or lunch. They have vegetarian dishes and coffee drinks. Please RSVP to Carlette at 309-258-5890.
The Year to Save the Earth: A Multimedia Experience by Jim Scott
Friday, April 18, 7pm, UUCP Sanctuary ~ Suggested Donation: $20
Mixing powerful songs and beautiful projected images, The Year to Save the Earth takes us from celebration to grieving, protest, learning, and a positive vision for the planet. Jim Scott’s lyrical melodies and outspoken poetry celebrate what’s beautiful, amazing, and fragile, nurturing a spirit of collective action for our planet.
The message is that the time is now! As well as hard reality, the program’s message is one of optimism. There are many invitations for people to join in the singing and then to get involved in environmental action. Facing the urgency of the environmental crisis, the songs challenge us to feel, to learn, and to act.
About Jim Scott: Prolific composer guitarist Jim Scott brings a warmth and humor with his jazz and world music influenced songs. Recently, Jim received an NEA grant to produce The Year to Save the Earth, a multimedia concert combining Jim’s outspoken songs with beautiful and striking images. One of the originators of the Unitarian Universalist Green Sanctuary Program, Jim also compiled the Earth and Spirit Songbook, an anthology of over 100 songs of Earth by many contemporary composers.
Do you hope to face our human mortality with less fear and more curiosity? With less conformity and more creativity? If that sounds like you, welcome to Date with Death Club, where we explore topics of aging, death, and dying. Attend one, some, or all sessions.
Due to the climate crisis, we face not our own mortality but questions about our collective existence as a species and whether the planet is dying (at least as it is inhabitable by humans). Using concepts from the “Work That Reconnects,” developed by Joanna Macy, we’ll bravely explore this emotional terrain.
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.
Life Force Tai Chi
First & Third Sundays through December 2024
Tai Chi is an ancient discipline from China. Join Dave Grebner for this class, where we will learn how to stand and move to enhance the flow of chi life energy through our bodies.
April 20, 202512:00 pm - 1:00 pm UUCP Patio & Great Grove
Easter Egg Hunt
Gather on the UUCP patio for our outdoor Egg Hunt! Eggs will be hidden along the trail in the Great Grove, and kiddos will be sent out in waves based on age. This year, eggs will be redeemed for a prize bag and used to vote on how the children and youth would like to send donations out to our community! This fun-filled event is open to the whole community. Bring a basket; some are available to borrow. Volunteers needed! Email Jesi at dlre@peoriauuchurch.org.
Do you identify as LGBTQIA2S+? Do you attend, visit, or belong to UUCP? Join us on the 3rd Monday each month. Questions? Email Tim Herold at herold1961@gmail.com for details.
Tuesdays, April 15, 22, 29, and May 6, 13, 20; 6-7pm, Conference Room or Zoom at https://bit.ly/3sxzsci
UU History 101, part of our Faith Forward Path, is a six-session introduction to concepts and people from our history. In this series, we approach history from the starting point of compelling stories and personalities. We will explore the questions those people faced and make connections with our own lives and the world around us today. The overarching question is: how can history be translated into our life and spiritual practice? In addition to learning about history, we hope you will learn about yourselves. Facilitators: Jesi Laughlin, DLRE, Lindy Peterson, and Jennifer Stubbs.
Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2
Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2
April 22, 20257:00 pm - 9:00 pm Zoom at https://bit.ly/3rthCHr
Join us on Zoom at https://bit.ly/3rthCHras 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.
April 24, 202510:00 am - 12:00 pm Intuition Coffee + Juice, 734 Main St, Peoria, IL 61602, USA
Mugs & Musings ~ Thursdays at 10am
In April, we will meet at…
Intuition Coffee ~ 734 Main St., Peoria
Drop in and join Membership Coordinator Regina Stanley to discuss whatever is on your mind. Questions? Contact Regina at 309-648-2767 or membership@peoriauuchurch.org.
Bring your own lunch and join in conversation with others. This lunchtime community is open to anyone who wants to come! Questions? Contact the church office at office@peoriauuchurch.org.
Come learn about the nutritional and medicinal uses of herbs in community. We will explore the history of Peoria through its cuisine: the Native, French, German, Lebanese, and more. We will occasionally prepare a dish to share after service on Sunday. For more information, contact Kevin Cashmer at kevincashmer44@gmail.com.
A peaceful gathering of people coming together in solidarity to express concerns about actions our government has taken to restrict the rights of citizens and others living in the United States.
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.
Do you play Mah Jongg or do you want to learn? Join the fun on 2nd and 4th Sundays! Bring your own drink and snack, and if you have a Mah Jongg set or mat, bring it, too. Contact Char Rickey at spinwool7@aol.com or 309-472-7085 or Evan Stubbs at sirstubby@hotmail.com or 575-621-5519 with questions.
Sacred Rest In person Sun., April 13, 4pm Zoom Sun., April 27, 4pm You were not just born to center your entire existence on work and labor. You were born to heal, to grow, to be of service to yourself and community, to practice, to experiment, to create, to have space, to dream, and to connect. ~ Tricia Hersey in Rest Is Resistance You deserve time to rest. Come and practice in community. In-person Sacred Rest on April 13 will be in the Senior High Youth Room. Bring water, a journal, and/or blanket if you wish. On fourth Sundays (next on April 27), the Central IL Religious Educators will facilitate a guided rest experience on Zoom for our four congregations in Bloomington-Normal, Champaign-Urbana, Peoria, and Springfield. Create a comfortable nest with a blanket or pillow, grab some water, and bring a journal if you wish. We’ll draw from the work of Tricia Hersey. To receive the link, email Jesi at DLRE@PeoriaUUChurch.org or sign up here https://uuchurch.flocknote.com/signup/192803.
Tuesdays, April 15, 22, 29, and May 6, 13, 20; 6-7pm, Conference Room or Zoom at https://bit.ly/3sxzsci
UU History 101, part of our Faith Forward Path, is a six-session introduction to concepts and people from our history. In this series, we approach history from the starting point of compelling stories and personalities. We will explore the questions those people faced and make connections with our own lives and the world around us today. The overarching question is: how can history be translated into our life and spiritual practice? In addition to learning about history, we hope you will learn about yourselves. Facilitators: Jesi Laughlin, DLRE, Lindy Peterson, and Jennifer Stubbs.
Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2
Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2
April 29, 20257:00 pm - 9:00 pm Zoom at https://bit.ly/3rthCHr
Join us on Zoom at https://bit.ly/3rthCHras 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.