Linda Fairbanks, Author at Universalist Unitarian Church of Peoria

Side With Love Sunday

Sunday, Feb 14, 2021 @ 10:30 AM Speaker(s): Unitarian Universalist Leaders What if to “side with love” meant making bold, faith-full choices? What if it were even a little bit scary? This worship service brings together worship leaders and musicians from...

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	July 2024
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	1 OLLI Practice OLLI Practice July 1, 2024 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Sanctuary See more details •	2 Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2 Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2 July 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 July 3, 2024 9:00 am - 10:00 am Conference Room See more details Administrative Team Administrative Team July 3, 2024 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Zoom 3 - conference room or library See more details UUkulele Strum Group UUkulele Strum Group July 3, 2024 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Foyer See more details • • •	4 Church Office Closed Church Office Closed July 4, 2024 See more details •	5	6
7 A Course in Miracles A Course in Miracles July 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 Worship Service Worship Service July 7, 2024 10:30 am - 11:30 am Sanctuary See more details Coffee Hour Coffee Hour July 7, 2024 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Patio See more details ARE-Humanist Discussion Group ARE-Humanist Discussion Group July 7, 2024 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Zoom using TV and Harry's laptop See more details In person & Virtual: Caring Committee In person & Virtual: Caring Committee July 7, 2024 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Conference Room See more details • • • • •	8 OLLI Practice OLLI Practice July 8, 2024 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Sanctuary See more details Covenant Circle Covenant Circle July 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 July 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 July 10, 2024 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Zoom 3 - conference room or library See more details UUkulele Strum Group UUkulele Strum Group July 10, 2024 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Foyer See more details Virtual: Communications Committee Virtual: Communications Committee July 10, 2024 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm See more details • • •	11	12	13 Offsite: Loaves & Fish Offsite: Loaves & Fish July 13, 2024 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Off site ST See more details •
14 A Course in Miracles A Course in Miracles July 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 July 14, 2024 10:30 am - 11:30 am Sanctuary See more details Coffee Hour Coffee Hour July 14, 2024 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Patio See more details Beyond Inquirers Class Beyond Inquirers Class July 14, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Conference Room Sundays, 7/14, 8/11, 9/22, 10/13, & 11/17 Are you seeking to deepen your learning and engagement with the congregation? This five-session series on the Faith Forward Path offers a deeper understanding of how the congregation works and how you can be part of it. Here is the schedule of topics: (1) What do UUs believe? on 7/14, (2) Is this a new religion? on 8/11, (3) How do we ‘do church’? on 9/22, (4) How do we live our lives? on 10/13, and (5) Does it matter if I join? on 11/17. Questions? Contact Jesi Laughlin at dlre@peoriauuchurch.org. See more details Rummage Sale Volunteer Training Rummage Sale Volunteer Training July 14, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm RE Meeting Room Want to have some fun with other UUs setting up and running this year’s Rummage Sale? We are doing things a little differently this year. Come find out more about this year's approach, schedule, and volunteer needs. Rookies, veteran volunteers, and the merely curious are welcome to attend this optional training session. Contact Lindy Peterson at 309-397-8356 with questions. See more details Mah Jongg for UUs Mah Jongg for UUs July 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 July 15, 2024 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Sanctuary See more details LGBTQIA2S+ at UUCP LGBTQIA2S+ at UUCP July 15, 2024 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Conference Room Do you identify as LGBTQIA2S+? Do you attend, visit, or belong to UUCP? Then join us for our next meeting. Questions? Email DLRE@peoriaUUchurch.org. See more details NOW* NOW* July 15, 2024 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Conference Room See more details • • •	16 Date with Death Club Date with Death Club July 16, 2024 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Conference Room At Date with Death Club, we explore topics of aging, death, and dying. Attend one, some, or all sessions. This month, our topic is “What to Do with a Dead Body?” Common means are burial and cremation. But technologies are evolving, and there are new choices now. Perhaps you want to donate your body to science? Or have a green burial? We’ll explore what’s out there and the choices you may want to make now to get what you want then. See more details Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2 Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2 July 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 July 17, 2024 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Zoom 3 - Library See more details Virtual: Worship Committee Virtual: Worship Committee July 17, 2024 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm VIRTUAL See more details UUkulele Strum Group UUkulele Strum Group July 17, 2024 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Foyer See more details Tarot Circle Tarot Circle July 17, 2024 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Library See more details • • • •	18 Ladies Lunch Ladies Lunch July 18, 2024 11:30 am - 12:30 pm TBD See more details Virtual: Finance/Personnel Committee Zoom #2 Virtual: Finance/Personnel Committee Zoom #2 July 18, 2024 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Bill K See more details • •	19	20 Offsite: River City Pride Fest Offsite: River City Pride Fest July 20, 2024 10:00 am - 10:00 pm Peoria RiverFront Pride Fest is Saturday, July 20! We need $250 for Patron-level sponsorship and extra for supplies and giveaways. Sign up at uuchurch.flocknote.com/signup/171249 to help with the booth, or contact Regina Stanley at membership@peoriauuchurch.org. Donations may be mailed to the church or put in the offering. Please mark them “for Pride Fest.” See more details •
21 A Course in Miracles A Course in Miracles July 21, 2024 8:45 am - 10:00 am Library 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 Life Force Tai Chi Life Force Tai Chi July 21, 2024 9:00 am - 9:45 am Fellowship Hall 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. See more details Worship Service Worship Service July 21, 2024 10:30 am - 11:30 am Sanctuary See more details Coffee Hour Coffee Hour July 21, 2024 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Patio See more details Inquirers Series Inquirers Series July 21, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Meet in Sanctuary for Church Tour 1st & 3rd Sundays starting July 21, Noon, Conference Room Visitors, newcomers, and new members are invited to participate in this new series—the first step on our Faith Forward Path. This series of nine conversations offers a general introduction to our congregation and Unitarian Universalism. The series is ongoing, so you are welcome to participate in the sessions in any order. Here is the upcoming schedule: (1) Campus Tour and Orientation on 7/21, (2) UU History, Principles, and Sources on 8/4, (3) Q&A with the Minister on 8/18, (4) Faith Development for Children and Adults on 9/1, (5) Worship & Liturgical Year on 9/15, (6) Social Action, Community Service, and Racial Equity on 10/6, (7) Pastoral Care on 10/20, (8) Small Group Connections on 11/3, and (9) Membership on 11/17. Questions? Contact Regina Stanley at membership@peoriauuchurch.org. See more details • • • • •	22 OLLI Practice OLLI Practice July 22, 2024 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Sanctuary See more details Covenant Circle Covenant Circle July 22, 2024 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm See more details • •	23 Virtual Only: ACLU* Virtual Only: ACLU* July 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 July 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 July 24, 2024 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Zoom 3 - Library See more details UUkulele Strum Group UUkulele Strum Group July 24, 2024 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Foyer See more details In Person Board Meeting (virtual option) In Person Board Meeting (virtual option) July 24, 2024 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Sanctuary Zoom #2 See more details Builder Deadline Builder Deadline July 24, 2024 11:45 pm - July 25, 2024 12:45 am See more details • • • •	25 Builder Deadline Builder Deadline July 24, 2024 11:45 pm - July 25, 2024 12:45 am See more details •	26 Annual UUCP Rummage Sale Annual UUCP Rummage Sale July 26, 2024 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Entire Church The rummage sale is upon us! We are accepting donations whenever the church is open. Please donate only clean, functional items. No adult clothing, mattresses, cribs, car seats, tires, opened liquids, TVs, printers, etc. Please save your books for the fall book sale. We do accept children’s clothing, accessories and shoes for all ages, linens, jackets, purses, jewelry, kitchen and household, sports, games, tools, garden, holiday items, etc. Please place items as far back as you can in the designated RE room(s). The last day we will accept donations is July 24. We need volunteers to set up and run the sale. Set up will start on Monday, July 15, and run through Thursday, July 25. The first four days of set up, we will unpack, sort, and arrange. The following days will be for pricing. There are no shift times this year. You may sign up for whatever period of time you can work. Cleanup will be after church on Sunday, July 28. Join us for an optional volunteer training after church on Sunday, July 14, to find out how the sale will work this year. Anyone, rookie or veteran volunteer, or the merely curious, is welcome. Questions? Please contact the office at office@peoriauuchurch.org. See more details Retired Men's Last Friday Lunch Retired Men's Last Friday Lunch July 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 Annual UUCP Rummage Sale Annual UUCP Rummage Sale July 27, 2024 8:00 am - 3:00 pm Entire Church The rummage sale is upon us! We are accepting donations whenever the church is open. Please donate only clean, functional items. No adult clothing, mattresses, cribs, car seats, tires, opened liquids, TVs, printers, etc. Please save your books for the fall book sale. We do accept children’s clothing, accessories and shoes for all ages, linens, jackets, purses, jewelry, kitchen and household, sports, games, tools, garden, holiday items, etc. Please place items as far back as you can in the designated RE room(s). The last day we will accept donations is July 24. We need volunteers to set up and run the sale. Set up will start on Monday, July 15, and run through Thursday, July 25. The first four days of set up, we will unpack, sort, and arrange. The following days will be for pricing. There are no shift times this year. You may sign up for whatever period of time you can work. Cleanup will be after church on Sunday, July 28. Join us for an optional volunteer training after church on Sunday, July 14, to find out how the sale will work this year. Anyone, rookie or veteran volunteer, or the merely curious, is welcome. Questions? Please contact the office at office@peoriauuchurch.org. See more details Campfire Fun Campfire Fun July 27, 2024 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Outdoors at UUCP Let’s play yard games and gather around the campfire together! Bring a dish to pass, and we’ll provide dogs (vegan & not), buns, condiments, chips, s’mores fixings, and lemonade. In case of bad weather, we’ll move indoors for a traditional game night. See more details • •
28 A Course in Miracles A Course in Miracles July 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 July 28, 2024 10:30 am - 11:30 am Sanctuary See more details Coffee Hour Coffee Hour July 28, 2024 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Patio See more details UUCP Drum Circle UUCP Drum Circle July 28, 2024 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Sanctuary See more details Mah Jongg for UUs Mah Jongg for UUs July 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 July 29, 2024 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Sanctuary See more details •	30 Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2 Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2 July 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 •	31 Builder Mailing Builder Mailing July 31, 2024 9:00 am - 10:00 am Conference Room See more details Administrative Team Administrative Team July 31, 2024 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Zoom 3 - conference room or library See more details UUkulele Strum Group UUkulele Strum Group July 31, 2024 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Foyer See more details • • •

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