Who Is Superman and What Does He Mean to Us?

Who Is Superman and What Does He Mean to Us?

Sunday, Jul 6, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Brad Keefauver Overview: After 87 years, another generation will be discovering Superman this summer, and all that lies behind that character. Brad Keefauver will explore the legend, lore, and meanings behind the greatest...
To Be Free from Fear?

To Be Free from Fear?

Join the 10:30am Service Zoom Sunday, Jul 20, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Nick Hall Overview: Church member Nicholis Hall shares his familiarity with using personal experiences to tell stories and change minds. Drawing on lessons learned from Listen for a Change, he...

The Wisdom of the Treasure Hunt Way

Join the 10:30am Service Zoom Sunday, Jul 17, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Edward Flint & Jeanette Gruber Overview: Kids’ birthday parties create a very special opportunity to share a memorable (and age-appropriate) story about our shared human quest to find the...
Pride: In the Name of Love

Pride: In the Name of Love

Sunday, Jun 29, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Regina Stanley, Membership Coordinator Overview: As we conclude Pride Month and prepare for Peoria’s Pridefest on July 19, Regina Stanley reflects on the history of Pride and the meaning of being welcoming in our time....
Litha 2025

Litha 2025

Sunday, Jun 22, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Keepers of the Great Grove Overview: Celebrate the Summer Solstice with Keepers of the Great Grove CUUPs Chapter. This longest day of the year is the perfect time to reflect on where we’ve been and where we are going. This...
Why I Am a Unitarian Universalist

Why I Am a Unitarian Universalist

Sunday, Jun 15, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Jack Ryan Overview: Longtime member Jack Ryan shares his experience of being raised in the Catholic Church and how his spiritual and ethical evolution led him to Unitarian Universalism. Coffee Hour Afterwards & Offering...
Rising to the Moment

Rising to the Moment

 Sunday, Jun 8, 2025 @ 10:45 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: Join us at the Herm Farm for our annual picnic and celebration of the past year. The picnic begins at 9:30am. The service at the farm begins around 10:45am. A recorded service will be...
This I Believe

This I Believe

Sunday, May 18, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): UUCP Youth Overview: What is your Truth and how did you find it? Today, we will listen to the youth from our congregation to hear how they have wrestled with that question this year and to learn what some of their answers...
Beyond the Bible

Beyond the Bible

Sunday, May 11, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: Our modern understanding of liberal religion did not instantly appear in the 20th century. What led to declarations of a new theology that moved away from the Trinity and to Unitarianism...
Beyond Empire: Saving What We Love

Beyond Empire: Saving What We Love

 Sunday, May 4, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: May the Force be with you on May the 4th! We begin this month’s theme of Imagination with the celebration of Star Wars Sunday. Whether or not you are a fan or know anything about the...
Receive and Return: Gifts with the Earth

Receive and Return: Gifts with the Earth

Sunday, Apr 27, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview:In honor of Earth Day, we explore reciprocity, including all of our ancestors. Materials from the Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth inspire this service. Coffee Hour Afterwards &...
The Promise of Easter

The Promise of Easter

Join the 10:30am Service Zoom Sunday, Apr 20, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: Where is life to be found in the face of loss, death, and our all-too-human burdens?  Join us after the service for the annual Egg Hunt. Coffee Hour Afterwards...
The Power of Feeling Good

The Power of Feeling Good

Sunday, Apr 13, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: From Adrienne Maree Brown: “Feeling good is not frivolous. It is freedom.” What is the relationship between celebration and liberation? Coffee Hour Afterwards & Offering...
Ordinary Joy

Ordinary Joy

Sunday, Apr 6, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: So often we are taught to chase the bright and big moments. What might emerge when we cherish the small wonders and the everyday miracles? Coffee Hour Afterwards & Offering...
Faith

Faith

Sunday, Mar 30, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Charlie Davis Overview: What do we trust when all hope is gone? What gives us strength to survive? What gives us courage to move forward? Coffee Hour Afterwards & Offering...
Called to Ramadan

Called to Ramadan

Sunday, Mar 23, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: The deep Islamic practice of contemplation and fasting for 30 days happens this month. How might this practice speak to us today? Coffee Hour Afterwards & Offering...
UU Auction 2025

UU Auction 2025

IT IS TIME FOR THE UU AUCTION!   Saturday, March 22nd @ 5:30 in Fellowship Hall Listed below are all the ways to be involved! 1. The Online Auction is now live! Use the button below to check out all the online items and start bidding! This will run until the end...
Trust Us?

Trust Us?

Sunday, Mar 16, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: In a time when so many of us may not want to be part of a religious community, how do we create this church together?Join Reverend Jennifer in Fellowship Hall after the service to celebrate...
A Tender Repair

A Tender Repair

Sunday, Mar 9, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: Trust is the delicate stuff that knits up the world. What happens when it is frayed and torn? Coffee Hour Afterwards & Offering...
Trust Yourself

Trust Yourself

Sunday, Mar 2, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: “A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because her trust is not in the branch but in her own wings.” This month’s theme is the Practice of Trust. The Financial...
Buddhist Practices for Tough Times

Buddhist Practices for Tough Times

Sunday, Feb 23, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Florence Caplow Overview: As we enter into a time of uncertainty and turmoil in our national life, finding our own personal grounding and clarity is essential, not just for our well-being but for our capacity to...
To Include

To Include

Sunday, Feb 16, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview:We invite. We welcome. We host. This month’s theme is inclusion. What happens when we include? Coffee Hour Afterwards & Offering...
Only the Lonely

Only the Lonely

Sunday, Feb 9, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: “Only connect” says E.M. Forster. We have so many ways to find each other and yet we miss each other all the time. How might we treat the epidemic of loneliness? Coffee Hour Afterwards &...
Our Story: A Church and a Voice

Our Story: A Church and a Voice

Sunday, Jan 19, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: Since its founding in 1843, this congregation has seen the conflicts and movements of the nation. What is our story as a religious community? What lives on with us? Coffee Hour Afterwards...
Now Let Us Sing

Now Let Us Sing

Sunday, Jan 12, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: Join us for a chance to sing and share in the language of music. Stay after the service for aconversation about music in worship. Coffee Hour Afterwards & Offering...
Authors of Our Lives

Authors of Our Lives

Sunday, Jan 5, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: What stories shaped our early lives? What are we creating today? See Reverend Jennifer if you would like to share a brief story. Coffee Hour Afterwards & Offering...
Lessons and Carols for Christmas Eve

Lessons and Carols for Christmas Eve

Tuesday, Dec 24, 2024 @ 7:00 pm Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: For Christmas Eve, we share the message of Jesus’ birth through ancient and modern texts and beautiful music. This service will feature violin music from EmmaLee Holmes-Hicks and piano and...
The Best Gift

The Best Gift

Join the 10:30am Service Zoom Sunday, Dec 22, 2024 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: In this season, we are pulled by our love of the world and our heartbreak for it. What boundaries need to be in place for us to be in our integrity and live...
Revolutionary Mary

Revolutionary Mary

Sunday, Dec 15, 2024 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Rebecca Gant Overview: The ancient story of the night Jesus was born is often portrayed as a serene affair with Mary and Joseph, gazing adoringly at their new baby while a star lights up the sky. But the Mary of the...
A Christmas Pageant

A Christmas Pageant

Join the 10:30am Service Zoom Sunday, Dec 8, 2024 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: This year’s interactive pageant will focus on the radical story of an immigrant baby who was born to an unwed mom and grew up to fight the empire. Everyone is...
The Work of a Generation: World AIDS Day

The Work of a Generation: World AIDS Day

Join the 10:30am Service Zoom Sunday, Dec 1, 2024 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: This service focuses on World AIDS Day. Reverend Jennifer would like to hear your stories about AIDS and its impact. Email her at revjennifer@peoriauuchurch.org....
Brave New Worlds

Brave New Worlds

Join the 10:30am Service Zoom Sunday, Nov 24, 2024 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: Join us for a deeper exploration of how our stories shape our lives. This service follows on the theme of speculative fiction from the “What If…?” service of...
Repair in Human Religion

Repair in Human Religion

Join the 10:30am Service Zoom Sunday, Nov 17, 2024 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: What do a few of our world religions say about our monthly theme of Repair?Fall Congregational Meeting is after the service. Coffee Hour Afterwards &...
Orientation

Orientation

Join the 10:30am Service Zoom Sunday, Nov 10, 2024 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: On this Sunday after the election, we get our bearings for the work of our time.Soup Lunch to benefit Pleasant Valley Middle School after service. Coffee Hour...
The Practice of Democracy

The Practice of Democracy

Join the 10:30am Service Zoom Sunday, Nov 3, 2024 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: On this Sunday before the November election, we return to our highest ideals. How shall wemeet this moment with care and commitment? Coffee Hour Afterwards &...
What If…?

What If…?

Join the 10:30am Service Zoom Sunday, Oct 20, 2024 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview:One of our human superpowers is wondering. We wonder and then craft stories, draft machines, and make meaning. What stories do we need today? Bonus: All are...
We Are Built for Joy

We Are Built for Joy

Join the 10:30am Service Zoom Sunday, October 13th @ 10:30 am Speaker: Babs Allen Climate change, systemic oppression, war, genocide, contentious politics…it can feel never ending and overwhelming. Would it feel different if we approached things from a place of love...
Returning

Returning

Join the 10:30am Service Zoom Sunday, Oct  6, 2024 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: As part of our exploration of spiritual practices, we honor Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. With this service, we will begin to work with our monthly theme...
Haunted Forest 2024

Haunted Forest 2024

Haunted Forest Saturday, October 19th 7-8:30 PM Great Grove & Fellowship Hall Haunted Woods, Tricks &  Treats, Campfire, Samhain Ritual, Witches Dance,  & Tarot Readings too! Dare to enter the trail through the haunted forest where ghouls and goblins...
Loved and Lost: A Service of Remembrance

Loved and Lost: A Service of Remembrance

Join the 10:30am Service Zoom Sunday, Oct 27, 2024 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis, Jesi Laughlin, and the Congregation Overview: At this time of year, many cultures and faiths set aside time for when the veil between the living and the dead grows thin....
For the Love of This Earth

For the Love of This Earth

Join the 10:30am Service Zoom Sunday, Sep 29, 2024 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: Addressing climate crisis and climate justice are massive, daunting tasks. What if we returned to love? See how congregations across the country respond at...
Toward a Theology of Pastoral Care

Toward a Theology of Pastoral Care

Sunday, Sep 22, 2024 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: In recent years, we have rediscovered the value of compassion. We also recognize the many forms of our “love languages.” What does pastoral care mean to you? How do we serve one another?...
Feeding the Soul

Feeding the Soul

Join the 10:30am Service Zoom Sunday, Sep 15, 2024 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: All human beings carry a hunger. This may be a literal hunger, or it might be for something challenging to name and impossible to satisfy. What do you hunger...