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Spread the LOVE at our annual LOVE WINS Valentine’s Day Dinner & Dance! Saturday, February 14th, 6-8 PM in Fellowship Hall Tickets: $25 each or $125 for a table of 6. On sale when available through February 8th We are thrilled to announce the return of our...
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Sunday, Jan 4, 2026 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: The wise people of the Nativity story saved a child by not returning to King Herod. What are our new roads as the year begins? Coffee Hour Afterwards & Offering...
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Sunday, Dec 28, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Regina Stanley and Friends Overview: On this last Sunday of the year, join us as we let go of what has been and prepare to begin the New Year. Coffee Hour Afterwards & Offering...
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Wednesday, Dec 24, 2025 @ 7pm 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...
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Join the 10:30am Service Zoom Sunday, Dec 21, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Jesi Laughlin and a Cast of Thousands Overview: Celebrate the season with the children and youth of the Universalist Unitarian Church of Peoria as they present a playful adaptation of The Snow...
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Sunday, Dec 14, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: If we get a say in our definitions of hope, what stays with us today? Coffee Hour Afterwards & Offering...
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Sunday, Dec 7th, 2025 @ 10:30 am (Rescheduled from Nov 30) Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: As we close the monthly theme of gratitude, we consider the relationship between giving thanks and generosity. Coffee Hour Afterwards & Offering...
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Sunday, Nov 23, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: Despite having so many reasons to be angry, we have precious few ways to express this feeling that is at our human core. Join us this Sunday–you won’t be told to “Calm down.” Coffee...
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Sunday, Nov 16, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: The freedom to follow a moral and ethical path is central to our liberal tradition. What does conscience mean in this moment? Please join us after the service for the fall congregational...
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Sunday, Nov 9, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: There is something powerful and affirming in the act of holding our Annual Book Sale. This service includes the voice of Rev. Julie Conrady, minister with Unitarian Universalist churches in...
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Sunday, Nov 2, 2025 @ 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. We will have time to share the...
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Sunday, Oct 26, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: Our hearts are broken open in so many ways in our time. How do we address the pain in the world and care for ourselves? Coffee Hour Afterwards & Offering...
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The Great UU Book Sale Friday and Saturday, Nov. 7 & 8, 8am – 3pm Universalist Unitarian Church 3000 West Richwoods Blvd. ~ Peoria Come spend some time looking through our great selection of books! We have so many that you are certain to find some you will...
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Sunday, Oct 19, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: In the big tent of Unitarian Universalism, we have more feelings about language than people in Peoria. How do we speak of what inspires us? Coffee Hour Afterwards & Offering...
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Sunday, Oct 12, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: In honor of Indigenous Peoples Day and amid the wave of anti-immigration detention, how do we address our own biases and concerns? Coffee Hour Afterwards & Offering...
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Sunday, Oct 5, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Seth Major Overview:What are ways in which we can think about how we should interact with the world around us? How should we “show up” in the places where we live, work, and play? Rev. Seth Major will present the...
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Sunday, Sep 28, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: In the deepening struggle for agency, democracy, and justice, how shall we show up in this moment? How do we care for ourselves and the world when so much is pulling us apart? Coffee Hour...
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Sunday, Sep 21, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: Inspired by this year’s new Superman film, how do we focus on love and decency while finding our way in strange times? Coffee Hour Afterwards & Offering...
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Sunday, Sep 14, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: Unitarian Universalist ancestor Marge Keip reminds us, “As surely as we belong to the universe, we belong together.” That belonging is not so simple. What are we seeking when we come into...
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Sunday, Sep 7, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview:This Ingathering marks the start of the church year. We offer our commitments to one another and celebrate being part of community that is called to create more love, freedom, growth, and...
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Sunday, Aug 31, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: For our end of summer Question Box Sermon, you are part of creating the message along with Reverend Jennifer. Send her your questions ahead of time or offer them in person during the...
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Sunday, Aug 24, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: Join us for our Blessing of the Animals! Beloved animals are welcome to join us onsite or in a photo. In-person pets must be leashed or in a kennel or carrier. See Rev. Jennifer for...
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Sunday, Aug 17, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): February Sky ~ Susan Urban and Phil Cooper Overview:The path of immigrants in America has not been all easy money and streets paved with gold. Besides leaving behind family and beloved homelands, immigrants have often been...
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Sunday, Aug 10, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Gary Chatham Overview: How do we create positive change today in the face of negativity? Ideas from the past can help us heal ourselves, heal our relationship with the Earth, and create deeper community. Coffee Hour...
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Sunday, Aug 3, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Regina Stanley & the Congregation Overview:(This service is inspired by Jill Thomas.) It has been said, “You are what you wear.” A message on a t-shirt can tell us a lot about the person wearing it. During this service,...
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Storytelling for Social Change Sundays, August 10th, 17th, 24th 12:00 Noon, UUCP Conference Room Childcare Provided With political division becoming more pronounced it can often be difficult to cut through the noise and really listen to the people talking to us about...
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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 essence of TREASURE–the good...
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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 shares one such story about the...
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Sunday, Jul 13, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Judith Koren-Shanahan Overview: There is a famous old saying, “Old age is not for sissies.” How do we muster the courage to face our aging futures? How do we make some of the hard decisions we all end up facing? ...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Sunday, Jun 1, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis & Jesi Laughlin, DLRE Overview: Join us for a celebration of story and the abundance of life as we honor our ritual of the Flower Communion. All are invited to bring flowers as we create our common...
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Sunday, May 25, 2025 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: On Memorial Day weekend, what is the state of this great American Experiment? Coffee Hour Afterwards & Offering...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 &...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...