Sunday, Nov 21, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Tet Gallardo Overview: Culture is lived religion. Cultural differences also cause religious differences. Folks who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color have long complained that the lack of culture in white...
Sunday, Nov 14, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: Many of us cite the seven principles of Unitarian Universalism as a core expression of our shared values. From we covenant to promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person to the...
Sunday, Nov 7, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview:The pandemic upended everything about church life, especially how we congregate on Sunday mornings. As we keep learning about multi-platform worship, we can ask “why?” along with the “how?”...
Due to a technical error, audio was not recorded in the sanctuary and the service has been taken down Sunday, Oct 31, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: At this time of year, many cultures and faiths set aside time for when the veil...
Sunday, Oct 17, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Darrick Jackson Overview: We are a people of story. The stories we tell shape how we see ourselves and the world. What happens if we change our stories? Coffee Hour Afterwards & Offering...
Sunday, Oct 10, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: Starting in the 15th and 16th centuries, the Doctrine of Discovery gave Christian Europeans the right to claim lands and resources of non-Christian people. With the discovery of more...
Sunday, Oct 3, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: As we begin this month’s theme of “Cultivating Relationships,” we focus on the connections we choose. What are your most important relationships? How did they become part of your life? Coffee...
Sunday, Oct 24, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: Sonya Renee Taylor promotes radical self-love for Everybody and Every Body in her book, “The Body is Not an Apology.” How do we tend to the relationship with our bodies? Coffee Hour...
Sunday, Sep 26, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: The pandemic has led to changes in how we work and how we regard the social contract. What is the role of Unitarian Universalism in the conversations about class, civility, and society?...
Sunday, Sep 19, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: “Ask what’s possible, not what’s wrong,” is a mantra from Rev. Sara LaWall. How do we dwell on the world? The weight of the world is real – and I wonder what is possible. Click here to join...
Sunday, Sep 12, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis, Amy Popp CRE & the Congregation Overview: Our theme for this ingathering is “Tears of Sorrow, Tears of Joy.” The beginning of this year is unlike any other, including last year. The hope is to...
Sunday, Sep 5, 2021 @ 10:30 am Click HERE to join the Zoom! Speaker(s): Reverend Pamela Rumancik, Reverend Jennifer Innis & Amy Popp CRE Overview:The pandemic year created an extra layer of loss in so many lives. While part of every human life, loss is usually...
Sunday, Aug 29, 2021 @ 10:30 am Service will be Online (Zoom) only this Sunday! Due to the Delta Variant, Service will be online this Sunday, August 29th There will still be a coffee hour on the patio Click here to join the zoom at 10:30am Sunday Speaker(s): Reverend...
***Due to technical difficulties, audio for the in-sanctuary portion of the service was lost*** Sunday, Aug 22, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis & Amy Popp [CRE] Overview: This Sunday is a chance to create the message along with Reverend...
Sunday, Aug 15, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: Giving ourselves and each other the time we need to explore our existence is one of the greatest gifts of a religious community. Reverend Jennifer will reflect on her long-term work with...
Sunday, Aug 8, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Rev. Lara K-J Campbell Overview: Rev. Lara K-J Campbell is the 26th called Minister at First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church of Kennebunk, Maine. Throughout the ages, we humans have been flinging our arms to the heavens,...
Sunday, Aug 1, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Rev. Sean Parker Dennison Overview: Rev. Sean Parker Dennison, minister of Rogue Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Ashland, Oregon; and Alison Cole Duren-Sutherland, intern minister of the Southern Oregon UU...
Sunday, Jul 25, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Rev. Christina Leone-Tracy Overview: Rev. Christina Leone-Tracy and the worship staff at the Fox Valley UU Fellowship in Appleton, WI This classic Tim Burton stop-motion animation movie tells the story of Halloween Town and...
Sunday, Jul 18, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Revs. Kristin Grassel Schmidt and Christian Schmidt Overview:Revs. Kristin Grassel Schmidt and Christian Schmidt, plus worship teams from UU Church of Silver Spring (MD) and UU Church of the Brazos Valley (Bryan, TX) The...
Sunday, Jul 11, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Rev. Barbara H. Gadon Overview: Rev. Barbara H. Gadon and the worship staff at Eliot Unitarian Chapel, St. Louis, MO 36 years have passed since this iconic film was released in 1985 – longer than Marty McFly travels to...
Sunday, Jul 4, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis & Amy Popp, Credentialed Religious Educator Overview:President Franklin Roosevelt spoke of the Four Freedoms in 1941, including freedom of speech, freedom to worship, freedom from want, and freedom...
Sunday, Jun 27, 2021 @ 10:30 am Hosted in the Sanctuary by Reverend Jennifer Innis. Speaker(s): First Universalist Church of Minneapolis Overview:We will join Unitarian Universalists from around the globe for this online worship with the UUA General Assembly. The team...
Sunday, Jun 20, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, but it took two years for the news to travel to Teas. Juneteenth is a celebration of the day the news arrived. What does this...
Sunday, Jun 13, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: We come to the end of my first year with you and with reopening the building after 14 months. What do we wish for in this next season of congregational life? How shall we bless each other as...
Effective June 7, the church building is open to the congregation for the first time in 14 months! The plan was presented at the May 26 meeting of the board by further discussion with Towards Live Church (TLC) and the Admin Team to reach a final decision by email vote...
Sunday, Jun 6, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: From Diane Ackerman: “The world of play favors exuberance, license, abandon. [In it,] selves can be revised.” This month’s Soul Matters theme is Play. Join us for a first response to the...
Sunday, May 30th, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Rebecca Gant Overview:The truth about stories, writes Thomas King, is that that’s all we are. If King is correct, then to know the truth about the people around us means to know their stories– and in order to be...
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, May 2nd, 2021 @ 10:30 am Speaker(s): Reverend Jennifer Innis Overview: The Principles in Unitarian Universalism is one of the most accessible ways to talk about our tradition, beginning with, “We affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every...
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 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...
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,...
CUUPs stands for “Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans.” The first Wednesday of each month, we discuss current and new business for the chapter. All are welcome. In May, we will also plan for Litha, which we will hold on Sunday, June 23, at 10:30am in the Sanctuary. The educational part of the May meeting will be led by Greg McNeil, who will take us on a foraging and plant identification hike in the Great Grove.
In May, we will meet at Zion Coffee Bar, located at 803 SW Adams St. in Peoria. Everyone is welcome to drop in as you are able and join Membership Coordinator Regina Stanley to discuss whatever is on your mind. Come as you are, bring your thoughts, and let's embark on a journey of connection and discovery together. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Regina at (309) 648-2767 or membership@peoriauuchurch.org.
Jim Scott invites you to sing with him! All are welcome to rehearse with him as we run through Sunday's service, including hymns and additional pieces. Jim hopes that everyone will add their voices! Contact Reverend Jennifer ahead of time for the music. Copies will be available that evening.
May 4, 20244:00 pm - 7:00 pm Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington Normal, 1613 E Emerson St, Bloomington, IL 61701, USA
Doors open at 4pm, Maypole at 5pm
Many Paths CUUPs welcomes you to celebrate the great holiday of Beltane! Come join us and plant seeds of hope to grow a bounty of love. A potluck will be served after the Maypole Dance. Bring your friends, your beloved, your family! All are invited to celebrate!
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.
Have some perennials in need of dividing? Looking for some to plant? Need to rehome a houseplant? Come to the plant exchange! You don’t need to bring plants in order to take plants and vice versa. Donations to the church are optional but welcome. Questions? Call or text Bernie Humphrey at 309-360-4199.
Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2
Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2
May 7, 20247:00 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.
May 8, 20248:00 am - 5:00 pm 401 S 2nd St, Springfield, IL 62701, USA
Equality Illinois will host its annual LGBTQ+ Advocacy Day on May 8 in Springfield. This is an opportunity for leaders, activists, and allies from across Illinois to come together and engage in crucial political action. This family-friendly event includes a rally, advocacy training, and time to engage with our legislators. Please register here -- https://tinyurl.com/h2faafxt -- or for more information, contact Regina Stanley at membership@peoriauuchurch.org.
In May, we will meet at Zion Coffee Bar, located at 803 SW Adams St. in Peoria. Everyone is welcome to drop in as you are able and join Membership Coordinator Regina Stanley to discuss whatever is on your mind. Come as you are, bring your thoughts, and let's embark on a journey of connection and discovery together. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Regina at (309) 648-2767 or membership@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.
Sunday, May 12, after service Bring in jewelry you no longer wear and select pieces to take home! Since set up will be the day before, please bring jewelry to the church office ahead of time if possible, marked "for jewelry exchange." Don't have jewelry to donate? Monetary donations to the church are accepted as well, and you can even bring single earrings, broken strands, etc., and we will bag these together, as crafty people buy these to restring and repurpose. Any leftover jewelry will go to the church rummage sale in August.
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).
Do you hope to face our human mortality with less fear and more curiosity? With less euphemism and more reality? With less conformity and more creativity? If that sounds like you or who you hope to become, Welcome to Date with Death Club. We’ll plan to meet every other month at UUCP to explore topics of aging, death, and dying. Attend one, some, or all sessions.
This month we’ll explore Good Life & Good Death: What do people mean when they say “a good death?” And how is that connected to having “a good life?” Is it the same for everyone? Are there barriers to a good life? What do these terms mean for you?
Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2
Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2
May 14, 20247:00 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.
In May, we will meet at Zion Coffee Bar, located at 803 SW Adams St. in Peoria. Everyone is welcome to drop in as you are able and join Membership Coordinator Regina Stanley to discuss whatever is on your mind. Come as you are, bring your thoughts, and let's embark on a journey of connection and discovery together. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Regina at (309) 648-2767 or membership@peoriauuchurch.org.
We’re taking Game Night outside! Let’s play yard games and gather around the campfire together. Bring a dish to pass if you would like, and we’ll provide dogs (vegan & not), buns, condiments, chips, veggies, s’mores fixings, and lemonade. In case of bad weather, we’ll move back indoors for a more traditional game night.
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.
At the Easter Egg Hunt, our kiddos voted with their eggs to use their time and funds to help animals in our community. The Magic of UU class invites everyone to a hands-on service project after service on May 19. So, get your plate from the salad luncheon, come back to the RE Commons, and join us!
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.
Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2
Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2
May 21, 20247:00 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.
In May, we will meet at Zion Coffee Bar, located at 803 SW Adams St. in Peoria. Everyone is welcome to drop in as you are able and join Membership Coordinator Regina Stanley to discuss whatever is on your mind. Come as you are, bring your thoughts, and let's embark on a journey of connection and discovery together. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Regina at (309) 648-2767 or membership@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.
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).
Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2
Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2
May 28, 20247:00 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.
In May, we will meet at Zion Coffee Bar, located at 803 SW Adams St. in Peoria. Everyone is welcome to drop in as you are able and join Membership Coordinator Regina Stanley to discuss whatever is on your mind. Come as you are, bring your thoughts, and let's embark on a journey of connection and discovery together. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Regina at (309) 648-2767 or membership@peoriauuchurch.org.
