How fathering has evolved and what it means for all who search for wholeness and healing.

Large-print orders of service and hearing assistance devices are available from the greeters on Sunday. We livestream our service; find it at eliotchapel.org. After the stream, a recording will be available there all week. You can also find it directly on our YouTube channel.

If you're worshipping with us on livestream, you can always find a digital order of service, including lyrics to the hymns, on our website. 

At Eliot Chapel, we follow CDC guidelines regarding COVID-19. When St. Louis County is at a Yellow or Medium Level, we will:

Read the letter about the review of our policy and the change in measures in response to a change in levels. You may access the policy document on Eliot Chapel's website for more of the details. 

Every Sunday, Eliot Chapel shares half of the offertory with an organization in the community whose work reflects our shared values. This is one way that we care for our community and our neighbors. In June, Eliot will share our Sunday collection with BLUU, Black Lives of UU. BLUU is committed to expanding the power and capacity of Black UUs within Unitarian Universalism. Learn more at blacklivesuu.org.

Let us be good neighbors. Let us be a generous people. You can give in one of three ways:

Children in kindergarten and older should attend the worship service with their family. Activity bags with crayons and UU coloring pages are available at each sanctuary entrance.

The nursery & preschool activity space is open during the service for our youngest UUs who need freedom of movement (nursery & preschool-aged children aged 5 and younger). The nursery and preschool room will remain open during summer services through the end of June. Tim Bubb and Anna Beck are the staff members on duty.

Zoom Coffee Hour takes place at 12:30 pm on Sunday. You are invited to "walk down the hall" and come to our Zoom Coffee Hour! We'll take a few minutes to say hello and let people settle in, then we'll say a few words of welcome and briefly review the service that day. We typically really enjoy the wisdom story and discuss how that story reflects on the theme of the sermon. Then we'll create breakout rooms of 5-6 people for conversation and sharing. We love making new friends and the small groups are great for that! In approximately 45 minutes, everyone will return to the big group and we'll say our goodbyes for the week. We usually end shortly after 1:30 pm, but those who wish to can stay a few minutes longer. Please watch your email for "Eliot on Zoom" on Sunday morning which will include a link to join the Zoom Coffee Hour. If you're not on our mailing list, sign up here. We look forward to seeing you!

Sunday Worship – 10:00 am in the Sanctuary

Social Hour – 11:00 am in Adams Hall

Young Adult Group – 11:45 am in the Triplett Room

Online Coffee Hour – 12:30 pm via Zoom

A Course in Miracles – 7:00 pm via Zoom

Women’s Alliance – 9:30 am in Adams Hall

Vigil for Hope & Healing – 5:00 pm on the front lawn

EUC Board Meeting – 6:30 pm in Adams Hall

Earth-Based Covenant Group – 7:00 pm via Zoom

Solecki/Boettcher Covenant Group – 7:00 pm in Adams Hall

Wellspring – 9:30 am in the Susan Frederick-Gray Room

Friday Freethinkers – 10:00 am in Room 001

Planning a meeting or event? Start with our Room & Event Request Form! Group leaders, have you set up an area for your group in Realm? You have a secure place to chat and share documents and photos. Contact Christie Lee to set up your group.

Due to a technical problem, the livestream link for the memorial service of beloved member Marcy Saphian changed last Sunday. You can see a recording of the service at www.youtube.com/watch?v=shLCRV4trCo. We apologize for any inconvenience.

The deadline to submit nominations is coming up on June 30. The Eliot Social Justice in Action Steering Committee welcomes nominations for Shared Plate for the 2023-2024 church year. Shared Plate is Eliot’s program to divide Sunday offering and designated online gifts with community organizations that align with our mission. Additional criteria for nominees can be found on the nomination form here.

In observance of Juneteenth, the federal holiday commemorating the oldest national celebration of the ending of slavery in the United States, church offices will be closed on Monday, June 19. The front office remains closed on Tuesday, June 20 for an end-of-year/beginning-of-new-year operations staff meeting. It will also be closed on Thursday, June 22 due to Christie Lee having surgery.

The Sanctuary balcony will be closed from Monday, June 19 to sometime after July 4 in order to increase the height of the Sanctuary balcony railing to bring it up to code. Thank you to Jim Lyon for steering this important project!

In addition, Eliot's tiled floors have not been stripped and waxed in four or more years. Over the next two weeks, two areas will be stripped/waxed and inaccessible for at least a week each.

Rooms 001, 002, and 003 in the lower level of the ECNS wing will be stripped and waxed this week. The other lower level rooms are housing the furniture from those rooms during this time so the entire lower level of the ECNS wing is inaccessible. If your group meets in the ECNS wing lower level between today and June 25, please contact the Front Office (frontoffice@eliotchapel.org) for a new room assignment.

Starting Monday, June 26, the Sanctuary/Adams Hall and elevator hallway floors will be stripped and waxed. These halls will be inaccessible between June 26 and July 1. Any meetings previously scheduled in the Sanctuary or the Susan Frederick-Gray Room, will need to be reassigned to other areas.

Thank you for your patience as we care for our surroundings.

A big thank you goes out to Eliot Chapel volunteers for our gaming event at Meacham Park Homecoming on June 4. They brought spirit, fun and joy to the participants! Thank you to Georgie and Bob Herz, Yvonne Serbell, Kathy Becker and Lisa Vitetta.

We had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend campout at Bergfried. If you missed this one, mark your calendar for our next family campout the weekend before Indigenous Peoples' Day, October 6-8.

Meanwhile consider joining us for a day hike at Bergfried on Saturday, July 1. Come out on your own or meet at Eliot’s parking lot at 9:00 am to carpool/caravan. All are welcome, and this is a great way for first-time visitors to get to know the property. Your Bergfried guide will offer a guided hike or two but feel free to come out and do your own thing or do nothing at all. Bring sturdy shoes and provisions for the day. Please RSVP to bergfriedinfo@eliotchapel.org so we know to expect you and to coordinate transportation.

Please know that Bergfried is there for your individual trip or family adventures. Please check with the Eliot office before you go to make sure there are no other events that might conflict with your plans. The cottage at Bergfried (with all amenities including AC and heat) is available for overnight stays when you want a bit more comfort than a tent offers – a bargain at $35 per night. For cottage reservations, contact bergfriedreservations@eliotchapel.org.

July 1, 2023 is the first day of the new Eliot Chapel fiscal/pledge year of 2023-2024.

We realize Eliot Chapel's fiscal and pledge year are confusing. Everyone thinks of "year" as the calendar year of January to December. However, a corporation like Eliot Chapel (EUC was incorporated in 1959), follows a different calendar year for its fiscal year. Eliot Chapel's fiscal calendar year is July 1 to June 30. This means that the pledge card members and friends were asked to fill out and return to Eliot Chapel in March/April becomes effective July 1, 2023.

There are several things pledgers who pay via online giving need to do in a new fiscal/pledge year.

If the following directions confuse you, please contact the Front Office at frontoffice@eliotchapel.org or DFO@eliotchapel.org and we will help you delete your 2022-2023 pledge payment and/or set up a new online giving pledge payment for 2023-2024.

If you have not yet submitted your pledge card for 2023-2024, please use this link to access the online pledge form or a printable pledge card to download and mail.

Thank you for your support of Eliot Chapel!

Once a year, the Unitarian Universalist Association, our national body, holds its General Assembly. This year, GA is in Pittsburgh, PA. GA is like a big family reunion with so much celebration! There is amazing worship, more workshops than you can imagine, and our annual business meeting. As a democratic denomination, every congregation sends delegates to represent us at the business meeting. If you would like to be a delegate for General Assembly, let us know! Contact Camille at DFO@eliotchapel.org.

The Eliot Ride Team provides rides to church and to medical appointments for Eliot members and friends who cannot drive themselves. If you need a ride, email ineedaride@eliotchapel.org with your name, your address, where you need to go, and the date and time needed. We will be in touch to make arrangements. 

The Eliot Meal Train provides meals to Eliot members and friends who need some love and care. For example, we will provide meals for those who have recently lost a loved one or are recovering from medical care. If you would like to request meals or offer to provide meals, please email mealtrain@eliotchapel.org with your contact information and someone will be in touch with you.

At Eliot Chapel, we care for our earth and our building! One way you can express this is by joining the Eliot Recycling Team! This committee is responsible for taking the recycling from Eliot to the Kirkwood Recycling Depository at 350 S. Taylor Avenue each week. Sign up for a week that works for you and plan to grab the recycling after service to drop it off. Thanks for being part of the team!

Providing receptions after a Celebration of Life is another way we care for each other at Eliot Chapel. The Reception Team sets up, serves, and cleans up after these receptions. If you can be available once in a while to help, please email receptions@eliotchapel.org. Your efforts will be appreciated!

Please join Women’s Alliance for our hybrid meeting this next Tuesday, June 20 in Adams Hall and on Zoom. Our speaker will be a representative of VOYCE, a long-term care ombudsman program in the St. Louis area. Its mission is to educate and empower individuals and their loved ones for quality living across the continuum of long-term care. Its programs tackle various obstacles to quality long-term care and ensure our communities have the resources they need. Sharon Morgan is the coordinator. Contact womensalliance@eliotchapel.org for more information about this meeting.

June 21 - 25 is the annual national gathering of Unitarian Universalists, known as the General Assembly. The event will be in-person in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and online. On Sunday, June 25, at 10 am central, there will be closing worship for the event, and the attendees in the Great Hall and congregations around the country will participate virtually.

You can participate by joining us in Adams Hall to watch the service together. We will light our own chalice at Eliot and then conclude with coffee hour. It will be an amazing experience filled with inspiring preaching and beautiful music and an excellent opportunity to connect with the larger movement of Unitarian Universalists. If you cannot join us in person, you can still watch the service from where you are online or catch up later with the archived copy. Hope to see you there!