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. Also, check out This Week's Music from our music director Adam Kosberg. You'll get insight into the music selections for this week's service and find the lyrics to the anthem.

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 that went out 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. We are so pleased to be sharing our May Sunday collections with the Immigrant Home English Learning Program. IHELP empowers foreign-born adults by providing individualized, in-home, English language education and tools for effective navigation in our community. Formerly Immigrant & Refugee Women's Program, IHELP has served over 1,300 students in the last 25 years with the goal of creating a diverse and inclusive community where all immigrants are empowered through language.

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

Specific plans for each age group are shared with registered families via email each week. To learn more about the 2022-23 RE program, please contact Scott Stewart at scott@eliotchapel.org.

Coffee Hour is an important tradition of fellowship at Eliot Chapel taking place in Adams Hall immediately after the worship service on Sunday. It's a time to catch up with fellow members and friends and to greet newcomers.

We keep this tradition of hospitality alive by taking turns hosting. This is a simple task (instructions are available in a binder in the kitchen) and a great way to serve and connect. Please check the SignUpGenius for Coffee Hour Volunteers to sign up to host Coffee Hour on a Sunday morning after the service. If there is no host by 3:00 pm on Thursday afternoon, there will be no coffee served on Sunday though we will still gather for social time. Please be respectful of Sunday staff as they have other responsibilities.

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

Religious Education – 10:15 am (after Children’s Recessional) in RE wing

Coffee Hour – 11:00 am in Adams Hall

Lemon Covenant Group – 11:30 am in the Susan Frederick-Gray Room

Positive Psychology Covenant Group – 11:30 am in Rooms 001/002

Social Justice Assembly – 11:30 am in the Sanctuary

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

Starting Point – 12:00 pm in the Susan Frederick-Gray Room

Online Coffee Hour – 12:30 pm via Zoom

A Course in Miracles – 7:00 pm via Zoom

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

Wellspring – 6:30 pm in the Susan Frederick-Gray Room

Immigration Justice – 7:00 pm in Adams Hall and via Zoom

Creative Spirituality Covenant Group – 7:00 pm in the Susan Frederick-Gray Room

Wellspring – 7:00 pm 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.

Please hold Anne Marie Grassmann in your hearts along with daughter Alycia Cissell and granddaughter Sorcha. Anne Marie was just moved to Evelyn's House, BJC’s inpatient hospice, for her final hours/days before transitioning.

Are you considering joining Eliot Chapel as a member? The membership book will be available to sign after the service on Sunday, May 21. Please contact Rev. Krista no later than May 14 if you would like to learn more. She can be reached at ktaves@eliotchapel.org or by leaving a message at 314-821-0911 ext. 104. In the meantime, check out these resources on our website to support you in your consideration.

The Eliot Social Justice in Action Steering Committee welcomes nominations before June 30 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.

Eliot Chapel's annual meeting of members will be held at noon on Sunday, May 21. Join the Board of Trustees at 11:30 for sandwiches, chips, and drinks in Adams Hall before the start of the meeting. Childcare will be available until 2:00 pm.

The agenda for the annual meeting will include a budget discussion and approval of new members to the Board of Trustees and the Nominating Committee.

The board will offer the ability to watch the meeting via Zoom, but there will be no ability to vote unless in attendance at Eliot or by proxy. Download a proxy card from our website.

Get all the details here.

At the Earth Day Festival in Forest Park on April 22, Eliot member Louise Bradshaw was awarded the Hellbender Award for Leadership in Environmental Sustainability at the 2023 Earth Day Sustainability Awards. According to the earthday365 organization, the awards provide an opportunity to recognize leadership in areas of utmost importance to our Earth. The Hellbender Award celebrates an individual who is a longtime driving force in the environmental movement in Saint Louis. The individual shows thought leadership, is a community influencer, and demonstrates a commitment to action and equity resulting in an improved regional environment. Congratulations, Louise! Thank you for your commitment to our community and the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.

A team is forming at Eliot to join Welcome Neighbor STL's Family Partnering program to welcome newly arrived refugees and help them get integrated in their new community. Four people have already expressed interest but to get the program off to a good start we would love to get a few more involved. 

To learn more about how the program works, you can:

Enrich your world view by joining this program! To let us know you're interested, contact us at immigration@eliotchapel.org. Thank you!

The final scheduled community conversation around missional identity asks us to gather for conversation, fine-tune and explore our missional priorities, and discern together how best to engage in conversations with your current staff, your peers, and your future minister. This meeting will further synthesize, energize, and raise the questions and plans to move you forward in this new and powerful chapter. Let us converse after the service on June 4, 2023, in the Sanctuary.

Join the Eliot Chapel Nominating Committee to thank outgoing and incoming members of the Eliot Chapel Board of Trustees and learn a bit about how things get done at Eliot (i.e., governance). The happy hour discussion will be interlaced with plenty of wine, non-alcoholic drinks, cheese, and crackers. All are welcome, but please RSVP so that we can ensure sufficient supplies.

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!

Eliot Chapel's Racial Justice Team will host Safiyah Chauvin, reparations activist, for May's Social Justice in Action forum. Ms. Chauvin is a descendent of the ragtime pianist Louis Chauvin who composed with Scott Joplin. In 2019, she learned of his parents who had been enslaved. She will speak of them and her work in reparative justice.

This series offers those considering Unitarian Universalism as a spiritual path the opportunity to experience UUism through a small group experience. You will learn about our faith tradition, explore your own spiritual journey, and connect with others who are also seeking a spiritual home or faith. Longtime members and friends seeking a small group experience are also welcome.

Join us on Tuesday, May 9 for brainstorming on congregational engagement in Immigration Justice. We'll meet at 7:00 pm in Adams Hall as well as on Zoom. Check Sunday's Eliot on Zoom to connect to the meeting.

Our family campout is held annually on Memorial Day Weekend (this year May 26-29) and brings together all Eliot members and friends. You are welcome to come out for any part of the weekend whether you plan to camp or not. There is plenty of hiking, relaxing, and connection to enjoy! The weekend includes these main events (all optional):

Most choose to camp in tents or trailers; spaces in the cottage (with running water and electricity) are available by reservation with priority given to those with medical needs or physical limitations. Eight beds are also available in the rustic bunkhouses. To sign up for the weekend, to reserve a cottage or bunkhouse space, or for any information contact bergfriedinfo@eliotchapel.org.

Spring also promises great weather for individuals and families to visit and enjoy nature on their own. The Bergfried cottage, with air conditioning, electricity, and running water, is available for rental ($35/night). To reserve the cottage, or whenever you are planning a trip on your own, contact bergfriedreservations@eliotchapel.org.

In our ongoing celebration of creativity, we explore the critical role of mothers and mothering in our world. Whatever our relationship with parent figures or our own experiences with parenting, there is a universal call to lift up the ways that we all participate in this renewing act of creativity!