UPCOMING WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION
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Sam Beshers
Sunday, August 14
10:15 am at UUCUC
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Rev Karen Bush
Sunday, August 21
10:15 am at UUCUC
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A NOTE ABOUT SUNDAY MORNING CHILDREN'S RE
Please be sure to check the service description each week and double check for the sign on Sunday mornings indicating whether RE is available during that week's service.
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SUBMITTING JOYS AND SORROWS
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IN-PERSON FELLOWSHIP HOUR - CANCELED
Please join us instead for the potluck picnic and fort building activities!
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As of Thursday, August 11, 2022, the COVID-19 transmission level in Champaign County is HIGH. That means masks will be required in UUCUC's building for all activities until the transmission level drops to Medium or Low. When In-Person Fellowship Hour is scheduled, it will also be moved outside as the weather permits. Please visit this link for UUCUC's current COVID Safety Guidelines.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY!
Your contributions and support allow us to continue to respond with love and resources to the needs in our congregation and the wider community. We couldn’t do it without your support and we are grateful to each of you.
- Online Donations
- If you prefer mailing a check, please mail the check to the UUCUC office at 309 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801.
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UPCOMING MEETINGS, CLASSES & EVENTS
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Did you know that UUCUC has it’s own “neighborhood listserv”?
CommUUnity is a place to: share community information, ask for information & recommendations & list things to share or sell or items you might looking to purchase or borrow. Please visit the linked webpage to sign up!
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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION & EXPLORATION NEWS
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Registration of children and youth ensures:
- RE Leaders have up-to-date information
- Parents/Caregivers receive timely information
- Families receive first priority to sign up for special programs.
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Please consider donating to the Little Free Pantries run by Julie Laut (Urbana) and AJ Herzog (Champaign), which they have maintained year-round since March 2020. Their Amazon wish list has been updated to include unique summer items. The wishlist can be sorted to identify high priority items. All orders sent through Amazon are delivered to Julie's house and split between the two pantries. You are also welcome to drop off items in person at both locations. Questions? Contact Julie (jlaut@hushmail.com) or AJ (zogs92@gmail.com).
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From Sam Beshers: A joy: Kansas
From Rev Karen Bush: Prayers for our Aunt Sue Prelipp who just was diagnosed with a hole in her heart at 87 years old and is in the hospital. Sue is a life long musician, piano teacher and choir director who lives in the Denver Colorado area who is full of love, kindness and generosity in her being. Prayers for healing.
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Please send your joys or sorrows to joysandsorrows@uucuc.org any time before the Joys and Sorrows portion of the service. They will be read aloud .
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UUCUC Social Action Offering. Each month a selected organization is chosen to receive offerings from our congregation. You may donate to the social action offering for the month in one of the following ways:
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SOCIAL ACTION OFFERING FOR August 2022
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The Education Justice Project (EJP) is a college-in-prison program based at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. EJP offers college courses for credit, as well as extracurricular activities, at Danville Correctional Center, a medium-security men’s prison about 45 miles from the Urbana-Champaign campus.
EJP offers upper-division courses that students can take to earn University of Illinois credit. These credits can be applied towards certificates or, upon release, to bachelor’s degree programs. Our other programs at the prison include workshops, a library, a student newsletter, and a mindfulness group, among others.
In addition to our work in the prison, EJP works to support people leaving prison and reentering society. Our Reentry Guide Initiative produces guides and other resources and distributes them to incarcerated individuals, family members, and service agencies across the state and beyond.
Finally, EJP advocates for systems-involved people and the expansion of higher education in prison throughout the state and nation. We host campus and community events, and have a scholarship program. Several EJP members are on the Illinois Higher Education in Prison Task Force, which seeks to advise and recommend the Illinois General Assembly on the expansion of higher education in prison in Illinois.
You can learn more about the Education Justice Project here.
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UPCOMING PUBLICATIONS - MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
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Next eNews: August 19, 2022
Last day for content: Tuesday, August 16 by 5pm at the latest.
Don't forget to publicize your meeting/event!
Please send your submittals to pubs@uucuc.org and not to the admin email.
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UUCUC CONTACT INFORMATION
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Regular Church Office Hours
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Monday - Friday
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Church Office
(217) 384-8862
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Rev. Karen Bush
(she/her)
Interim Lead Minister
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Rev. Sally Fritsche
(she/they)
Associate Minister for Congregational Life
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Jamie Jones
(she/her)
Office Assistant
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Erin Presler
(she/her)
Childcare Coordinator
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Avalon Ruby
(she/they)
A/V Technician & RE Assistant
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Rose St. Clair
(they/them)
Religious Educator
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Tim Voelker
Facilities Manager
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