For the past few weeks we’ve been telling you that the time was coming for the congregation to get involved in the ministerial search, and that time has arrived! Our survey elves have made the final adjustments to the questions, and it is now open for your input at https://uucuc.org/ministersurvey.

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.

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.

Join our online Zoom Fellowship Hour after the service this Sunday

Join us at 11:30 (or immediately following the service) for an in-person fellowship with coffee, beverages, treats, and good conversation on UUCUC's South Lawn.

As of Thursday, September 8, 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. Disposable masks for children and adults are available at UUCUC, but we encourage you to bring your own masks to wear. Please visit this link for UUCUC's current COVID Safety Guidelines.

Bookmark our UUCUC Events and UUCUC Calendar webpage for future reference.

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!

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).

JOYS AND SORROWS sent to joysandsorrows@uucuc.org for last Sunday, September 4, 2022.

From Natalie Danner: To begin REE with children, youth, and our REE volunteers next Sunday.

From Pat Feely: Joy - Wendy Graves is a church member with an amazing generous spirit. I could cry with her and laugh with her. I'm grateful and blessed to call her a friend.

From Pat McClard: Sorrow for my trans son who endured bullying in the first week of school.

From Gensis Synek: Lately I have been feeling like everyone around me is just straight up annoyed with me.

From Catherine Ritchie: In the middle of last Sunday's online service, I learned that results from a heart test I took a few days before were in, and on a weekend, no less. My doctor had heard something possibly awry in my heartbeat the week before and wanted me checked. Fortunately, my condition is totally benign, and needs no treatment. And thanks to YouTube, I watched the interrupted service an hour later. Unitarian spirits were literally in the room with me that morning!

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.

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:

Uniting Pride was founded in 2009 as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization to advocate for the equality, wellness, and visibility of the LGBTQ+ community in Champaign County. UP exists to create a community where all who identify as sexual and/or gender minorities can live full, healthy, and vibrant lives.

We have a few main areas of year-round work:

We need your help!

Of course, all of this takes resources to do. Uniting Pride is on an aggressive growth plan, again sadly, due to increased need. We’ve reached our max capacity based on the staff, funding, and resources we currently have, and yet there is so much more we could do if we had what we needed to do it. So if you’re lucky enough to be in a position to give, we thank you for helping us.

And we hope to see you at this year’s Pride Fest Sept 24th to Oct 2nd. Check out our website for information on the incredible week of programming we’re offering this year: unitingpride.org.

During the month of July, our shared offering was able to raise $1,755.38 that was donated to The Brennan Center for Justice.

The Brennan Center for Justice is working to create a USA that is democratic, just, and free. Today we are in a great fight for the future of democracy in our country.  

Read our policy on publications for details.

Please send your submittals to pubs@uucuc.org and not to the admin email.

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