Give a gift of warmth. The annual Mitten Tree is always a fun way to donate mittens, gloves, hats, and scarves to keep people warm. This year Team D will coordinate a “Remote Mitten Tree” December 1-19. Instead of collecting the gifts of warmth at the church only on one Sunday your donations can be dropped off in bins (or ring the bell) at Lynn Wiley’s home in Urbana (606 W. Washington St.) or Anne Sharpe’s home in Champaign (2209 Galen Dr.). READ MORE

"WHEN ROADS DIVERGE"

Rev. Sally Fritsche

Join us this Sunday to reflect on how we make difficult decisions, and whether taking the road less traveled truly does make all the difference. Rev Sally will lead us in finding a new perspective on the classic Robert Frost poem, “The Road Not Taken,” and together we’ll search for clarity and boldness on the difficult choices we face in our own lives.

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..

Join our online Zoom Fellowship Hour after the service on Sunday (around 11:30a.m.). Come chat with UUCUC members and friends! All are welcome.

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.

If you have missed any of the previous live streamed services, you can view them at our past streamed services page. You can also view previous live streamed services on our YouTube channel.

"The Secret of Life is..."

Rev Karen Bush



I was in my early 20’s and a ministerial intern for a summer in central Wisconsin when I first came in contact with a handful of extraordinary centenarians who graciously invited me to sit with them a while, one on one, on many an afternoon, to listen to their stories.

I would come away from each time together in awe of how much they each had seen and lived and had come to understand about being alive. About being human. About life itself.

I had a few core (for me ) questions that I would ask each one of them.

Especially … about living and dying.

Though these individuals had never met, their answers were uncannily similar and have stayed with me... like a calming hand on my shoulder… through the years.

On Sunday December 12 please join me in the live streamed service of UUCUC as together, with the help of the thoughts of those who once lived over 100 years and others whose poetry has inspired over the centuries, we examine … the secret of a life well lived.

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

SUNDAY, DEC 5: MINDFULNESS PRACTICE

In these uncertain times, it is more important than ever to continue the practices that support our well-being and strengthen our community. With this in mind, the Sunday morning mindfulness group has moved online to Zoom.

JOYS AND SORROWS sent to joysandsorrows@uucuc.org for last Sunday, November 28, 2021.

From Priscilla Kron: Joy for seeing our Boston family for Thanksgiving after too long; however following dinner Jerry took a tumble on the stairway. He cracked 3 ribs, got a gash on his forehead, and suffered a broken left wrist. Grateful for great care and an A+ surgeon at Beth Israel Hospital.

From Scott Rohde: Remembering Justus Rosenberg who died earlier this month at age 100 and who, as a teenager, helped an earlier generation of refugees make their way out of danger.

From Marilyn Ryan: I wish my darling Umeeta a very happy birthday today. Thank you for teaching me about life as an immigrant in our United States.

Please send your joys or sorrows to joysandsorrows@uucuc.organy 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:

During the month of December 2021, we will support our Partner Churches with our social action offering. The mission and objectives of the Partner Church Committee are to develop long-term, mutually supportive relationships with our fellow UUs in Transylvania, Romania, and in the Khasi Hills in North East India.

Dates are subject to change. For the most up-to-date information, visit our UUCUC Calendar page.

As of March 2020, the UUCUC building closed as a preventative measure to minimize the spread of the COVID-19 virus in our community. All upcoming scheduled meetings and events at UUCUC listed on the calendar should be considered virtual unless noted otherwise. Please refer to the Building Reopening Framework for more information.

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