COVID Protocol: Our Covid-19 protocols have been adjusted, we are now in Blue. In respect and care for the vulnerable, masking is required in our facilities despite changing external guidelines. Please visit our website here for more details.
General Assembly Worship:
The Deal on Those Days
Rev. Gretchen Haley
This Sunday’s service is a rebroadcast of the service at the General Assembly on June 26, 2022. It will be available in the Sanctuary on the screen and via computer as normal. After the service those in the Sanctuary are all invited to join us in the foyer and patios for a community hour. Those watching via computer will have the usual community on line as listed in the Saturday call to service.

The service is led by The Rev. Gretchen Haley, Senior Minister of the Foothills Unitarian Universalist Church in Fort Collins, CO will be leading the service. She is assisted by. Rev. Sean Neil-Barron Associate Minister at Foothills Unitarian Church, in Fort Collins, Colorado. Detailed information is available on the UUA website devoted to the General Assembly program which can be found here. An order of service can be found here.

Due to the nature of this presentation a collection plate will not be passed at the service in the Sanctuary. In its place a collection basket will be available on the chalice table after the service for your gifts.
July / August Theme: Balance
Live Stream Worship at 10am / Recorded Viewing Available at Noon
Live stream link can be found here.
OFFERING : East County Rising Community Projects (ECRCP)
Unity Temple Gives. Each week, we give our Sunday collection to an organization that aligns with our values. This Sunday’s collection will benefit the UUA General Assembly collection for East County Rising Community Projects (ECRCP) in East Multnomah County, Oregon. ECRCP is building grassroots leadership to create an equitable, inclusive, and livable community. It aims to advance policies that improve the lives of Black, Indigenous, and communities of color with an intersectional framework of race, gender, sexuality, immigration status, age, disability, class, and lived experiences. Learn more here.

Due to the nature of this presentation a collection plate will not be passed at the service in the Sanctuary. In its place please send a check to the Unity Temple office (875 Lake St., Oak Park, 60301) with (name of organization) on the memo line, by texting 73256 with the message UTUUC $____ (dollar sign followed by your donation amount) and select “Offering,” by using the camera on your phone to scan the QR code on the screen during the Offertory or you can give at the UTUUC website. Whatever modality you choose, may what you give bring you joy. 
Sunday Worship Service
In-person and online options for worship are now offered. COVID Protocol: Our Covid-19 protocols have been adjusted, we are now in Blue. In respect and care for the vulnerable, masking is required (2yrs and up) in our facilities despite changing external guidelines. Please visit our website here for more details.You can access the live stream on YouTube at 10am here.
Community Hour
Following the Sunday morning service, join our in-person Community Hour for cookies, coffee and conversation in Unity House. If you are joining us from home, the on-line Community Hour will be on Zoom following the service. Go to Zoom Meeting ID: 999 2797 5277 Password: 875875 Or access directly here.
Read or Watch : Mid-Year Budget Update
On June 23, congregants received a message from the UTUUC Board on the current budget challenges facing our congregation. This message is also available as a video and can be accessed here. 
Please join us on Wednesday, July 6 at 11am at the UT Community Center (1019 South Blvd) to celebrate the respective service of both Elizabeth Plummer, Director of Operations and Tracy Zurawski, Finance and Office Manager. Both Elizabeth and Tracy will be leaving UTUUC as of July 6. We plan to thank them both for their dedicated service over the years, and wish them good luck in their future endeavors. (In respect and care for the vulnerable masking will be required despite changing external guidelines)

Unity Temple Faith In Action Network
Spiritually Grounded / Deeply Relational / Strategically Effective
Unity Temple Gives. Each week, we give our Sunday collection to an organization that aligns with our values. This Sunday’s collection will benefit the UUA General Assembly collection for East Country Rising Community Projects (ECRCP) in East Multnomah County, Oregon. ECRCP is building grassroots leadership to create an equitable, inclusive, and livable community. It aims to advance policies that improve the lives of Black, Indigenous, and communities of color with an intersectional framework of race, gender, sexuality, immigration status, age, disability, class, and lived experiences. Learn more here.
Distribute Voter Information in Racine, WI
Join UUANI and the Racine Interfaith Coalition (RIC) to help reach voters in Wisconsin. RIC will be tabling and distributing voter information every Saturday* through August 6. Training is provided 1 hour before each shift starts. No prior experience needed! Snacks and drinks provided. Register here. Contact votelove@unitytemple.org if interested in going with other Unity Temple members. *Shifts are also available on Tuesdays & Thursdays.
Thanks to all who were part of last Sunday’s powerful Pride service, and to all who expressed interest in working for justice with our new LGBTQ+, Gender and Reproductive Justice team. Please complete this form to join us. We will be following up with you soon! Questions? Contact Terry Kinsey at rainbow@unitytemple.org or Rev. Colleen cvahey@unitytemple.org.
Faith in Action Newsletter We’ve launched a renewed Faith in Action newsletter filled with impactful actions. Check out the new edition here. If you didn’t receive this monthly newsletter and would like to, please subscribe here. Questions? Contact Rev. Colleen, Assistant Minister for Faith in Action cvahey@unitytemple.org.
VoteLove Building on the incredible momentum from 2020 when over 5,000 UU volunteers in 450 congregations contacted more than 3 million voters, UU the Vote 2022 is ready to help protect democracy and increase voter engagement. Our Unity Temple Vote Love team asks you to help contact disenfranchised voters via postcard and letter writing, and possible trips to support frontline partners in southern Wisconsin. Let us know how you’d like to participate by completing this quick form. Thanks to all who have already replied. We will be contacting you soon! Watch for more updates soon on letter-writing packets! Questions? Contact: votelove@unitytemple.org.
UU Pen Pals Needed
You can make a huge difference in the life of a lonely incarcerated individual, and in writing, you will learn so much about our prison system. "Inside" pen pals are members of the UU Church of the Larger Fellowship, and have been waiting as long as two years for a match. Learn more by contacting Barbara Moline at prisonpenpals@unitytemple.org. We provide group and individual support for outside pen pals.
UUANI Action of the Week Each week our Unitarian Universalist Advocacy Network of IL (UUANI) offers a call to action. Sign-up to receive these simple and impactful actions direct to your in-box here.
The 2022 Fall Softball Season is Starting!
The fall season begins August 12 and is comprised of 8 games. Start times are 7:15, 8:15 and 9:15pm. We welcome any and all players that just want to have fun, get active and/or want to try something new. The team could use some more female representation to add to our already awesome core of women. Since this a team sport, the team asks for your commitment in attending games or advanced notice if you’re not able to make it. Please reach out to sports@unitytemple.org. Oh, one more thing, the coach likes to give mandatory post-game speeches which don’t make sense or are completely over the top, but it makes the coach feel important and valued so the team puts up with it AND you will too when you join the Wright Fielders!
Becoming a Member
For more information about how to become a member of Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation. Contact tlewis@unitytemple.org. 
2nd Annual Men's Retreat Golf Outing
Now accepting reservations. 18 holes at White Pines in Bensenville. Sunday July 17 at 2pm. The cost is $49 to ride and $39 to walk. Anyone interested can sign up for 9 holes instead of 18 (at a reduced rate). Event is open to all! Questions contact mensgroup@unitytemple.org.
Pathways to Recovery 
at Unity Temple is a safe and confidential space where we will explore UU principles and our congregation’s values of connection, acceptance and transformation to support recovery from addiction. It is a peer-led group that is intended to be a supplement to, not a replacement for, other addiction recovery groups such as AA, SMART Recovery, and Recovery Dharma. We will meet every other Wednesday at in Gale House at 7pm. Next meeting date is July 13. Questions can be directed to recovery@unitytemple.org.
Sacred Wanderings Saturday, July 2, 2022 
8:30am–10:30am CDT, Thatcher Woods, north pavilion. Free parking is available - 8030 Chicago Ave, Maywood 60153. Follow the signs. Wear comfortable clothes and bring a lawn chair and a tea cup for tea during the sharing circle at the end. Tea will be provided. We will meet in any weather condition.

Vaccinations encouraged. Face masks are optional.

Join Kevin, Jay and Terry as we intentionally practice connecting with nature and surrounding ourselves with the energy of the natural world. Forest bathing is not taking a leisurely walk in the woods to enjoy the scenery. There's a specific intention in the practice to connect with the natural world and to gain benefit and energy from it. In other words, you are bathing in the energy of the trees, leaves, sky, and earth. Meditation and mindfulness assists in securing this intention. There will be silence and discussion.

Those with physical challenges are easily accommodated. If you have any questions please email 
mindful@unitytemple.org. We look forward to seeing you! 
Religious Education Registration 2022/2023 is Open! Each year, we ask our families to register and re-register their children for our religious education programming. It ensures we have the most up to date information about our young people, helps us with planning, and gives us an ongoing communication loop. Along with information, we ask for a registration fee of $50 per child (for pledging members and friends) and $100 per child (for non-pledging members or friends). These fees help support elements of our program. Scholarships are granted by request to Emily Gage egage@unitytemple.org or Val Ridenour vridenour@unitytemple.org. Please register your child/children for Religious Education using this link.
Daily Mindful Reflection Community 30 minute meeting, 7 days a week! Starts at 8:25am and ends at 9am every day, seven days a week. This will be different from our regular Tuesday night meeting. The daily meditation will include opening words, 20 minutes of mindful reflection, and closing words. All are welcome! You are welcome to attend regularly or sporadically. 
Time: Every Day (including weekends) at 08:30am Central Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting here. ID: 373 008 242  / Passcode: 4IFrYx. One tap mobile: +13126266799,,373008242#,,,,*940220#1 312 626 6799 Meeting ID: 373 008 242 / Passcode: 940220
The Mindful Reflection community meets every TUESDAY evening virtually and in person in Unity House at Unity Temple. Meeting opens at 6:45pm for camaraderie, the program starts promptly at 7:20pm. Vaccinations are encouraged, masks are mandatory. We will follow our usual format with 20 minutes of Mindful Reflection followed by a dharma talk and discussion. Questions email mindful@unitytemple.org. Join Zoom Meeting here.
News Flash! To date 212 UU congregations and organizations have adopted the 8th Principle, including most recently our neighbors, 2nd U of Chicago, and the Unitarian Church of Hinsdale. Each week the number increases! Interested in learning more about the 8th Principle? Check out UTUUC’s worship service “Digging into the 8th Principle” here and explore the following documents, prepared for you by our own 8th Principle Team:

Important update from the 8th Principle Team and the Board:
Although we have temporarily postponed a vote on the 8th Principle per se, on May 10, 2022, the Board approved the chartering of an Anti-Oppression Anti-Racism (AO/AR) Committee of the Board. This committee will have the responsibility of working closely with the Board and lay leadership to guide the congregation to more authentically and accountably live out its values, covenant, and mission by applying an AO/AR lens to all the ways that we engage with one another and the surrounding community.
 
In keeping with the AO/AR charter, the Board is finalizing the open selection process, which will include an application form to be completed by UTUUC members who are interested in serving on the AO/AR Committee. Stay tuned!
Through Our Differences, We Are One :: The beloved community includes people of all political parties. Here at Unity Temple we call people to live out our faith but this does not mean we share the same political or partisan perspective. May we remind one another to honor our own life experience in the development of our unique perspective while honoring that of others. The core of being a religious liberal is remaining open to and respectful of a pluralism of theological positions and political stances. As Unitarian Universalists, we affirm the right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large while also knowing that endorsements or support of particular candidates cannot be part of our congregational process. 
Planned Giving offers a variety of meaningful ways to support our congregation through charitable gifts and can be made by anybody – young and old, working or retired. These gifts are made today, but they support the future needs of your congregation and Unitarian Universalism. You can obtain more information about planned gifts by contacting the Planned Giving Team at plannedgiving@unitytemple.org

Support Our Work : As we continue to find new ways to join together in virtual community we have launched additional portals to financially support UTUUC. Details can be found here. If you have questions please reach out to office@unitytemple.org. Thank you!