REV. FLORENCE CAPLOW, EMILY MCKOWN, EMMA HERZOG, JORDAN SIMONS
This will be a service to celebrate seniors graduating from high school and YRUU. While this tradition may be a last hurrah for their status as a high school student, we mark this moment as a bridge into adulthood which is full of possibility and discovery. These seniors, Emma Herzong and Jordan Simons, will share their reflections, hopes, dreams, and music. Their family, their youth advisors, and friends will share their memories and best wishes for the future ahead.
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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.
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The
online "Zoom" Fellowship Hour immediately follows the live streamed service each Sunday. Please note the password to enter the meeting is
UUCUC. All are welcome!
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REV. FLORENCE CAPLOW, JULIE LAUT
Some of our days can feel impossible. You can sustain yourself emotionally and mentally in difficulty when you know that something better is ahead, but how do we find new ways to be living our lives when we don’t know the outcome or the future? In this service, Julie Laut and Rev. Florence Caplow will share their personal ways of living with “days like this”. Some of our talented voices will be singing two powerful contemporary songs, including
“Days Like This” by Over the Rhine.
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UPCOMING MEETINGS, CLASSES & EVENTS
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MAY 21, 22, AND 23 FROM 5:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.
Missing UU, our 2020 Service Auction is happening TONIGHT! In just a few short hours you will have the chance to bid on any number of fun, creative, useful & beautiful donations from your fellow church members. There are 3 evenings of bidding ahead.
Sign up to be a bidder
then check out the auction catalog for each night & be ready when things kick off at 5:00 p.m. each evening. Remember you can also just donate :).
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MEETS TWICE WEEKLY!
On Monday and Thursday nights, we will offer an hour on Zoom for anyone to call in and find a moment of calm and renewal, with an opening reading, brief check in, sharing of joys and sorrows, and short guided meditation. Rev. Bill Breeden will facilitate Monday evenings, and Rev. Florence Caplow will facilitate Thursday evenings.
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TUESDAY, JUNE 2 AND SUNDAY, JUNE 7
At the June 14 annual meeting, the Immigration Justice Task Force of the Social Action Committee (IJTF) will be asking members for a vote of affirmation for its plan to provide temporary hospitality to our immigrant friends and neighbors when ICE is in town. To help prepare for this request, IJTF is holding two informational meetings to provide updates and answer questions.
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SAVE THE DATE: UUCUC'S ANNUAL MEETING ON JUNE 14TH!
The Board of Trustees has set the annual meeting date for Sunday, June 14. The meeting will be held virtually using Zoom. Logistical details are being developed by an Annual Meeting Planning Group and our goal is to provide the opportunity for participation for all members. Stay tuned for further detailed information in the coming weeks. Plans are also developing for Zoom-based informational sessions from the Board of Trustees that will be offered prior to the meeting.
Please note: If you filled out the congregational
Needs and Resources Survey
and expressed interest in learning about Zoom, that information will be used to assist you in the coming weeks. An effort is underway to provide technical assistance to members to connect to the Annual Meeting by computer or phone.
For questions or further information, please contact Randy Locke at
chair@uucuc.org
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"LITTLE FREE PANTRY" IN URBANA
A couple of opportunities for you to help out--- our own Julie Laut has set up a "Little Free Pantry" in front of her house at 505 W. Main, Urbana. She welcomes your donations of food & personal care products, in particular: pasta sauce, canned soup, tuna & beans. If she hasn't set out the shelving yet that morning you can leave things on the porch. Feel free to spread the word about this valuable neighborhood resource.
She's also looking for someone who might help construct a more stable/permanent structure so if you like to build things & are interested in helping, you can contact Julie at:
jlaut@hushmail.com
or 513-544-2682.
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GROCERY DELIVERY AVAILABLE
If it would be helpful to have someone deliver groceries for you, we have several folks who have volunteered to do this. Contact Julie Laut at:
jlaut@hushmail.com
or 513-544-2682 & she’ll put you in touch with a volunteer.
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UUCUC'S "WARM LINE"
If you find you could use some support or would like to talk with someone, please call the UUCUC “Warm Line” at 1-800-705-8158. One of the negative implications of “social distancing” is feeling isolated. There are volunteers from our church ready to talk with you, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You do not have to travel this road alone.
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UUCUC'S "BUDDY SYSTEM"
Staying connected while
UUCUC facilities are closed
During this time of social distancing, staying in touch and checking in with each other is going to be very important. We hope you will consider being part of our "Buddy System" so we can care for one another.
You can sign up here:
https://uucuc.breezechms.com/form/2184f1. Buddies will check in with each other regularly by phone to provide connection, companionship, and connections to help if needed. This is a great way to help each other.
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From Anonymous:
Joy - I am finishing mental health treatment; Sorrow: I found out my mother may be getting dementia.
From Sam Beshers:
A joy for my wife, Lynn Wiley, who just graduated from U of I with a Masters in Social Work, and is already working full time in a job where she will support and inform older citizens about health care and other forms of social support. And, a further joy for our children Max and Caroline, who organized a beautiful home graduation ceremony for Lynn. Not only was Lynn deeply touched, but once again we discovered that our children are amazingly competent adults.
From Florence Caplow:
Joy for the beautiful song that Elizabeth Field offered us today, and all the gifts of song and spirit she has brought to us during her time here, as well as joy for her as she moves on to the next stage of her career...but sorrow that she will be going away from us. Elizabeth, now that we are a virtual church, we hope you will stay with us even from a distance!! Many blessings.
From Nancy Dietrich:
Enjoying the warblers & other birds moving through the area this spring, including a pair of summer tanagers spied at Busey Woods yesterday!
From Kim Kranich:
I am so glad Emily Fetterer has graduated with her nursing degree from Parkland. She balanced motherhood, being my wife and returning to school. Congratulations to her and all of the graduates!
From Priscilla Kron:
Jerry and I wish to express our gratitude and joy for the hard-working, creative members who are making a virtual auction possible this year. Hats off to them!
From Linda Owens:
I’m grateful for the time I have to work in my yard and for all of the life that visits it each day.
From Karla Peterson:
Positive thoughts and prayers to a nephew's son, Alden, age 14, who had a heart transplant earlier this week at Stanford and is slowly recovering with very rough times off and on.
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UUCUC Shared Offering.
Each month a selected organization is chosen to receive half of our weekly Sunday plate collections. You may donate to the social action offering for the month in one of the following ways:
During the month of May, we will support
Sistering CU.
Sistering CU’s mission statement is to provide a realistic and compassionate postpartum support network for families in Champaign County and enable them to successfully navigate the challenges of life with a newborn. They envision a community where the transition to parenthood is acknowledged, valued, supported and new families thrive. All of this leads to greater potential to provide ease, equanimity and joy within the family unit and throughout our community.
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The combined giving from our shared offering collections continue to provide substantial support for local agencies. The shared offering amounts for the first three months of 2020 totaled over $9,000!
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JOIN THE BUCKET BRIGADE!
Channing-Murray has been preparing a #bucketbrigade of essential grocery deliveries for extremely low-income families in Urbana who are recommended by
Cunningham Township Supervisor’s Office. These buckets have beans, rice, cereal, soup, eggs, and more! We've sanitized each and every item, and we’ll be delivering these to drop off on doorsteps.
Also, if you don't have funds to donate, but want to support the cause, there are some low-no-contact ways to volunteer. Please message
Emily McKown for more information.
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Food insecurity has skyrocketed among our C-U immigrant community as business closings have resulted in massive job loss. There are thousands of undocumented immigrants in our community that do not qualify for unemployment benefits, and they need our help.
The Immigration Justice Task Force is diverting $1,100 from our budget to send to CU FAIR’s Pandemic Response Fund. We are asking members and friends of UUCUC to join us in ensuring he most vulnerable in our community can feed their families.
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CHURCH CALENDAR
Dates are subject to change. For the most up-to-date information, visit our
UUCUC Calendar page
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Note: Parenthesised meetings/events are outside rentals. Asterisk meetings/events are closed.
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Effective Monday, March 16, 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 tentative. If you are planning on participating in a recurring meeting, please verify with the facilitator that the meeting or event is still scheduled to meet and is shifting to an online format. UUCUC leadership and staff are working to move all recurring meetings to an online format, but this may take some additional weeks. Stay tuned for more information!
At this time, we are strongly asking no groups to meet in person.
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UPCOMING PUBLICATIONS - MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
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Next eNews: May 28, 2020
Last day for content: Wednesday May 27 by Noon the latest.
Please do
not
send to admin@uucuc.org.
Don't forget to publicize your meeting/event!
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UUCUC CONTACT INFORMATION
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Regular Church Office Hours
Closed until further notice
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Church Office
(217) 384-8862
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Rev. Florence Caplow
Minister
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Kate Barton
Director of Facilities
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Sherry Bohlen
Director of Congregational Engagement
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Austin Cody
Choir Director
Brian Franklin
Director of Congregational Administration
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Matthew Gladden
Assistant Music Director
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Michele Townsend Grove
Interim Director of Religious Education
Kelsey Libert
Childcare Coordinator
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Emily McKown
Youth Coordinator
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Blake Preston
Religious Education Assistant
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Shornor Vineyard
Custodian and Building Caretaker
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