Sunday, April 25 at 10:15 a.m. via Livestream

Emily McKown, Youth Coordinator, explores questions on youth and young adult ministry. Grounded in our faith tradition’s history, both locally and continentally, we find ourselves at a pivotal moment. When so many young people are raised U.U.–never to be seen again–how do we reframe our approach to ministry for young people to make meaningful and lasting connections? How do we help our young people to thrive in beloved community?

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 11:30 a.m.). Come chat with UUCUC members and friends! All are welcome.

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.

Sunday, May 2 at 10:15 a.m. via Livestream

Join us this Sunday to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Unitarian Universalism’s beginning, born in the merging of the American Unitarian Association and the Universalist Church of America, and to hear some of the all-too-human stories of how our faith got its start. Whether you’re a first-time visitor or a lifelong UU, Rev. Sally invites you to tune in to learn (or re-learn) a little about us, meditate on the principles we claim, and celebrate the UU tradition of continually reshaping the living, changing faith that brings us together.

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

New adult religious education offerings for 2021 have been announced in the Adult Religious Education Prospectus earlier this month. It promises to be a fun semester of classes, workshops, discussion and creative learning. The adult religious education committee is working on new programs to be added to this semester’s program. Keep an eye here for updates! Also, updates will be included in the eNews and on the church calendar.

Please consider donating to the Little Free Pantries run by Julie Laut and AJ Herzog, which they have kept active daily since late spring. In order to address increased and unique needs this winter, they have created an Amazon wish list. All items will be delivered to Julie's house and shared between the two pantries. Donations of all items will continue to be accepted as usual at both locations, if you want to bring them in person.

Thank you for your support and generosity ~ Julie and AJ

JOYS AND SORROWS sent to joysandsorrows@uucuc.org last Sunday, April 18.

From Peggy Patten & Todd Kinney: Our own Joshua Bell will be performing his jazz piano doctoral recital on Saturday, April 24, at 5:00 pm. The event is free & will be live streamed. Get the livestream link from the University of Illinois Music Events here.

From Amanda Jane Pellett: Someone at my nursing home just tested positive for COVID-19. We had an outbreak before where 74 residents and staff got COVID-19 including me. Please think of me, the other residents here, and our caregivers as we face having this pandemic in our facility again.

From Beth Simpson: Joy to have finally written the last question of my preliminary exam, after a remarkable number of interruptions. This is a huge accomplishment for me!

From Jenny Lokshin: Sorrow for another day, another mass shooting, this time in Kenosha. And as always, more gun violence close to home. When will it all end?

From Tanja Hodges: Grateful for spring. My mom asked me to go into the yard and capture her beautiful trees in full bloom. Feeling lucky to have mom, and spring today.

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:

During the month of April, we will support Prairie Rivers Network through our social action offering. Prairie Rivers uses the creative power of science, law, and collective action to protect and restore our rivers, return healthy soils and diverse wildlife to our lands, and transform how we care for the earth and for each other. Prairie Rivers Network is a 501c3 non-profit organization located in Champaign, IL, and is the Illinois state affiliate organization of the National Wildlife Federation. Check out their mission video here: https://youtu.be/BVGy6pXSCDo

During the month of March 2021, UC Books to Prisoners was selected to be the recipient of the shared offering. As of April 13, the UUCUC congregation contributed a total of $2,580!

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. At this time, we are strongly recommending that no groups meet in person.

Last day for content: Tuesday, April 27 by 5pm at the latest.

Read our policy on publications for details.

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

Closed until further notice

Need reimbursement for a purchase or two made on behalf of a committee project? Fill out this online reimbursement form, which will go to the DCA, and submit your receipts via email, if applicable.