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 Sundays (around 11:30 am).

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

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.

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

The current COVID surge is making it difficult to hold firm to our plans to be together in person, but here are two dates you can put on your calendar with confidence! Our Pledge Sunday (3/6/22) and Easter Sunday (4/17/22) services will be IN-PERSON AT CRYSTAL LAKE PARK. Being outdoors means we don't have to worry the same way about capacity limits, group singing, and other concerns caused by the ups and downs of case numbers. Plus, it's just plain fun to move our Sunday worship out into nature every once in a while. See you on Sunday!

Originally shared during our Sunday, January 2 service.

As you plan your holiday winter giving, please consider donating to the Little Free Pantries run by Julie Laut (in Urbana) and AJ Herzog (in Champaign), which they have maintained since March 2020. Their Amazon wish list has been updated to include unique winter items. All items off the wishlist will be delivered to Julie's house and shared 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, January 9, 2022.

From Sam Beshers: Joy for my children Max and Caroline coming this weekend to celebrate my birthday

From Rev Sally Fritsche: Prayers for healing and relief for Ali Newbold, who had a very difficult week.

From Jody Hanger: Happy Birthday to my amazing husband, Chris!

From the Herzog Family: We are grateful for vaccines and testing that allowed us to safely gather with grandparents over winter break for the first time in two years. We are also deeply saddened by the wildfires that tore through neighborhoods with exceptional power and speed just a few miles from where we were in Boulder, Colorado and left over 1,000 families with nothing but rubble where their homes once stood.

From Lynn Wiley: We are happy to see Sam’s dad Dan Beshers home this week from Carle hospital after a bout of COVID and subsequent pacemaker implanted to help with his heart rate.. May all experiencing breakthrough COVID or any COVID symptoms recover quickly.

From Sarah Wisseman:Our beloved daughter continues to shun us and her entire family because of a fundamentalist cult in Mississippi. This is the hardest thing we have ever had to bear

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:

This month’s shared offering is the Refugee Center, who UJCUC supported for more than 35 years when they occupied our building. Over the years, the Refuge Center, formerly known as the East Central Illinois Refugee Mutual Assistance Center (ECIRMAC), expanded its services from helping resettle Vietnamese refugees to providing assistance to ALL immigrants; political asylees; and refugees, regardless of country of origin.

Now, they have been called upon to resettle refugees from Afghanistan. The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan that occurred after the U.S. withdrew its troops has caused hundreds of thousands of Afghans to flee their country. They are at risk of being targeted for their work or association with coalition forces (including the U.S.) and Afghanistan’s former government.

The Refugee Center already has helped 11 men and two families, including the family of nine hosted by UUCUC’s Immigration Justice Task Force (IJTF) last month. While the federal government is providing financial assistance for resettlement, it is not enough to meet all needs. Plus, the Refugee Center has been to increase the number of Afghans they agreed to resettle from 30 to 65, taxing both financial resources and staff.

By participating in this month’s shared offering, you can help provide much-needed financial support for Afghans at-risk — at a time when it is most needed. Watch the E-News for other ways to support newly-arriving Afghan families, as the IJTF continues to partner with the Refugee Center. This will include advocacy for the Afghan Adjustment Act, which would give Afghans permanent resident status; helping to identify both temporary and permanent housing; donating household items for their use; and potentially sponsoring an Afghan family.

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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