Sunday, October 22 – 10:00 am

“The Gift of our LGBTQ Heritage”

Rev. Krista Taves and Maxi Glamour  

We welcome Drag Performer Maxi Glamour who will perform some of their own music and have a conversation with Rev. Krista about identity, acceptance, and living your truth.

Featured musicians: Maxi Glamour, drag performer; Melinda Monroe, songleader; David Nalesnik, piano.

Religious Education & Youth Group

The 2023-24 Religious Education and Youth Program continues this Sunday, October 22 during the 10:00 service. Children and youth aged four and older should attend the first 15 minutes of the worship service with their family. The nursery opens at 9:30 for children aged three and younger and those who need freedom of movement. Religious Education (RE) classes will begin at 10:15.

Reminder: The 6th & 7th grade group and 8th-12th grade group should attend the entire worship service with their family this Sunday. Youth activities for both groups resume on October 29.

Specific plans for each age group are shared with registered families via email each week. To learn more about this fall’s Religious Education program, please contact Scott Stewart at scott@eliotchapel.org.

Coffee Hour

Coffee Hour is an important tradition of fellowship at Eliot Chapel, taking place in Adams Hall immediately after the worship service on Sunday. It's a time to catch up with fellow members and friends and to greet newcomers. Please join us!

We keep this tradition of hospitality alive by taking turns hosting. This is a simple task (instructions are available in a binder in the kitchen) and a great way to serve and connect. Please check the SignUpGenius for coffee hour volunteers to sign up to host Coffee Hour on a Sunday morning after the service. If you need help using SignUpGenius, please contact Rebecca Schuder at hospitality@eliotchapel.org and she will help you get signed up. We have some dates in October that need help!

Coffee, Conversation, and Connections

Find Coffee, Conversation, and Connections on Zoom at 12:30 pm every Sunday! You are invited to join us online for conversation after the service! We'll take a few minutes to say hello and let people settle in, then we'll go around the room to check in and welcome newcomers. Look for "Eliot on Zoom" in your email on Sunday morning; it will include a link to join us for Coffee, Conversation, and Connections. If you're not on our mailing list, sign up here. We look forward to seeing you!

Sunday at a Glance

Sunday Worship – 10:00 am in the Sanctuary

Coffee Hour – 11:00 am in Adams Hall

Search Team Cottage Meeting – 11:15 am in Room 001

Life Quest Informational Meeting – 11:30 am in Room 006

Positive Psychology Covenant Group – 11:30 am in the Susan Frederick-Gray Room

Madrigal Actors Rehearsal – 12:00 pm in the Sanctuary

Young Adult Group – 11:45 am in the Triplett Room

Coffee, Conversation, and Connections – 12:30 pm via Zoom

In This Week at Eliot

This Week's Events & Meetings

Church News

Classes at Eliot Chapel

Helping Each Other

The Week Ahead

Next Week's Service

Shared Plate

Down the Road

ourEliot

Monday, October 23 

A Course in Miracles – 7:00 pm via Zoom

Tuesday, October 24 

Women’s Alliance Field Trip – 10:30 am departure

Vigil for Hope & Healing – 5:00 pm on the front lawn

Immigration Justice Team – 7:00 pm in Adams Hall

Wednesday, October 25 

Choir Rehearsal – 6:00 pm in the Music Room

Welcome Team – 7:00 pm in the Susan Frederick-Gray Room

Friday, October 27 

Friday Freethinkers – 10:00 am in Room 001

Young Adult Group – 7:00 pm in Adams Hall

As we have new staff in the front office scheduling your events and meetings, it is more important than ever to make contact to get on the calendar and then to check your entry for accuracy!

Planning a meeting or event? Start with our Room & Event Request Form! Group leaders, have you set up an area for your group in Realm? You have a secure place to chat and share documents and photos. Contact Debby Lovell to set up your group.

Transforming911 Short Film Screening and Q&A

You’re invited to attend a showing of the film, "Transforming 911: Reimagining Public Safety in St. Louis" and two other shorts today, Friday, October 20, at 7:00 pm in Adams Hall. Following the screening, there will be a Q&A featuring the films' Executive Producer Jia Lian Yang (she/they), and Director Cami Thomas (she/her). The event is co-sponsored by Eliot Chapel, Women's Voices Raised for Social Justice, and Metropolitan Congregations United and is the work of local filmmaker Cami Thomas and Forward Through Ferguson. A suggested donation of $5 will go to Forward to Ferguson and to My Friends and I Production Company.

Visit transforming911.org to learn more about how 911 works in St. Louis and understand why transforming the system is crucial for improving public safety.

Tired of technology troubles? Do not despair…

The Eliot Geek Squad to the Rescue!!  

The Eliot Geek Squad is a group of Eliot friends who will help you figure out how to navigate Eliot’s website, edit your profile on Eliot Connects (REALM), assist you in getting your photo onto the Eliot Directory, help you figure out how to sign up for events and classes, use QR Codes, and find solutions to your technology questions. We will start off with a Mini-class on "Using the Eliot Chapel Website” on Sunday, October 29 at 11:45 in Adams Hall. We are setting up Geek Squad Coaches in the Garden Room area on the first and third Sundays after service in November and December to help you with your further questions. It is helpful to have the devices you use (your phone, iPad, laptop computer) with you so you can practice with a Geek Squad coach. There is also an email address for you to get immediate help at geeksquad@eliotchapel.org. 

Eliot Chapel Tech Tip

If you use an Eliot Zoom account for meetings, please be sure to schedule your meeting on the account to reserve your time. As we get requests for new meetings, we need to know where there is available space in the schedule. Thank you! 

Noble Lords and Ladies

Queen Elizabeth I

Requests the Honor of

Your Presence at the

46th Annual Eliot Chapel

Renaissance Madrigal

and Christmas Rout

        November 30, December 1 & 2, 2023

Madrigal Invitation | Madrigal Reservation

New Member Signing: November 12 

Are you considering joining Eliot Chapel as a member? The membership book will be available to sign after the service on the second Sunday of the month. Please contact welcome@eliotchapel.org at least a week in advance if you are interested in becoming a member.

We Care for Each Other

The Eliot Ride Team provides rides to church and to medical appointments for Eliot members and friends who cannot drive themselves. If you need a ride, email ineedaride@eliotchapel.org with your name, your address, where you need to go, and the date and time needed. We will be in touch to make arrangements. 

The Eliot Meal Train provides meals to Eliot members and friends who need some love and care. For example, we will provide meals for those who have recently lost a loved one or are recovering from medical care. If you would like to request meals or offer to provide meals, please email mealtrain@eliotchapel.org with your contact information and someone will be in touch with you.

At Eliot Chapel, we care for our earth and our building! One way you can express this is by joining the Eliot Recycling Team! This committee is responsible for taking the recycling from Eliot to the Kirkwood Recycling Depository at 350 S. Taylor Avenue each week. Sign up for a week that works for you and plan to grab the recycling after service to drop it off. Thanks for being part of the team!

Providing receptions after a Celebration of Life is another way we care for each other at Eliot Chapel. The Reception Team sets up, serves, and cleans up after these receptions. If you can be available once in a while to help, please email receptions@eliotchapel.org. Your efforts will be appreciated!

Welcome to the Eliot Chapel Volunteer Village!

What village? The village it takes to raise a church! We all want our beloved church to thrive and grow. To do so, we need many villagers who will share the work. Maybe you prefer the geese analogy suggested at the worship service on Ingathering Sunday: “Sharing leadership, taking care of the fallen, and honking from behind.” Regardless, it is imperative that everyone steps up to bring Eliot Chapel forward and there are so many ways to participate. Sign up here to be part of it; then grab a gold volunteer sticker for your name tag if you already volunteer or if you sign up now!

St. Louis Area TrUUnk or Treat!

Get on your costumes, decorate your vehicle, fill the trunk with PEANUT-FREE goodies, and head over to First Unitarian Church of St. Louis for our first ever ALL Congregation TrUUnk or Treat! See you on Saturday, October 21 from 4:30 to 6:00 pm at 5007 Waterman Blvd., St. Louis MO 63108.

Cottage Meeting

On Sunday, October 22, the Search Team is holding their first Cottage Meeting at 11:30 downstairs in Room 001 – refreshments and coffee included! All are welcome! If you haven't already signed up, please email searchteam@eliotchapel.org and we'll save a seat for you!

Eliot Life Quest

Used by many cultures and given shape in many ways, Vision Quest is a time of deep reflection, transformation, healing, and a method to experience authentic and profound encounters with Spirit. There are three core elements of a Vision Quest – Solitude, Fasting, and Nature. When these core elements are coupled with preparation and integration, dormant states of creativity and connections come to the surface creating possibilities for deep change and transformation in participants.

Eliot Life Quest brings a Vision Quest into the Eliot community. This spiritual offering will lead you through the preparation phase, support your journey during your solo, and help you start your path in consolidating what you have gained during this process. People in any life stage and with any personal/spiritual growth goal can find meaning in the powerful process of a Solo Fasting Quest.

Some transformative goals that people bring to Solo Fasting Quest are: stepping away from past trauma, solidifying sobriety, developing a deeper relationship with themselves, nature, and Spirit, marking transitions such as becoming a parent, moving to elder status, and for life events that typically do not have a culturally established way of being acknowledged such as releasing a dead name, loss of an affair, committing to a life without children . . . and more.

Come to the Life Quest Informational Meeting on Sunday, October 22 at 11:30 am in Room 006 to meet facilitator Lisa Dahlgren and hear more about this unique opportunity.

Starting Point

An Introduction to

the Unitarian Universalist Journey

This four-part series offers those considering Unitarian Universalism as a spiritual path the opportunity to experience UUism through a small group experience. You will learn about our faith tradition, explore your own spiritual journey, and connect with others who are also seeking a spiritual home or faith. Amy Stark and Gail Rock will facilitate the series. Longtime members and friends seeking a small group experience are also welcome.

Monday, October 23, 6:30 pm on Zoom 

Session 2: The Unitarian Universalist Journey and the Journey of our Congregation

Monday, November 6, 6:30 pm on Zoom 

Session 3: Our Journey Together – The Three Paths of Unitarian Universalism Part 1

Monday, November 13, 6:30 pm in person at Eliot

Session 4: The Three Paths, Part 2 and Finding Your Journey Group

Women's Alliance

On Tuesday, October 24, Women's Alliance will be touring the art museum located in the 21C Hotel downtown with lunch to follow at one of the hotel's restaurants. We will depart Eliot at 10:30. Please contact Ann Marie Hutson at womensalliance@eliotchapel.org if you'd like to join us.

Join us for

Vigil for Hope & Healing

Tuesday, October 24

at 5:00 pm in front of Eliot Chapel.

Immigration Justice

We've offered a great variety of events this fall and there is lots more to come in the new year. Come to our meeting on Tuesday, October 24 at 7:00 pm in Adams Hall to join a team to organize one of the upcoming events: Asylum 101 workshop, sermon on January 28, 2024, a book club – and maybe even a trip to the border in the spring. For those not able to come in person, a Zoom link will be in Sunday's Eliot on Zoom email. Come, we'd love you to join us!

Downtown Kirkwood Halloween Walk 

Join the Board of Trustees at the Downtown Kirkwood Halloween Walk from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on Thursday, October 26. Local businesses will be handing out candy to trick-or-treaters. The board's booth will be in front of the Farmer's Market near the Tropical Moose stand. Hand out candy or just stop by and say hi. Email board@eliotchapel.org and let us know you can help. 

Sunday, October 29 – 10:00 am

“Our Unitarian Universalist Heritage:

What We Remember and What We Forget” 

Rev. Krista Taves  

Sometimes history turns into selective remembering. What we forget says as much about who we are now as what we remember.  

Sharing the Offering

Every Sunday, Eliot Chapel shares half of the offertory with an organization in the community whose work reflects our shared values. This is one way that we care for our community and our neighbors. We are very pleased that October's recipient is the Migrant and Immigrant Community Action Project (MICA Project). MICA is a community organization committed to working with low-income immigrants to overcome barriers to justice. Learn more at www.mica-project.org.

Let us be good neighbors. Let us be a generous people. You can give in one of three ways:

• Online: Click here. Make sure “Shared Plate” is your chosen fund.
• By Mail: Please write “MICA” in the memo line of your check and mail it to Eliot Unitarian Chapel, 100 South Taylor Ave., Kirkwood, MO 63122. 
• By Text: Text "Eliot SharedPlate $(enter the amount)" to 73256. A link in the reply text will take you to our secure database webpage where you can complete your transaction. Please note, "SharedPlate" must be entered as one word to reach that preferred option.

SOCIAL JUSTICE IN ACTION FORUM

Understanding the U.S. and Local Abortion Landscape

A presentation by Colleen Lee, Education Coordinator

with Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region

Sunday, October 29 in Adams Hall after the service at 11:45 am

Colleen Lee will present a comprehensive, medically accurate overview of abortion that is designed to empower youth, adults, parents, and professionals to make informed decisions about reproductive health across the lifespan. It will be presented in a way that promotes social justice and freedom from all forms of oppression in keeping with Eliot’s values.  

Topics will include: 

• Framing appropriate language
• Smashing abortion stigma
• Action steps that can be taken  

Please RSVP for this important program by emailing socialjustice@eliotchapel.org.

Dia de los Muertos

Missouri History Museum on November 4 and 5



The Dia de los Muertos celebration includes a wide variety of Latin American cultural traditions: music and dance performances, art displays, food and drink vendors, a procession through the park, activities for children, and more. See the full program at mohistory.org/dia-de-los-muertos.

The Immigration Justice Team is pleased to offer Eliot Chapel members a unique opportunity for a guided tour of the Dia de los Muertos altars (ofrendas) on Saturday, November 4 at 2:00 pm. Our guide, Maria Yaksic, is Bolivian and a board member of the St. Louis Hispanic Leaders. We will gather at the reception desk to start the tour. To alleviate parking issues, we can carpool from Eliot Chapel at 1:00 pm. Please email immigration@eliotchapel.org if you want a ride.

Come, participate, and learn more about Latin American cultural traditions!