Nurturing the Human Spirit for a World Made Whole | |
Sunday Service June 23rd at 10:30am | |
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UUA General Assembly is Sunday, June 23rd and UCE's Worship Service at 10:30am will be a pre-recorded showing of the UUA General Assembly service, led by Rev. Molly Housh Gordon, of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia, MO:
CLICK HERE to join at 12pm
You can join us at UCE at 10:30am to watch the service in community, OR stream it from
home using the above link at 12:00pm CST.
Children and Youth will remain in the service.
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Faith Formation Hour this Sunday | |
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Childcare (0-3 years) is available in room 11 from 10:15am-11:45am.
- BlUUey will return June 30th.
Faith Formation Feedback – parents, volunteers, and young people are invited to share their thoughts on our program in this short form.
Families can explore our theme, The Gift of Renewal, at home and in their own timeframe with the Soulful Home packet. Send pictures to Kathy of your family as you explore the many ideas here!
See our “living” calendar of programs and events here.
Parents can register their children/youth for the Faith Formation Program here.
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Greetings from Adam Gough | |
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Hello Everyone,
It's been a year since I took on my new role coordinating the facilities and technology of our church. If you read my annual report last month, you’ll know it was a busy year absolutely full of challenges big and small which I overcame thanks to a supportive staff and Sandra at my back. Though her mentorship has concluded, I'm looking forward to the year ahead with all that I’ve learned from her.
Here I am (in photo) doing a roof inspection, while the Garden Team continues to help keep our grounds beautiful. Besides weeding, mulching, and planting, we plan to refresh the East Garden over the course of the year with help from our wonderful Endowment.
The re-formed Emergency Preparedness Team had great success implementing the support team structure used at both our Rummage Sale and the Interfaith Family Pride Festival. This year we will be reviewing our first aid kits and examining our preparedness for different kinds of lockdown situations. Please let me know if you'd like to help with any of these things, or if you'd like to volunteer to help during our annual fire drill this September!
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Our hats are off to Rev. Susan’s Committee on Ministry (COM)! If you are attending this year’s all virtual UUA General Assembly, join the Friday (this evening) Service of the Living Tradition and see Rev. Susan’s photo when they honor ministers who have attained Full Fellowship status. With this milestone being met, Rev. Susan’s Committee on Ministry (COM) has fulfilled its role and officially disbanded in April after three years of meeting monthly.
Deep appreciation for Chris Allender, who was the Chair all three years, and for Steve Serikaku and Michael Skilton, who also served all three years. Many thanks to Chris Yoo, Lynn Kendall, and Marilyn Wroblewski, who journeyed with the COM for two years. Much gratitude for Dana Deane, Jean Butzen, and Michelle Thompson-Hay who served for one year at the beginning or end of the COM’s journey. It is a rare opportunity to journey with a minister in the beginning of their formation and these volunteers’ care and reflections were a great benefit to Rev. Susan and their evaluation writing skills were a gift to the UUA’s Ministerial Fellowship Committee.
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Light the Chalice and Bring the Chancel Flowers for our Sunday Morning Worship Service
Would you, your family, or your group enjoy bringing flowers for the chancel and then lighting and extinguishing the chalice during a Sunday morning worship service?
You may now sign up online by clicking on this link, going to the Sunday that you would like to volunteer, and then selecting the Flowers/Chalice role. You may add a Comment indicating that you are bringing the flowers in honor of, in memory of, or in recognition of someone or something. You may also always email Rev. Susan at sfrances@ucevanston.org or Rev. Eileen at ewiviott@ucevanston.org.
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This Week's Events & Links | |
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Friday, June 21st
Saturday, June 22nd:
- Virtual Pilates, 9:30-10:30am, via Zoom
- Beginner Tai Chi, 9:45-10:45am, Rm 8
- Intermediate Tai Chi, 11am-12pm, Rm 8
Sunday, June 23rd:
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Chris Isely Cancer Support Group, 9am-10:30am, in-person Rm 6 and via Zoom Link.
- Worship Service, 10:30am-12:00pm, viewing the GA Annual Meeting in the Sanctuary. Kinship 12:00-12:30pm.
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Monday, June 24th:
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Addictions and Recovery, 7-9pm, via Zoom
Tuesday, June 25th:
- Retired Women's Group, 5-7pm, Rm 3
- REAL Team Mtg, 7-8:30pm, via Zoom
Wednesday, June 26th:
- Please be aware the Staff Meets this week, from 11-12:30pm.
Thursday June 27th:
- Evanston Near South Proximity Group, 1-2pm, via Zoom
- Meditation Group, 5:30-7pm, via Zoom
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Congregational Connections | |
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The Countryside Church UU worship team invites our congregations to their Summer Solstice celebration
Saturday, June 22, 10am – 11am in the CCUU fellowship hall, which is accessible to all abilities. It is a service that will take about an hour and includes a spiral walk. See the CCUU website for more details.
Countryside Church UU
1025 N Smith, Palatine IL 60067
847-359-8440
www.ccuu.org
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Retired (But never Retiring!) Women--Tuesday, June 25, 5-7 in Room 3
Come for our wonderful potluck!
Bring a book or 2 to exchange for Beach Reading!! We do not have meetings in the summer, so this will be our last get together until September!
Hope to see lots of you in Room 3 on Tuesday! For information please feel free to contact Margie Rogasner.
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The Fair Trade Cart Will Be Closed
during the months of July and August, so only a few more Sundays to stock up. An ordering error brought us too many boxes of oatmeal chocolate chip cookie mix, so we’re cutting the price. Stop by this Sunday and take home a box or two for $5 each; that’s $2 off the regular price!
When we get back in September, we’ll need more help. We have two teams of two people working on alternate Sundays, and with one of us leaving, we need at least one more person, and preferably two or more, to keep going. It’s not a big time commitment for a big annual donation to struggling neighbors. Contact Marcy Hicks, or admin@ucevanston.org for more information about volunteering.
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Shared Offering Program Nominations Due June 30, 2024
Each year the Social Justice Council selects 13 organizations to receive half of our collection from our Sunday worship service. The time is now to nominate a non-profit organization to be part of the 2024-25 Shared Offering Program. Contact Rev. Susan at sfrances@ucevanston.org if you have any questions.
Click Here to Submit Nomination.
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Young Adult Gathering
June 30th at 12:30
Bagel Art in Evanston
Join UCE young adults and Rev. Eileen at Bagel Art in Evanston after the worship service Sunday, June 30th. We will talk about a plan for spiritual deepening for young adults within our faith community and how we can shape that together.
Please let Kiley Korey [kileyekorey at gmail dot com] know if you plan to attend or have any questions.
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"I Can't Dance"
Did you miss the chance to buy a space in Shirley Adam's "I Can't Dance" Dance Class at last year's auction? There are 6 spaces available. Just in time to have your moves ready for the 8/2 Blues Dance at UCE.
In 3 one-hour classes, you will begin to move with the rhythm of music, connect to a partner and move to slow and faster tempos. Shirley's gender inclusive teaching uses simple dances to help you become comfortable as a leader or a responder. Her specialty is creating brave space for you to uncover the dancer in you. Merengue is the first dance for class one, then the four count hustle (yep, Saturday Night Fever favorites) then in class three, we will waltz. Families are welcome! Or bring your dance partner! The first class is the only one you cannot skip - 3:30 Friday, July 12, then continue the next Friday at 3:30 July 19 and the third class is Friday July 26th, but one hour earlier: 2:30pm
CLICK HERE to purchase a space at $65 a flat fee for yourself, or yourself and a partner, or yourself and your family.
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LOOKING FOR YOUR IDEAS!
Is your family exploring something new this summer in the area? Or going to a family-favorite place/event?
Email Kathy about them so we can let others know – maybe even have a UU meet-up!
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The next Interfaith Action SNAPGap collection will be deodorant, razors, and shaving cream.
These will be distributed at the IAE Produce Mobile on July 9th at Robert Crown Community Center. You may purchase items online and locally. We do not have a faith community coordinator this month, but items can be delivered or dropped off any time at:
Interfaith Action of Evanston
c/o Melissa Appelt
900 Hunter Road
Glenview, IL 60025
Interfaith Action thanks you for your generosity and participation, and the 275 households that benefit are deeply grateful.
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Support UUPMI Faithify Campaign
The UU Prison Ministry of Illinois is wrapping up its Faithify campaign to raise funds for our inside members' commissary accounts. This allows members to buy food, toiletries, clothing, and other necessities that make life in prison more tolerable. The campaign ends next week and we don't get any money unless our goal is met. Please pledge if you can.
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Volunteer with the Welcoming Congregation Renewal Working Group
A Unitarian Universalist Welcoming Congregation is a congregation that has intentionally spent time engaging in programming, worship services, and education to make their congregation a safe place for the LGBTQIA+ communities. UCE was certified as a Welcoming Congregation in 1997. The original Welcoming Congregation process focused on addressing homophobia in ourselves and our congregation. The UUA has updated this process with its Welcoming Congregation Renewal program to include addressing transphobia as well as homophobia. Members of our Rainbow Alliance have formed a working group to complete this Welcoming Congregation Renewal process.
This process involves the entire congregation and members with LGBTQIA+ identities and all allies are invited to join the Working Group. If you would like to be engaged with this process, please contact Rev. Susan at sfrances@ucevanston.org by July 7, 2024.
To learn more about Welcoming Congregations, please check out the UUA website - or our UCE Rainbow Alliance webpage.
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Postcarding Continues!
We’re racing to finish our current cards and hit our JULY 1 mail deadline. Almost there!
Your UUtheVote core team (Shirley Adams, Greg Grabowski, Lee and Jane Bannor, Carol Mergl and Carolyn Laughlin) is evaluating states for our next wave, beginning in early July. Watch for our summer blast!
Want to join us as the election heats up? We’re fun, energetic, and we’d love to have you! Email or call Carolyn (carolynblaughlin at gmail.com or through the REALM Membership Directory).
NOTE: Stamp price increase is coming! Up to $.56 from current $.53 as of JULY 14. Stock up now!
Milwaukee Voter Registration Project is currently on hold. We’ll be back, and we appreciate the 50 UCE members and friends who are trained up and ready to go!
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SAVE THE DATE!
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Pride Community Picnic - July 27th. Ridgeville Park, 11am - 3pm.
We will update you with more information as the date approaches!
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UCE Non-Fiction Book Group
The nonfiction book group will meet virtually on Zoom at 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 30th using our recurring link to discuss Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under Color of Law by Richard Rothstein and Leah Rothstein.
Our group previously read Richard Rothstein’s The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America. In their book Just Action, the authors offer programs that activists and their supporters can undertake in their communities to address historic inequities. They show how community groups can press firms that imposed segregation to take responsibility for reversing the harm.
Zoom discussion on Sunday, June 30th at 2pm, using our recurring ZOOM link.
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UCE Fiction Book Group
The UCE Fiction Book Group is reading a classic this month:
Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo.
We will meet virtually on Zoom at 2 p.m. on Friday, June 21st using our recurring link to discuss. Short-listed for the Booker Prize is Bulawayo’s tale of Zimbabwe under siege by its citizens. A satire told in the vein of Animal Farm: We follow a nation of animals as they try to define true liberation when their oppressive leader Old Horse is pulled down.
Friday, June 21, at 7-8pm, using our recurring ZOOM link.
Friday, July 19, at 7-8pm:
James, by Percival Everett.
The story of Huck’s slave companion Jim that was never told in Huckleberry Finn. Perhaps the story of slavery in America that Mark Twain would have told if his publishers had let him.
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Unitarian Church of Evanston
1330 Ridge Ave. Evanston, IL 60201
847-864-1330
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