Archive: Welcoming Congregation News
- Lesbian Visibility Day & Week 2023: April 26 – May 2 April 18, 2023 - Lesbian Visibility Week begins on International Lesbian Visibility Day (26 April) and recognizes and celebrates the contributions of lesbian women around the world.
- LGBTQIA+ Welcome Team News April 18, 2023 - Fifteen LGBTQ+ folks and two allies enjoyed pizza and socializing after church on Sunday, April 16th as a first step to reinvigorate our LGBTQ+ Welcome Team.
- LGBTQ+ Welcome Team: Pizza and Planning March 29, 2023 - Do you identify as an LGBTQ+ UU? Or as an Ally? Would you like to meet others, possibly help plan social events, and/or worship services and educational programming for UUCUC?
- LGBTQ+ Welcome Team: Meet & Greet & Plan March 21, 2023 - Are you interested in helping plan educational programs or worship services related to LGBTQ topics? We encourage allies and our youth to participate as well- what would you like to know? What SHOULD folks at UUCUC know about the LGBTQ+ world?
- Pridefest Parade and Fair- Come Help Us Promote UUCUC! September 20, 2022 - UUCUC will participate once again in the Pride Fest Parade and Fair on Saturday, October 1st. The parade is from 11 am to Noon; the Pride Fest Fair with booths will be set up in downtown Urbana for visitors.
- Welcoming Congregation Renewal- Education Module for 2022- June 11th May 31, 2022 - This year’s education event is coming up on Saturday, June 11th at the Spurlock Museum auditorium. Our goal is to have 10% or more of UUCUC folks participate.
- Do you identify as LGBTQ? May 31, 2022 - Are interested in touching base with other LGBTQ folks in the congregation?
- UPDATED TIME – Sewn In Memory- local AIDS Quilt Panels and the local response to AIDS May 17, 2022 - Reminder to save the date: Saturday, June 11, for Sewn In Memory- local AIDS Quilt Panels and the local response to AIDS at Spurlock Museum.
- Sewn In Memory- local AIDS Quilt Panels and the local response to AIDS April 26, 2022 - We'll share some history of the local gay community in our response to the AIDS pandemic, the mobilization of public health- especially focusing on how Julie Pryde got her feet wet in public health practice, and what are the current local challenges with HIV/AIDS.
- Uniting Pride’s 2022 Queer Prom March 29, 2022 - Uniting Pride of Champaign County will be hosting Queer Prom for LGBTQ+ middle and high schoolers.