Communications Coordinator web-assistant@uucuc.org Autumn is excited to start working on the UUCUC team! She was previously a religious education teacher and continues to spread her love in the community. Autumn is currently a senior at Indiana Wesleyan University studying Communications. She lives about 1 hour north of Urbana with her fiance (Dalton) and two cats … Continue reading Autumn Haskins
Each year since 1973, abortion rights activists have gathered on This weekend- on this day- January 22 for Roe v. Wade Day to celebrate the Supreme Court decision that granted a constitutional right to abortion.
But now, 50 years after the decision, Roe v. Wade Day will be different: today marks the first anniversary of Roe since the ruling was overturned.
Books to Prisoners is a local nonprofit organization that provides books, on request, to incarcerated people throughout the state of Illinois. The UUCUC Racial Justice Project is arranging a special session for UUs to learn about the program, fill book orders, and spend time together in this fulfilling, direct-action volunteer activity.
The Board of Trustees engaged Good Havens Consulting and its director, Dr. Trudy Good to conduct a
safety and security audit to provide recommendations for how UUCUC might improve in this arena.
During the January Study Session, Dr. Good, attended this meeting to share her findings as well as
presented the board with foundational knowledge related to threat assessment.
The Settled Search Team has entered the “top secret” part of our process, the part where we review applicants’ materials and interview the ones we think might be a good fit for our congregation. This process will culminate in “neutral pulpit” visits for some candidates, where the Search Team travels to another UU church to experience an entire service led by a prospective minister.
Director of Business Administrationadmin@uucuc.org As DBA, Miguel Espinoza (pronouns: he/him) is responsible for all aspects of the church office, including human resources, communications, operations staff management, assisting with the financial management of the church, and maintaining the church database and website. Miguel completed his Bachelor of Science in Operations and Information Management with a minor … Continue reading Miguel Espinoza
The Immigrant Justice Team is exploring the impact of human trafficking in our local area. If you know of anyone with a story related to this topic let us know.
The Racial Justice Team is working on setting goals for upcoming years and will be learning
more about collaboration with community groups and churches. Please consider joining us for
our next meeting (January 19, 5:30 pm – hybrid meeting in person at the church and on zoom)
to learn from some guest speakers about their work in the community.
The national UU Buddhist Fellowship holds regular Convos, and in April of 2023 the UUBF Convo will be held in the Midwest for the first time, with the distinguished Buddhist teacher and climate change activist David Loy, author of Ecodharma: Buddhist Perspectives on the Ecological Crisis. The Convocation will be April 27-30 at the beautiful DeKoven Center in Racine, Wisconsin.
The Music Committee is joining efforts with the Generosity Committee to host our first Hybrid Coffee House/Variety Show Generosity Kickoff Event on Saturday, February 11, 2023 at UUCUC.
