Welcome to Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer: a study co-facilitated by Jenny Hunt and Andy Townsend
The author is a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation who holds a PHD degree in Botany. She weaves her scientific and Native American knowledge and wisdom with her observations and intuitions into a beautiful poetic story of hope and sustainability.
The 8th Principle
“We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote: journeying toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions that accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions.”
The UUCUC Membership Committee fully supports our church’s adoption of the 8th Principle. This principle, adopted and applied, loved and lived, will grow and strengthen our membership. People of color and immigrant groups will know unequivocally they are safe, welcome, and needed within our beloved community, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Urbana-Champaign.
With the upcoming anniversary of summer uprisings and amazing organizing and action from black and brown youth, in particular, the Unitarian Universalist Prison Ministry of Illinois invites us to sustainable and extended reflection and action through study of Mariame Kaba’s collection of essays, articles, and podcast transcripts in We Do This ‘Til We Free Us. … Continue reading UU Prison Ministry of Illinois Offering Virtual Study Group
From Brian McDermott, Board Chair Greetings, We are getting closer to the Annual Meeting date: as last year, the meeting will be held virtually on zoom. A team of volunteers are working on the planning to help make it happen. The Board has also been holding Information meetings, so that you can hear about our … Continue reading Reminder: Annual Meeting Scheduled for Sunday, June 6th, 1:00pm
For the 2021/2022 church year the Religious Education Council has selected a theme of REsilience and Reconnection. After the year we have had, as a council we feel strongly about focusing on relationship building across all ages of our programs. The core of what we will do is play, because when we play we heal … Continue reading Resilience and Reconnection
Each year, the Board gives the congregation a chance to review the proposed budget, hearing what we will be able to accomplish and how we are doing financially. This is also the time to ask the financial questions about the church that you may have.
Any horn players among our newer members/friends?
If you are a newer member of our congregation, never having attended a live Coffee House, you haven’t heard the UU Horn Band. If you have an instrument that you can dust off and play reasonably well, give Jerry Carden a shout!
We were unable to have our third listening/conversation session on the 8th Principle due to Zoom problems. This last listening session has been rescheduled for Monday, May 17, at 6:30 pm. Come join us if you have questions or comments you would like to make about our church adopting the 8th Principle.
This 10-week class is an adaptation of the University of Illinois Psychology Department’s Mindfulness Training (MT) curriculum . While the class is largely experiential in nature (guided mindfulness exercises, breakout room discussions), it is also very important to read assigned chapters weekly from Mark Williams’s book, Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World to support learning.
