Author: Cate Calac

We are Unitarian Universalist and Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Humanist, Jewish, Muslim, Pagan, atheist and agnostic, believers in God, and more. We seek to help people reconnect — to help us find meaning in our lives. Our mission is to… Build Community. Seek Inspiration. Promote Justice. Find Peace.

Celebrate Bisexuality Day

Celebrate Bisexuality Day is observed on September 23. This is a day to honor our friends and family members in the bisexual community and their supporters. This day is also an opportunity to recognize and celebrate bisexual history, bisexual community and culture, and all the bisexual people in our church and community.

What to Say When There Are No Words

What’s the right thing to say when someone in your life is suddenly dealing with a death in their family, a cancer diagnosis, an arrest, a divorce, a mental health crisis, or any of the other million ways life can suddenly throw us off a cliff and into the deep end?

Weekly Outdoor Meditation In The U of I Arboretum

Rev. Caplow and others will be leading a weekly outdoor silent meditation from 2-3 pm on Saturdays. Bring your own lawn chair or cushion, park in the southernmost lot of the Arboretum (south of Japan House, free on the weekend) and look for a circle of people under the trees to the south.

CROP Walk Needs You!

The CROP Hunger Walk on October 4 is an interfaith community-wide effort to fight hunger and poverty, both locally and globally. This year the walk will be virtual, but the need is very real!

UUCUC Dream Team Update: Five Broad Goals And Next Steps

Survey results narrowed 13 goals to the 5 goals that our strategic plan will focus on for the next 5 years. A big thank you to the congregation for stepping up – we heard from 148 of you!! A special thanks to Becky Densmore for speedily analyzing the results.