News & Announcements

  • Calling All Holiday Enthusiasts! November 18, 2020 - Are you craving some familiarity in your life? Even though we can't be together side by side, things like the pageant give us that sense of comfort and ritual. Let's put our creative hats on and turn our pageant into virtual magic! We are looking for volunteers of all ages to help us make our online holiday service, to air on December 20th.
  • It’s Time To Choose! November 18, 2020 - Come to our Zoom meeting this coming Sunday, November 22, at 2pm, to help choose which 11 of these organizations to support in 2021. All members and friends of the church are welcome. After hearing short summaries about each nominated organization, everyone will vote on which ones get selected. You must come to the meeting to be able to vote. We will notify everyone of the chosen organizations at the end of the meeting.
  • Receiving Items for C-U at Home November 18, 2020 - The Interfaith Alliance of Champaign-Urbana will celebrate a community Thanksgiving with a Sunday, November 22 “Garlands of Gratitude Gathering.” While expressions of gratitude can be shared, there is also the opportunity to share in a tangible way with needed items for C-U at Home, the location for those without a permanent address. Please consider donating … Continue reading Receiving Items for C-U at Home
  • Protect the Election Car Parade & Radio Hour November 12, 2020 - Please spread the word to your friends, family, and group members! This is a fun, safe way to show your support for due election process and for racial justice. Saturday, November 14 from 12:30-2:00 p.m. Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/850656742377431 It will soon be listed on the Protect the Results national event page: https://protecttheresults.com Please let us know: (email info@cusurj.org)- if … Continue reading Protect the Election Car Parade & Radio Hour
  • Post Election Demonstrations November 12, 2020 - In case you missed it, there were multiple demonstrations in Champaign and Urbana after the November 3rd election in an effort to protect the results and calls for every vote to count. WCIA Coverage Video clip with Beth Simpson
  • November 4, 2020 Update From Rev. Caplow & Rev. Fritsche November 4, 2020 - Here is an update from your ministers and an invitation to participate in an interactive word cloud survey.
  • IJTF Seeks Donations November 4, 2020 - On Monday, November 16, from 6:30pm to 8:00pm, the Immigration Justice Task Force (IJTF) is hosting a virtual meeting to ask for volunteers to help carry out our hospitality / emergency refuge program, approved at this year’s annual meeting. Volunteering is a terrific way to get involved without having to go to meetings!
  • Intersex Day of Remembrance on November 8 November 4, 2020 - rom Wikipedia: While Intersex Awareness Day on October 26 appears to be celebrated more in English-speaking countries, particularly in North America, Intersex Day of Remembrance has been marked mostly in Europe. Some countries, such as Australia and South Africa, mark both events and the days between as "14 days of intersex". It marks the birthday of Herculine Barbin, a French intersex person whose memoirs were later published by Michel Foucault in Herculine Barbin: Being the Recently Discovered Memoirs of a Nineteenth-century French Hermaphrodite.
  • Religious Education Council Meets November 21, 2020 November 4, 2020 - In 2019, the religious education committee transitioned into a religious education council. The focus of the council is to coordinate all aspects of lifespan religious education and to coordinate its efforts with UUCUC’s mission and vision. Three times a year, the full council meets to look at the full program and dream about our learning future. Our next meeting is will be held online on Saturday, November 21, 2020.
  • Help Choose The Shared Offering Organizations For 2021 November 4, 2020 - We are down to the wire now! If you want to nominate an organization to receive the shared offering in 2021 please do so. We look forward to hearing from you.