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.
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 Chicago Abortion Fund is our shared offering organization for January. The Chicago Abortion Fund (CAF) provides financial, logistical, and emotional support to people seeking abortion care in Illinois and the Midwest.
Due to the dire situation of many of our neighbors, starting Christmas Eve and through January 1st, UUCUC is partnering with Cunningham Township to collect donations to go toward the utility bills of people in the CU community struggling during this pandemic time.
During 2022, staff saw a significant increase in people camping out, loitering, littering, and storing materials under the northside and southside overhangs of the church building. With these occurrences, several staff members and congregants have noted concerns about safety.
Last Saturday, some of our YRUU Youth were part of an interfaith event at Elevate Trampoline Park in Champaign. Sponsored by UUCUC, we also had youth attending from several other churches: New Covenant Fellowship, Copper Creek Church and Good Shepherd Lutheran.
Following the 2022 Annual Congregational Meeting, the Board of Trustees took action to create and convene a Mediation Taskforce to address the congregation’s decision to remove mediation from our Constitution and Bylaws.
All are invited to bring in a plate of holiday treats to share in our fellowship hour between services on December 24.
