August 10, 2019 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Amanda Owings and Jason Rock have both just defended their dissertations and passed their final defenses. They will be leaving within the next few months so please join us in celebrating these accomplishments and saying goodbye! All friends, staff, and members of the church are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be served. No gifts […]
August 15, 2019 @ 6:45 pm – 9:00 pm – Cosponsored by the Social Action Committee, this workshop, the 2nd in Bend the Arc’s series “Safety through Solidarity: Building Hate-Free Communities”, will focus on identifying and preventing the indoctrination of our children by white nationalists. Keynote speaker Nora Flanagan has experience confronting everything from racist graffiti in a school bathroom to students flashing esoteric neo-Nazi hand […]
August 17, 2019 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm – Who should attend this first interim religious council meeting? Anyone interested in children’s religious education. Anyone interested in youth religious education. Anyone interested in adult religious education. Anyone interested in multi-generational religious education. Religious education leaders for the upcoming year. Parents of children in the religious education program. Religious education staff What can you expect? […]
August 18, 2019 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm – This Sunday, after church, the Immigration Justice Task Force (IJTF) will be stuffing backpacks with blankets, towels, gift certificates and other essentials that will be given to unaccompanied minors starting school in Urbana. We invite Middle School and High School youth to help. We also will have note cards and pens ready for all ages […]
August 18, 2019 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Cunningham Township Supervisor’s Office, a local public aid office that provides a non-duplicated safety net for Urbana households dealing with the devastations of homelessness, eviction, joblessness, or disability, is partnering with the Unitarian Universalist Church of Urbana-Champaign, H2O Salon, and UC Friends Meeting to help homeless and near-homeless residents prepare for school. Champaign County has […]
August 22, 2019 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Join us at Attie’s Bar & Grill today, August 22 for the UU Happy Hour. Attie’s is on the Stone Creek Golf Course, and if the weather’s good, we’ll be on the patio to watch the golfers. Come anytime between 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to get together, chat, and relax. Attie’s is located at […]
August 22, 2019 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm – The Immigration Justice Task Force (IJTF) received a request for the church to provide temporary hospitality / emergency refuge (1-5 days) for undocumented immigrants in danger of detention during ICE raids. Several area churches are stepping up to this challenge. Three Spinners , a local non-profit that provides support for refugees, would provide food, bedding, and accompaniment […]
August 25, 2019 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm – All religious education leadership is invited to attend our first training of the year on Sunday, August 25th from Noon to 2:00 pm. The first hour will be an introduction to this year’s program. During the second hour, small groups will rotate through three workshops where they will learn the following: Creative ways to use […]