RE News & Announcements

  • A Letter From Michele Grove, Interim Director of Religious Education July 12, 2019 - One of my favorite aspects of summer is the time given to dreaming. As programs slow down, there is time to reach out and have conversation with current and future religious education leaders and dream about next year.
  • Religious Education Is At It’s Best When Passionate Leaders Are Involved June 18, 2019 - Learning is a treasured gift at UUCUC. It is our hope to strengthen the systems that make religious education learning and leading easy to identify. I ask each of you: How do you wish to connect to the learning community of UUCUC?
  • Nursery Volunteers Needed For The Summer June 8, 2019 - Many of our nursery staff go home once the college semester ends. And yet, our youngest still need loving people willing to be with them each week during worship.
  • A Giant Thank You To Religious Leaders May 30, 2019 - On May 19th, the UUCUC community will celebrate religious education and its leaders in worship and fellowship. During the weeks that lead up to this exciting event, members and friends of the community are invited to write and draw thank you notes for our leaders.
  • Making Religious Education Happen May 16, 2019 - During the month of May, three working groups will meet to discuss how to revitalize this committee (or other named group) to lead a full religious education program next year.
  • Coming Of Age Worship Service A Success May 9, 2019 - On Sunday, May 5th, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Urbana-Champaign recognized thirteen youth in the annual Coming of Age worship service.
  • RE Child Care Policy April 18, 2019 - If you have an event which would benefit from child care, reach out to our child care coordinator, Kelsey Libert. She is happy to work with you to organize child care.
  • A Religious Education Task Force April 11, 2019 - When Michele Grove, our interim director of religious education arrived last August, there was no religious education committee. Part of her call is to work with the congregation to discern the best way to make lifespan religious education happen.
  • Helping a Local Church After Tragedy January 31, 2019 - Please join our 4th - 5th grade class in Fellowship Hall this Sunday to help Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church. On Jan. 21st, a fire completely destroyed their Sanctuary and extensively damaged the remainder of their structure.
  • New Name for the Interim Religious Education Advisory Group (IREAG) January 10, 2019 - Since Michele Grove, our interim director of religious education arrived at UUCUC, the Interim Religious Education Advisory Group has worked with her to discern and guide the interim religious education process.