Join us this Sunday for a Pride month service celebrating the resilience, history, and future of the LGBTQ community. Rev. Sally will be joined in the pulpit by UUCUC member Jerry Carden, who will help lead us in looking back at the human impact of the AIDS pandemic, reflecting on how we memorialize one another, … Continue reading Remembering is an Act of Love
Join us this Sunday for a service all about facing the end of life with open eyes and open hearts. UUs hold a variety of beliefs about death, but too often, fear and taboos keep us from directly thinking about our own life’s final stages. Together, we can create a space for open conversation and … Continue reading Embracing Our Mortality
Join us this Sunday to feed your inner child and revive your playful spirit. Play is all about freedom, imagination, and collective joy, but we too often rush to leave it behind for the seriousness of adulthood. This Sunday we will sing, laugh, meditate, and remember the sacred part of ourselves that is fed by … Continue reading Remembering How to Play
Join us this Sunday for a vibrant celebration of new life, resurrection, and rebirth! This Easter service will be uniquely UU, as we will be celebrating our “Flower Communion,” a tradition dating back to the 1940s, honoring the beauty of nature, the hope of rebirth, and the diversity of our human family. Bring a flower … Continue reading Easter Flower Celebration
Join us this Sunday for a chance to lay down your burdens and simply be. It has been two years since the first COVID deaths here in Champaign county, and over 6 million have been killed by the virus worldwide. Life goes on, but when’s the last time you let yourself acknowledge all that has … Continue reading A Time to Mourn
You will mostly likely have heard the phrase “It takes a village to raise a child”. As a congregation we at UUCUC form our own “village” in a very real way. Our parents, busy about the life work of raising children, form a sacred and essential part of who we are as a community…. of … Continue reading Reflections on Pandemic Life as a Family
Join us this Sunday for a chance to reflect on Unitarian Universalism’s long-standing commitment to providing comprehensive sex education to all ages in our congregations. We will hear from alumni and facilitators of our own Our Whole Lives (OWL) program, and will have a chance to consider more deeply how religion, bodies, and sexuality are … Continue reading Sacred Sex-Ed
Join us this Sunday to hear Rev. Sally share her personal story of growing up in Unitarian Universalism, leaving, coming back, and eventually realizing her call to ministry. Every Unitarian Universalist has their own unique journey, and we are committed to building sacred spaces that can hold all our different stories. This service will give … Continue reading My Path, Our Church
Join us this Sunday for a warm and hearty reminder of all we are capable of when we join together. This service will will feed our spirits with stone soup, poetic dumplings, and holy loaves & fishes. Together we will lift up our proud legacy as a giving and growing community, and will reflect on … Continue reading Renewal Stew
What help is a stairway to heaven if you use a walker or a wheelchair? Join us this Sunday to reflect on questions of accessibility, welcome, and disability at UUCUC. In this auction-purchased topic, Rev. Sally will share the pulpit with UUCUC members, inviting us all to view our bodies and surroundings through new eyes, … Continue reading Rampway to Heaven?
