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Traditional and Contemporary Holiday Music

(ZOOM SERVICE ONLY, building will be closed)

Traditional artists Phil Cooper, Kate Early and Margaret Nelson join forces with songwriter and “wise” woman Susan Urban for a show that presents every possible perspective on the holiday season from the reverent to the ridiculous. Two to four-part harmonies and masterful instrumentation on guitar, banjo, mountain dulcimer, hand drum and other percussion instruments make the Bittersweet Christmas Band an act not to be missed!

FORUM: Rev. Alison Farnum

UU Connect Forum will feature Rev. Farnum speaking on the scope of the UU Prison Ministry of Illinois’ work and how folks can participate. It will be held in Room 3 between 11:30 am and 12:30 pm. If you wish to join by Zoom the codes will be included in the Sunday Zoom invitation email.

Goodness and Glory

In a dominant culture that fetishizes crime and punishment while remaining apathetic to the failures of the penal system, our Unitarian Universalist theologies remind us that we can rely on deeper truths of goodness and mercy that still hold each of us accountable in and to the interdependent web of life.

Holy

“Holy” is a mysterious word and, for many, a difficult one. What might holiness mean for us?

Celebrating Sahmain

Samhain is the final pagan harvest festival.  It is a time of transition from living to dead. Can we accept death as an essential part of the life cycle?  Can those who have died live on through our memories?

A Matter of Life and Death

Different perspectives and traditions on what we call “passing away” and how life is full of many small births and passings, involving deaths, new starts and transformations. Finally, deciding for ourselves what life means to us and how death can be a celebration of what we decide to make life about. UUCCPF · Tia Wilson … Continue reading A Matter of Life and Death

Balance of the Sexes

One UU’s vision of how men, women, and everyone in between can move forward from where we are today. UUCCPF · UUCC 2019 02 04 Jodi Libretti

Taletta (Tia) Wilson “Female Embodiment”

*(discretion advised-some of the content may be verbally explicit) Many people experience abuse in our society because they identify as female. Most people consider themselves to be good but there is still the necessity for improvement. Being able to accept diversity in our community is vital to our growth.