This service will explore our connection  with the beloved blue marble we live on.

This June is the 50th anniversary of my ordination into the UU Ministry. I want to reflect on what I have learned. We will have ice cream sundaes as a celebration during coffee hour.

This service will be built around a piece of music that Paloma Furst Chivera will be playing. The piece is by William Grant Still. Summerland is the Heaven of the Spirtualists.  The sermon will be a reflection of some thought about heaven to accompany the music played by Paloma and Chris.

What might this ancient faith have to teach us? How might it make our lives more understandable? After the service and pot luck there will be a Tai Chi workshop. Denise Tracy and Bill Decker will lead the workshop. See Details in the February newsletter.

We will review those people who have died in 2023-the famous folk and those known to us in our personal lives.

Where did the customs we follow originate and how did they become our traditions? We will explore and have fun with holiday music, too.

The UUA is in the midst of some changes. What are they? Where have they originated? What are the choices of we people in the pews? Rev. Tracy will facilitate a discussion after the service about the UUA Article 2 proposal. Information about Article 2 can be found HERE

Rev Denise Tracy feels compelled to provide a perspective on what is happening in our world.

It is the season of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. We are also beginning a new church year. How do we reflect upon beginnings?

Long time member of the Joliet Church, Paul Brumbaugh asked me to preach on AI. I have been reading and thinking. I am curious what I am going to say.