Our liberal religious community invites you with open arms, hearts, and minds.
We gather for worship to lift up what is of worth in many religious traditions and let it shape our lives.
We welcome families however they are composed, and encourage religious plurality in a community covenanted to affirm
the free and responsible search for truth and meaning.
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WORSHIP SERVICES - 10:30 a.m. in the Sanctuary
July 18, “Method, Message, and Meaning-Making” - What Angus McLean said about Liberal Faith Religious Education may apply to Liberal Faith as a whole… how we come to our beliefs may be more important to what binds persons of Liberal Faith than what those beliefs are. How we seek meaning, how we relate reason and faith, how we choose our sources of inspiration all are a part of our “method”. Perhaps some of our commonality is found through the Method of Liberal Faith. This is the first in a summer sermon series on four commonalities in liberal faith. In our creedless faith, are there theological commonalities that bind us across belief and practice? What ideas about faith and the nature of religion rest between the different concepts of God and humanity, origin and tradition that come from the many different paths that brought us to this congregation of liberal faith? While they may not apply to us all, we will explore four possible points of commonality in liberal faith through the lens of modern Unitarian Universalism and some Unitarian and Universalist theologians. While not an exhaustive list, perhaps these four points can begin our seeing the many threads that bind our diversity. (Other dates in the series are July 25, August 8, and August 22.) David Pyle was UCE’s ministerial intern in 2007-2008. The Rev. David Pyle, service leader; Matt Fuenfhausen, Worship Associate
July 25, “Scripture of an Ever Changing Revelation” - What constitutes “scripture” among the adherents of liberal faith varies widely, and is often quite individualized. This can be quite surprising to those from other faith traditions. Perhaps our common center in what we find of religious inspiration lies not in the texts themselves, but in the way the “Living Scriptures” of our own lives relate to that which inspires us. As such, we live a faith where our individual canons are never sealed. (Other dates in the series are July 18, August 8, and August 22. See July 18 listing for the series description.) The Rev. David Pyle, service leader; Annette Wallace, Worship Associate
August 1, “Why Vampires?” - Nothing fascinates me more these days than the world-wide fascination with these blood-sucking beings. A look at predation of all sorts (spiritual, emotional, sexual) and why it holds for us both disgust and allurement. Michael Anderson and his wife, Kay, have been attending UCE for over ten years. Prior to that, Michael was, for 15 years, an Episcopal minister, serving congregations in Deerfield and Clarendon Hills. Michael Anderson, service leader; William Phillips, Worship Associate
August 8, “Equality Even in Our Endings”
The answer to the question “What happens after we die” will vary widely among those of Liberal Faith. Some of us believe in reincarnation, or in a form of heavenly existence, or that we become nothing at all. Many of us accept that we do not know what happens, if anything. But one belief about the ending of our earthly existence seems to be held in common among many of us, that whatever happens, it will happen to us all equally. (Other dates in the series are July 18, July 25, and August 22. See July 18 listing for the series description.) The Rev. David Pyle, service leader; William Phillips, Worship Associate
CRACKERBARREL DISCUSSION GROUP - 9:15 a.m. in Room 3
The Crackerbarrel Disscussion Group is on hiatus until September.
