Sunday Service: In-person and Online Sunday at 10:30am
It is ministerial intern Susan Frances’ last Sunday at UCE. She will talk about how we make life goals and then how we keep going when the “Bang-ups and Hang-ups” happen. Service led by Susan Frances. 9:15am All-Ages Worship, 11am Worship in Sanctuary & Religious Education downstairs.
Our mission at UCE is nurturing the human spirit for a world made whole, but what does a world made whole look like and how does nurturing our spirits get us there? We can’t build what we can’t imagine, so bring your broken heart and weary spirit and together we’ll explore how to renew our broken and hurting world. 9:15am All-Ages Worship, 11am Worship in Sanctuary & Religious Education downstairs. Service Led by Rev. Eileen Wiviott.
What in the world do Unitarian Universalists do on Easter Sunday? If you’re tired of hearing about crucifixion and resurrection, with its “rise and shine” theology and its blood and gore carnality, then come worship with us. We’ll take a skeptical approach this holy day, and celebrate it as the holiday it has in many ways become. There will be special music, the annual egg hunt, visits from bunnies, and some serendipities I’ll save for later. This year, we are making a special, concerted effort to invite our church neighbors to join us. This is a great opportunity to invite your friends and neighbors too! Service led by Rev. Gregory Stewart. All-Ages service (sanctuary)
The traditional Palm Sunday saga is one of triumph and celebration, and with some good reasons. But the lesson I have learned from the death of Jesus is more mundane than miraculous and has to do with the human response to betrayal. What should we do when someone we love and trust intentionally sets us up for a fall? Or how about a government? Even a church? The answer to these questions is truly something to celebrate! Service led by Rev. Gregory Stewart. 9:15am All-Ages Worship, 11am Worship in Sanctuary & Religious Education downstairs.
Headlines pummel us daily with bad news, and television news sources offer “Breaking News” around the clock with the fear that the end is surely near. Does Unitarian Universalism give us anything to hold on to in troubled times? We’ll find out by examining the core of our liberal faith and the Unitarian Universalist movement that arises out if it. I believe that what distinguishes our congregation from others makes us a destination for those who desire a fresh movement of the spirit, unencumbered by dogma and encouraged by debate. But how will they find us if we don’t articulate our faith? This is a good day to begin again. Service led by Rev. Gregory Stewart. 9:15am All-Ages Worship, 11am Worship in Sanctuary & Religious Education downstairs.
The Hero’s Journey is a well know literary device and it’s also a metaphor for our spiritual journeys. Each life is a Hero’s Journey in some way. We are each called to something and there are thresholds we all must cross. What can we discover and what can we create on the inner journey of the hero? Service led by Rev. Eileen Wiviott. 9:15am All Ages Worship, 11am Worship Service
5th Sunday Service Day
10am Service Project, Rm. 5
11am Guest Speaker from Niles Township Pantry, Rm. 10
Mary Oliver is sometimes lovingly referred to as the Poet Laureate of Unitarian Universalism. Her words and poetic images resonate with religious liberals for their openness, inquisitiveness, and a tone that suggests she is spiritual without being religious. Then came late in life her embrace of what we might call Orthodoxy. Even with her feet planted where I could not grow, this poet speaks to me. Today we’ll look at Mary’s life both pre- and post-conversion, not through her biography, but through her poetry. I think you’ll find Mary is still one of us, but with expanded insights into all that makes us human. Service led by Rev. Gregory Stewart. 9:15am All Ages Worship; 11am Religious Education downstairs.
Our junior high youth have been at work this year on a statement of belief and life purpose, working toward both keen discernment and clear articulation. Come hear what they have to teach us. All Ages service (sanctuary)
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) asked a lot of questions of those who claimed to be the voice of God in nineteenth-century America. He found religion stale, with adherents living vicariously through the real-time faith encounters of previous generations, those who actually “beheld God and nature face to face.” Ralph Waldo soon determined to settle for nothing less than a fresh anointing, a genuine encounter with all that is holy. His questions: “Why should not we also enjoy an original relation to the universe?” “Why should not we also have a poetry and philosophy of insight and not of tradition and a religion by revelation to us, and not the history of theirs?” Today these will be our questions too. Service led by Rev. Gregory Stewart. All Ages Worship at 9:15. Religious Education classes begin downstairs.
Headlines pummel us daily with bad news, and television news sources offer “Breaking News” around the clock with the fear that the end is surely near. Does Unitarian Universalism give us anything to hold on to in troubled times? We’ll find out by examining the core of our liberal faith and the Unitarian Universalist movement that arises out if it. I believe that what distinguishes our congregation from others makes us a destination for those who desire a fresh movement of the spirit, unencumbered by dogma and encouraged by debate. But how will they find us if we don’t articulate our faith? This is a good day to begin again. Downstairs start for Religious Education at 11 am. Service led by Rev. Gregory Stewart
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Evanston, IL 60201
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UCE’s office hours:
Monday: CLOSED
Tuesday – Thursday: 10 AM – 4 PM
Friday: 10 AM – 1 PM
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: 10 AM – 2 PM
In-person and Virtual Sunday Service is held at 10:30 am.
Member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association covenant to affirm and promote the Seven Principles of Unitarian Universalism.
The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Evanston is recognized by the Unitarian Universalist Association as a Welcoming Congregation, a Peace Advocate Congregation, and a Green Sanctuary.
