July 30th, 2023

A place to be yourself. To relax. To know you belong and are welcome. These describe the best kinds of home.  As UU’s we aspire to make our congregations warm and welcoming, to create a sense of coming home for those entering our doors. But, there’s always a catch. What if our own sense of home makes someone else feel left out? Rev Pam will open a conversation around what we can do personally and as a congregation to widen the circle and make that space of home for all seekers on the journey.  Using stories from Sci-Fi genre – she’ll invite us to widen our imaginations and see ourselves and others with new eyes. Rev. Pamela Rumancik is our guest preacher this morning and Bob Mesle is the worship associate.

The Rev Pamela Rumancik is poet, native plant enthusiast and spiritual seeker retired from serving the Unitarian Church in Hinsdale who now works as a hospice chaplain.  Her spiritual roots reach back to Catholicism, and she is an initiate into the Sufi tradition. These deep liturgical origins inform her love of the arts as a vehicle for experiencing the Holy. Pam’s deepest commitments are to remembering the divine in each being and finding ways to open conversation with folks who see the world differently. Originally from Lorain, Ohio and she is the mother of three grown children and the wife of Rev Karen Mooney. Pam and Karen live in Bull Valley, Il, share their home with goldendoodles Parker & Ruthie and spend a lot of time out in the garden.

We will host an in-person and virtual worship service on Sunday, July 30th at 10:30 am.

Please submit your Joys and Sorrows through this online form. If you submit a message by 9 am, we will try to read it that Sunday. Thank you for your patience as we are adapting to best serve you all! Note there will only be one service time so that we can gather together as a whole community of faith. You can still give to the shared offering through “text to give,” mail a check to the office with “shared offering” in the memo line, or go to our website and hit “give” on the upper right or click here. This Sunday’s shared offering recipient is the Community Renewal Society.