Deepening Gratitude
Galen Guengerich, a UU minister and theologian, argues that gratitude is the Unitarian Universalist spiritual practice. How does gratitude show up in your life? What are the connections between Unitarian Universalist values and gratitude as a practice? Gratitude moves our hearts and minds, encouraging us to be aware of our connections to the interdependent web. Rev. Elizabeth Harding is our preacher, Ally Hunter our Worship Associate, and Gregory Shifrin is on the piano.
Rev. Elizabeth Harding serves as UUCE’s Affiliated Community Minister. She grew up at Second Unitarian Church of Chicago. She graduated from the University of Chicago’s Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy and Practice in 2005 and then from Meadville Lombard Theological School in 2006. Elizabeth was ordained in 2007 by Second Unitarian Church of Chicago and received full fellowship from the UUA in 2017. Elizabeth has served 4 churches as their affiliated community minister and is excited to join UCE’s vibrant community. She has served in ministry as a hospital chaplain, hospice chaplain, bereavement social worker, and most recently, as 2U’s acting minister for religious education.
Today’s offering will be shared with Zacharias Center, whose mission is to mobilize the community toward ending systemic sexual violence while amplifying the voice of survivors through trauma informed care, advocacy, and prevention education.
Upcoming Services
7/19/2026 – Rev. David Miller, In The Absence of Clarity
7/26/2026 – Nellie Eastman, What’s Your Story?
8/2/2026 – Rev. Jules Taylor, Dreamers
8/9/2026 – Dr. Elizabeth Mace, Sounds of Silence
