On Sunday March 15, Rev. Owen-O'Quill challenged members and friends of 2nd Unitarian Church to collect 2,000 pounds of tuna fish for the Lakeview Food Pantry.  Our community accepted that challenge and exceeded it by far.  We collected 5,000 pounds of food!


Almost 100 volunteers assembled collection bags, distributed them in the Lakeview neighborhood,staffed the Lakeview Pantry van so that people in the Lakeview neighborhood could drop off their donations in the evening, and helped load and unload the food. 


We collected so much food that not all of it fit in Lakeview Pantry's van.  Members of 2nd Unitarian packed up their own cars and mini-vans and delivered the food to the Lakeview Pantry.  Many people brought their (and their neighbors and friends) donations of tuna and other food to the church.


On Easter afternoon, the volunteers gathered together at 2nd Unitarian for a potluck community dinner in fellowship and celebration of a job well done.

Saturday April 25, 8:45am - 1:00pm, lunch provided

Come help us vision the next generation of intergenerational worship at Second Unitarian Church.  This visioning, goal-setting workshop is an all church event, so please join us.

Please RSVP to Gabrielle Parra at 773-549-0260, ext. 12 or faithdev_2u@att.net.

Wednesday April 29, 7:00pm

Mark Morrison-Reed will be reading from his memoir, In Between: Memoir of an Integration Baby, which gives voice to the unspoken story of those Afro-Americans who were among the first to bring racial diversity to their neighborhood, school, church or workplace, to the increasing number of partners in interracial relationships and those blessed with and yet struggling to raise multiracial children in a polarized world.

A GREAT BIG THANK YOU to Brett Rowe, 2nd Unitarian's musicians, 4Now, HiJazz, and all the volunteers who made our Music Concert Fundraiser a huge success.  We raised $1670 AND had a fabulous time!

 

Working for social justice in our community is an important way Unitarian Universalists express their faith.

Call-to-Action: Justice for All Children: Bringing Fairness to School Funding.
Join us and learn how we can change the way our state funds public education for our children. Illinois ranks 49th in the nation in the amount of school funding provided by state revenues. The state's inequitable school funding system has had severe, negative impact on student academic performance. A new and fair statewide funding program is necessary. This call-to-action event is a great moment for us, as members of 2U, to take effective and meaningful action to change education funding policy for all children in our state.  Let's stand together for educational justice.

Date:  Sunday, April 19, 2009
Time: 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Location: St. Pauls United Church of Christ - 2335 N. Orchard Ave., Chicago. (Corner of Fullerton and Orchard)

If you are interested, I would like to organize a group of us to attend this training together after our church services.  Please contact the church at 773-549-0260 or secondunitarian@att.net.

Peace with justice

The Young Adult Ministry is geared towards people aged 18-35.  As a welcoming outreach ministry, we aim to bring young people together in fellowship and help everyone feel at home in our congregation.  We encourage spiritual formation, social justice work and involvement in the larger church community.  For more information, please contact the church at secondunitarian@att.net or join our Yahoo group

Upcoming Events:

April 19: Potluck Lunch & Worship.  The Young Adult Ministry holds a potluck lunch followed by a worship service one Sunday a month from 12:30-2:30 pm.  This is a great way get to know each other on a deeper level by engaging in meaningful conversations and sharing a community meal.  Eric Langston will host our next Potluck Lunch & Worship on the topic of world hunger. Please note, this is a date change to the THIRD Sunday for April.

Sign Up for Spring Small Groups in April

We are accepting registrations for the spring small groups which will run for eight consecutive weeks in May and June.  If you'd like to connect with other people and talk about the values and ideas that hold us together than please register online or at church by Sunday April 26.  If you have any questions you can call Lisa Todd, Membership Coordinator at 773-549-0260 x.11 or secondunitarian@att.net .

We are very excited to announce the launching of a Families with Children Small Group Ministry. We get so little time to spend with our families in this fast paced, busy society. Second Unitarian Church wants to create a space for your family to be able to spend quality time together talking about what is most important to you.

In this small group, families will be taking time to talk about how they want to live in relationship with each other and the larger world around them. Through age appropriate activities for all ages we will be exploring our family values. A typical meeting will look like this: first the families will all gather together for food and fellowship, then they will have some time for conversation, next comes individual family activity time (we will be journaling, painting, making pictures and much more) and then everyone will come back together to share with the group what they feel comfortable sharing.

This is a whole family activity where the whole household must be present. Why? Because we will be talking about what you all value the most and we want the whole family to be able to be a part of learning about each other, deciding how they want to live in the world, and coming closer together.

The small group will meet for four weeks in a row on Sunday May 31, Sunday June 7, Sunday June 14, and Saturday June 20 in Loft from 12pm - 2 pm which includes lunch/fellowship time. Please note that our last meeting is on Saturday instead of Sunday like the first three sessions. If you would like more information or would like to sign up please contact Director of Faith Development, Gabrielle Parra at faithdev_2U@att.net. Space is limited. We look forward to entering into this new ministry with you and your family.