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Sunday, May 8
Worship Service - 9:15 and 11:00am
"Educating Religiously Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow"
This church was founded 125 years ago by people who wanted a liberal religious education for their children. As we honor the learning of our children and teachers this year, we'll look at our history of religious education and glimpse our future. Rev. Connie Grant and Rev. Bret Lortie leading. This is a worship service for all ages.
Childcare for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers is available from 9:00-12:30.
Mother's Day Lunch
Celebrate Mother's Day by joining us for a delicious lunch after the 11:00am service on May 8, or a lighter repast after the 9:15 service. The Religious Education 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade class will be hosting these meals as a fundraiser for their social action project, which is assembling boxes of cleaning supplies for individuals and families newly settled into homes by Connections for the Homeless. All proceeds will go toward purchasing supplies for the boxes.
Crackerbarrel - 9:30am
"Illinois Budget Crisis: the Effects on Human and Social Service Organizations"
The state of Illinois has been operating without a budget for nearly a year. Mark Weiner will discuss the current and future impacts of the Illinois budget crises in human and social service organizations. He will discuss the specific challenges to faith based not-for-profit upon his organization, CJE SeniorLife, as well as other organizations in general. Discussion leader Mark Weiner is the President and CEO of CJE SeniorLife, a major provider of social services to the Jewish and non-Jewish elderly in the Chicago area. Website: cje.net
The Chris Isely Cancer Support Group
This Sunday at 9:15am
The group is open to anyone facing cancer, either personally or through a family member or friend. This lay-led group is a safe place for sharing and hope. Interested participants are encouraged to drop in any time. Questions? Contact Renee Hoff or Brian Meister.
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Upcoming Worship Services
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Sunday, May 15, 9:15 and 11:00am
Rev. Roger Fritts, UCE Senior Minister from 1985-1993, will be preaching as our guest minister.
Sunday, May 22, 9:15 and 11:00am
"Being a Blessing"
How to be a blessing: some everyday practices of attention and intentionality. Rev. Connie Grant speaking.
Sunday, May 29, 9:15 and 11:00am
"A Soldier's Heart"
What can we do to end war? Sometimes it feels like not much. Our role is therefore complicated as we search to understand the human dimensions of suffering following war. War sometimes demands that soldiers do the humanly unthinkable, and when they return from service, what are our responsibilities for "buying back" our soldiers wounded in both body and soul? Rev. Bret Lortie speaking.
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All Hospitality Team Potluck
Tonight - Friday, May 6, 6-9pm at UCE 
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Let's celebrate our first (and successful) year of the Hospitality Teams and get re-energized for the coming year. All team members, including all ages, are invited. Bring a dish and enjoy getting to know your team a little better. A prize for the team with the most members present! Any questions, contact your team leader or Eileen Wiviott at ewiviott@hotmail.com. If you don't know what team you're on, Eileen can help you with that too.
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Secretary to the Board of Trustees
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The UCE Board of Trustees is seeking applicants for position of Secretary to the Board. Jim Clark is stepping down from his position as Secretary to the Board of Trustees in June, after six years of excellent service. The Board is seeking a volunteer to take up this important role. The primary duties of the position are taking detailed minutes at all monthly Board meetings and preparing them for circulation to core church leaders. We are seeking an individual with some office experience, flexibility, basic familiarity with a range of UCE activities and governance practices, good work relationships, and able to serve the Board with discretion. Proficiency with Microsoft Word or an equivalent software product is essential. Applicants for the volunteer position: Send an email to the Board President, expressing why they are interested in serving the church in this important role and describing pertinent prior experience. Brian Nielsen.
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Rev. Roger Fritts Potluck Dinner
Saturday, May 14, 6-9pm
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Continuing to celebrate our 125th Anniversary
Rev. Roger Fritts, who was our Senior Minister 1985-1993, is our next guest in our quasquicentennial year of celebration. He will be with us the weekend of May 14-15. Plan to meet and greet Roger (and Rev. Leslie Westbrook) at an all-ages potluck dinner gathering on Saturday, May 14, 6-9pm. RSVP on the lobby bulletin board or online. Rev. Fritts will be in our pulpit on Sunday, May 15.
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Being Mortal
Continues Tuesdays, May 10, 17 & 24,
7:00 - 9:00pm
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Join us to gain new insights into such important current issues as quality of life, crucial conversations, advance directives, hospice care, and elective dying as we explore the book Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End (Metropolitan Books, 2014), available at the Book H.Author Atul Gawande, a practicing surgeon, turns his attention to age and infirmity, and how 'the medicalization of death' is failing us. Noting the difficulties that doctors and relatives have with end of life issues, Gawande argues that survival should not be the main concern, but rather well-being. In a war you cannot win "You don't want a general who fights to the point of total annihilation," he suggests. "You don't want Custer. You want Robert E. Lee who knows how to fight for territory that can be won and how to surrender when it can't." Facilitated by Cathy Deamant, Carol Nielsen, and Dick Whitaker.
Please sign up on the Religious Education bulletin board near the lobby or with the UCE office at learning@ucevanston.org or 847-864-1330.
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Garden Swap
Friday, May 27, 4-7pm
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Plants, Seedlings, Divisions. Garden items: books, tools, crafts, pots, recipes. Come with something you have to share, leave with something you want to grow.
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All Church Potluck Picnic
Sunday, June 12, 11:00am
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Celebrate the coming of summer with UCE'S ALL CHURCH POTLUCK PICNIC after the service on Sunday, June 12. Meat and meatless options will be provided. Please bring a dish to share for 10-12 people. If you are willing and able to help with set up, serving, or cleaning up, please contact Eileen Wiviott at ewiviott@hotmail.com. This is a time for us to gather as a community, enjoy each other and thank each other for a wonderful year. Don't miss it!
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Offer from Serendipity Auction Team
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The winner of a Live Serendipity Auction item is unable to follow through, and we could not identify the next highest bidder. Therefore, we are conducting a mini-auction through email. See the description below for how you and up to five guests can emjoy a wonderful weekend on June 24-26. The opening bid must be a minimum of $400. Any higher bids must be an increment of at least $25 more. E-mail your bid to Tom Hempfling.
Weekend on t'other side of the lake
Get away from it all for a weekend on June 24-26 at the Haynes' summer house on Lake Michigan (located north of Muskegon MI, 210 miles from Chicago). No TV, no cell phone reception, internet may be slow... but you'll watch sunset over Lake Michigan and go to sleep to the sound of the waves. Swim, walk miles along the beach, build a sand castle, curl up in a corner with a book, explore the local small towns, experience 10,000 years of human history at the nearby Michigan's Heritage Park. There are numerous puzzles and board games to choose from. Accommodations are a first floor bedroom with double bed and attached bathroom, second floor bedroom with queen sized bed and third floor dormitory style sleeping "loft" with twin beds and double beds. Second and third floor sleepers share the second floor bathroom. Bring the family, invite some friends. Meals (Friday evening supper through Sunday lunch) for up to 6 people are included (but byob and soft drinks) and will be prepared by your on-site hosts. Your hosts will consult with the winner regarding dietary restrictions/preferences as they plan the menu for the weekend. Please contact Woody Haynes for any additional information.
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On the Table, Evanston
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In collaboration with The Chicago Community Trust's On The Table initiative, on May 10, more than 2,000 Evanston residents and those affiliated with Evanston institutions will come together in small groups of ten or 12 at a variety of Evanston's nonprofit agencies, businesses, and religious organizations. We'll get to know one another better by sharing an intimate potluck dinner with people of different backgrounds and with varying perspectives, engaging in courageous conversations, and helping unite this place we call home. Click here for more information and to sign up.
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Ricky Byrdsong Memorial Race Against Hate Sunday, June 19
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The 17th Annual Race Against Hate will take place Sunday, June 19 at Floyd Long Field Park in Evanston starting at 7:30am. This family-friendly event, which features a 5K, 10K, walk, and youth mile, draws thousands of people from all over Chicagoland to honor the legacy of Ricky Byrdsong and promote awareness and activism to eliminate racism. Proceeds support YWCA Evanston/North Shore programming in our communities, especially in the areas of racial justice and violence prevention. Learn more and register at www.ywca.org/RAH2016. Be sure to join the UCE Black Lives Matter team!
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Ecstatic Dance
Monday, May 16, 6:30pm
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Ecstatic Dance takes place the third Monday of each month. Ecstatic dance is free-form movement inspired by music which allows our bodies to move freely without judgment and develops a direct body-spirit connection. It's about being present with your own energy and discovering your own inner dance using movement and energetic experience to release stuck patterns in your body, emotions, mind and spirit. Contact Cindy Lortie for more information.
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Harms Woods Restoration Project
Sunday, May 15, 1-4pm
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Join the Evanston Interreligious Sustainability Circle in this twice yearly fun and productive afternoon in the woods, pulling garlic mustard, planting native seeds or cutting buckthorn.
Meet at 1:00pm and have a brief religious opening at 1:15 before heading off with our forest preserve stewards Jane and John Balaban. The activity is suitable for kids 10+, and teens to seniors. Wear work clothes and boots if it might be wet. Please call Dale Griffin or email dalecgriffin@comcast.net to RSVP.
Meet at the parking lot on the west side of Harms Road just south of Glenview Road.
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Upcoming Membership Classes
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Intro to Unitarian Universalism
Sunday, June 5, 12:30 - 2pm
Led by Rev. Bret Lortie, we'll look at our history, our principles, the sources of our faith, and the meaning of covenant. This is the first step in the membership process.
Orientation Toward Membership
Saturday, June 11, 9am - noon
Led by Rev. Connie Grant, Membership Director, Eileen Wiviott, and members of the New Member Committee. An interactive class exploring our spiritual journeys, the diversity of our beliefs, and what it means to be a member of this congregation. This is the second step in the membership process.
Sign up at the Guest & Member Table in the lobby or email Eileen Wiviott at ewiviott@hotmail.com. There will be childcare available upon request for both of these classes. Please let us know as soon as possible if you need childcare.
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Upcoming UCE Events
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Click each event for more information.
Friday, May 6, 5pm
Women, Food and God, An Unexpected Path to Almost Anything
Friday, May 6, 6pm
All Hospitality Team Potluck
Saturday, May 7, 7:30pm
Spring Coffee House
Tuesdays, May 10, 17 & 24, 7pm Being Mortal
Tuesday, May 10
On the Table Evanston
Friday, May 13, 6pm
An Evening of Storytelling and Sharing
Saturday, May 14, 6pm
Rev. Roger Fritts Potluck Dinner
Sunday, May 15, 12:15pm
Annual Meeting
Monday, May 16, 6:30pm
Ecstatic Dance
Saturday, May 21, 7:30pm
Howard Levy's Musical Worlds
Friday, May 27, 4pm
Garden Swap
Sunday, June 5, 12:30pm
Infro to UU
Saturday, June 11, 9am
Orientation Towards Membership
Sunday, June 12, 11am
UCE All Church Potluck Picnic
Thursday Nights, 5:30pm
Meditation Group
Thursday Nights, 7pm
UCE Addictions Ministry Group
Sunday Mornings, 8:15am & Wednesday Mornings, 9:30am
Yoga
Saturdays at 10:00am
Open Drumming Circles
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UCE Spring Coffee House
Saturday, May 7 at 7:30pm
Music, Stories, & Poetry to Entertain You
featuring
The Reclaimers
a bluegrass band
and other performers
Interested in performing?
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An Evening of Storytelling and Sharing
Friday, May 13 at UCE
6pm Potluck, 7pm Program
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The Unitarian Church of Evanston will present "An Evening of Storytelling and Sharing." The theme will be "Exploring Racism" and is targeted to adults and high school youths. This event will continue UCE's year-long work on racial justice issues.
Susan O'Halloran and Mama Edie Armstrong will tell their stories beginning at 7pm after a potluck supper in the Unitarian Church Sanctuary. Adults and older teens are invited to join us for this fun and educational community gathering.
The potluck supper will start at 6:00pm. You are invited to bring a dish to share for 8 people. Non-alcoholic beverages will be provided.
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UCE presents
"Howard Levy's Musical Worlds"
Saturday, May 21, 2016 7:30pm
Featuring music representing multiple cultures.
Tickets are $30 each.
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Join the Non-Fiction Book group in reading and discussing
Family Properties: How the Struggle Over Race and Real Estate Transformed Chicago and Urban America
We will discuss native Chicagoan Beryl Satter's book about race and real estate in Lawndale in the years after World War II. Learn about redlining, contract buying, and slum landlords and the crusade launched against the profiteers by attorney Mark Satter and community activists.
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Opportunities
for Spiritual Practice
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Ministers' Schedules
Rev. Bret Lortie is available on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and by appointment. Monday is sabbath and Friday devoted to writing. To send a message or read Rev. Bret's blog, visit www.liberalfaith.org.
Rev. Connie Grant is generally in the office during the day on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and often has evening meetings on those days. She takes Mondays off and works at home on Fridays. Please email or call Connie for an appointment.
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