Posts by Revitalization Team
Let’s Celebrate the Season and Deck the Halls Together Followed by a Potluck.
Mark your calendars for Saturday December 2nd, 5:00pm – 6:30pm Deck the Halls followed by a Holiday Potluck starting at 6:30pm. We could sure use your help decorating the church for the holidays and we would love to share a meal following the decorating. Attend one or both, whatever works best for you. Hosted by the Revitalization Team.
Landscaping and Bonfire – Saturday!
This is a reminder that we have a Landscaping Workday followed by a Bonfire this Saturday (October 28). The weather looks like it’s going to be perfect for outdoor work and a bonfire – partly cloudy and 52! We’ll be starting at 3pm and focusing on taking care of some weeding around the Meditation Garden and the building. If we have enough people, we can spread some woodchips as well. Around 5pm we’ll start lighting the fire so that it’ll…
From the Revitalization Team
As summer draws to a close, I hope you are feeling refreshed and eager to return to the more structured comforts of our UUCE church year. It’s been a busy season for your Revitalization Team! Once again, I’d like to encourage you to get as involved as you can with our community. The groups and teams we have are filled with opportunities to build connections with loving people. And if the Revitalization Team interests you, our doors are always open…
5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche
On September 23rd from 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Elgin and ELGbtq+ are partnering to present 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche, a play brought to you by Mosaic Players – a traveling theatre troupe whose work embraces social justice, human rights, and equality. 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche is a scintillating satire of women’s roles in the 1950s, enlisting its characters in a caricature of the sexism, heterosexism, consumerism, and Communism exuberant in the era. Come join us for this absurdly adorable…
Walk after the Farmers Market
The Revitalization Team invites you, and your friends and family to come and take a leisurely stroll along the Fox River on Friday, August 18th. We will start at the downtown Elgin Farmers Market on S. Riverside Drive, meeting at the UUCE booth. At 7:00 pm we will start our walk, heading north along the river until we get to the dam at Kimball. This is family-friendly, and will be at a slow pace along the bike path, which is paved.
Save the Date—UUCE Community Picnic, June 11
Please plan to join us for a one-of-a-kind picnic celebration. We will be zipping over to Burnidge Woods Forest Preserve (2.2 miles from church) directly after the flower communion service on Sunday, June 11. We have reserved the main pavilion from noon until sunset and it has an accessible cement path up to the pavilion. Activities will include: Suggestions: Help us plan for food… RSVP HERE.
For the Mother of all Potlucks!
The Revitalization Team invites you to potluck with us in honor of Mother’s Day! The event will be held at the church the evening of Saturday, May 13th at 5:30pm. While it’s certainly not required, we encourage you to bring something that you loved eating while growing up. Maybe a favorite dish your mother made? Either way, please save the date and plan to spend some time feeding both body and heart with our beloved community. More details to follow! Sharon…
The UUCE Youth Invite you to get clean! (April 2nd)
Well, not YOU exactly. But our church! Our intrepid UUCE Youth Group have scheduled an all church clean-up for Sunday, April 2nd after church. They are busy coming up with detailed work for each room of the church and are looking for a whole host of volunteers to help get our beloved home sparkling again. Do you have a couple hours to spare? Some form of sustenance will be provided for volunteers between church and the work. More details to…
Hygge Hangout
The Revitalization Team will be hosting a Hygge Hangout in Fellowship Hall on Friday, January 13, from 6:30 – 9:30 pm. More information on what “hygge” is can be found in the last paragraph taken from a sermon that Stephen Day gave around this time last year. In the spirit of hygge, we are keeping this simple. We will provide warm lighting, tea and hot cocoa, and a few hygge activities such as small coloring or crafting materials. Please feel…
Pre-Thanksgiving Potluck
November 19, 2022 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm Before the craziness of the holidays begin, we came together for a low-key community potluck. There were no rules about who should bring what – everyone just brought whatever they wanted to. Lots of fellowship was had by all.
From the Revitalization Team
Hello Friends, Earlier in the year, the Revitalization Team, Board of Trustees, and Executive Team joined forces for a Joint Leadership Task Force. The main activity of this task force was to look at how the church was functioning as a lay-led congregation. We came up with a long list of activities that a minister normally leads or is involved in and discussed where we thought we had gaps and what priorities we should work on. One of the things…
Food for Greater Elgin Volunteer Opportunity
Hello all, On behalf of the Revitalization Team, you are invited to participate in a volunteering event, the details of which are below: When — Next Thursday, Oct 13 , from 5:00 – 8:30 pm Where — Food for Greater Elgin, 1553 Commerce Dr., Elgin, IL 60123 Food for Greater Elgin is the second largest food pantry in Kane County. Every week, Food For Greater Elgin hosts guest-choice distributions offering both day and evening shifts for our guests’ convenience. This style…