1stUnitarianChicago

progressive, inquisitive, spiritual, loving, serving community in Hyde Park, Chicago

[1stUnitarianChicago @firstuchicago]

Upcoming this Sunday and beyond at @firstuchicago https://t.co/8julJbKXDv

[1stUnitarianChicago @firstuchicago]

Sunday at 10am - "Goodness and Mercy" with Rev. Allison Farnum. In a culture that fetishizes crime and punishment, our Unitarian Universalist theologies remind us that we can rely on deeper truths of goodness.
https://t.co/U5OPSoTn88

[Susan Frederick-Gray @sfrederickgray]

At the @UUA we have paused our slow re-opening plan, we have returned to requiring all staff to wear masks, regardless of vaccination status, while in our headquarters building. Echoing the words of @CDCgov, our guidance is changing because the virus is changing.

[1stUnitarianChicago @firstuchicago]

This Sunday at 10:00 a.m: "The Conscience Pile" with the Rev. Hilary Krichevnia takes a trip to the Petrified Forest to explore how we rise with fewer rocks in our pockets and burdens in our hearts. https://t.co/ILcdNmW9l8

[1stUnitarianChicago @firstuchicago]

https://t.co/2U9qTKIWLu Information about "We Gather Together, " the 2021 UU Women's Connection Summer Retreat, Humanist and Global Group meetings, and "Engaging Our Theological Diversity," an upcoming discussion group based on the UUA Commission on Appraisal 2005 report.

[1stUnitarianChicago @firstuchicago]

The theme of the 2021 UU Women's Connection Summer Retreat, taking place Friday August 13 - Sunday August 15, 2021, is "We Gather Together" and will take place at the Ronora Lodge and Retreat Center in Watervliet, Michigan. https://t.co/2b7ASVyIwN

[1stUnitarianChicago @firstuchicago]

This Sunday, July 25: "Telling Our Stories" with the Rev. Darrick Jackson. What happens if we change our stories? https://t.co/wAbVqnXdWq

[1stUnitarianChicago @firstuchicago]

The First Unitarian Society of Chicago is pleased to welcome Reverend Donald J. Cameron as our Interim Minister! Rev. Don is relocating to Chicago from Georgia and will join us starting August 1, 2021. https://t.co/Cr1owSUPKr

[Black Myths Podcast @blackmythspod]

"The purpose of trying to change the world is not out of love and concern for the ABSTRACT people getting crushed by the system, but out of love and concern for the ACTUAL people who are getting crushed by the system who are imperfect problematic ass people." - @OlufemiOTaiwo

[1stUnitarianChicago @firstuchicago]

Miss yesterday's UU the Vote service?

Find it in our Podcast feed: https://t.co/6sizn6tYan (just search "First Unitarian Church of Chicago" in your favorite podcast app)

Or subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://t.co/KF1HcDELWQ

[UU World @UUWorld]

"No matter what issues I have with other Unitarian Universalists regarding our visions of God/Spirit, justice, race, and age—at the root of everything is community, love, and faith." —Elandria Williams, in 2014. Williams died this week, much too soon. https://t.co/JifPonUDJS

[BLMChicago @BLMChi]

65 years ago today. This is the system. #AbolitionNow

[1stUnitarianChicago @firstuchicago]

Breonna Taylor

[1stUnitarianChicago @firstuchicago]

We're podcasting again! Subscribe to "First Unitarian Church of Chicago" in your favorite podcasting app to get First U delivered weekly to you. And browse our back catalog of 60 services from the past several years.

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[1stUnitarianChicago @firstuchicago]

Rev. David the minster and Pilot the dog tell the story of a river that wanted to cross a desert: https://t.co/pKdRkp5au1

[Hyde Park Herald @HydeParkHerald]

“One contribution came in from someone in Vietnam, who said, ‘Thank you, Mr. Lyttle, for your work in the anti-war movement.'

Well, that’s moving, to me.”

https://t.co/7AI82NWyTh

[Lighthouse Foundation of Chicagoland @lightfoundchi]

Happy Thursday! #PRIDEACTIONTANK is running a brief anonymous survey to gather feedback on program needs and desires of Chicago's South Side and LGBTQ+ community. We're encouraging all of you who have something to contribute to go to https://t.co/6fSn1bKUdg

[Givins Beverly Castle @GivinsCastle]

One of the small turrets on the Givins Castle now houses a time capsule with items and photos from this historic #COVID19 moment. Our future Beverly friends won't access it until the turret needs another overhaul - many decades from now to be sure.

[W. Kamau Bell @wkamaubell]

Just so we're clear, white people, firing Aunt Jemima & giving us Juneteenth off are not the frontlines of defeating white supremacy & dismantling structural & instutional racism. Better schools, a just criminal justice system, access to healthcare was more what we were thinking.

[Susan Frederick-Gray @sfrederickgray]

.@UUA_OnChange's report on structural racism and white supremacy culture in Unitarian Universalism is now available. Gratitude to all who have served on the Commission and to everyone who shared their stories. Please read and share this report widely. https://t.co/AlfXWox7mb