Sermons (Audio Only)

2020 Sermons:

Great Comebacks

Busyness & Resilience

The Artist’s Struggle for Integrity

MLK What Lessons Can We Learn

Integrity: We know it when we see it

Why It Doesn't Pay to be a People Pleaser

2019 Sermons:

In Praise of Play

The Awe of Hanukkah

Stockings, Stars, and Songs

Dickens: A Christmas Carol

Paying Attention to the Losses in Our Lives

Sometimes It Takes A Little Craziness

Beyond Categorical Thinking: What a T-Rex named Penelope Pittsburgh, and a Theologian Can Teach Us about The Future of Religion and Our Commitment to Equity and Justice

Silence is the Space in which our Discovery of Belonging Begins

We're All in This Together

The Future is In Our Hands

When Children Lead the Way: From the Doctrine of Discovery to Gun Laws to Peace

I Know This Rose Will Open

Wishbone, Backbone, Funny Bone

The Elephant in the Room

Social, Economic, and Social Justice: An Activist's View of the World

Beauty and the Beast

Flower Communion Sunday

Mother's Day / A Curious Ministry

Easter and Wholeness

Finding Yourself

What Does It Mean to be a People of Wholeness?

The No That Makes Possible Each Yes

Pow Wow Culture in the Modern Era

How Possibilities Become Realities

Think It Possible That You May

The Possibility of a "Wider We"

Celebrating Journeys of Perseverance

How to Empower Your Mind, an Ancient Wisdom Practice

The Journey Matters More Than the Destination

Why Religion Matters

What Are We Building?

Let's Get Vulnerable!

Sermon Archive:

The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything

The Story of Multiple Stories

Religion: What Is It Good For?

And May All Your Holidays Be Green

Who Is Human and How Can You Tell?

What it Means to Work Together as Human Beings Toward Cultural, Social, and Environmental Equity

Report from the World

Autumn, Melancholy & Depths

A Description of Your Next Minister

Where Do We Go from Here, Baby Boomers and Millennials

Everyone Has a Birthday – The Power of Inclusion

Start with Experience

It's Not What You Think: Exploring a Native Message

Is Every Day Mother’s Day?

What Is Our Next Move?

Circle of the Sun

Recreating the Community

Celebrate in Joyful Song: Spring and the Rebirth of Hope

The Gathering Wave

Hope Springs Eternal

...And a Little Child Shall Lead Them

W.E.B. DuBois and Unitarian Universalism

Will Democracy Survive in America?

Community as Transcendence

Good versus Evil: How Do We Take Sides

Beloved Conversations

A Reason to Hope

The Gift of a Year

Creativity as a Source of Meaning

The Meaning of Life, If Any

Living Abundantly in a Hurting World

White Supremacy, Obvious and Subtle

Reformation - 500 Years Ago and Right Now Too

How Small Things Make Big Differences

Forgiveness and Wisdom: Do They Go Hand in Hand?

Can We Talk About This?

Self Examination and Atonement for UUs

Where We Belong

The Role of Community When times Are Hard

Filling Our Cups, thirsting for Justice

Don Quijote Challenges the Internet

174.3 Years and Counting

Sticks and Stones Can Break My Bones, and Words Can Forever Hurt Me

Space Pirates and Bootleg Gangsters

Buddhism and Change

The Bible, Your Bedroom, and the Law

May You Live in Interesting Times: The Life of a UU

Fatherhood: Revisiting Our Great Expectations

Universalism: A Myth That Still Works

Mothers Universal and Particular

Building a Better Way to Beloved Community

Women Make History in Our Denomination

What the Flowers Know

Spring Without Winter

New to Each Other Again

How Religion Shapes the Health Care Divide

Flowering After Fire: Resilience and Renewal

Seeking Justice – Seeking Community

A Fusion Solution

Evolution Is Not a Bowl of Cherries or Maybe It Is

How to Be Safe, How to Be Unsafe

How Long Will It Take?

Shifting Into a New Gear

Non-Judgment Day Is Coming!

Why Some Myths Work and Others Don’t

Gratitude Anyway

Who is Wounded, Who Can be Healed?

Confronting the Frightening Jabberwock

Healing Our World

The Cure for Democracy

Destination or Journey?

What Would a Healthy Religion Look and Feel Like?

Welcoming the Stranger

No Hell Unless You Really, Really Want It

Unconscious Politics: How Strange Tactics May Surprisingly Work

El Camino de Santiago, A Pilgrimage

Killing the Buddha

Liberation Theology

What I Have Learned in 25 Years

Islamophobia and the Syrian Refugee Crisis

How to Build a Genuine Community

Mothers and Babies: a Mothers' Day Celebration

Having a Mind of Our Own: Psychological Characteristics of Being Liberal or Conservative

The Theology of John Shelby Spong

Selling Elephant Parts: Is Everyone Equally Right?

The Earth Awakes Again

The Creative Search Church

Are Muslims Our Neighbors?

Five Smooth Stones of Religious Liberalism

Finding Happiness and Contentment

The Alchemy of Love

Evolution and the Mystery of Life

The Space Between Fundamentalist and No Religion

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Elusive Quest for Justice

Do Religions Cause Wars?

Hopes for a New Year

Scrooge, Potter & the Grinch: Greed and Christmas Hearts

Hanukkah: A Myth of Returning Light

A Rare Moment of Consensus

Practicing Gratitude: For Health and Spiritual Growth

Could Religion Make a Difference on Climate Change?

Imagine a Diverse Utopia

If It Works, It Might be True

Talking to People Who Believe Something Different

Good Fortune - Creative Response

Human Trafficking, Social Impact

What's with All These Zombies?

Hugs!!sguH: The Gospel According to Peg

What We Used to Call God

The Love of a Mother

Easy to Say, Hard to Do

What Is Religion All About?

The Prospects for Justice in the 21st Century

The Multiple Meanings of Easter

The Power of the Potluck

Ethics for the Whole Planet

UUs at Selma: 50 Years Ago and Today

Religion for the Next 500 Years

Evolution Sunday: The Issue That Still Hangs On

Which Is More Important, Justice or Theology?

Old Time Universalism

Gratitude for Health and Happiness

To Save or To Savor

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Calendar

	May 2024
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			1 Builder Mailing Builder Mailing May 1, 2024 9:00 am - 10:00 am Conference Room See more details OLLI Art Class OLLI Art Class May 1, 2024 10:00 am - 11:30 am Fellowship Hall See more details Administrative Team Administrative Team May 1, 2024 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Zoom 3 - conference room or library See more details CUUPs Meeting CUUPs Meeting May 1, 2024 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Conference Room & Zoom Conference Room or Zoom at http://tinyurl.com/2dv98nww CUUPs stands for “Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans.” The first Wednesday of each month, we discuss current and new business for the chapter. All are welcome. In May, we will also plan for Litha, which we will hold on Sunday, June 23, at 10:30am in the Sanctuary. The educational part of the May meeting will be led by Greg McNeil, who will take us on a foraging and plant identification hike in the Great Grove. See more details UUkulele Strum Group UUkulele Strum Group May 1, 2024 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Foyer See more details • • • • •	2 Mugs & Musings with Regina Mugs & Musings with Regina May 2, 2024 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Thursdays at 10am In May, we will meet at Zion Coffee Bar, located at 803 SW Adams St. in Peoria. Everyone is welcome to drop in as you are able and join Membership Coordinator Regina Stanley to discuss whatever is on your mind. Come as you are, bring your thoughts, and let's embark on a journey of connection and discovery together. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Regina at (309) 648-2767 or membership@peoriauuchurch.org. See more details Thursday Afternoon CC Thursday Afternoon CC May 2, 2024 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Jr High Room Sarah A See more details • •	3 Rehearse Music with Jim Scott Rehearse Music with Jim Scott May 3, 2024 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Sanctuary Jim Scott invites you to sing with him! All are welcome to rehearse with him as we run through Sunday's service, including hymns and additional pieces. Jim hopes that everyone will add their voices! Contact Reverend Jennifer ahead of time for the music. Copies will be available that evening. See more details •	4 Beltane Beltane May 4, 2024 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington Normal, 1613 E Emerson St, Bloomington, IL 61701, USA Doors open at 4pm, Maypole at 5pm Many Paths CUUPs welcomes you to celebrate the great holiday of Beltane! Come join us and plant seeds of hope to grow a bounty of love. A potluck will be served after the Maypole Dance. Bring your friends, your beloved, your family! All are invited to celebrate! See more details •
5 A Course in Miracles A Course in Miracles May 5, 2024 8:45 am - 10:00 am Conference Room You are welcome to join ongoing weekly sessions of A Course in Miracles, a self-study spiritual program based on universal spiritual themes, primarily including forgiveness as the path to love in order to focus on living more peacefully in this world. To RSVP, contact Suzette Boulais at zetter3@comcast.net. See more details Choir Practice Choir Practice May 5, 2024 8:45 am - 9:45 am See more details Plant Exchange Plant Exchange May 5, 2024 10:00 am - 12:30 pm Church Patio Sunday, May 5, Patio, before & after service Have some perennials in need of dividing? Looking for some to plant? Need to rehome a houseplant? Come to the plant exchange! You don’t need to bring plants in order to take plants and vice versa. Donations to the church are optional but welcome. Questions? Call or text Bernie Humphrey at 309-360-4199. See more details Worship Service Worship Service May 5, 2024 10:30 am - 11:30 am Sanctuary See more details Coffee Hour Coffee Hour May 5, 2024 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Patio See more details ARE-Humanist Discussion Group ARE-Humanist Discussion Group May 5, 2024 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Zoom using TV and Harry's laptop See more details Sunday Afternoon CC (Hybrid) Sunday Afternoon CC (Hybrid) May 5, 2024 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Sr. High Room Galen See more details PRC (Peoria Recorder Consort) Practice PRC (Peoria Recorder Consort) Practice May 5, 2024 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Sanctuary See more details • • • • • • • •	6 New Roof Being Installed New Roof Being Installed May 6, 2024 - May 10, 2024 See more details OLLI Practice OLLI Practice May 6, 2024 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Sanctuary See more details • •	7 New Roof Being Installed New Roof Being Installed May 6, 2024 - May 10, 2024 See more details SGM Facilitators Meeting SGM Facilitators Meeting May 7, 2024 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Conference Room See more details Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2 Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2 May 7, 2024 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Zoom at https://bit.ly/3rthCHr Join us on Zoom at https://bit.ly/3rthCHr as we invite guest presenters and talk about videos of current events, religion, and politics. We aspire to use empathy, humility, curiosity, critical thinking, and compassionate communications to discuss new insights, controversy, disinformation, irrationality, and magical thinking. See more details • • •	8 New Roof Being Installed New Roof Being Installed May 6, 2024 - May 10, 2024 See more details LGBTQ+ Advocacy Day LGBTQ+ Advocacy Day May 8, 2024 8:00 am - 5:00 pm 401 S 2nd St, Springfield, IL 62701, USA Equality Illinois will host its annual LGBTQ+ Advocacy Day on May 8 in Springfield. This is an opportunity for leaders, activists, and allies from across Illinois to come together and engage in crucial political action. This family-friendly event includes a rally, advocacy training, and time to engage with our legislators. Please register here -- https://tinyurl.com/h2faafxt -- or for more information, contact Regina Stanley at membership@peoriauuchurch.org. See more details OLLI Art Class OLLI Art Class May 8, 2024 10:00 am - 11:30 am Fellowship Hall See more details Administrative Team Administrative Team May 8, 2024 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Zoom 3 - conference room or library See more details UUkulele Strum Group UUkulele Strum Group May 8, 2024 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Foyer See more details • • • • •	9 New Roof Being Installed New Roof Being Installed May 6, 2024 - May 10, 2024 See more details Mugs & Musings with Regina Mugs & Musings with Regina May 9, 2024 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Thursdays at 10am In May, we will meet at Zion Coffee Bar, located at 803 SW Adams St. in Peoria. Everyone is welcome to drop in as you are able and join Membership Coordinator Regina Stanley to discuss whatever is on your mind. Come as you are, bring your thoughts, and let's embark on a journey of connection and discovery together. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Regina at (309) 648-2767 or membership@peoriauuchurch.org. See more details Thursday Women Covenant Circle Thursday Women Covenant Circle May 9, 2024 1:15 pm - 3:15 pm Conference Room Joyce R - Zoom #2 See more details • • •	10 New Roof Being Installed New Roof Being Installed May 6, 2024 - May 10, 2024 See more details •	11 Offsite: Loaves & Fish Offsite: Loaves & Fish May 11, 2024 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Off site ST See more details •
12 A Course in Miracles A Course in Miracles May 12, 2024 8:45 am - 10:00 am Conference Room You are welcome to join ongoing weekly sessions of A Course in Miracles, a self-study spiritual program based on universal spiritual themes, primarily including forgiveness as the path to love in order to focus on living more peacefully in this world. To RSVP, contact Suzette Boulais at zetter3@comcast.net. See more details Worship Service Worship Service May 12, 2024 10:30 am - 11:30 am Sanctuary See more details Coffee Hour Coffee Hour May 12, 2024 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Patio See more details Jewelry Exchange Jewelry Exchange May 12, 2024 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Sunday, May 12, after service Bring in jewelry you no longer wear and select pieces to take home! Since set up will be the day before, please bring jewelry to the church office ahead of time if possible, marked "for jewelry exchange." Don't have jewelry to donate? Monetary donations to the church are accepted as well, and you can even bring single earrings, broken strands, etc., and we will bag these together, as crafty people buy these to restring and repurpose. Any leftover jewelry will go to the church rummage sale in August. See more details In person & Virtual: Caring Committee In person & Virtual: Caring Committee May 12, 2024 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Conference Room See more details Mah Jongg for UUs Mah Jongg for UUs May 12, 2024 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Fellowship Hall Do you play Mah Jongg or do you want to learn? Join fellow UUs on 2nd and 4th Sundays in Fellowship Hall to play (or learn and then play) Sichuan Mah Jongg (Chinese Mah Jongg). Bring your own drink and snack and plan to have a good time! If you have a Mah Jongg set or mat, bring it, too. In March, we will begin to teach and play National Mah Jongg (American Mah Jongg). See more details • • • • • •	13 OLLI Practice OLLI Practice May 13, 2024 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Sanctuary See more details Covenant Circle Covenant Circle May 13, 2024 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm See more details • •	14 Date with Death Date with Death May 14, 2024 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Conference Room & Zoom Tuesday, May 14, 5:30-7:30 pm, Conference Room & Zoom at https://tinyurl.com/njny88fj Do you hope to face our human mortality with less fear and more curiosity? With less euphemism and more reality? With less conformity and more creativity? If that sounds like you or who you hope to become, Welcome to Date with Death Club. We’ll plan to meet every other month at UUCP to explore topics of aging, death, and dying. Attend one, some, or all sessions. This month we’ll explore Good Life & Good Death: What do people mean when they say “a good death?” And how is that connected to having “a good life?” Is it the same for everyone? Are there barriers to a good life? What do these terms mean for you? See more details Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2 Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2 May 14, 2024 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Zoom at https://bit.ly/3rthCHr Join us on Zoom at https://bit.ly/3rthCHr as we invite guest presenters and talk about videos of current events, religion, and politics. We aspire to use empathy, humility, curiosity, critical thinking, and compassionate communications to discuss new insights, controversy, disinformation, irrationality, and magical thinking. See more details • •	15 OLLI Art Class OLLI Art Class May 15, 2024 10:00 am - 11:30 am Fellowship Hall See more details Administrative Team Administrative Team May 15, 2024 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Zoom 3 - conference room or library See more details UUkulele Strum Group UUkulele Strum Group May 15, 2024 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Foyer See more details Worship Committee Worship Committee May 15, 2024 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Conference Room See more details • • • •	16 Mugs & Musings with Regina Mugs & Musings with Regina May 16, 2024 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Thursdays at 10am In May, we will meet at Zion Coffee Bar, located at 803 SW Adams St. in Peoria. Everyone is welcome to drop in as you are able and join Membership Coordinator Regina Stanley to discuss whatever is on your mind. Come as you are, bring your thoughts, and let's embark on a journey of connection and discovery together. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Regina at (309) 648-2767 or membership@peoriauuchurch.org. See more details Ladies Lunch Ladies Lunch May 16, 2024 11:30 am - 12:30 pm TBD See more details Thursday Afternoon CC Thursday Afternoon CC May 16, 2024 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Jr. High Room Sarah A See more details Virtual: Finance/Personnel Committee Zoom #2 Virtual: Finance/Personnel Committee Zoom #2 May 16, 2024 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Bill K See more details • • • •	17 Game Night Game Night May 17, 2024 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Fellowship Hall UUCP Game Night We’re taking Game Night outside! Let’s play yard games and gather around the campfire together. Bring a dish to pass if you would like, and we’ll provide dogs (vegan & not), buns, condiments, chips, veggies, s’mores fixings, and lemonade. In case of bad weather, we’ll move back indoors for a more traditional game night. See more details •	18
19 A Course in Miracles A Course in Miracles May 19, 2024 8:45 am - 10:00 am Conference Room You are welcome to join ongoing weekly sessions of A Course in Miracles, a self-study spiritual program based on universal spiritual themes, primarily including forgiveness as the path to love in order to focus on living more peacefully in this world. To RSVP, contact Suzette Boulais at zetter3@comcast.net. See more details Choir Practice Choir Practice May 19, 2024 8:45 am - 9:45 am See more details Worship Service Worship Service May 19, 2024 10:30 am - 11:30 am Sanctuary See more details Coffee Hour Coffee Hour May 19, 2024 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Patio See more details Caring Committee Salad Luncheon Caring Committee Salad Luncheon May 19, 2024 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Fellowship Hall See more details Help Animals Thrive Help Animals Thrive May 19, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm RE Commons Sunday, May 19, after Service, RE Commons At the Easter Egg Hunt, our kiddos voted with their eggs to use their time and funds to help animals in our community. The Magic of UU class invites everyone to a hands-on service project after service on May 19. So, get your plate from the salad luncheon, come back to the RE Commons, and join us! See more details Sunday Afternoon CC Sunday Afternoon CC May 19, 2024 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm RE Meeting Room/Sr. High Room Galen See more details PRC (Peoria Recorder Consort) Practice PRC (Peoria Recorder Consort) Practice May 19, 2024 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Sanctuary See more details • • • • • • • •	20 OLLI Practice OLLI Practice May 20, 2024 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Sanctuary See more details LGBTQIA+ at UUCP LGBTQIA+ at UUCP May 20, 2024 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Conference Room Do you identify as LGBTQIA+? Do you attend, visit, or belong to UUCP? Then join us for our next meeting. Questions? Email DLRE@peoriaUUchurch.org. See more details Feminist Discussion Group Feminist Discussion Group May 20, 2024 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm Everyone is invited to join the conversation. Bring your own brown bag dinner and drink. The monthly meeting of the Peoria National Organization for Women (N.O.W.) chapter follows at 7pm. Call or text Heather McMeekan 309-333-8801 or Kathy McNeil 309-687-9739 with questions. See more details NOW* NOW* May 20, 2024 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Conference Room See more details • • • •	21 In person: Senior Group In person: Senior Group May 21, 2024 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm Conference Room See more details Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2 Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2 May 21, 2024 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Zoom at https://bit.ly/3rthCHr Join us on Zoom at https://bit.ly/3rthCHr as we invite guest presenters and talk about videos of current events, religion, and politics. We aspire to use empathy, humility, curiosity, critical thinking, and compassionate communications to discuss new insights, controversy, disinformation, irrationality, and magical thinking. See more details • •	22 OLLI Art Class OLLI Art Class May 22, 2024 10:00 am - 11:30 am Fellowship Hall See more details Administrative Team Administrative Team May 22, 2024 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Zoom 3 - conference room or library See more details UUkulele Strum Group UUkulele Strum Group May 22, 2024 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Foyer See more details In Person Board Meeting (virtual option) In Person Board Meeting (virtual option) May 22, 2024 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Conference Room Zoom #2 See more details Builder Deadline Builder Deadline May 22, 2024 11:45 pm - May 23, 2024 12:45 am See more details • • • • •	23 Builder Deadline Builder Deadline May 22, 2024 11:45 pm - May 23, 2024 12:45 am See more details Mugs & Musings with Regina Mugs & Musings with Regina May 23, 2024 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Thursdays at 10am In May, we will meet at Zion Coffee Bar, located at 803 SW Adams St. in Peoria. Everyone is welcome to drop in as you are able and join Membership Coordinator Regina Stanley to discuss whatever is on your mind. Come as you are, bring your thoughts, and let's embark on a journey of connection and discovery together. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Regina at (309) 648-2767 or membership@peoriauuchurch.org. See more details Thursday Women Covenant Circle Thursday Women Covenant Circle May 23, 2024 1:15 pm - 3:15 pm Conference Room See more details • • •	24	25
26 A Course in Miracles A Course in Miracles May 26, 2024 8:45 am - 10:00 am Conference Room You are welcome to join ongoing weekly sessions of A Course in Miracles, a self-study spiritual program based on universal spiritual themes, primarily including forgiveness as the path to love in order to focus on living more peacefully in this world. To RSVP, contact Suzette Boulais at zetter3@comcast.net. See more details Worship Service Worship Service May 26, 2024 10:30 am - 11:30 am Sanctuary See more details Coffee Hour Coffee Hour May 26, 2024 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Patio See more details UUCP Drum Circle UUCP Drum Circle May 26, 2024 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Sanctuary See more details Mah Jongg for UUs Mah Jongg for UUs May 26, 2024 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Fellowship Hall Do you play Mah Jongg or do you want to learn? Join fellow UUs on 2nd and 4th Sundays in Fellowship Hall to play (or learn and then play) Sichuan Mah Jongg (Chinese Mah Jongg). Bring your own drink and snack and plan to have a good time! If you have a Mah Jongg set or mat, bring it, too. In March, we will begin to teach and play National Mah Jongg (American Mah Jongg). See more details • • • • •	27 OLLI Practice OLLI Practice May 27, 2024 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Sanctuary See more details Covenant Circle Covenant Circle May 27, 2024 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm See more details • •	28 Virtual Only: ACLU* Virtual Only: ACLU* May 28, 2024 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm See more details Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2 Virtual only: ARE Humanist Discussion Group via Zoom #2 May 28, 2024 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Zoom at https://bit.ly/3rthCHr Join us on Zoom at https://bit.ly/3rthCHr as we invite guest presenters and talk about videos of current events, religion, and politics. We aspire to use empathy, humility, curiosity, critical thinking, and compassionate communications to discuss new insights, controversy, disinformation, irrationality, and magical thinking. See more details • •	29 Builder Mailing Builder Mailing May 29, 2024 9:00 am - 10:00 am Conference Room See more details Administrative Team Administrative Team May 29, 2024 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Zoom 3 - conference room or library See more details UUkulele Strum Group UUkulele Strum Group May 29, 2024 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Foyer See more details • • •	30 Mugs & Musings with Regina Mugs & Musings with Regina May 30, 2024 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Thursdays at 10am In May, we will meet at Zion Coffee Bar, located at 803 SW Adams St. in Peoria. Everyone is welcome to drop in as you are able and join Membership Coordinator Regina Stanley to discuss whatever is on your mind. Come as you are, bring your thoughts, and let's embark on a journey of connection and discovery together. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Regina at (309) 648-2767 or membership@peoriauuchurch.org. See more details •	31 Retired Men's Last Friday Lunch Retired Men's Last Friday Lunch May 31, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Childer's Eatery on University Join other retired UU men for lunch at Childers Eatery, 3312 N University St., Peoria. We plan to meet every month on the last Friday. See more details •

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