ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

Look for details in the weekly email and monthly newsletter.

ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

Meets via Zoom

Look for details in the weekly email and monthly newsletter.

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

We have all missed the opportunity to celebrate birthdays with friends over the past year, so let's have one grand party together at church.
Bring your own blanket and/or chairs and your own self-contained picnic.
Cupcakes will be provided for birthday dessert.
We will have a large tent set up in the church yard for shade.
Watch the service online and then join us at church.

ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

Ready to get out and have coffee?  In person - and in air conditioning - with your DUUC friends??
Well then, join us for the Zoom Coffee Hour without the Zoom!
Saturday, July 17th at the Panera by church. 
Starting at 10:00.
Hope to see you there!
Questions?  Call Joan at (630) 303-1422.

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

Look for details in the weekly email and monthly newsletter.

Meets via Zoom

ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

Meets via Zoom

Look for details in the weekly email and monthly newsletter.

Meets via Zoom

ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

Meets via Zoom

Picnic!!
Bring a lunch and come picnic with us!
Congregational Life is hosting a picnic in the church backyard on Sunday, September 12th at noon - weather permitting.
We were hoping this would be a welcome-back celebration to in-person services - we'll just have to postpone that celebration a little longer.  But in the meantime, let's get together for lunch. 
We won't be able to use the kitchen, so make sure your lunch is good to eat as is. If you have lawn chairs, bring them along, too.
Questions?  Reach out to us at conglife@dupageuuchurch.org.

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

Look for details in the weekly email and monthly newsletter.

meets via Zoom

ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

Cooperative Cleaning in Beloved Community
Saturday, October 23, 2021
9 am - Noon 
Window Cleaners, Dusters, and Others Needed!
RAIN or SHINE. We will start with window cleaning, then move on to cleaning other parts of the church. Children are welcome to help in the company of a parent or caregiver. Masks are required for all volunteers who are expected to social distance. 
We can always use a few long-handled dusters, kitchen stools, and a few extra short ladders (less than 6 feet tall). We provide ample supplies of cleaning solutions and tools. If you have questions about something, just ask! 
Please sign up at https://forms.gle/8CoQk7xg1QvpAtMs5 or contact Jo Linsley or Roy Gelder to let us know you'll be here at cleanup@dupageuuchurch.org

Meets via Zoom

ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

Meets via Zoom

meets via Zoom

ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

Look for details in the weekly email and monthly newsletter.

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

Meets via Zoom

ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

Look for details in the weekly email and monthly newsletter.

meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

We meet the first Saturday of the month from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm via Zoom. Contact Mary Hamill at gmhamill@yahoo.com for more information and to receive the Zoom link.

Look for details in the weekly email and monthly newsletter.

meets via Zoom

ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

Book Enthusiasts! Come join the DUUC Book Club!  

When: Second Friday of the month from 7:00-9:00 pm, starting Jan 14th
Where: ZOOM only for the month of January
What's the book?  Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Please join us on the Second Friday of the month via zoom for the DUUC Book Club. In January, we will kick off the year by discussing Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer.  
Consider purchasing from an Indigenous Owned Bookstore, or support your local bookstore like Anderson's or Harvey's Tales, or the UUA inSpirit bookstore. A copy will also be available in the DUUC Library. If you are interested in borrowing a copy from the DUUC Library, please reach out to Jenny Hobbs at jenny.hobbs8@gmail.com to arrange pick up/delivery. You can also find this book at the Naperville Public Library, it's available as a physical book, audiobook and e-book. There are multiple copies available.  
As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on “a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise” (Elizabeth Gilbert).
Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, a mother, and a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings—asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass—offer us gifts and lessons, even if we’ve forgotten how to hear their voices. In a rich braid of reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings will we be capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learn to give our own gifts in return.

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

Meets via Zoom

We meet the first Saturday of the month from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm via Zoom. Contact Mary Hamill at gmhamill@yahoo.com for more information and to receive the Zoom link.

meets via Zoom

ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

Look for details in the weekly email and monthly newsletter.

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

Policy-based governance: the beat goes on!
Over the holidays and into the new calendar year, the Governance Advisory Committee has been clarifying, refining, assigning, and cross-checking our draft Bylaws, policies, procedures, and our organizational structure. Making great progress, the Committee has been having conversations with the Board and owners of many of the documents and processes that are being updated so that we all can "do the work we love, better." The Board, Minister, and Staff are performing their roles aligned with our new structure and as represented at Board meetings and Committee and Team work for the Church. Join us Sunday, February 20 at 9:30 am for a Zoom update. Zoom details to come, and we'll remind you in the next Weekly and in Sunday announcements.

Creating a Covenant of Engagement

How can you, as a congregation, constructively handle disagreements? How can you channel complaints, compliments, or suggestions? How can you work together most productively to accomplish the things you want to do as a congregation?

Your interim minister and Transition Team, on behalf of your Board of Trustees, invite all congregants to participate in the formulation of a Covenant of Engagement. This covenant will provide the rationale and guiding principles for the ways individual members engage with each other, with ministers and staff, with operating structures (Boards, committees, teams, etc.), and with the congregation as a whole. The Covenant of Engagement will be the equivalent of what some congregations call "Principles for a Healthy Congregation" or a "Covenant of Right Relations," with a broad view of congregational involvement.

Congregants will be invited to respond to two simple questions that will provide the basis for the covenant. The participation of as many congregation members as possible will help to make this a useful document that will help the congregation thrive. Responses will be incorporated into a document to be reviewed and voted on by the congregation.

Potential next steps will be the formation of organizational structures to support the Covenant of Engagement.

Please plan to attend one of these sessions!

• Sunday, February 20, 3:00 – 5:00 pm by Zoom or

• Wednesday, February 23, 7:00 – 9:00 pm by Zoom

Zoom details can be found here.

Meets via Zoom

ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

Creating a Covenant of Engagement

How can you, as a congregation, constructively handle disagreements? How can you channel complaints, compliments, or suggestions? How can you work together most productively to accomplish the things you want to do as a congregation?

Your interim minister and Transition Team, on behalf of your Board of Trustees, invite all congregants to participate in the formulation of a Covenant of Engagement. This covenant will provide the rationale and guiding principles for the ways individual members engage with each other, with ministers and staff, with operating structures (Boards, committees, teams, etc.), and with the congregation as a whole. The Covenant of Engagement will be the equivalent of what some congregations call "Principles for a Healthy Congregation" or a "Covenant of Right Relations," with a broad view of congregational involvement.

Congregants will be invited to respond to two simple questions that will provide the basis for the covenant. The participation of as many congregation members as possible will help to make this a useful document that will help the congregation thrive. Responses will be incorporated into a document to be reviewed and voted on by the congregation.

Potential next steps will be the formation of organizational structures to support the Covenant of Engagement.

Please plan to attend one of these sessions!

• Sunday, February 20, 3:00 – 5:00 pm by Zoom or

• Wednesday, February 23, 7:00 – 9:00 pm by Zoom

Zoom details can be found here.

Meets via Zoom

We meet the first Saturday of the month from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm via Zoom. Contact Mary Hamill at gmhamill@yahoo.com for more information and to receive the Zoom link.

RUaUU2? via Zoom

Connecting with DuPage UU Church

Are you considering becoming a member of the congregation and want to find out more about what that means?

How do people of diverse beliefs become part of one congregation? Enjoy a morning of exploration about your own spiritual and religious orientation and the workings of the church, led by Rev. Connie Grant and representatives of church programs.

Saturday, March 5, 9:30am – 12:30pm
by Zoom

If you have questions or to register, email the Congregational Life Team at conglife@dupageuuchurch.org by
Sunday, February 27.

meets via Zoom

ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

Book Enthusiasts! Come join the DUUC Book Club!  
What's the book?  Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson 
When: March 11 from 7:00-9:00 pm (no meeting in Feb) 
Where: In the DUUC Sanctuary and Online via Zoom
Zoom Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82755660683?pwd=Rkc0UDVmdWFVVFZMM0JOeDJKQkR6QT09

RSVP to Jenny Hobbs at jenny.hobbs8@gmail.com.

Please join us on the Second Friday of the month in the DUUC Sanctuary or via Zoom for the DUUC Book Club.  There will be no meeting in February, but we will meet in March to discuss Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson.

Consider purchasing from a Diverse Owned Bookstore, or support your local bookstore like Anderson's or Harvey's Tales, or the UUA inSpirit bookstore. You can also find this book at the Naperville Public Library, it's available as a physical book, audiobook and e-book. There are multiple copies available, but you might need to put it on hold ASAP!  If you would like to participate but the cost of the book is difficult for you, please reach out to Rev Connie.
The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.

“As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance. The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power—which groups have it and which do not.”

In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings.

Beyond race, class, or other factors, there is a powerful caste system that influences people’s lives and behavior and the nation’s fate. Linking the caste systems of America, India, and Nazi Germany, Wilkerson explores eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civilizations, including divine will, bloodlines, stigma, and more. Using riveting stories about people—including Martin Luther King, Jr., baseball’s Satchel Paige, a single father and his toddler son, Wilkerson herself, and many others—she shows the ways that the insidious undertow of caste is experienced every day. She documents how the Nazis studied the racial systems in America to plan their out-cast of the Jews; she discusses why the cruel logic of caste requires that there be a bottom rung for those in the middle to measure themselves against; she writes about the surprising health costs of caste, in depression and life expectancy, and the effects of this hierarchy on our culture and politics. Finally, she points forward to ways America can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions, toward hope in our common humanity.

Look for details in the weekly email and monthly newsletter.

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

Creating a Covenant of Engagement

Additional Opportunities to Participate

All congregants are invited to participate in the formulation of a Covenant of Engagement. Response so far has been great, and we are seeking as much input as possible to create a useful document that will help the congregation thrive.

An additional session is scheduled for the congregation at large on Sunday, March 27, 12:00 – 1:00 pm by Zoom.

Special sessions by Zoom are scheduled for parents of young children on Wednesday, March 16 from 8:00 – 9:00pm; and for the Elders Circle on Wednesday, March 23 from 11:00 – 12:00pm. 

This covenant will provide the rationale and guiding principles for the ways individual members engage with each other, with ministers and staff, with operating structures (Boards, committees, teams, etc.), and with the congregation as a whole.

Facilitated by Rev. Connie Grant and members of the Transition Team, congregants are invited to respond to two simple questions that will provide the basis for the covenant.  Responses will be incorporated into a document to be reviewed and voted on by the congregation.

Meets via Zoom

ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

Creating a Covenant of Engagement

Additional Opportunities to Participate

All congregants are invited to participate in the formulation of a Covenant of Engagement. Response so far has been great, and we are seeking as much input as possible to create a useful document that will help the congregation thrive.

An additional session is scheduled for the congregation at large on Sunday, March 27, 12:00 – 1:00 pm by Zoom.

Special sessions by Zoom are scheduled for parents of young children on Wednesday, March 16 from 8:00 – 9:00pm; and for the Elders Circle on Wednesday, March 23 from 11:00 – 12:00pm. 

This covenant will provide the rationale and guiding principles for the ways individual members engage with each other, with ministers and staff, with operating structures (Boards, committees, teams, etc.), and with the congregation as a whole.

Facilitated by Rev. Connie Grant and members of the Transition Team, congregants are invited to respond to two simple questions that will provide the basis for the covenant.  Responses will be incorporated into a document to be reviewed and voted on by the congregation.

Meets via Zoom

Creating a Covenant of Engagement

Additional Opportunity to Participate

All congregants are invited to participate in the formulation of a Covenant of Engagement. Response so far has been great, and we are seeking as much input as possible to create a useful document that will help the congregation thrive.

An additional session is scheduled for the congregation at large on Sunday, March 27, 12:00 – 1:00 pm by Zoom.

 This covenant will provide the rationale and guiding principles for the ways individual members engage with each other, with ministers and staff, with operating structures (Boards, committees, teams, etc.), and with the congregation as a whole.

Facilitated by Rev. Connie Grant and members of the Transition Team, congregants are invited to respond to two simple questions that will provide the basis for the covenant.  Responses will be incorporated into a document to be reviewed and voted on by the congregation.

We meet the first Saturday of the month from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm via Zoom. Contact Mary Hamill at gmhamill@yahoo.com for more information and to receive the Zoom link.

In person in the Sanctuary and via Zoom.
Look for details in the weekly email and monthly newsletter.

meets via Zoom

ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

Fellowship Opportunity
Participate in Our All Church Cleanup!
 
Saturday, April 16, 2022
9 am - Noon

Window Cleaning, Dusting, and Other Tasks…

Even though there are fewer people using the church compared to a couple years ago, rain and snow continue to dirty our windows, dust settles inside, and the resident spiders spin their mighty webs inside and outside.
 
RAIN or SHINE. Choose your favorite tasks like cleaning windows, dusting surfaces and corners, and many other cleaning tasks. Children are welcome to help in the company of a parent or caregiver. Church policy on masks and social distancing on that date will be followed.
 
We can always use a few long-handled dusters, kitchen stools, and a few extra short ladders (less than 6 feet tall). We provide ample supplies of cleaning solutions and tools. If you have questions about something, just ask!
 
Please add your name to the volunteer signup sheet at church or  contact Jo Linsley or Roy Gelder to let us know you'll be here at cleanup@dupageuuchurch.org

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

Meets via Zoom

Special Business Meeting of the Congregation on May 1

Mark your calendars! Your Board of Trustees announces a Special Business Meeting of the Congregation to vote to call ministerial candidate mandi huizenga as our next settled minister. The meeting will be held May 1, 2022 at 11:30 am, directly following the May 1 regular Sunday service that mandi will lead. Stay tuned for more details about voting and the multi-platform options to attend the meeting. - Katie Hay, Board of Trustees Clerk

We meet the first Saturday of the month from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm via Zoom. Contact Mary Hamill at gmhamill@yahoo.com for more information and to receive the Zoom link.

In person in the Sanctuary and via Zoom.
Look for details in the weekly email and monthly newsletter.

meets via Zoom

ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

 
Book Enthusiasts! Come join the DUUC Book Club!  
What's the book?  The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay
When: May 13 from 7:00-9:00 pm  
Where: In the DUUC Sanctuary and Online via Zoom
Zoom Link: 
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82755660683?pwd=Rkc0UDVmdWFVVFZMM0JOeDJKQkR6QT09

RSVP to Jenny Hobbs at jenny.hobbs8@gmail.com.

Please join us on the Second Friday of the month in the DUUC Sanctuary or via Zoom for the DUUC Book Club. 

Consider purchasing from a Diverse Owned Bookstore, or support your local bookstore like Anderson's or Harvey's Tales, or the UUA inSpirit bookstore. You can also find this book at the Naperville Public Library, and other local libraries, it's available as a physical book, audiobook and e-book. There are multiple copies available. If you would like to participate but the cost of the book is difficult for you, or it's difficult to otherwise obtain, please reach out to Rev Connie.  

Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights is a genre-defying book of essays—some as short as a paragraph; some as long as five pages—that record the small joys that occurred in one year, from birthday to birthday, and that we often overlook in our busy lives. His is a meditation on delight that takes a clear-eyed view of the complexities, even the terrors, in his life, including living in America as a black man; the ecological and psychic violence of our consumer culture; the loss of those he loves. Among Gay’s funny, poetic, philosophical delights: the way Botan Rice Candy wrappers melt in your mouth, the volunteer crossing guard with a pronounced tremor whom he imagines as a kind of boat-woman escorting pedestrians across the River Styx, a friend’s unabashed use of air quotes, pickup basketball games, the silent nod of acknowledgment between black people. And more than any other subject, Gay celebrates the beauty of the natural world—his garden, the flowers in the sidewalk, the birds, the bees, the mushrooms, the trees.

This is not a book of how-to or inspiration, though it could be read that way. Fans of Roxane Gay, Maggie Nelson, and Kiese Laymon will revel in Gay’s voice, and his insights. The Book of Delights is about our connection to the world, to each other, and the rewards that come from a life closely observed. Gay’s pieces serve as a powerful and necessary reminder that we can, and should, stake out a space in our lives for delight. 

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

At 3:00pm on May 22 on Zoom, there will be an opportunity to ask questions of the Transition Team about the Covenant of Engagement. The Covenant of Engagement will be on the agenda for the annual meeting on June 5, for a vote on whether to accept this congregational covenant.

Meets via Zoom

ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

Summer Service Proposals Invited

Do you have an idea for a sermon you’d like to give? A message you’d like to convey? A story you want to tell? A concept you would like to explore in a communal kind of way?  Would you like some help developing your idea into a proposal for a summer worship service that you would like to present? 

Please attend our Service Development Workshop on Wednesday, May 25 from 7:00 to 9:00, sponsored by the Sunday Services Team.  Rev. Connie will help us spark some ideas and learn some tools for this special kind of communication. 

Some thoughts about what makes an effective worship service:  grounded in the speaker’s experience: “Life passed through the fire of thought” (Ralph Waldo Emerson); invites listeners to respond, even when their side of the conversation is unspoken; and engages mind and heart.  

You don’t have to commit to actually doing a service in order to attend the workshop.  Bring your ideas and possible dates in July or August.

RSVP to Kat Gelder at sundayserviceschair@dupageuuchurch.org by May 22.

Meets via Zoom

We meet the first Saturday of the month from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm via Zoom. Contact Mary Hamill at gmhamill@yahoo.com for more information and to receive the Zoom link.

in-person and zoom

zoom link: 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85450580386?pwd=Wm1IdGgvaXR2UDI3MitRQlFOZk9nQT09

Passcode: 013090

ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

In person in the Sanctuary and via Zoom.
Look for details in the weekly email and monthly newsletter.

meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

We meet the first Saturday of the month from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm via Zoom. Contact Mary Hamill at gmhamill@yahoo.com for more information and to receive the Zoom link.

zoom link: 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85450580386?pwd=Wm1IdGgvaXR2UDI3MitRQlFOZk9nQT09

Passcode: 013090

In person in the Sanctuary and via Zoom.
Look for details in the weekly email and monthly newsletter.

meets via Zoom

ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

Meets via Zoom

zoom link: 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85450580386?pwd=Wm1IdGgvaXR2UDI3MitRQlFOZk9nQT09

Passcode: 013090

We meet the first Saturday of the month from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm via Zoom. Contact Mary Hamill at gmhamill@yahoo.com for more information and to receive the Zoom link.

meets via Zoom

ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

In person in the Sanctuary and via Zoom.
Look for details in the weekly email and monthly newsletter.

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

Meets via Zoom

We meet the first Saturday of the month from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm via Zoom. Contact Mary Hamill at gmhamill@yahoo.com for more information and to receive the Zoom link.

zoom link: 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85450580386?pwd=Wm1IdGgvaXR2UDI3MitRQlFOZk9nQT09

Passcode: 013090

Book Enthusiasts! Come join the DUUC Book Club!  

When: Second Friday of the month from 7:00-9:00 pm 
Where: DuPage UU Church Sanctuary & Zoom
What's the book? TBA  

In person in the Sanctuary and via Zoom.
Look for details in the weekly email and monthly newsletter.

meets via Zoom

ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom

ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

We meet the first Saturday of the month from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm via Zoom. Contact Mary Hamill at gmhamill@yahoo.com for more information and to receive the Zoom link.

zoom link: 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85450580386?pwd=Wm1IdGgvaXR2UDI3MitRQlFOZk9nQT09

Passcode: 013090

In person in the Sanctuary and via Zoom.
Look for details in the weekly email and monthly newsletter.

meets via Zoom

ELDERCIRCLE. Please join us for our semi-monthly Elders Circle meetings! We meet using Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. On the second Wednesday, we just check in and chat; on the fourth Wednesday, we have a discussion topic.  

All are welcome regardless of age, and non-church members are welcome too!
To be on the email notification list, please notify Bob Harris at oofyprosser@outlook.com. He will send you notifications and the Zoom link for each of the meetings.

Book Enthusiasts! Come join the DUUC Book Club!  

When: Second Friday of the month from 7:00-9:00 pm 
Where: DuPage UU Church Sanctuary & Zoom
What's the book? TBA  

Meets via Zoom

Meets via Zoom