No Worship or Religious Exploration on November 30
November 30, 2025- 10:00 AM
Service is officially cancelled for Sunday, Nov 30. Children’s RE is also cancelled. We don’t want anyone risking injury or frostbite by trying to get to church. The scheduled Buddhist service will be postponed until January. Alternatives to watch while...Tending the Spark: An Evening Gathering
November 23, 2025- 5:00 PM
Tending the Spark - Where the Body Remembers, the Spirit Sings. On Nov 23, join us for Vibrational Healing with crystal sound bowls by Nancy Frenk & Cindy Thornton. This intentional gathering remembers the ancient ways of ancestors who circled...Stone Soup Revisited
November 23, 2025- 10:00 AM
This will be our second annual Stone Soup Thanksgiving Service. We gather together, bringing what we have, offering what we can. Together we celebrate the miracle of gratitude and how it can change everything. Rev. Pam Rumancik and Rev. Karen...Transgender Day of Remembrance Service
November 19, 2025- 6:00 PM
During this service, we will honor all those lives lost to hate and fear of difference. November 20 is the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, and we will gather the evening before as a people of faith to say aloud...Affirming Life
November 16, 2025- 10:00 AM
They say a gift of death is appreciating life more. Her fans watched in real time as Andrea Gibson found solace, inspiration, and joy in the midst of a terrible diagnosis. What can we learn from folx who choose gratitude...Tending the Spark: An Evening Gathering
November 9, 2025- 5:00 PM
Tending the Spark - Where the Body Remembers, the Spirit Sings. This intentional gathering remembers the ancient ways of ancestors who circled and sang under the night sky. Come as you are, ready to rest, remember, and be renewed. This...Beyond Saying Thank You
November 9, 2025- 10:00 AM
Our pulpit guest this morning will be the Rev. R Ken Turner, a New Thought minister who blends his spiritual calling with a background in video and television production to inspire personal transformation. As Senior Minister of Unity of Chicago...How Goes Your Soul?
November 2, 2025- 10:00 AM
The Christian calendar celebrates All Souls Day - a day to remember everyone who has lived and walked the earth. Some argue that there is no such thing as a soul, but I think we recognize soulfulness when we see...Tending the Spark: An Evening Gathering
October 26, 2025- 5:00 PM
Tending the Spark - Where the Body Remembers, the Spirit Sings. Oct 26: We sing the body electric: A Song Circle with the Spark Band. Join us for a meditative journey through sound and spirit. In this experience, simple, repeating musical phrases...What Does It Mean to Be Human?
October 26, 2025- 10:00 AM
The definition of human has changed over the years. We used to be described as the only creatures to use tools - wrong. The only creatures to grieve, or share, or feel empathy. All of those definitions have fallen away...Liberal Religion (not an oxymoron)
October 19, 2025- 10:00 AM
Discover the living spirit of Unitarian Universalism—where faith is found in curiosity, conversation, and the shared journey toward meaning, love, and belonging. Rev. Karen Mooney will lead worship. Please join us in the Sanctuary or via live stream at https://bit.ly/CCUUworshipSvc...Tending the Spark: An Evening Gathering
October 12, 2025- 5:00 PM
Tending the Spark - Where the Body Remembers, the Spirit Sings. Oct 12: Moving Peace - Circle of Movement and Song with Dr. Mary Shelden. Join us for a meditative journey through movement and sound where simple movements and sacred...Can We Rest Now?
October 12, 2025- 10:00 AM
Sabbath is more than an ancient custom for other people. Sabbath is a way of being that reminds us we are more than cogs in a machine. Humans need rest to remember who we are. Rest can be a radical...Different Strokes for Different Folks
October 5, 2025- 10:00 AM
In a Galaxy far, far away, a bunch of ‘aliens’ got trapped on a planet during an emergency. What they learned during their time together about each other taught them a whole lot about themselves. Based on Becky Chambers’ The...Tending the Spark: An Evening Gathering
September 28, 2025- 5:00 PM
Tending the Spark - Where the Body Remembers, the Spirit Sings. Sunday, September 28th @ 5 pm: Vibrational Healing - Crystal Sound Bowls with Nancy Frenk and Cindy Thornton. Join us for a sound journey as we meditate with the gentle frequencies...Four Seasons: Fall
September 28, 2025- 10:00 AM
Humans have been fascinated by the turning of the seasons for eons. Spring, Summer, Winter, Fall, in all the cooler climates offer a way to measure our progress - or lack thereof. As we bid farewell to summer and look...We Are [Still] Made for These Times
September 21, 2025- 10:00 AM
In times like these, it’s easy to freak out, numb out, check out, burn out. But as Bayo Akomolefe says, “The times are urgent; let us slow down.” Let us take care of ourselves and each other, let us gain...Tending the Spark: An Evening Gathering
September 14, 2025- 5:00 PM
Tending the Spark - Where the Body Remembers, the Spirit Sings. This intentional gathering remembers the ancient ways of ancestors who circled and sang under the night sky. Come as you are, ready to rest, remember, and be renewed. This...Make New Friends but Keep the Old
September 14, 2025- 10:00 AM
Making and keeping friends - it seems like it should be simple but in today’s world it feels harder than ever. Relationships are the bedrock of a happy life. What have we forgotten about friendship in a digital world? Can...Ingathering and Water Communion
September 7, 2025- 10:00 AM
We begin our church year with a tradition of water communion, mingling the water we’ve collected from a meaningful place in our lives. Maybe grandma’s backyard, a trip to the ocean, a river you got to wade in during the...Seeking a Seat on a Flying Saucer
August 31, 2025- 10:00 AM
Rev. Dr. C. Scot Giles will lead this Sunday's worship service. One reaction to the chaos of the world situation is to joke about wanting to be abducted by a flying saucer, hoping that might be better. This sermon is...Tending the Spark: An Evening Gathering
August 24, 2025- 5:00 PM
This is an alternative service featuring movement, chant & conversation with a dinner after. All are welcome to attend. If you have non-church friends/family who might be interested, please pass along this invitation. This service will be held on the...Back At It
August 24, 2025- 10:00 AM
We don’t get new supplies or uniforms, but there is something special about starting the new church year. If you’ve been among the faithful who came all summer or have been gallivanting about and are returning with the end of...Finding Gilligan's Island
August 17, 2025- 10:00 AM
An old sitcom from the sixties holds curious parallels to society today. What might we learn about getting along? Can we create islands of sanity for those we love? Join us! Rev. Pam Rumancik will lead this Sunday's service, which...Tending the Spark: An Evening Gathering
August 10, 2025- 5:00 PM
This is an alternative service featuring movement, chant & conversation with a dinner after. All are welcome to attend. If you have non-church friends/family who might be interested, please pass along this invitation. This service will be held on the...Blessing of the Animals: What Animals Teach Us in Troubled Times
August 10, 2025- 10:00 AM
Join us for our annual service honoring the animals who bring love, comfort, and wisdom into our lives. Feel free to bring well-behaved leashed, crated, or caged pets. Share the Plate: Half of the offering will be donated to Bat...The Ugly Duckling (or What Constitutes a Fairy Tale)
August 3, 2025- 10:00 AM
Our Feminine Divine Women's Group will lead worship this morning.Until We All Are Free
July 27, 2025- 10:00 AM
Join Keith Talley, Prisoner Solidarity Specialist of the Unitarian Universalist Prison Ministry of Illinois as we explore how we “get free” from the lens of Unitarian Universalist prisoner solidarity work. Please join us in the Sanctuary or via live stream...Empowering the Spunky Girl Heroine
July 20, 2025- 10:00 AM
Our service will consider what can happen when we -- all of us -- embrace the spunky girl heroine within ourselves and in one another. The service will be led by Dr. Mary Lamb Shelden is a lifelong, second-generation UU,...Spiritual Chiropractor
July 13, 2025- 10:00 AM
Our pulpit guest this Sunday, the Rev. R Ken Turner is Senior Minister of Unity of Chicago South, the leading fully online New Thought spiritual community. Share the Plate: Half of the offering will be shared with UU Service Committee....American Music
July 6, 2025- 10:00 AM
Join the Countryside Band for this annual all-music service, which is the Band’s take on American life in 2025. We’ll have a gumbo of rock, jazz, classical, folk and blues including songs by Mary Gauthier, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee,...Pride Service
June 29, 2025- 10:00 AM
Join us to celebrate Pride month with songs, readings, stories, and messages of hope and inspiration. In addition to highlighting some of the past achievements and significant milestones of the LGBTQ movement, we will look at some of the current...Tending the Spark: An Evening Gathering
June 22, 2025- 5:00 PM
Do you have friends and family who long for connection? For a place to explore the deeper questions of life? For a place to remember our connection to the whole but for whom ‘church’ is a non-starter? Do you have...Revolution Begins with a Dream
June 22, 2025- 10:00 AM
We will be viewing the live stream of the worship service from UUA General Assembly, being held in Baltimore MD. It is the largest gathering of UUs in worship. The sermon will be given by Rev. Dr. Nicole Kirk, who...Summer Solstice Service
June 15, 2025- 10:00 AM
The Summer Solstice, also called Midsummer, is a festival of growth and the joy of living. Join us to celebrate the energy of abundant sunshine and thriving plants and animals and to rejoice in the exuberance of life. To add...Tending the Spark: An Evening Gathering
June 8, 2025- 5:00 PM
Do you have friends and family who long for connection? For a place to explore the deeper questions of life? For a place to remember our connection to the whole but for whom ‘church’ is a non-starter? Do you have...Flower Communion
June 8, 2025- 10:00 AM
Bring a bloom or blossom to church to share and go home with something different. We celebrate our own diversity, equity, and inclusion on a spiritual level this Sunday. We will also welcome new members during the service. Together we make...Day of Service Sunday
June 1, 2025- 12:00 AM
No worship service on June 1. Instead, go out into the world and offer it your embodied love. Participate in or attend the Buffalo Grove Pride Parade. Write postcards to elected officials. Weed the church grounds. Find a way to...Drawing on the Power of the Other Side
May 25, 2025- 10:00 AM
One of the attractions of spiritual work is the hope that one can get help to solve problems from another realm of being – a spirit world, a heaven, one’s ancestors, etc. There is a long tradition in Universalism about...Imagine There's No Heaven
May 18, 2025- 10:00 AM
It’s easy if you try. How can we imagine an entirely new society which affirms the worth and dignity of every person? It’s not really that easy, but let’s try.On Children
May 11, 2025- 10:00 AM
Rev. Pam Rumancik and Rev. Karen Mooney will lead this All-Church Service. Young people attend worship with their family and do not have religious exploration classes. The service will include recognition of our Bridging Youth.May the 4th Be with You
May 4, 2025- 10:00 AM
Poetry is a force which opens up locked and hidden parts of the human psyche. On May 4th, join us for a service on Poetry as a Religion.Earth Day Service
April 27, 2025- 10:00 AM
Teillard de Chardin imagined a world of incredible life and vitality – and the church muzzled him for it. How does a living world make a difference in how we relate? Can we both grieve and celebrate beauty in the...Easter: The Cup is Already Broken
April 20, 2025- 10:00 AM
Based on a story by Jack Kornfield which looks at both impermanence and attachment.Heysanna, Hosanna
April 13, 2025- 10:00 AM
Sing out for yourselves for you are Blessed. If every tongue were still, the rocks and hills would sing for joy. Joy and Sorrow are woven fine.Good Without God
April 6, 2025- 10:00 AM
Humanists and Religious Naturalists have long argued that we do not need a parent in the sky to behave compassionately toward one another. UUs are on the frontlines of these arguments. What does keep us loving one another?Spiritual Journeys
March 30, 2025- 10:00 AM
Learn how two fellow church members have grown and become the people we now know. Gary LaBedz and Bev Leachman will share their spiritual journeys. Come be inspired.Hallelujah Anyhow
March 23, 2025- 10:00 AM
Enslaved and oppressed peoples have had to deal with uncertainty and the understanding that the government was not their friend for generations. Can we learn to celebrate the life we have no matter what may be going on in the...Taking Shifts for the Revolution
March 16, 2025- 12:00 AM
Dr. Emma Farrell returns to our pulpit. Dr. Farrell is a seminarian at Meadville Lombard Theological School. Prior to heeding the call to ministry, they worked in academia as a biochemistry researcher, taught at several universities, and worked in the...Giving Up Candy
March 2, 2025- 12:00 AM
The Christian season of Lent offers an opportunity to sit with discomfort and introspection. As kids we gave up candy, making Easter morning so very exciting. What might we pay attention to for the next six weeks? How can an...No Bad Parts
February 16, 2025- 12:00 AM
Each of us is made up of so many different parts, it’s a regular village in there some days. How can we welcome all our parts – and by doing so, become more welcoming of those around us? We look...Love is _ _ _ _
February 9, 2025- 12:00 AM
For our Youth's annual worship service, they're been discussing the idea of love and found many, many answers. They considered the phrase "Love is_____." They have thoughts to share with you and would LOVE to hear how you fill in...Groundhog Day - Again
February 2, 2025- 12:00 AM
In the movie Groundhog Day, Bill Murray wakes up and repeats the same day uncounted times. AND Feb 2nd will be the kickoff to the annual Stewardship Campaign. Coincidence? Cue Sonny & Cher. Let’s see what we can learn this...
Countryside Church Unitarian Universalist – Palatine, IL
Worship on Sundays at 10 am. Join us in person or online
