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Up-Coming UCHP Events
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Halloween Trick or Treat on 57th: All UCHP youth are invited to join us on Harper & 57th Streets at 5:45 on Monday, Oct 31st.
We wish to send out an email notifying parents, requesting that they confirm attendance by Oct 27th. Permission slips will be submitted for parents unable to accompany their children.
Halloween Trick or Treat at UCHP: Church members and friends will be handing out candy on our church steps at 3:30 pm. Please join us and / or bring donations of candy on Sunday 23rd or 30th of October. Donations can be handed to Suneeta Brooker-Solesi or Tracy Lampkins
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Our pledges will be dedicated on All Saints Day, Sunday, November 6th. As a part of that day's celebration, there will be a "Gratitude Luncheon" after church in Fellowship Hall. There will be chicken and several side items topped off with a nice dessert. The meal will be provided, and there is a suggestion of a $10 per person donation toward the costs. Everyone should plan to attend and celebrate our successes by enjoying time with your church family!
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The Open and Affirming Team will host "The Trans List and our response" documentary and discussion hybrid event on Saturday, November 12, from 10 am to 12 pm. The HBO documentary, The Trans List, is about 57 minutes long, and we will watch it together in person at the church library. The second hour will be a hybrid section, both in-person and online, where we can share our reflections and issues related to transgender and gender non-binary folks in our community and country. Our neighbor, Brave Space Alliance, will join us for the conversation. BSA is a black-led, trans-led LGBTQ+ center on 53rd place (link to BSA website). Soft drinks and refreshments will be provided, and the Guide of in-person gathering issued by the Church Council will be followed.
If you want to join the second-hour discussion remotely, registration is needed to retrieve the Zoom meeting information. Here is the link to the registration (https://tinyurl.com/39jsak3y). You can also find more information about this HBO documentary and watch it at your place. Here is the link (click).
* This event is free to our church members, friends , and Hyde Park communities.
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These gifts could be given to Bethany House of Hospitality and children at her establishment. Gifts would be unwrapped, and wrapping paper included. A box for children’s donations of toys, etc., is placed in the sanctuary. Please leave your gifts there by the end of December.
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As a small child, I never felt that I had to conform to gender stereotypes. No one ever had anything to say about what I chose to wear or how I wanted to spend my time, they just let me be myself. Read Beau's full story (click link).
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The 58th 2022 Illinois Conference (UCC) Annual Celebration has ended. There were 153 registered and 123 voting delegates who participated in the four-day's online event. There are ten workshops, one keynote, opening and closing worship, and two sections of the business meeting. The opening worship was led by youth from the Conference. And the new president of Chicago Theological Seminary, Dr. Brad Braxton, gave the message at the closing worship. The keynote was addressed by Rev. Cameron Trimble, CFO of Convergence, regarding the post-pandemic church ministries.
The financial committee submitted the financial report and provided detailed information and explanations regarding the changes. Although there is still no external audio for 2021 this time (there was no external audit for 2022 either), the delegates felt the positive efforts from the committee and approved the budget and report. New Conference positions were confirmed too. The newly elected Conference President is Rev. Jon Prain from Federated Church, The Western Association (Avon, Illinois). Delegates to the 2023 - 25 General Synod were elected too. A new task force was approved for exploring the reconstruction of the Conference leadership, Constitution, and Bylaw, in response to the changing environment.
Opening Worship Service, preacher Min. Desiree McCray (click link).
Closing Worship Service, preacher Dr. Brad Braxton(click link).
More about the Annual Celebration (click link).
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