Former School Space Available
For full information, download the PDF here. Contact Lynne Brackett with any questions at 630.573.7035 or via e-mail at: lynne.brackett@cbre.com.
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The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscape, but in having new eyes.Marcel Proust
Who We Are
Welcome to the Unitarian Church of Hinsdale!
The Unitarian Church of Hinsdale was founded in 1887, and is now in its second century of service to Unitarian Universalists in Chicago's western suburbs.
Our 300 members are drawn from many communities, and represent a broad mix of men, women, and children with a common spiritual bond-the freedom to pursue a liberal and humanistic religious life based on individual freedom of belief. We hope you will feel welcome in our church home.
Announcements
Chris Garafolo in Recital
Chris Garofalo will present a solo piano recital at the Unitarian Church of Hinsdale on Saturday February 20 at 7:00 p.m. The program will include works by Handel, Haydn, Rachmaninoff, Debussy and Reynolds. Chris Garofalo earned his Master of Music Degree in Piano Performance at the Manhattan School of Music. He has five solo recordings to his credit and was named a Steinway Artist in 2009. Tickets will be available at the door: $20 adults / $10 students.
Chris Garofalo will present a solo piano recital at the Unitarian Church of Hinsdale on Saturday February 20 at 7:00 p.m. The program will include works by Handel, Haydn, Rachmaninoff, Debussy and Reynolds. Chris Garofalo earned his Master of Music Degree in Piano Performance at the Manhattan School of Music. He has five solo recordings to his credit and was named a Steinway Artist in 2009. Tickets will be available at the door: $20 adults / $10 students.
Henry Pleas and Chris Garofalo in Recital
Tenor Henry Pleas and pianist Chris Garofalo will present a vocal recital at the Unitarian Church of Hinsdale on Friday March 5 at 7:30 p.m. The program will include works by Britten, Ravel, and Owens. Henry Pleas has appeared as leading tenor in many operatic productions, including work as soloist for Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opera Grand Rapids, Skylight Opera Theater and Chicago Opera Theater. In orchestral performance he has appeared as soloist in such works as the Beethoven Missa Solemnis, Mozart Requiem, Messiah, Vaughan William's Hodie and Adolphus Hailstork's "Done Made my Vow". Tickets will be available at the door: $20 adults / $10 students.
Tenor Henry Pleas and pianist Chris Garofalo will present a vocal recital at the Unitarian Church of Hinsdale on Friday March 5 at 7:30 p.m. The program will include works by Britten, Ravel, and Owens. Henry Pleas has appeared as leading tenor in many operatic productions, including work as soloist for Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opera Grand Rapids, Skylight Opera Theater and Chicago Opera Theater. In orchestral performance he has appeared as soloist in such works as the Beethoven Missa Solemnis, Mozart Requiem, Messiah, Vaughan William's Hodie and Adolphus Hailstork's "Done Made my Vow". Tickets will be available at the door: $20 adults / $10 students.
Manna Forms
MANNA cards can be great gifts for all occasions. Find out more and download the forms here.
MANNA cards can be great gifts for all occasions. Find out more and download the forms here.
Services
January
31
All-Community Worship:
“The Ever Changing Stream”
10:30 AM Service
Pam Fodor, DRE
January is a time of making promises of
change. Often it is easier to make the promise
than it is to follow through and complete that
change. This service for all ages will offer
the motivation needed to help make those
transformations in ourselves.
February
7
“Kick-Off”
10:30 AM Service
Rev. Edward Searl
Is it a harmonic conjunction: the kickoff of this year’s annual canvass of the congregation in the morning and the kickoff of Super Bowl XLIV in the evening? The general theme of this service will be our money and our values.
February
14
“The Greatest of These”
10:30 AM Service
Rev. Edward Searl
Our social justice vision is enriched and empowered by the UUA’s recently launched campaign, Standing on the Side of Love. Learn a little more about this fine program for putting our values into action. Also hear an account of a same-sex wedding performed by Rev. Searl in Iowa at the beginning of the Church Year.
Please join in a casserole lunch immediately following the service. Bring a dish to share--salad, main course, dessert, or hors d’oeuvres to serve 6 - 8. Let’s make this a spectacular feast in the throes of the year’s dullest month.
February
21
“Losing My Religion”
10:30 AM Service
Rev. Edward Searl
In 2009, William Lobdell, former religion editor of the LA Times, wrote a memoir about how reporting on religion in Southern California caused him to lose his faith. This memoir offers a jumping off point for thoughts about post-modern belief and unbelief.
February
28
Youth Sunday
10:30 AM Service
Service and Music by UCH Youth Group
Our church family is one of many communities that give us strength. Family and friends help us move forward in our lives. This service organized by the youth group will remind us that we are connected to each other in ways that make us all stronger.
Seven Principles
The seven tenents of Unitarian Universalism are:
- The inherent worth and dignity of every person
- Justice, equity and compassion in human relations
- Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth
- A free and responsible search for truth and meaning
- The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process
- The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all
- Respect for the interdependent web of all existence