TUC's Holiday Progressive Dinner is December 6^th. Sign up with Betty DiPasquale or Deb Donovan. The price is $20 if you pay before November 30^th and $22 after that date. Children are $9.  You don't want to miss out on this very fun event that raises about $1,000 for the church budget.

Everyone is invited to....TUC Covenant Circle's Holiday Potluck Party, Sunday, December 14^th. Following coffee hour (12:30 pm) at the home of Marie Mahoney, spirituality group convenor at 821 W. Washington, 708-386-9109 (Rides will be provided for those who need them.)  Celebrate the season with friends and find out more about TUC's four Covenant Circles - small discussion groups. Talk with the groups' convenors and members. All four groups are open for new members. Questions and RSVP: Estelle at 708-386-7197, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

TUC Choir Open House - The TUC Choir will be having an open rehearsal on Wednesday, December 17 at 7:30 PM in the sanctuary.  Anyone interested in singing with the choir or just singing a Christmas carol or two is invited to attend.  Please come and join us for an evening of carols, cookies and champagne.

Annual Christmas Eve Community Meal, Carol Sing & Gift Distribution- Joe Kransdorf is collecting children's gifts up to age 12 for the Christmas Eve and he needs volunteers to bring food to the pot luck. Those interested in volunteering or donating please contact him at 708-743-8718 (cell), 312-322-6756 (work), or 708-848-3455 (home).

Each holiday season since 2004, there as been a unique opportunity to shop for global fair trade goods in DeKalb County at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. We are pleased to invite you to join us as we continue this tradition, with the newly named, "Uncommon Market", being held from 10am-3pm on November 29 and December 13. Highlights this year include: the 2009 Peace Calendar, Beautiful hand-made clothing, toys & musical instruments, holiday decorations, sculpture, pottery, and jewelry, eco-friendly health and beauty products, organic food, desserts, and coffee and you can treat yourself to a therapeutic massage.

A new Charting Self monthly series is scheduled to begin in Franklin Park, Illinois, on January 15. The Charting Self series offers participants an opportunity to explore how the pushes and pulls of relationships may have shaped their religious (or other) beliefs over the years. It also helps participants identify beliefs that are grounded in "basic self" and useful for maintaining a steady life course. The series is based on Bowen family systems theory and focuses on the use of the "Beliefs Chart." UU's (clergy and others) may register for the series at a $50 discount over the regular registration fee.

HOLIDAY FOOD AND GIFT BASKET NEEDS SPONSORS  The Holiday Food and Gift Basket, provides food gift certificates and gifts for local needy families. They greatly need sponsors for this year's program. We have more recipients than ever before and not enough people to buy gifts for them. If you can help by sponsoring one or more individuals or families, it would be greatly appreciated. Do you belong to a group or organization which can help sponsor? Many groups sponsor several families each year. It is a rewarding and fun way to make the holidays bright for others. If you can sponsor, please email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 771-6159 ext 244. Leave your name, address, home phone number and sponsor preference (number of people, singles, families, seniors). We will match you with a family for whom you shop and we will tell you where and when to drop off the gifts. Thanks for helping those in need in our community.