FAIR TRADE UPDATE! As many of you know, University Church has been highlighting the need for ‘Fair Trade’ in the market place. We have focused mainly on those commodities of coffee, tea, chocolate, olive oil, as well as a few other foods — mostly foods that we do not grow here in the U.S. […]
University Church has long been passionate about immigration law and doing whatever we can to stand with undocumented persons who risk deportation. Our Guatemala group connects to these efforts on a global scale, but we also have offered SANCTUARY to persons in the past. The question is upon us again, and we’ll vote as a […]
University Church is an Immigrant Welcoming Congregation and works with the Chicago New Sanctuary Coalition, believing that immigrants, whether documented or undocumented, are our neighbors. Join local elected representatives, religious leaders, and congregation members in raising our voices for immigration reform reflecting dignity, compassion and justice at the Immigrant Welcoming Congregations Interfaith Gathering Sunday, October 20, 2013 3:00pm-4:30pm […]
Picture this: 8 people representing University Church’s Guatemala Partnership, who traveled to Guatemala May 18-26, are sitting in plastic chairs at the front of a group of school children, youth, their parents, and other members of the Mayan community of Saq Ja’ inside the Instituto Basico Bilingue Maya Saq Ja‘, Saq Ja’s middle school. We […]
The University Church Social Justice Committee and Trustees have unanimously voted to support the campaign for a Level One Adult Trauma Center at the University of Chicago Medical Center. Chicago’s south side, the Chicago Land neighborhood most in need of a trauma center is also the neighborhood with the longest travel times to reach one. […]
For free. Right here. Right now. The entire 43-minute documentary. Many thanks to Sojourners for giving us a call and allowing Pastor Julian to help share commentary on the issue of poverty. Let’s keep working and praying on this!
Title: SCREENING of “The Line” film (w/ Discussion + Free Meal) Location: Fellowship Hall Start Time: 7pm for a Free Meal; Film will begin at 7:30 (lasts 30 minutes), with discussion to follow Date: October 9, 2012 Link out: Click here Description: The Line documents the stories of people across the country living at or […]
Gloria Vicente Kanu is a missionary with Guatemalan Cultural Action (ACG), a youth and communications worker, AND a member of University Church! She has been working for years now to help bring stability to that region of the world, our congregation has been in full support of her, and now she is hosting a live […]
We are inviting all of you to consider being a part of a delegation from University Church to attend this year’s Ecumenical Advocacy Days March 23-26 in Washington, DC. Our delegation will be joining with hundreds of other people from across the country addressing issues that relate to social justice and our response as Christians. […]
by Barb Havens I don’t have statistics regarding this, but I’m sure that North Americans are the largest consumers in the world. Consumption is our middle name — from food to clothes to televisions to computers to EVERYTHING. For most of my life I purchased those goods without any thought of the source of those goods and […]
