Christmas Eve Jazz Service

In the tradition of our annual service at Cafe Stritch, we'll be featuring some great music and original writings by members to tell the Christmas story anew. Join us for a featured holiday sing-along, recorded earlier, with music by Neil, John Duckworth, and Kevin Haley on sax. Find a candle and join us for Silent […]

Jim Thompson’s Spiritual Poetry Class #39

This week’s poems are: "After School on Ordinary Days" by Maria Mazziotti Gillan "The Cure for It All" by Julia Fehrenbacher "Library" by Louis Jenkins. Zoom link and Passcode: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87006963520?pwd=UmsvcUNERnBaNUZjcnBPSUJRcGRRUT09 […]

The Rhythm of Restoration: The Buoyancy of Freedom

Urban Sanctuary Taiko Peace friend, PJ Hirabayashi, is offering a virtual event Rhythm: Taiko drumming is rhythm and it’s my natural vocabulary Restoration: Life is calling us to restore, to […]

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Sunday Gathering & Congregational Meeting

Sunday Gathering 10:00 - 10:50 a.m. Urban Sanctuary in 2020 - A Look Back and a Look Ahead. We'll look back at highlights of 2020 and take time in our […]

Jim Thompson’s Spiritual Poetry Class #40

This week’s poems are: "Football" by Louis Jenkins "To an Athlete Dying Young" by A. E. Housman "The Language of the Brag" by Sharon Olds Zoom link and Passcode: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87185703232?pwd=Z3VVUjBwNlJXRHNtK0QvTVMycFc3QT09  […]

Jim Thompson’s Spiritual Poetry Class #41

February is Black History Month so we’ll celebrate it in Spiritual Poetry with some incredible poems by some masterful Black poets. Here goes: "Kids Who Die" by Langston Hughes. Solidarity […]

Sunday Gathering & Aftersession

Sunday Gathering - 10:00 - 10:50 a.m. What Are We Doing When We Pray?  Scripture Reading: Psalm 30 After-Session - 11 a.m. to noon Some consider the Twelve-Step Movement to be […]

Jim Thompson’s Spiritual Poetry Class #42

This week’s poems are: Ma Rainey by Sterling A. Brown. Something I’ve Not Done by W. S. Merwin. The Mosquito Among the Raindrops by Teddy Macker. Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87185703232?pwd=Z3VVUjBwNlJXRHNtK0QvTVMycFc3QT09 Passcode: […]

Sunday Gathering & Aftersession

Sunday Gathering : 10:00 - 10:50 a.m. Now I Become Myself: Lessons in Healing and Wholeness Special Guests from NAMI Faithnet Scripture Reading Mark 1:9-15 In an interview with Pastor Dana, […]

Jim Thompson’s Spiritual Poetry Class #43

This week's poems: "#sayhername" by Aja Monet. "Instruction" by Sheri Hostetler. “No carry-on luggage allowed…” "Gwendolyn Brooks" by Anthony Walton. Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81374816274?pwd=eG1PRUxoWC9iTjFaTHFBNTBrNkIvQT09 Passcode: 704824