As a Welcoming Congregation, we actively welcome gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people as full participants in the life of the church. We are committed to standing on the side of love in our congregational life and our advocacy in the larger community.
Photo Gallery
- 2007 Crop Walk
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Countryside Church sponsored the Palatine area CROP Hunger Walk for 2007. Participation in the CROP Hunger Walk has been a long standing tradition at the church.
CROP is an acronym for Communitities Responding to Overcome Poverty. The photos were taken prior to the start of the walk.
- Coming of Age - Pancake Breakfast
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- April 15, 2007: The Coming of Age program is for 8th graders and culminates with a trip to Boston. While the families participating in the COA program are a key funding source for the trip, the group runs a number of events such as the Pancake Breakfast to raise funds to offset the cost of transportation, hotel, and food.
- Corn Roast
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- 2007 Corn Roast and Hootennany
- General Assembly, Portland OR
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General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association - Portland, OR (June 19-24, 2007)
The General Assembly ("GA") is an annual event for Unitarian Universalists to gather in celebration, social witness, and to conduct the business of the UUA. If you'd like to see additional day-by-day coverage of GA including videos from a number of programs, you can visit by clicking here.
- Jazz Concert to Benefit the Palatine Senior Center
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- Jazz Concert to benefit the Palatine Senior Center
- Leadership Retreat 2007-08
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- The Leadership Retreat for 2007-08 marked the 3rd year that the Board integrated the committee leadership into the planning for the new church year. The photos are from the Saturday, October 13th session at the church.
- Men's Breakfast
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- April 27, 2007: The Men's Breakfast was one of many items to bid on during the Time & Talent Auction in 2006. The men with winning bids were treated to a special breakfast that had a baseball theme. Money raised from the auction went to support the operating budget of Countryside Church.
- Palatine Streetfest
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- August 24-26, 2007
- Peace Pole Dedication
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May 20, 2007: Today we join a special community around the world as we dedicated our Peace Pole in our little corner of
God’s green acre. Today we become one of 200,000 sites in 180 countries since 1955 when Masahisa Goi from Japan created the idea of symbolizing the hope for peace on our planet with Peace Poles.
You will note that like other Peace Poles, ours has various languages written on it – all translated to mean “May Peace Prevail On Earth.” The Languages we have chosen to be on our pole are English, Hebrew, Arabic, Ukrainian, Spanish, Chinese, Swahili, and Ojibwa (the language of the Native American Chippewa tribe, local to our area.) In truth, we have the hope for peace in a world that is often war-torn, with countries waging destruction on one another and in the process causing the death of so many millions throughout time. In planting our pole, may we do so in honor of all who have died in this way: the soldiers, the civilians; the men, women and children. In honor of all who have been wounded: in body, mind and spirit. And in dedicating our Peace Pole, may we dedicate ourselves to the ongoing effort of not just hoping, praying, speaking out for peace, but acting out for peace: through every social justice activity we can discover or create, no matter how global or local, each in her or his own way, no matter our age or ability: working for peace, loving our neighbor as ourself, reaching out to a hurting world. And so, let me say:
Dear little Peace Pole, stand strong and firm
throughout the years to come;
Be there to remind us in sun or snow of our task:
To remind us of a possible world
Where serenity of spirit and a full belly abound for one and all;
Where no one fears and everyone is treated fairly;
Where each of us sees the other as our brother and our sister;
And where we stand in humility, amazement and with utter gratitude
For the miracle that created life itself.
Stand strong and firm through the years to come,
Dear little Peace Pole.
