Sermon delivered by Rev. Dr. F. Jay Deacon on January 24, 2010. Rev. Deacon is a Unitarian Universalist minster and writer who was the minister of the Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation between 1993 and 2002. He has also served congregations in Northampton and North Easton, Mass.; Bangor, Maine; Orlando; and the UK.

Jay is on a search for the Next Thing in his life-work, a search that includes the fairly arduous task of finding a publisher for his book, Magnificent Journey: Religion as Either a Lock on the Past, or an Engine of Evolution. Jay can be reached either through his website, www.jaydeacon.net, or at fjdeacon@uuma.org.

Sermon delievered by Rev. Dr.  C. Scot Giles, BCC, DNGH, on January 17, 2010. Scot served the Unity Temple Congregation (when it was known as the Unitarian Universalist Church in Oak Park) as its Parish Minister
between 1981 and 1991. He is a Board Certified Chaplain, a Doctor of Ministry, and a Diplomate with the National Guild of Hypnotists. He is also the Community Minister of Countryside UU Church in Palatine.

Scot is a member of the Advisory Board of the National Guild of Hypnotists. His hospital-affiliated practice focuses on medical hypnotism, and he is especially well-known around the country for his work with
cancer patients.

Rev. Giles lives in Wheaton, Illinois with his wife and cats. Scot's wife, the Rev. Dr. Lindsay Bates, is the Senior Parish Minister to the Geneva UU Society. He can be reached at ScotGiles@comcast.net or through his website, www.CSGiles.org.

Sermon delivered by Rev. Clare Butterfield on January 10, 2009. Rev. Clare Butterfield is ordained as a Unitarian Universalist Community Minister. Her ministry, as Director of Faith in Place at the Center for Neighborhood Technology, is a call to all people of faith in the region to reflect on their faith's teachings about environmental stewardship and to come together to act on those teachings.

As our Community Minister, Clare's eco-ministry is embraced by this congregation. She also facilitates social mission here at Unity Temple, and preaches in our pulpit once or twice each year, to keep us updated on her own work and the work of our social mission.

Sermon delivered by Rev. Emily Gage, Minister of Faith Development, on January 3, 2010.