Sermon delivered by ministerial intern Brian Cenowith on October 27, 2013. Brian is a ministry student at Meadville-Lombard Seminary.
Sermon delivered by Rev. Dr. Clare Butterfield on October 20, 2013. Rev. Dr. Butterfield is stepping down from her position as the Director of Faith in Place, an interfaith environmental ministry in Chicago that gives religious people the tools to become better stewards of Creation. Faith in Place congregations work together to support renewable energy, conserve energy, build markets for local sustainable agriculture and fair trade products, and train the next generation of stewards of the earth through urban agriculture with youth. Clare has accepted the position of Program Director for the new Illinois Science and Energy Innovation Foundation, a grant-making entity related to the new Smart Grid authorization. Rev. Dr. Butterfield is an ordained Unitarian Universalist community minister. She has a D. Min. from Chicago Theological Seminary (2008) with a focus on faith and the environment, an M. Div. from Meadville Lombard Theological School (2000), a J.D. (University of Illinois College of Law, 1983), and a B.A in History (University of Illinois, 1980).
Sermon delivered by Senior Minister Rev. Alan Taylor on October 13, 2013. This is the second sermon on the mindfulness theme for October.
Sermon delivered by Senior Minister Rev. Alan Taylor on October 6, 2013. This sermon explores October's spiritual theme of mindfulness.
Sermon delivered by Minister of Faith Development Rev. Emily Gage on September 29, 2013.
Sermon delivered by Senior Minister Rev. Alan Taylor on September 22, 2013. This is the third in a series of four sermons on the September theme of connections.
Sermon delivered by Senior Minister Rev. Alan Taylor on September 15, 2013.
Sermon delivered on this Homecoming Sunday by Senior Minister Rev. Alan Taylor on September 8, 2013.
Sermon delivered by Rev. C. J. Hawking on September 1, 2013. Rev. Hawking has been Executive Director of Arise Chicago since 2007. She has been partnering with religious leaders to bring a fuller measure of God's justice to the workplace since 1993. Rev. Hawking has organized faith-labor coalitions in five U.S. cities and currently serves as the Harry F. Ward Pastor for Social Justice at Euclid Avenue Methodist Church in Oak Park. She is also a board member for Community Renewal Society. Rev. Hawking is a visiting lecturer on labor and social movements at the University of Illiinois and co-authored Staley: The Fight for the New American Labor Movement (University of Illinois Press, 2009) which won three Book of the Year awards. She can be reached at cj@arisechicago.org.
Sermon delivered by Senior Minister Rev. Alan Taylor on August 25, 2013.