Trinity United Church of Christ - Deerfield, Illinois

04/01/2026

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02/22/2026

FINDING OUR WAY:
February 18 Ash Wednesday To Acceptance 3PM
February 22 Lent 1 When Evil Whispers
March 1 Lent 2 Thru Internal Confusion
March 8 Lent 3 When Communities Quarrel
March 15 Lent 4 To Grasp Unexpected Choices
March 22 Lent 5 When You Know It’s Over
March 29 Palm/Passion Sunday While Decoding the Crowd
April 2 Maundy Thursday To Reclaim Humility
April 3 Good Friday Thru Orchestrated Defeat
April 5 Easter Festival To Believing

“Welcome to the Wilderness”
"You don’t have to have it all figured out right now. You aren’t required to have all of the answers you seek when you aren’t even quite certain of your own questions just yet. You certainly don’t need to know where you will end up by the end of this experience. But being willing to begin takes great courage, especially when your heart is a bit battered and broken, when your story hasn’t worked out the way you thought it would." Sarah Bessey

01/17/2026

🙏🏾 Bring us back from the edge, O Lord, the edge where our humanity frays. Draw us closer to your everlasting light, as our lives are impacted again by the violence that pulses around us. Grant us wisdom to lower the guns and to eliminate the rhetoric which has become a relentless stream of violence. Provide us with words of hope where hope feels elusive and our desire for change seems long in coming.

Cleanse from us the toxic hate which fills our media, oozes into our town halls and public squares, and seeps into our schools and faith communities. May your love find us in new ways as we wrestle with the anger and animosity surrounding us.

We know that your light still shines, your path of peace remains close by, your Spirit is ever ready to guide us beyond the edge and into your love. Open our hearts to seek, find, and follow you. End the violence. Bring us back from the edge,
O Lord we pray. Amen.

-Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia A. Thompson
General Minister and President/CEO, UCC

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12/24/2025

CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE
3:15 PM Prelude Music
3:30 PM Worship

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12/11/2025

💔 “The latest attempts to ‘make America great again’ target potential citizens of the US - newborns, people of color, the poor, the indigent, the unhoused, immigrants – people who are our neighbors, people we love, people who are created in the image of the Divine.

The commandment to love is one we must live with intention in a time where many are wondering who will be next on the list of people and communities that find themselves labeled as other with threats to their human rights and dignity. There should be no fear to living with integrity, authenticity and a sense of belonging."

-Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia A. Thompson
General Minister & President/CEO, UCC

Quote from her latest On My Mind Today blog entry “Who’s Next?” https://ow.ly/6awq50XGXNQ

11/23/2025

UCC Conference Ministers in D.C. This week...

10/30/2025

On November 1, 42 million Americans stand to lose their SNAP benefits. Sign our Christian petition demanding that the USDA release emergency funding now.

09/28/2025

09/28/2025

Fall Worship Series: I Dream of a World

“The future does not exist except in our imagination. However, what is in our imagination shapes the actions we take today. How do we ensure that we are not being reactive - beholden to the imagination and strategies of others and/or doing things ‘just the way we’ve done it before.’ How can we expand and imagine beyond what we know?”

– Cameron Trimble


September 21 A Place We All Can Call Home

September 28 A Place Where Justice is Flowing

October 5 A Place Where Peace Reigns Among Us

October 12 A Place Where Love's Work is Done

October 19 A Place Where My Hand Joins Your Hand

October 26 May We Make It So!

09/28/2025

08/21/2025

🙏🏾 Gracious God,

You've asked us to treat others as we would like to be treated ourselves. You've asked us to love our neighbor. You've asked us to forgive as You have forgiven us.

But God, this is so difficult!

We are witnessing injustice and cruelty and bigotry every where we look, every where we go. We want to look away, we want to protect our hearts from breaking.

God, help us to not look away, but instead to focus on You and pass all our worries and fears through Your heavenly lens. Let us be Your vision, Your eyes as well as Your hands, feet and voice. Give us clarity. Give us courage. Amen

-Pastor Jessilou Vaccarelli
Hilton, NY

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