Union Church of Hinsdale

The Men’s Club of Union Church Luncheon
2022-10-12 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | Union Church of Hinsdale, 137 S Garfield Ave., Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
Dining Room
Unintended Impact
Jim Proebstle tells the story of his brother, Dick’s, journey from concussions in amateur football to CTE dementia. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is a progressive brain condition thought to be caused by repeated blows to the head.
Jim’s first two novels (Unintended Impact and Fatal Incident) have received outstanding reviews from readers and industry professionals. They have been recognized with awards, including the Eric Hoffer Award, the Indie Book Award, and the International Book Award.
Our speaker received his BA and MBA from Michigan State University and was honored as an outstanding alumni from the Eli Broad College of Business in 2001. He played on a National Championship football team in 1965 and earned academic honors.
Please invite spouses, friends and acquaintances. All women are invited.
As always, a delicious $10.00 lunch will be served prior to the program. If you have not made a reservation with your caller, please make one by calling the church office, 630-323-4303 ext. 6652, no later than Monday morning, October 10, 2022.

IL Conference Men's Retreat
2022-09-23 - 2022-09-25 | IL
Through thoughtful conversations, intentional vulnerability, and embodied practices of the Christian mystical tradition, we’ll enkindle our hearts again as we discover new ways to offer our male experience for the holding and healing of our world in this vulnerable moment in history.

This retreat is open to all who identify as men, and we stand in whole-hearted solidarity with men who are sexual and gender minorities. Download the flyer here for more information.

Blessing of Pets
2022-09-11 09:07 - 11:00 | Union Church of Hinsdale, 137 S Garfield Ave., Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
Blessing of pets…and stuffed animals! Bring your non-human friends to church for a special blessing. Both services will be held outdoors on this day. We will have chairs available, but encourage you to bring your own lawn chairs or blanket.

Please send a photo of your pet so we can show it during our service should we need to move indoors (and keep pets at home) due to rain. We will have a video of Union Church pets! Email the photo to: ckapcar@uchinsdale.org or drop in the church office mailboxes.

Around the World All-Church Fundraiser
2022-09-10 17:30 - 21:30 | Union Church of Hinsdale, 137 S Garfield Ave., Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
Get ready for our bi-annual fundraiser!! We are changing things up this year and having a party at our beautiful church. All are welcome to attend – including children. Our theme is “Around the World.” Plan on fun, delicious food, great music and live and silent auction items.

Now that you’ve marked your calendar for this amazing all-ages event, it is time to start thinking about what you have to offer for the live and silent auctions.

Sharing experiences and items will add to church funds and also the fun! Give what you have or what you know. Put a package together!

To get your creative juices flowing, consider the suggestions on the list below.

Have your idea ready or want to check it out? Contact Mary Sue Honigschmidt or Sharon Olsen.

Tickets to the zoo
Bulls tickets
Spa experience
Flower arrangement
Morton Arboretum experience
Tito’s basket
Headphones
Theater tickets
Symphony and dinner
Hotel weekend
Boat ride
Books
A class you teach
Fitness class/trainer

Cooking Lessons
Get away places
Restaurant certificate
Wine tasting party
Tour a famous place
Special dinner in your home
Private concert
Voice lessons
Yoga lessons
Dessert each quarter
Firetruck ride
Police ride along
Massages
Party at your home

Back-to-School Bonfire
2022-08-28 18:30 - 20:30 | Union Church of Hinsdale, 137 S Garfield Ave., Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
2nd through 12th graders, join us in the Courtyard/Close to make s’mores and talk about how the first week of school went (for those who have already started by then)!

Blessing of Backpacks
2022-08-21 09:07 - 11:00 | Union Church of Hinsdale, 137 S Garfield Ave., Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
Blessing of backpacks…and work bags! Bring your bags to be blessed as we reenter the school year and a fresh new season of work.

La Bonne Chanson - Recital
2022-08-14 15:00 - 17:00 | Union Church of Hinsdale, 137 S Garfield Ave., Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
Stephen C Edwards, tenor and Dana Brown, piano will present a concert of the “most joyful song cycle ever written” by Gabriel Fauré, “La Bonne Chanson,” Sunday, August 14 at 3:00 p.m. Additionally, Stephen will sing 7 of the 36 selections by Franz Haydn that he and Dana will be recording for the Lexicon Classics Recording Label in November. This festive concert will finish up with songs about pianos including “I love a Piano” by Irving Berlin! For the Haydn pieces, we will be joined by violinist, Ilana Setapen and cellist, David Sands. The concert promises to be no more than one hour and will fill your heart with joy. I cannot tell you how excited I am to share this music with you!
Please see the attached flyer here.

Moser Family Singers
2022-06-26 10:00 - 11:00 | Union Church of Hinsdale, 137 S Garfield Ave., Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
During the regular 10:00am worship service!

Church Outing to Uniquely Thursday!
2022-06-23 17:45 - 21:00 | IL
A staple of Hinsdale summer is celebrating its 20th year. Uniquely Thursday is a weekly festival with food trucks, live music and camaraderie in Burlington Park near the Memorial Building and train station in downtown Hinsdale. Our church is the perfect location to meet up with each other and enjoy this time together. Park and meet up at church at 5:45 p.m. (north-side parking lot) and we’ll walk down to Uniquely Thursday together. This is a great way for new members and their mentors to meet, as well as for friends in our congregation of all ages to spend time together. Uniquely Thursday begins at 6:00 p.m. at Burlington Park in Hinsdale. Bring your own picnic blanket or folding chair. If we miss you at the church parking lot, we’ll see you down there at the park!

Steinway Dedication Concert
2022-06-12 15:00 - 16:30 | IL
Featuring our very own Stephen Uhl, this concert has been specially curated to show the depth, versatility, and resplendent beauty of our new Steinway. Composers include Bach, Liszt, and Joosten. – 3:00 p.m. Please see our flyer, and share with family and friends!

Blessing of Bicycles
2022-05-29 09:07 - 09:47 | Union Church of Hinsdale, 137 S Garfield Ave., Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
Let’s roll! Kick off summer by riding your bike (or stroller, scooters, skateboard..anything that rolls) to church to have it blessed for a season of safety. May the road rise to meet you!

Music Sunday
2022-05-22 10:00 - 11:00 | Union Church of Hinsdale, 137 S Garfield Ave., Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
Do not miss Music Sunday! Chancel Choir, Handbells, WE, Cantate, Children’s Chimes, the new Steinway, and brass will fill the sanctuary and our hearts with exciting, beautiful, and joyous music. We look forward to seeing you on Sunday, May 22nd at the 10:00 a.m. worship service!!

Christian Education: Fall Adult Ed
2022-05-17 19:00 - 20:00 | Union Church of Hinsdale, 137 S Garfield Ave., Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
We are the thinking church after all. Based on the positive feedback from our spring Adult Ed series, we can sense this smart, engaged and thinking congregation has an appetite for more Adult Ed. We plan to discuss our fall programming and ideas at our May Christian Education meeting. Anyone who would like to be part of this conversation or help organize is welcome to join our meeting at 7pm in Helen Hall.

Women of a Certain Age
2022-05-15 11:15 - 12:15 | Union Church of Hinsdale, 137 S Garfield Ave., Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
Jackie McGrury, an independent esthetician, will discuss proper skin care and that May is National Melanoma Month. Jackie has her own salon in Orland Park.

The purpose of WOACA is for fellowship, friendship, and fun. We will sit socially distanced and no food/beverages will be served. For more information please email Melissa Barnes Mann. ALL are welcome and encouraged to attend! We will meet in Rowell Hall.

The Men’s Club of Union Church
2022-05-11 12:00 - 13:00 | Union Church of Hinsdale, 137 S Garfield Ave., Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
Code Red Climate Crisis: In his recent book, “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster,” Bill Gates writes, “If nothing else changes, the world will keep producing greenhouse gases, climate change will keep getting worse, and the impact on humans will in all likelihood be catastrophic.”

Our speaker, Dorelle Ackermann, a retired science teacher, is passionate about climate change and global warming. She will address climate change that is evident today, the basic science of global warming, and the existing technology to “draw down” atmospheric carbon dioxide .

Please invite spouses, friends and acquaintances. All women are invited.

As always, a delicious $10.00 lunch will be served prior to the program. If you have not made a reservation with your caller, please make one by calling the church office, 630-323-4303 ext. 6652, no later than Monday morning, May 9, 2022.

Steinway Mini-Concert and Q&A!
2022-05-08 11:00 - 12:00 | Union Church of Hinsdale, 137 S Garfield Ave., Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
On MAY 8, immediately following the 10:00 a.m. worship service, Stephen C Edwards and Stephen Uhl will present a short 20-minute Mini Concert featuring our new Steinway (Rachmaninov, Gershwin, Kandor, Ebb and more)! Additionally, CJ, our amazing Steinway rep, will be here to help answer questions about this marvelous instrument.

We will also have some photos and video from our NYC Steinway selection trip and a reception following the concert/presentation. We are almost 45% of the way with our total campaign goal, and 65% of the way to paying off the piano portion of the goal. There less than a month before the final invoice for the piano is due. Join us to know more and contribute here (select “Steinway Fundraising Campaign” from the drop down menu!).

Thank you, thank you, thank you for your support. I am so honored to be a part of this amazing community! ~ Stephen C Edwards – Director of Music and Worship

See our flyer here.

Handbell Sunday!
2022-05-08 10:00 - 11:00 | Union Church of Hinsdale, 137 S Garfield Ave., Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
Come celebrate worship with the amazing Union Bells as they lead our worship service with a prelude, offertory, anthem, and postlude. You will not want to miss this joyful and uplifting service!

DEI, CRT: WWJD?** An Adult Education Series
2022-04-24 11:00 - 12:00 | Union Church of Hinsdale, 137 S Garfield Ave., Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
How do such short strings of letters inspire such heated debate? What is DEI? What is this CRT? How can we reflect on our own experiences while understanding that others have walked similar paths with different results? Let’s learn and talk about it.

In this three-week series, we will discuss ideas that can be hard to talk about, but that are essential for our faith, our community, and our world. Over the years, our Adult Christian Education programs have been wonderful for learning more in our Christian faith. We are so pleased to be back after a pandemic break and hope you will join us in the youth room after 10:00am worship to learn and share your thoughts.

** DEI = Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; CRT = Critical Race Theory; WWJD = What Would Jesus Do?

Bible Sunday
2022-04-24 10:00 - 11:00 | Union Church of Hinsdale, 137 S Garfield Ave., Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
On Sunday, April 24 we will be continuing with a Union Church rite of passage and presenting Bibles to our Third Graders. During Sunday School we will learn more about our Bibles and everyone (adults and children) are encouraged to bring their own Bibles. We will also be incorporating our youth group members into the service and celebrating our Wednesday Gather + Grow Youth Group that ran from September thru late March and included games, service projects, lessons about church rituals and most importantly, brought our kids, grades 2 – 8, together in fellowship in their church home. To join the G+G youth group for the 2022/23 school year, contact Penny Johnson or Grant Glowiak.

We will also focus on Bibles during the 9:07 service and encourage all to bring their Bible.

Women Who Are Lit
2022-04-22 09:30 - 10:30 | Union Church of Hinsdale, 137 S Garfield Ave., Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
This lively book club with rich discussions meets monthly. We’ll be discussing The Choice, by Dr. Edith Eva Eger which is on the stacks at the Hinsdale Public Library now. It is a fast read and one you can’t put down once you start. Egar is motivating and spiritually uplifting. Any and all are welcome!

Please join us in the lounge and contact Claudine Roberts with any questions.

Easter Sunday: General Worship
2022-04-17 10:00 - 11:00 | Union Church of Hinsdale, 137 S Garfield Ave., Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
Join us for Easter worship! Our 10:00 a.m. general worship service will take place in-person in the Sanctuary (masks optional, vaccination expected) and will also be streamed on YouTube.

Easter Sunday: Family-Focused Worship
2022-04-17 09:07 - 10:00 | Union Church of Hinsdale, 137 S Garfield Ave., Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
Join us on Sunday, April 17, 2022 @ 9:07 a.m. for our family-focused Easter worship outdoors in the Close.

Palm Sunday: 10:00 a.m. General Worship + Children's Chimes
2022-04-10 10:00 - 11:00 | Union Church of Hinsdale, 137 S Garfield Ave., Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
Join us for our celebration of Palm Sunday, April 10, during 10:00 a.m. Worship Service, Children’s Lenten Chimes will perform!

Palm Sunday: 9:07 a.m. Family-Focused Worship
2022-04-10 09:07 - 10:00 | Union Church of Hinsdale, 137 S Garfield Ave., Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
Join us for our celebration of Palm Sunday, April 10, during 9:07 a.m. Family-focused worship service outdoors in the Close (our courtyard)!

"Passion Music" Sunday
2022-04-03 10:00 - 11:00 | Union Church of Hinsdale, 137 S Garfield Ave., Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
Chancel Choir Presents “Passion Music” during 10:00 a.m. Worship Service. Passion Music represents the fusion of jazz and choral music successfully blended by English composer, Will Todd.
