Events

Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra musicians lead by Maestro Stephen Alltop present a French Feast on Sunday, April 23, 2023! Featuring a mix of woodwinds, harp, organ, and strings, the program will include music by Ravel, Fauré, Boëllmann, Grandjany, and Rabaud.

The mission component of our Making a Holy Difference campaign/fund is bearing fruit! The Ministry for Change recently approved a $15,500 grant from the accumulated proceeds of the Global Mission portion of the fund to complete important needed repairs at the Mike Solberg School in Waku Kungo, Angola. The school serves 779 K-8 students, and this grant will improve and sustain their learning environment!

April 30 11:15 to 12:00 in Rowell Hall Although we don’t do a formal ‘First Communion’ in the UCC, we periodically offer a class to help children better understand what ‘The Lord’s Supper’ is and why we do it.

Noon in the Dining Room

in Rowell Hall

Union Church provides a healthy meal delivered to each client on the 4th Tuesday of each month. We are looking for volunteers to shop for healthy sides for the meals and to hand out and meals to the clients in the Interim Housing Center in Downers Grove. Please use the link below to sign to shop for sides or to distribute meals, or both! Sign up here!

Please bring a side dish, salad or dessert to share with all on Sunday, June 4th. Parish Life will be supplying hot dogs, brats, veggie burgers, drinks and a bounce house!

A Fundraising Luncheon for The Boulevard - one of Union Church's mission partners: A Celebration of Home & Healing on Thursday, June 8, 2023 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., at the University Club of Chicago, 75 E Monroe, Chicago, IL 60603 The Boulevard exists to serve ill and injured homeless adults with medical respite care, holistic support, and housing services to restore their health and rebuild their lives. Proceeds from our Luncheon fundraiser will directly support the many valuable […]

While most of us have the Lord's Prayer memorized and say it every week, this series will help us all break it down stanza by stanza, week by week, to dig deep on its meaning. We hope you join us for this thought-provoking conversation that will last over the 13 weeks of summer and through Labor Day

Participants: Age 4-5th Grade Helpers: Middle + High School Please contact Penny Johnson for more information (pjohnson@uchinsdale.org)

You are invited to attend a performance of the Ostrega Uhl Project’s Summer Showcase recital at Union Church of Hinsdale! This concert will feature UCH’s very own Stephen Uhl on piano and Brian Ostrega on violin. The pieces performed will be Beethoven’s famous ‘Spring’ Sonata, Manuel de Falla’s ‘Spanish Dance’ and culminating with Franck’s exhilarating Violin Sonata in A major. A performance you surely don’t want to miss, we look forward to seeing you there! Attendance is free, but an […]

Union Church provides a healthy meal delivered to each client on the 4th Tuesday of each month. We are looking for volunteers to shop for healthy sides for the meals and to hand out and meals to the clients in the Interim Housing Center in Downers Grove. Please use the link below to sign to shop for sides or to distribute meals, or both! Sign up here!

July 4 at 9:30, Union Church’s West Lawn Join us to view Hinsdale’s annual 4th of July parade as it proudly progresses on Garfield Street! The parade starts at 10:00 a.m. Arrive early with your lawn chair (earlier the better) on Union Church’s west lawn — and don’t forget to wear your favorite red, white, and/or blue outfit! Note: As in years past, the Board of Parish Life will provide limited bottles of water and, perhaps, a special treat!

July 9 at 11:30 to 12:15 in Rowell Hall As we continue to explore what it would mean for UCH to become an official "Open & Affirming Congregation," the O & A Team invites you to a conversation with Carolyn Wahlskog, Director of Operations and Programming for Youth Outlook. Youth Outlook is an agency solely dedicated to supporting LGBTQ+ youth. They work in seven counties in northern Illinois, offering drop-in centers for youth, caregiver, and parent support, plus community education […]

Noon in the Dining Room

On July 16 at 3pm pianist Matthew Lorenz will give a solo recital at Hinsdale Union Church. Lorenz will be concluding the summer tour of his program "Chopin & Rachmaninoff Live" which features several Chopin classics alongside the rarely-heard complete 13 Preludes op. 32 by Rachmaninoff. A native of Fargo, North Dakota, Lorenz has grown in demand as a classical performer since moving to Chicago in 2019, studying with renown pianists Edward Auer, Junghwa Moon Auer, and Adam Neiman at […]

3:00 pm in the Sanctuary (Click here to download and view the flyer for this event!) Tong-Bai Deng was born in Chicago in 2008. He started to learn piano with Ms. Ludmilla Derka when he was six. He participated in various piano competitions and concerts and won many first prizes. He took private lessons with Dr. Sung Hoon Mo at the Chicago Conservatory of Music in 2018-2019 and began studying with Dr. Svetlana Smolina in 2019 until now. In addition […]