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September 18, 2024 Vol. 45, No. 12
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YOUR LOCAL RELIGION GUIDE
Find Community at Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation
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ooking for a place where you can connect with others and explore what truly moves you? Join a community dedicated to both spiritual growth and collective action for the greater good. Together, we work to turn our values into meaningful change in our community and beyond. Discover a community where you can live into your beliefs and values, and where love and connection is at the heart of everything we do. Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation is a multigenerational, creedless community with a mission of welcoming all, inspiring compassion, nurturing wonder, and serving community. We welcome and affirm people as they are—wherever they are in their journey, however they identify and understand themselves, whomever they love. Together, we work for collective
Connection | Transformation | Acceptance | Justice Worship Service and Religious Education Sundays at 9am and 10:45am 875 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL 60302 unitytemple.org
• Inclusive Sunday Services: Experience open-hearted worship services that draw from diverse traditions, encourage reflection and connection. • Lifelong Learning: Enrich your understanding through educational programs that explore various spiritual paths, philosophies and life’s big questions. • Social Justice: Join like-minded individuals to support local initiatives creating positive impacts within our community and beyond. • Youth & Family Engagement: Nurture the next generation’s values of compassion, empathy and curiosity through our engaging youth programs. We invite you to check out our worship services and children & youth religious education programming at 9 & 10:45am on Sunday Live streamed at 9am
Religion Guide Page 17
Scaman, Parakkat to compete in race for Oak Park village president Local elections will be held April 1, 2025 By LUZANE DRAUGHON Staff Reporter
Village President Vicki Scaman and Trustee Ravi Parakkat are each running to fill the seat of Oak Park’s village president for four years, after the local election April 1, 2025. Scaman and Parakkat have served in their respective roles since the last election for their seats in 2021. Wednesday Journal is not yet aware of any other candidates for village president. To get on the ballot, each potential candidate will have to acquire a certain number of signatures from Oak Park residents qualified to vote based on a percentage of voter turnout in the last regular municipal election. The filing dates are Nov. 12 to 18.
WHY THEY’RE RUNNING PARAKKAT
VICKI SCAMAN
Oak Park Village President
RAVI PARAKKAT
Oak Park Village Trustee
Parakkat said he’s not running against anybody, but rather for a vision of Oak Park, that he believes he shares with most residents: A safe, affordable, sustainable and inclusive Oak Park. See VILLAGE PRESIDENT on page 14
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