Palatine church offers monthly interfaith singing meditation

The second Friday of every month, the public is invited, free, to join “Singing Meditation” at Countryside Church Unitarian Universalist, 1025 N. Smith St., in Palatine.

Beginning at 7:30 p.m., facilitated singing and silence alternate to create a calming spiritual experience.

Participants learn all songs in each session and need not have any prior group singing experience or music reading ability. No RSVP is necessary. The repertoire is interfaith: Jewish, Christian, Sufi, earth-based, Hindu, Buddhist and others. Visit www.singingmeditation.com or contact music director Jeff Hamrick at music@ccuu.org for information.

Countryside Unitarian Universalist Church is a liberal, creedless religious institution founded on Judeo-Christian principles. Sunday services begin at 9:30 and 11:15 a.m. Membership spans Algonquin, Arlington Heights, Barrington, Buffalo Grove, Carpentersville, Cary, Deer Park, Des Plaines, Elk Grove, Elmhurst, Glenview, Grayslake, Gurnee, Hoffman Estates, Kildeer, Lake Barrington, Lake-in-the-Hills, Lake Zurich, Lincolnshire, Medinah, Mount Prospect, Mundelein, Oakwood Hills, Palatine, Prospect Heights, River Grove, Rolling Meadows, Roselle, Round Lake, Schaumburg, Streamwood, Wauconda, Wheaton, Wheeling, Woodstock.

For more information, call (847) 359-8440 or visit ccuu.org.