Created by Art Martin in 1972. A classic symbol of Judaism and Judaic tradition. 

Created by Jane Anderson in 1979. Logo of the UU Service Committee.

Created in 1965 by Robert Chase. Copy of a piece by Jane Anderson. A symbol of liberal and liberating causes. Originally made at the request of the Rev. David Cole for a service in memory of John F. Kennedy. 

Created in 1984 by the Herricks. Logo of UUA after merger. 

Created in 1985 by the Herricks. A symbol of liberal and liberating causes.

Created in 1964 by Jane Anderson. A cross of order, rectitude, high form.

Created in 1964 by Jane Anderson. Suggests interwhorled questions. 

Created in 1970 by Jane Anderson. A symbol for the Great Spirit, used by the southwest tribes as a chest painting in religious dances, it represents creative and healing power able to overcome evil. 

Created in 1970 by Art Martin. A hand signal used during world War II, notably by Winston Churchill. 

Created in 1985 by the Herricks

Created in 1985 by the Herricks. A symbol from musical notation, meaning “play it very loud,” emphatically, with force, with strength. 

Created in 1988 by Amy Fogel. Amy was 11 years old, 7th grade at Edison Middle School. 

Created in 1988 by the Fogels. A symbol of Judaism and especially of Hanukkah. 

Created in 1988 by Amy Fogel. Refers to a poen by Robert Frost. 

Created in 1963 by Jane Anderson

Created in 1963 by Jane Anderson. When used with the red color plate, it is a symbol for themes of violence and sacrifice. It was made at the request of the Rev. David Cole for Good Friday service, 1963. With a blue-green color plate it symbolizes water. 

Created in 1985 by Sue Herricks. A decorative symbol of the holiday season. 

Created in 1965 by Robert Chase

Created in 1965 by Robert Chase. Traditional religious symbols superimposed into a single splendid star including: Star of David, Sunfather, Cross, Circle of Universal Brotherhood, and suggestion of a naturally occurring star of the night sky.

Created in 1965 by Robert Chase

Created in 1965 by Robert Chase. Copy of a piece by Jane Anderson. As used in the symbolism of Christianity represents the Resurrection, but the “Bird of Phoenicia” is far more ancient than Christianity, possibly more ancient even than its verbal account in Greek mythology. On prehistoric fragments, from widely scattered cultures there are creatures so similar that the question arises whether or not each had an independent origin. This art motif has been rendered in almost every known style, the angular elegance of ancient Egyptian pictographs, the ornate grace of the Oriental, the organic intricacy of New World cultures, the heraldic naivete of mid-European, the striking flash of modern abstract. Across the ages and without words the Phoenix presents suggestion of the concept that even from the very ashes of devastation arises something new, aspiring, brave, and beautiful. In story, song, poetry, and figurative prose, it has been applied specifically to the recurring dawn, the seasonal rebirth, the rebuilding of the cities, the fall and rise of empires, the elaboration of a new mythology when an old system of myths has been exploded, as well as to the Resurrection of Osiris and later Jesus Christ. 

Created in 1967 by Jane Anderson

Created in 1967 by Jane Anderson. The logo of Martin Luther King Jr.’s organization of the same name. It is a symbol of integration of black and white. 

Created in 1970 by Jane Anderson. A symbol representing the movement toward equal rights for women (NOW no longer uses it, 1989).

Created in 1965 by Jane Anderson. A simple rendition of the ancient Hindu symbol for Brahma, creation, the ultimate source of all things. This piece was made at the request of the Rev. John A Taylor for the occasion of a Sunday service at which he read his “Letter to a Newborn Daughter.” We have used it at Flower Communion, Dedication of children, for services related to religious education, and on some other occasions. 

Created in 1986 by the Herricks

Created in 1986 by the Herricks. A simple heart for valentine’s day, and commonly used for events such as weddings. A symbol for love, caring. 

Created in 1985 by the Herricks

Created in 1985 by the Herricks. From a design by Michelle McIntosh. This is now the official logo of the Young Religious Unitarian Universalists (YRUU). It was designed by Michelle McIntosh of the Eliot Chapel in St. Louis, Missouri, and adopted by our high school age group. It was then adopted by the Young Adult Committee (YAC) of the Central Midwest District (CMD) and by the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA). Among our church organizations, YRUU replaces LRY.

Created in 1973 by Jane Anderson. A symbol for popular folk music. 

Created in 1984 by the Herricks. An effective symbol from the game of Monopoly, it is useful with fund-raising and budgetary themes. 

Created in 1968 by Jane Anderson. A design by the Rev. Renford Gaines (Mwalimu Imara), it has a Trompe de l’Oeil effect: the arrows seem slightly in motion. One has a feeling as when trying to force together similar poles of two strong magnets: the resist making contact. 

Created in 1965 by Jane Anderson and Marjorie Mosely, under the direction of Robert Chase. An ancient traditional religious symbol from Hebrew, Babylonian and Hindu, this was one of the two forbidden trees in the Garden of Eden. This center has been used with memorial services. 

Created in 1987 by Kathy Szoke and Naomi Parkhurst. A pretty decoration for mid-winter. 

Created in 1980 by Jane Anderson. It is widely used by Christian churches as a symbol of marriage and dates back at least as far as the ancient Greeks. This piece was originally made for the wedding of Robin Cowan and Mark Nissen.

Created in 1967 by Jane Anderson. A symbol used at least as early as ancient Greece. 

Created in 1966 by Jane Anderson and Marjorie Mosely in Bob Chase’s workshop at Creative Builders of Urbana, Illinois. Logo of the newly-merged Unitarian Universalist Association. 

Created in 1973 by Cathy Huff. Made for an occasion when LRY was in charge of Sunday service, the piece is saved as archival.

Created in 1969 by Jane Anderson. A symbol used when the service involves medical matters.

Created in 1965 by Jane Anderson and Marjorie Mosely in Bob Chase’s workshop. An ancient Chinese religious symbol used before the time of Confucius to indicate two basic factors (good and evil, positive and negative, dry and wet, hot and cold, male and female, et al) interacting within a sphere which symbolizes the Great Ultimate on Absolute. 

Created in 1962 by Jane Anderson. Four interlocking rings on golden brown resembling protoplasm, it is not a traditional religious symbol. It has been used with existential themes., educational, inter-racial (Black, White, Yellow, Red), biological, universal inter-relatedness, et al. 

Created in 1985 by the Herricks. A symbol of peace from many religious traditions. 

Created in 1971 by Jane Anderson. Official logo of the United Nations: world surrounded by a laurel wreath. 

Created in 1972 by Jane Anderson. Official logo of Humanism, may be used with any Humanist theme.

Created in 1965 by Jane Anderson. These symbols are ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, Ouas (Divine Power) and Ankh (Signs of Life). They appear on artifacts from all periods of Pharaonic Egypt (at least 4,000 years old). Remarkably persistent, these symbols became associated with Mars and Venus during Roman times, and are still in use today as sex symbols, having undergone less alteration than the letters of the alphabet. 

Created in 1981 by Russell Valleau. Al Haq, one of the 99 names or attributions of Allah, it may be translated as “The Truth.” 

Created in 1968 by Art Martin. A simple design used to suggest military subjects. 

Created in 1986 by the Herricks. A symbol of space exploration and astronauts.

Created in 1986 by the Herricks. Used with themes of inadequate solutions. 

Created in 1968 by Jane Anderson. Logo of the Red Herring coffeehouse at the Channing Murray Foundation of the UU church, it was made at the request of the Rev John A. Taylor. The fish may swim either right or left. 

Created in 1970 by Jennie Fields. A decorative design suggesting fellowship (some people think of it as Gay or Lesbian fellowship). 

Created in 1972 by Bill Taylor. A decorative design suggesting a New Year’s Eve Celebration. 

Created in 1986 by the Herricks. A symbol suggesting Ireland, St Patrick’s Day. 

Created in 1986 by the Herricks. Suggests summertime and leisure.

Created in 1985 by the Herricks. Relates to the Bible study of the lost sheep and the shepard. 

Created in 1985 by the Herricks. end and beginning in Greek letters. 

Created in 1986 by the Herricks. A simple map of the Earth as seen from the South Pole. 

Created in 1986 by the Herricks. A simple map of the Arctic regions.

Created in 1987 by the Herricks. Used with ecological and wildlife themes. 

Created in 1987 by the Herricks. May face either way. 

Created in 1986 by the Herricks. To welcome the Rev. William C. Saunders in April 1985. 

Created in 1984 by the Herricks. Symbol suggesting a balancing beam. 

Created in 1987 by the Herricks. As used in Genetics. 

Created in 1986 by the Herricks. Referred to “Charlotte’s Web” – a children’s book. 

Created in 1987 by the Herricks. 

Created in 1986 by the Herricks. Symbol representing an idea. 

Created in 1968 by Jane Anderson.A striking effect first used in relation to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.. It has also been used for memorial services for people cut off in the midst of life, unexpectedly. 

Created in 1999 by the Interweave Committee. Pink triangle with chalice. This symbol has a significant history. During WWII, the pink triangle was used by Hitler’s troops to identify homosexual men in concentration camps. Historians estimate that between 50,000 and 100,000 gay men were killed during the Nazi regime in Germany. In the 1970s gay liberation groups resurrected the pink triangle as a popular symbol for the gay rights movement. In this church, people who wear the pink triangle are demonstrating their commitment to promoting an affirming and welcoming atmosphere for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people. 

Created in 2000. this centerpiece was prepared for the memorial service for John D. Anderson. It is the UU design which the Veterans Administration puts on gravestones to show the veterans religious preferences. 

The Stylized Chalice center was created in 2017 to honor church member Holt Babbitt (7/8/31 to 1/15/15) and is dedicated to his memory. Erinn Dady, daughter of church member Ralph Dady, is the stained glass artist who created the centerpiece from a design suggested by Holt’s wife, Sally. Sally notes, “No, the stylized chalice in the center doesn’t also represent a coffee cup. Although that’s a good idea since Holt loved his coffee.” The chalice flame is textured fused glass on a translucent background.