8/4/2019
This Sunday, Alexis returned to begin our new month of reflections on “Invitation.” Invitation, she said, is both a joy and a risk: every person, event, or idea that we invite in brings change to our lives. Change means letting go of control, risking embarrassment and pain, but if we try to cling to things as they are, we cause ourselves more suffering and thwart our own potential. Alexis encouraged us to take the risk of invitation, to embrace the joy and possibility of growth and change, to learn to be there with ourselves through the discomfort — and to remember that we don’t have to face it alone.
Next Sunday, August 11th:
Adult Forum – 9:15 am
“Medical Marijuana,” Yurick Griggs
Griggs intends to apply for medical marijuana licensing.
Service and Religious Education – 10:30 am
Message: “What should we hear when making or responding to an invitation?” Rev. Mike Adamek
I am speaking of invitation as an informal request not a command hidden as a request. I am convinced that invitations happen all the time, yet they pass us by when we do not hear them as requests. What should we want to hear when we hear a request or offer an invitation?
If you have a joy or concern that you would like to have read during the Service, please submit it by noon on Friday through our website: http://uufjc.org/joys–concerns.html
Plus Children’s RE — “The Practice of Trust”
UUFJC News and Events this week:
The Worship Service Committee meets this evening at 6 pm. To get involved in creating our Sunday Services, see our Vice President, Lisa Sanning. Please note that a community group is meeting at our building in an overlapping time slot, so if you attend the committee meeting, please respect the group’s needs and privacy.
Our building is reserved by the said community group this evening starting at 6:30 pm. Again, please allow privacy.
Community Events this week:
This week, Capitol City Cinema presents a Missouri Independent Filmmakers Showcase (Thursday only) and “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” (Thursday through Sunday). For showtimes, more events, and more information, visit capitolcitycinema.org.
For yoga and even more events, see our online calendars:
UUFJC Events
Affiliated Events
Religious Education
Building Use (other)
Community Events