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6/12/2024 Our June newsletter is now ready to view or download:UUFJC Newsletter: Flame on the Water, June 2024 Sunday morning, we shared a recent message from our neighbors at First UU of Springfield via video.  Rev. Michelle Scott-Huffman spoke “On Being a Pluralistic Faith.”  The message is available to view online at First UU’s website: https://springfielduu.org/2024/05/14/on-being-a-pluralistic-faith/ UUFJC…

Our December newsletter is now ready to view or download:UUFJC Newsletter: Flame on the Water, December 2023 Note: the date has been set for a Saturday Work Day at our building: December 30th starting at 9 am.  We hope to see as many of you as possible, and everyone’s help is deeply appreciated!  See “UUFJC News and Events”…

Don’t forget our work day at our building this Saturday, December 30th starting at 9 am.  We hope to see as many of you as possible, and everyone’s help is deeply appreciated!  See “UUFJC News and Events” below. Yesterday morning, George Grimm-Howell joined us to continue our month of reflections on Mystery. Beyond our own services,…

Don’t forget our RE Book Swap next Sunday (see “Next Sunday” below), and don’t forget to watch for a Saturday Work Day at our building! Yesterday morning, we continued our month of reflections on Mystery with a message from our wider UU community via video.  Rev. Jennifer Innis of the UU Church of Peoria spoke earlier this month about mystery…

Yesterday morning, Rev. Nancy joined us to begin our reflections on our December theme: Mystery. The holiday season is devoted to appreciation of awe-inspiring mysteries — the deepening darkness, the returning light, the spirit of giving — but its celebration is often built upon frantic to-do lists. Rev. Nancy explored with us how we might…

Yesterday morning, Rev. Nancy TannerThies joined us to continue our month of reflections on “Gratitude.” That monthly focus is especially relevant this week as we in the US come upon the Thanksgiving holiday. The “Pilgrims and Indians” story associated with the holiday offers a slanted view of some painful and unjust American history, but we…

Yesterday morning, we wrapped up our month of reflections on Gratitude with a message from George Grimm-Howell, MDiv. We are now getting ready to move into our December theme: Mystery. This transition strikes me as characteristically “UU.” Our faith tradition does not shelter in certainty, but gratefully embraces mysteries: not only “that transcending mystery and…

Yesterday morning, we continued our month of reflections on Generosity by turning our attention to the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee and its annual holiday season support drive, Guest At Your Table. We shared a message via video from a previous campaign, when then-UUSC president Rev. Mary Katherine Morn spoke on “Power, Partnership, and Change” at…

Our November newsletter is now ready to view or download:UUFJC Newsletter, Flame on the Water, November 2023 Yesterday morning, Rev. Nancy TannerThies joined us to begin our month of reflections on Generosity by exploring the question: “What is the Proper Response?” I did not hear the message myself, but Rev. Nancy’s title reminds me that…

Yesterday morning, we continued our month of focus on Heritage by looking again at the place of the Seven Principles in our UU Faith heritage. We shared a message originally delivered by Rev. David Schwartz at the UU Church of Boulder in February this year on “How (and Why) We Got Our Unitarian Universalist 7…