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Our November newsletter is in the works.We hope to send it out within the next several days. Yesterday morning, we wrapped up our month of reflections on Heritage with the second of two sermons by Rev. David Schwartz of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder, considering the Seven UU Principles, the heritage they represent, and…

9/29/2023 The October newsletter has been delayed. Our editor is deeply grateful for everyone’s patience. Yesterday morning, we wrapped up our month of reflections on Welcome as Lisa Sanning read a sermon by Rev. Jone Johnson Lewis. Lewis described the UU aspiration of welcome as: “to grow and develop our capacity, and the world’s capacity,…

9/21/2023 Yesterday morning, we celebrated our annual Water Communion. Those attending brought samples of water to add to a communal bowl and shared how that water represented something significant to them. In past years, we have begun each year’s Water Communion with water saved from previous years. Unfortunately, the water we had saved was lost…

9/13/2023 Note: Next Sunday is our annual Water Communion. Those attending our service are asked to bring small samples of water representing somewhere or something significant to them. Yesterday morning, George Grimm-Howell joined us to continue exploring our theme for September: Welcome. Beyond our own services, creating a broad welcome is a major goal of…

9/7/2023 Our September Newsletter is now ready to view or download:UUFJC Newsletter: Flame on the Water, September 2023 Yesterday morning, we gathered again at our interim location to wrap up our month of focus on Beloved Community with a message via video from Rev. Michelle Scott-Huffman and our friends at First UU of Springfield. The…

9/7/2023 Our September Newsletter is now ready to view or download:UUFJC Newsletter: Flame on the Water, September 2023 Happy Labor Day! Yesterday morning, Rev. Nancy TannerThies joined us to begin our month of reflection on Welcome with thoughts on how to widen our circle of what we are able to Welcome. She encouraged us to…

2/27/2023 Our March newsletter is now ready to view or download:UUFJC Newsletter: Flame on the Water, March 2023 Sunday, February 28th: This morning, Rev. Michelle Scott-Huffman, friend of our Fellowship and minister at First UU of Springfield Missouri, joined us in person to wrap up our month of reflections on Love.  Love has many definitions,…

2/20/2023 Sunday, February 19th: This morning, we shared a message from our wider UU community via video, despite some technical challenges. Continuing our monthly theme of Love, I would like to share more words from our wider UU community: Power PrayerBy Becky Brooks Spirit of Life, I have witnesseda loud love,an out-loud love,that challenges me.…

2/13/2023 Sunday, February 12th: This morning, we continued exploring our February theme of Love with a message from our wider UU Community via video.  Rev. Aaron White of the First Unitarian Church of Dallas talked about love as one of the pillars of our UU faith, especially rooted in the Universalist tradition that included figures like…

2/6/2023 Our February newsletter is now ready to view or download:UUFJC Newsletter: Flame on the Water, February 2023 Sunday, February 5th, 2023: Rev. Mike Adamek joined us to begin exploring our February theme: Love.  Rev. Mike talked about the struggle to define love, spurred by Bette Midler’s song, “The Rose”, and guided largely by the work…