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10/26/2020 Our November newsletter is now ready to view or download:UUFJC November 2020 Newsletter This Sunday, we were invited to join our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia for their annual Remembrance Service. In this time of year when Earth-based and other faith traditions call us to a special closeness with those who have…

10/19/2020 Sunday morning, Rev. Nancy TannerThies continued exploring our monthly theme of “Deep Listening.” Many of the evils of our world arise from “agreed-upon delusions” that we go along with quietly and thoughtlessly. The answer is not to try to be islands unto ourselves — “reality” is always a collective endeavor. Instead, Rev. Nancy suggested…

10/12/2020 This Sunday, we were invited to join our neighbors at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia for a service focused on anger. Many of us have been hurt by anger or taught to suppress it, and it is important to check in with yourself and take care of yourself in approaching it. Still, it…

10/5/2020 This Sunday, Rev Mike Adamek joined us to begin exploring our theme for October: “Deep Listening.” Mike talked about active listening – i.e. asking questions and replying so that the speaker knows they are being heard. Then he went on to say that is not the same as deep listening, where you listen to…

9/28/2020 Our October Newsletter is now ready to view:UUFJC Newsletter, October 2020 This Sunday, we were invited to join our neighbors at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia for a service focusing on our Universalist roots and the renewal their message offers. Two hundred fifty years ago this week, according to UU legend, John Murray…

9/21/2020 This Sunday, our own Rev. Nancy TannerThies joined us to continue exploring our monthly theme of “Renewal.”  In these times, many of us seek a renewal of the energy sapped by strange situations and unsettling news, but Rev. Nancy also led us to think about the renewal of the promises in our lives —…

9/14/2020 This Sunday, our President, Katherine Connor, shared a reading from the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Braver/Wiser resources: “Where The Action Is” by James Gertmenian.  Gertmenian writes: “Love without justice is not love. Compassion without deeds is not compassion. Faith without action is not faith. And religion without politics is not religion.”  Katherine reflected on her own…

9/7/2020 This morning, Rev. Mike joined us to begin exploring our September theme of “Renewal.”  Rev. Mike explained his message title “Always Keep a Diamond in Your Mind”, a song by Solomon Burke, meaning to be able to renew ourselves from the inside out.  He also shared many jewels from the book “The Miracle of Mindfulness”…

8/31/2020 Our September Newsletter is now ready to view or download:UUFJC September 2020 Newsletter These times of continuing pandemic and harm call on us both to accept what we cannot change, to adapt to the realities in order to keep each other safe, but also, in the words of Angela Davis, to change what we…

8/24/2020 This Sunday, we were invited to join our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia for a message by Rev. Molly Housh Gordon about whether we believe in monsters.  UUs often pride ourselves on nuance, complexity, and going beyond black and white.  We are the kinds of people who tell our comic-book-loving children “we…