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8/24/2020 UUFJC is holding a fundraiser selling masks.  These were made by a Jefferson City business.  We are selling them for $10 each.  You can order via call or email to a board member, or contact Katherine Connor at connok510@gmail.com.  We will arrange pick-up or delivery.  Please specify which mask(s) you would like when ordering.

8/17/2020 Please take our survey to help us plan how to meet during this pandemic:UUFJC In-Person & Online Meeting Survey This Sunday, our own Rev. Nancy TannerThies joined us for a Zoom service exploring Bewilderment.  Bewilderment is a common experience in these uncommon times, indeed a universal experience in any time, though we may try…

8/10/2020 This Sunday, we were happy to welcome back Rev. Mike Adamek for his first online service with us.  Rev. Mike focused on the history of Unitarian Universalist Fellowships like ours — congregations formed by lay people coming together, not led by a professional minister.  UUs in general value individual freedom, and in Fellowships this…

4/26/2020 Our May newsletter and print calendar are now ready to view or download:NewsletterAppendix – Annual Meeting Agenda (No print calendar this month) Note – some Zoom meeting IDs listed in the newsletter do not become active until after May 1st.See our other posts for links current this week.

4/26/2020 Our May newsletter and print calendar are now ready to view or download:NewsletterAppendix – Annual Meeting Agenda(No print calendar this month)Note – some Zoom meeting IDs listed in the newsletter do not become active until May.  See below for links current this week. This week, we did not have our own online services, but…

4/19/2020 This morning, we met in a virtual service via Zoom and heard from our own Rev. Nancy TannerThies.  Rev. Nancy shared the concept of “Acedia” — a mental or spiritual lassitude known to early Christian monks in their isolated devotions, a state that makes days stretch forever and every action feel pointless.  In our…

4/17/2020 We have new information since our weekly update: This Sunday we will have online services via Zoom with a message from Rev. Nancy TannerThies: Join Zoom Meetinghttps://zoom.us/j/92256965406?pwd=bEN0T0xpOVdzVVk1dm5QMzZ3Mythdz09 Meeting ID: 922 5696 5406Password: 000413One tap mobile+13126266799,,92256965406#,,#,000413# US (Chicago)+16465588656,,92256965406#,,#,000413# US (New York) Dial by your location+1 253 215 8782 US        +1 301 715…

4/12/2020 This morning, thanks to the work of our worship team, we at UUFJC were able to come together once again and observe our annual Flower Communion online via Zoom.  While we missed our usual ritual of bringing flowers together with their stems and petals in our hands, we shared images of flowers, reflections on…

4/10/2020 In a new development since our weekly update, we will be holding a virtual observance of our annual Flower Communion this Sunday, April 12th at 10:30 am.  We hope you can join us! Join Zoom Meetinghttps://zoom.us/j/854606889?pwd=RHlOYVN2aUQ4RCt1dTFjYzM2SnF1QT09 Meeting ID: 854 606 889Password: 080973​One tap mobile+13126266799,,854606889#,,#,080973# US (Chicago) Dial by your location        +1…

4/5/2020 This morning, we continued our revived Adult Forum with the occasional and always-beautiful poetry forum led by Bob Boldt.  Among the poems shared was this: In the Time of Pandemicby Kitty O’Meara  And the people stayed home. And they read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and…