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3/16/2014 Well, we were supposed to have a potluck and our annual financial planning meeting after service today, but the Winter that Wouldn’t Die had other plans.  Many of us stayed home, and the brave souls who ventured out seemed to forget about business, although we did have a good potluck (so at least we have…

3/9/2014 It was good to be back today after losing yet another Sunday to the Winter that just won’t end, and it was especially good to come back for another message from Dr. Cliff Cain.  His topic was “Is Religion Good or Bad?”  Any of us of course can think of historical examples on either…

3/2/2014 Our Services this morning are canceled due to inclement weather.  Stay safe and warm, and take extra care if you have to be on the roads. Be alert for cancellations of other coming events this week: UUFJC News and Events this week: We’ve opened our Fellowship building to Keeping it Real, a Narcotics Anonymous…

3/31/2014 Yesterday, we honored Women’s History Month.  With so many amazing historical women, our speakers were challenged to pick and choose, but Jan Harcourt brought us the stories of three women in the sciences — Beatrix Potter’s unsung career as a naturalist, Ada Lovelace becoming arguably the world’s first computer programmer, and Shirley Ann Jackson’s…

2/24/2014 Yesterday we had a good turnout for a Multigenerational service — thanks to Amy Regnier and the kids for a delightful story!  Delightful, but maybe uncomfortable, in a good way.  As the characters learned, the strategies we use to feel comfortable sometimes separate us from others.  We know that there are more important things…

2/17/2014 Yesterday we were happy to welcome Rev. Mike back after his injury, and he brought us a message about learning from our mistakes.  I think it’s true, as we more commonly hear, that we fear mistakes more than we should because they can be good teachers, but as Rev. Mike pointed out, sometimes we…

2/9/2014 Today we marked “Evolution Sunday.”  When we think about Evolution, many of us think of the “war” between science and religion.  Myself, I’m too used to that war, and, being on science’s side for the battles still raging over the teaching of evolution, there’s a certain amount of shellshock — any mention of “science”…

2/2/2014 Our Sunday morning service is canceled today due to icy road conditions.  Everyone, stay safe and drive carefully if you have to be out! UUFJC News and Events: The monthly Laughter Yoga session is scheduled for this afternoon at 4 pm at the Fellowship, free and open to all.  Contact Jan Harcourt for information.…

6/29/2014 Today, Kath Connor led us in an observance of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee’s Justice Sunday.  This year the theme is “Food Sovereignty” — the right of people to participate and have a say in what the food they grow, prepare, and eat.  Food justice touches us all — food is a everything from…

1/26/2014 Today, our own Jim Davis delivered a message about Dr. Martin Luther King, and the Civil Rights movement, reminding us of how hard-won its victories were, and of the role some Unitarians played in that risky and difficult work.  The violence that Dr. King and other Civil Rights workers contended against seems so irrational…