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12/20/2021 Some highlights (details and more news below): Sunday, December 19 This morning, Rev. Nancy TannerThies continued exploring our monthly theme of “Opening to Joy.” The way Christmas decorations and sales seem to creep earlier and earlier each year reveals our eagerness for joy, but often our pains and discomforts loom larger in our consciousness,…

Highlights: Sunday, December 12This morning, we were welcomed to join in online services with our neighbors at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia as they celebrated their successful accessibility capital campaign. Through readings, recordings, and reflections by UUCC members, they brought forth the voices of people with disabilities about inclusion as spiritual practice. The abled…

Sunday, December 5 This morning, Rev. Mike Adamek joined us to begin our month of reflections on “Opening to Joy.” Joy, Rev. Mike said, cannot be manufactured; it always comes as a surprise, but we can open ourselves to welcome those surprises when they come. If we harden ourselves because of our hurts so that…

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…