Sunday morning, Alexis Engelbrecht-Villafañe used the literary character known as trickster to remind us that boundaries and labels are constructions that can be challenged, reexamined, and changed. While it's impossible to completely emulate the life of a trickster who constantly weaves in and out of reality, it is possible to take on a trickster's eye in examining how and why we do what we do and believe what we believe about the world, ourselves, and others. It's not an eye of judgement - it's a way of looking at people and situations that allows them to be more than they appear to be at first glance. In wearing the trickster's eye, we embrace our own creative powers.
Next Sunday, August 9th:
Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Hiroshima & Nagasaki," Betty Cooper
Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
Message: "Marshall McLuhan: Is the Medium Still the Message?," Rev. Mike Adamek
Dr. McLuhan wrote that technology shapes the way we think and what we believe. He spoke about the global village resulting from something very similar to the World Wide Web in his doctoral dissertation published in 1962. Does his thesis still have resonance?
Plus Children's RE --- Volunteers Needed!
UUFJC Board - 1:30 pm
All are welcome to attend the board meeting. Draft minutes of last month's meeting are available on request.
*Submissions for Joys and Concerns
If you have a joy or concern that you would like to be read during next Sunday's service, or if you need the caring committee to know about something taking place in your life, please go to:
http://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html
Note that there is a box that needs to be checked for you to give us permission to share your submission on Sunday. It helps to have submissions in by Friday at noon, but every reasonable effort will be made to include submissions made after that date and those submitted via paper and pen on Sunday morning until 10:20 A.M.
Contact Alexis with questions.
UUFJC News and Events this week:
This year, we will be supporting Table of Grace's "Kids Club" as they help local children going back to school. They have more than 80 kids coming to their three day event, August 12th - 14th. The evening sessions focus on self esteem and cooperation. At the end of the event each child receives a backpack filled with the supplies needed for their particular school and grade, and our members have decided to help by donating supplies for the backpacks. Donations must be at UUFJC by next Sunday, August 9th. A supply list is available on request. For more information, contact Rev. Nancy Tanner-Thies.
This Friday, August 7th starting at 5 pm is our First Friday Social, an evening of casual fun with our members and friends. Bring refreshment for yourself or to share, enjoy our deck and grill, or just hang out. RSVP to Katherine Connor before attending.
This Saturday, August 8th at 4 pm, Joanna Babb is hosting a birthday celebration for her husband Jim, who is turning 75 this week. Join Joanna and Jim at their home for a fiesta with vegan and non-vegan food options. "One and all are welcome. Bring only your appetite and good cheer. And a lawn chair if you wish." Contact Joanna for directions and more information. Happy Birthday, Jim!
Community Events this week:
This Friday, August 7th, Missouri River Regional Library presents its First Friday Film: "Boyhood." Nominated for the 2015 Best Picture Oscar, director Richard Linklater’s remarkable film documents a young boy’s life from childhood to adolescence. Linklater spent 12 years filming this feature, using the same cast, which stars Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette as the parents of Mason, played by Ellar Coltrane. Arquette won a best-supporting Oscar for her role. Contact Madeline Matson.
This week, Capitol City Cinema presents "The Stanford Prison Experiment" (through Thursday) and "Dark Places" (starting Friday). For showtimes and more information, visit capitolcitycinema.org.
For yoga and even more events, see our online calendars:
Service Committee
Religious Education
Building Use (other)
Social Action
Community Events
Have a great week!
Next Sunday, August 9th:
Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Hiroshima & Nagasaki," Betty Cooper
Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
Message: "Marshall McLuhan: Is the Medium Still the Message?," Rev. Mike Adamek
Dr. McLuhan wrote that technology shapes the way we think and what we believe. He spoke about the global village resulting from something very similar to the World Wide Web in his doctoral dissertation published in 1962. Does his thesis still have resonance?
Plus Children's RE --- Volunteers Needed!
UUFJC Board - 1:30 pm
All are welcome to attend the board meeting. Draft minutes of last month's meeting are available on request.
*Submissions for Joys and Concerns
If you have a joy or concern that you would like to be read during next Sunday's service, or if you need the caring committee to know about something taking place in your life, please go to:
http://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html
Note that there is a box that needs to be checked for you to give us permission to share your submission on Sunday. It helps to have submissions in by Friday at noon, but every reasonable effort will be made to include submissions made after that date and those submitted via paper and pen on Sunday morning until 10:20 A.M.
Contact Alexis with questions.
UUFJC News and Events this week:
This year, we will be supporting Table of Grace's "Kids Club" as they help local children going back to school. They have more than 80 kids coming to their three day event, August 12th - 14th. The evening sessions focus on self esteem and cooperation. At the end of the event each child receives a backpack filled with the supplies needed for their particular school and grade, and our members have decided to help by donating supplies for the backpacks. Donations must be at UUFJC by next Sunday, August 9th. A supply list is available on request. For more information, contact Rev. Nancy Tanner-Thies.
This Friday, August 7th starting at 5 pm is our First Friday Social, an evening of casual fun with our members and friends. Bring refreshment for yourself or to share, enjoy our deck and grill, or just hang out. RSVP to Katherine Connor before attending.
This Saturday, August 8th at 4 pm, Joanna Babb is hosting a birthday celebration for her husband Jim, who is turning 75 this week. Join Joanna and Jim at their home for a fiesta with vegan and non-vegan food options. "One and all are welcome. Bring only your appetite and good cheer. And a lawn chair if you wish." Contact Joanna for directions and more information. Happy Birthday, Jim!
Community Events this week:
This Friday, August 7th, Missouri River Regional Library presents its First Friday Film: "Boyhood." Nominated for the 2015 Best Picture Oscar, director Richard Linklater’s remarkable film documents a young boy’s life from childhood to adolescence. Linklater spent 12 years filming this feature, using the same cast, which stars Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette as the parents of Mason, played by Ellar Coltrane. Arquette won a best-supporting Oscar for her role. Contact Madeline Matson.
This week, Capitol City Cinema presents "The Stanford Prison Experiment" (through Thursday) and "Dark Places" (starting Friday). For showtimes and more information, visit capitolcitycinema.org.
For yoga and even more events, see our online calendars:
Service Committee
Religious Education
Building Use (other)
Social Action
Community Events
Have a great week!
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