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Answering the Call of Love

2/15/2021

 
Sunday morning, we shared a service with fellow UUs across the country and across the world as the Unitarian Universalist Association streamed a special worship concluding this year's Thirty Days of Love observance.  We as UUs are often encouraged to "answer the call of Love," but perhaps we should say it "the calls of Love," because Love calls to us in many voices.  As such, the UUA service featured a variety of voices: UUs with different racial identities, gender identities, abilities, economic situations, and more.  They called us to choose love over and over again, negotiating and re-negotiating our bonds of covenant, letting go of our assumptions of who "we" are, opening ourselves to the needs of those around us, recognizing our place in the history of struggles for justice along race and other lines, and rising to create justice as an act of faith.  A common theme emerged amid the diversity of voices: answering the call of Love is not a passive act.  Love asks something more from us.

The full service from the UUA is still available to download or watch on Facebook.  Look for the links at https://www.uua.org/worship/holidays/side-love-sunday

For those who would also like to keep up with our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia, their service is now available to view online: https://youtu.be/hGihi7QanEc

Next Sunday, February 21st:

Newsletter Submissions Due.
Please e-mail your items for our March newsletter to Laura Gilkey at [email protected].

Adult Forum - 9:15 am

"The History of Women's Roles in TV," Kathleen Turner Ledgerwood
Ledgerwood's studies document how roles have changed over the years.
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Service - 10:30 am
"Edge Walking," Rev. Nancy TannerThies
Rev. Nancy will explore how we can and must continue to risk walking with those who are on the margins if we want to achieve community.  We will consider what that means for the stranger in us, the stranger that is the other and the stranger that is our opponent.
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If you have a joy or concern that you would like to have read during a service, please submit it by noon on the Friday before through our website: http://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html
Online services will also include an opportunity to share Joys and Concerns via text chat.

Adult Religious Education - 1:30 pm
Our Adult Religious Education series via Zoom, led by our RE Instructor Samantha Porter and based on a UUA Tapestry of Faith curriculum, “Building the World We Dream Of.”
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UUFJC News and Events this week:

As we find new ways to come together, we still need financial support, even without Sunday offering baskets.  We now have an online donation option through PayPal:  Donate to UUFJC
You can also mail donations and pledges to:
UUFJC
Attn: Treasurer
PO Box 1245
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Thank you for being with us and supporting us!

We have UU-themed face masks for sale in two designs: 

UU Principles
,
Science is Real, Black Lives Matter, etc.
  
$10 each; proceeds support UUFJC.  Contact Katherine Connor: [email protected]  

We now have a text-message list to send reminders about our upcoming Zoom events to those who wish to receive them on their mobile phones.  If you would like to be included, contact Katherine Connor: [email protected]

Coming Saturday, February 27th, the UUA is offering a "New Day Rising" virtual conference aimed at taking new steps in changing white supremacy culture.  The UUFJC Board wants all interested members and friends to be able to attend; attendance fees are on a sliding scale, and our Fellowship can cover fees as well.  Contact our president, Katherine Connor at [email protected], or visit https://www.uua.org/leadership/events/new-day-rising-2021.

On Thursdays at 5:30 pm, Katherine Connor hosts a weekly Zoom Happy Hour for UUFJC Members and Friends to gather and check in.
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On Fridays at 1 pm, Robin Duple of the UU Church of Columbia hosts a weekly Zoom get-together for crafters and creators of all stripes and has invited UUFJC members and friends to join in.  For more information, visit the UUCC website:  https://uucomo.org/event/crafting-club-online-weekly/all/

Sunday, February 21st at 6:30 pm, the UUFJC Board meets via Zoom.  All are welcome to attend our board meetings.  Contact our president, Katherine Connor.
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Our building is reserved by community groups Wednesdays and Saturdays starting at 6 pm; Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 5:30 pm; and Sundays starting at 7 pm.  If you have access to our building, please allow privacy at these times.

Community Events this week:

Missouri River Regional Library is currently holding their "Winter Words Adult Reading Club."  Challenge yourself to read more during the quiet days of the chilly season. From January 1 until March 1, read five books in any format (print, audio, electronic), and submit a form listing your titles. Forms are available at the library’s Reference Desk or online at mrrl.org (one entry per person). This year, we’re asking participants to name a favorite book from those they read last year, a book they’d recommend to a family member or friend. We’ll compile a list of these favorites and post it on the library’s website. And we’ll do random drawings for book-related prizes at the end of the program.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.

Our neighbors at Vipassana Buddhist Church / Center for Buddhist Development are holding online services via Zoom at 10 am on Sundays, as well as meditation nights via Zoom at 7 pm on Thursdays.  For more information, contact [email protected].


For more events, see our online calendars:

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