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UUFJC Newsletter, "Flame on the Water" April 2022
Sunday, April 10th:
This morning we continued our April theme of Awakening with a message from our wider Unitarian Universalist community via video. Drawing on a poem by Rachel Kann, "What to Tell The Children" (https://youtu.be/BG2ZrHqlSZ0), Rev. Jim Coakley of the Green Bay Area UU Fellowship titled his message, "Tell the Children That This is the Great Awakening!" Our nation and our forerunners in faith tradition have gone through several "Great Awakenings" when broad movements of passionate faith changed the history of churches and the history of society. Some of those changes still inspire us, some may frustrate us, but what of today? Can we answer the call of our times with a movement of passionate faith driving toward our values of freedom, compassion, and justice? Rev. Coakley suggested that we can learn from the preachers of those past Great Awakenings and approach our own with repentance for past injustices, teaching truer principles, and giving ourselves and the children hope for the future.
Also please note, we have begun our annual pledge drive! We have big plans for this year to grow our Fellowship and reach out to our community, but we can't do it without everyone's help! Please contact our Treasurer, Bob Antweiler, with any questions or pledges: [email protected].
For those who would also like to keep up with our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia, their service from this morning is now available to view online: https://youtu.be/au3v8RRw4uc
Next Sunday, April 17th:
Newsletter Submissions Due.
Please email your items for our May newsletter to Laura Gilkey at [email protected].
Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Invest in Our Planet," Betty Cooper
The April Soul Matters theme, “Awakening,” reminds us to “reawaken” to Mother Earth’s rich resources. This year’s Earth Day theme is: Invest in Our Planet. Elders and youth “awaken” us; they show us how to use our individual power to sustain the environment. Greta Thunberg reminds us that youth are making a difference. We will share our own and others’ ideas on making our planet sustainable.
Our Adult Forum is currently available both in-person and via Zoom.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/98858741051?pwd=d3ZMbHJSL3NjMGMxZEM5N1VxUysxQT09
Meeting ID: 988 5874 1051
Password: 047662
Phone
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago - US toll)
Find your nearest number: https://zoom.us/u/aeC2zyWdIo
Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
Flower Communion
We will celebrate our annual Flower Communion, accompanied by a short message from our own Katherine Connor. You are invited to bring a flower.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/94285041130
Meeting ID: 942 8504 1130
By Phone (US toll):
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Find your nearest number: https://zoom.us/u/ak1ZLCDJG
Children's Religious Education - 10:30 am
Children attending in-person are welcome to join RE Instructor Samantha Porter for a lesson during the service hour. This week: "Becoming: Becoming People of the Earth."
Masks are now optional for those attending UUFJC events in person.
If you have a joy or concern that you would like to have read during a service or shared in our weekly email, please submit it by noon on the Friday before through our website: http://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html
We will also have paper forms available Sunday morning for submissions.
Zoom participants, please use the web form. Submissions made after noon on Friday may not be read or shared until the following week..
UUFJC News and Events this week:
We are always in need of donations for our free community pantry. For more information about the pantry and current needs, contact Joan Kurtzeborn. Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [email protected].
On Thursdays at 5:30 pm, Katherine Connor hosts a weekly Zoom Happy Hour for UUFJC Members and Friends to gather and check in.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/91843966450?pwd=djBwTEx4YUxseW9SdytSZjJGS0xrdz09
Meeting ID: 918 4396 6450
Password: 918925
Phone:
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago - US toll)
Find your nearest number: https://zoom.us/u/aeC2zyWdIo
An Insight Meditation group taught by Joe McCormack meets at our building Thursday nights at 7 pm. For more information, contact Bob Antweiler.
Our building is reserved by community groups Wednesdays and Saturdays starting at 6 pm and Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 5:30 pm. If you have access to our building, please allow privacy at these times.
Community Events this week:
This Tuesday, April 12th is the monthly meeting of the Jefferson City Homelessness Working Group's emergency housing subgroup. To get involved with this or other aspects of the Homelessness Working Group, contact Patt Behler.
This Thursday, April 14th at 7:30 pm is the monthly meeting of the local chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. To register or for more information, contact Alicia Erickson at [email protected].
For more events, see our online calendars:
UUFJC Events
Virtual Gatherings
Affiliated Events
Religious Education
Building Use (other)
Community Events
UUFJC Newsletter, "Flame on the Water" April 2022
Sunday, April 10th:
This morning we continued our April theme of Awakening with a message from our wider Unitarian Universalist community via video. Drawing on a poem by Rachel Kann, "What to Tell The Children" (https://youtu.be/BG2ZrHqlSZ0), Rev. Jim Coakley of the Green Bay Area UU Fellowship titled his message, "Tell the Children That This is the Great Awakening!" Our nation and our forerunners in faith tradition have gone through several "Great Awakenings" when broad movements of passionate faith changed the history of churches and the history of society. Some of those changes still inspire us, some may frustrate us, but what of today? Can we answer the call of our times with a movement of passionate faith driving toward our values of freedom, compassion, and justice? Rev. Coakley suggested that we can learn from the preachers of those past Great Awakenings and approach our own with repentance for past injustices, teaching truer principles, and giving ourselves and the children hope for the future.
Also please note, we have begun our annual pledge drive! We have big plans for this year to grow our Fellowship and reach out to our community, but we can't do it without everyone's help! Please contact our Treasurer, Bob Antweiler, with any questions or pledges: [email protected].
For those who would also like to keep up with our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia, their service from this morning is now available to view online: https://youtu.be/au3v8RRw4uc
Next Sunday, April 17th:
Newsletter Submissions Due.
Please email your items for our May newsletter to Laura Gilkey at [email protected].
Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Invest in Our Planet," Betty Cooper
The April Soul Matters theme, “Awakening,” reminds us to “reawaken” to Mother Earth’s rich resources. This year’s Earth Day theme is: Invest in Our Planet. Elders and youth “awaken” us; they show us how to use our individual power to sustain the environment. Greta Thunberg reminds us that youth are making a difference. We will share our own and others’ ideas on making our planet sustainable.
Our Adult Forum is currently available both in-person and via Zoom.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/98858741051?pwd=d3ZMbHJSL3NjMGMxZEM5N1VxUysxQT09
Meeting ID: 988 5874 1051
Password: 047662
Phone
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago - US toll)
Find your nearest number: https://zoom.us/u/aeC2zyWdIo
Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
Flower Communion
We will celebrate our annual Flower Communion, accompanied by a short message from our own Katherine Connor. You are invited to bring a flower.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/94285041130
Meeting ID: 942 8504 1130
By Phone (US toll):
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Find your nearest number: https://zoom.us/u/ak1ZLCDJG
Children's Religious Education - 10:30 am
Children attending in-person are welcome to join RE Instructor Samantha Porter for a lesson during the service hour. This week: "Becoming: Becoming People of the Earth."
Masks are now optional for those attending UUFJC events in person.
If you have a joy or concern that you would like to have read during a service or shared in our weekly email, please submit it by noon on the Friday before through our website: http://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html
We will also have paper forms available Sunday morning for submissions.
Zoom participants, please use the web form. Submissions made after noon on Friday may not be read or shared until the following week..
UUFJC News and Events this week:
We are always in need of donations for our free community pantry. For more information about the pantry and current needs, contact Joan Kurtzeborn. Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [email protected].
On Thursdays at 5:30 pm, Katherine Connor hosts a weekly Zoom Happy Hour for UUFJC Members and Friends to gather and check in.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/91843966450?pwd=djBwTEx4YUxseW9SdytSZjJGS0xrdz09
Meeting ID: 918 4396 6450
Password: 918925
Phone:
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago - US toll)
Find your nearest number: https://zoom.us/u/aeC2zyWdIo
An Insight Meditation group taught by Joe McCormack meets at our building Thursday nights at 7 pm. For more information, contact Bob Antweiler.
Our building is reserved by community groups Wednesdays and Saturdays starting at 6 pm and Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 5:30 pm. If you have access to our building, please allow privacy at these times.
Community Events this week:
This Tuesday, April 12th is the monthly meeting of the Jefferson City Homelessness Working Group's emergency housing subgroup. To get involved with this or other aspects of the Homelessness Working Group, contact Patt Behler.
This Thursday, April 14th at 7:30 pm is the monthly meeting of the local chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. To register or for more information, contact Alicia Erickson at [email protected].
For more events, see our online calendars:
UUFJC Events
Virtual Gatherings
Affiliated Events
Religious Education
Building Use (other)
Community Events
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