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Newsletter for January 25th

1/25/2025

 
Dear Friends,

Instead of a creed, Unitarian Universalists share a spirit and vision of radical inclusivity, individual agency, and social justice. We create a safe space to stand out, stand up, and change your mind, particularly during life’s transitions. We embrace personal discovery and growth through learning, engagement, and service. Our only doctrine is love.  -- Victoria Mitchell

Our February Soul Matters theme is inclusion and at the same time, Donald Trump begins to take away inclusivity by requesting that federal employees report colleagues who keep diversity programs alive and threatens those who do not comply.

Bishop Mariann Budde’s urges us; “to pray for unity as a people and a nation — not for agreement, political or otherwise — but for the kind of unity that fosters community across diversity and division.” Because “Unity is not partisan.”

​I’m not sure the next 4 years can go by fast enough.

This week's Adult Forum: Leader Shanon Hawk will talk about food allergies and share her personal story of a tick induced allergy.

This week’s sermon: Unjust Measure of Human Worth by Rev Joanna Fontaine Crawford

UU Moment: A World Made of Stories by Rev Gail Marriner

Children's Religious Education: Children attending in-person are welcome to join RE Instructor Dr Samantha Porter for a lesson during the service hour. This month's theme: Story

Lunch after Services: Please join us for lunch after the 10:30 service. This week’s meeting place will be
The Landing Zone at the Jefferson City Airport.

Common Ground is running low on a few things. If anyone would like to pick up anything from the list below and bring it to church on Sunday, Lisa Sanning would be happy to drop it off on Tuesday evening when she goes to Common Ground for board training.

What they need:
breakfast bars
gloves
hats
socks
ravioli (I assume the single serving cans)
Feminine hygiene products
canned meats (tuna, Spam)
​deodorant for men & women

Book Club: The Intergenerational Classical Book Study has a new facilitator in Josh Swart!! The next great read is Roots by Alex Haley. Next meeting date is February 9, 2025, at 2:00 pm, in the Forum Room in our UU Building.

Newsletter for January 18th

1/20/2025

 
Dear Friends,

Happy Wintering. When you’re feeling grey, just remember, spring is looking forward to seeing you again too.

From UU’s for a Just Economic Community: ​It’s pretty ironic that Martin Luther King Day and the presidential inauguration happen on the same day this year. May we all find ways to honor this federal holiday and rededicate ourselves to the work that Dr. King was pursuing toward the end of his life: fighting the three evils of society: “the sickness of racism, excessive materialism, and militarism”.

SAVE THE DATE
​
FEBRUARY 15, 2025
UUFJC OPEN HOUSE
1-4 PM

Enjoy old and new friends,
Refreshments, & building tours!

I hope you enjoy this poem by Alix Klingenberg.

​From: January
​

When my head is sore
and my heart is doing that thing
where it aches
for no discernible
reason,
​

when I feel cold
and hard
and solemn,

I return to the earth
and let her remind me
that rest (cold and solemn)
is what winter is for.

​
​This week's Adult Forum:

Officer Markita Hitt with the Jefferson City
Police Department will speak on her work with the homeless.

Next week's Forum:
Leader Shanon Hawk will talk about food
allergies and share her personal story of a tick induced allergy.

This week’s sermon:
​The Oldest Story in the World by Rev David Schwartz
What do you do next with your life after you have come face to face with tangled,
unavoidable reality of loss? The oldest story ever written down is a guide.

UU Moment:
​What does worship mean in UUism?

Children's Religious Education 10:30 am:
​
This month's theme: Story
Children attending in-person are welcome to join RE Instructor Dr Samantha
Porter for a lesson during the service hour.


​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. Submissions made after noon on Friday may not be read or shared until the following week.

Book Club
The Intergenerational Classical Book Study has a new facilitator in Josh Swart!! The
next great read is Roots by Alex Haley. Next meeting date is February 9, 2025, at
2:00 pm, in the Forum Room in our UU Building.

Blessings Always,
Mary Jo LaCorte
Administrator

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