Sunday, March 26th:

Our April newsletter has been delayed.
Our editor is deeply grateful for everyone's patience!

Note: next Sunday, we will be having a special farewell lunch for our last service with Rev. Mike Adamek; more information below.  Chicken and sides will be provided; desserts welcome.


This morning, we shared a recent message by Rev. Michelle Scott-Huffman at the UU Church of Springfield via video.  Exploring our monthly theme of "Vulnerability," Rev. Michelle discussed the cultural conversation many of us have been hearing or having about vulnerability, touched off particularly by the work of Brene Brown, who points to vulnerability as the birthplace of joy and belonging.  However, many women of color and other marginalized thinkers have pointed out that this approach does not speak to them, that our culture does not offer them spaces where vulnerability will be rewarded and not punished.

As we wrap up our own month of focus on vulnerability, let us build a world where all have healthy places to be vulnerable, and remember that whatever gifts vulnerability may have for us, it is not our place to demand vulnerability of others who may face dangers we do not share or understand..

The message is available to view online:

Also this morning, we held the election of officers for the coming church year, to take effect after the Annual Meeting. The complete slate of board members from this past year will be returning. However, we realize that today's election was not adequately publicized beforehand.  Our board president, Rich Burdge, takes full responsibility and offers his apologies.

For those who would like to keep up with our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia, their service from this morning is available to view online:

UUFJC News and Events this week:

For accessibility and convenience, we have an option to donate to our Fellowship online 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!

And remember all our ways to stay in touch!  You can visit our website at uufjc.org.  You can also join our open-posting "UUFJC Cafe" Google Group to chat with other members and friends via e-mail and receive additional announcements and reminders (contact the Administrator at [email protected] to join).
It’s that time of year again: time for us to plan our budget for the upcoming fiscal year.  You can help us by making or updating pledges of your planned donations to UUFJC so that our board can make informed decisions.  For pledge forms and more information, contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [email protected].

Due to some recent vandalism, our free community pantry is taking a temporary break.  For more information, contact Joan Kurtzeborn.


Tomorrow, Monday, March 27th, Roger Bergman, who taught science at Jefferson City High School and currently teaches science online through the University of Missouri, will lead an independent demonstration of the En-ROADS Climate Solutions Simulator at our building.  The Simulator is a global model that demonstrates how changes in energy, economic, and public polices --- such as planting trees, changing subsidies, or pricing carbon --- impact greenhouse gas emissions and worldwide temperatures.  This dynamic tool lets you see for yourself the impact policies can have on temperature and emissions. Mr. Bergman will lead the demo and answer questions.  Contact Frank Rycyk.

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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An independent Insight Meditation group taught by Joe McCormack meets at our building Thursday nights at 7 pm.  For more information, contact Bob Antweiler.
This Friday, March 24th is our monthly Salvation Army meal.  Please contact Bob Antweiler if you can help provide food for those in need.


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:

No community events were submitted for inclusion in this week's email.  If you know of a community event you would like to see listed in this space, contact our administrator: [email protected].

For more events, see our online calendars:

UUFJC Events
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Sunday, March 19th:

Note: Our new budget year is coming, and your pledges of expected giving will help us plan our future!  See below or contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler.

This morning, shortly following St. Patrick's Day, George Grimm-Howell used his first service with us to talk about the rich tradition in Irish culture of the lament, and its purpose in giving expression to grief, both on a personal level, and collectively, in the face of injustice. Aubrey Gogel and Lisa Sanning performed poetic readings of laments, and we heard traditional recordings that in some cases, showed that these melodies also gave rise to familiar UU hymns.  (Summary by Rich Burdge)

For those who would like to keep up with our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia, their service from this morning is available to view online:

UUFJC News and Events this week:

For accessibility and convenience, we have an option to donate to our Fellowship online 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!

And remember all our ways to stay in touch!  You can visit our website at uufjc.org.  You can also join our open-posting "UUFJC Cafe" Google Group to chat with other members and friends via e-mail and receive additional announcements and reminders (contact the Administrator at [email protected] to join).

Submissions for our April newsletter are due TODAY.  Please email any last-minute items to Laura Gilkey ASAP ([email protected]).

It’s that time of year again: time for us to plan our budget for the upcoming fiscal year.  You can help us by making or updating pledges of your planned donations to UUFJC so that our board can make informed decisions.  For pledge forms and more information, contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [email protected].

We are always in need of donations for our free community pantry.  For donation ideas and more information, 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 independent Insight Meditation group taught by Joe McCormack meets at our building Thursday nights at 7 pm.  For more information, contact Bob Antweiler.
This Friday, March 24th is our monthly Salvation Army meal.  Please contact Bob Antweiler if you can help provide food for those in need.


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:

Next Sunday, March 26th at 2 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library presents an Author Talk with Patrick Murphy: "Places to Pray: Holy Sites in Catholic Missouri."  Patrick Murphy has spent the past 40 years telling stories of the American heartland. A five-time Emmy Award winner, he has produced television programs for PBS< both locally and nationally, as well as documentaries and weekly series. He took a year to visit every corner of Missouri, exploring its Roman Catholic history and culture.  From the grand basilicas of Missouri’s big cities to small churches in every corner of the state, the stories of generations of Catholic immigrants are set in stone. These churches endure today as monuments to the struggles and the faith of those new Americans and their descendants. In Places to Pray, Murphy’s new book, he takes readers to churches, c=shrines, convents, and monasteries throughout Missouri. He explores the architectural marvels of St. Louis and Kansas City and visits neighborhood parishes that proudly hold on to the ethnic flavors of their founders. His book is intended for readers of all faiths and walks of life who might venture into some of these places to experience realms beyond those offered by daily life.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more library events, visit MRRL.org.

For more events, see our online calendars:

UUFJC EventsVirtual Gatherings
Affiliated Events 
Religious Education
Building Use (other)
Community Events

Sunday, March 12th:

This morning, we shared a recent message from Rev. Michelle Scott-Huffman and our neighbors at First UU of Springfield, where they are also exploring the monthly Soul Matters theme of Vulnerability.  Rev. Michelle shared her own experience of, like so many of us, trying to avoid vulnerability in favor of "stoic" objectivity, but vulnerability is a reality of life that we cannot opt in or out of.  Sudden tragedies, circumstances beyond our control, marginalizing treatment --- all these things remind us that we are at risk whether we want to be or not, and some of us need no reminding.  But on the other hand, a level of vulnerability is needed to truly relate to each other.  As UUs, our faith tradition is defined not by creed but by covenant --- by relationship, and so we are called to build spaces where leaning into vulnerability is never forced but can feel welcome and safe.  We are called, too, to lean into our own vulnerability where we can, to realize that we always have more to learn if we listen to others and are willing to risk finding that what we have known is wrong or incomplete.

For those who would like to keep up with our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia, their service message from this morning is available to view online:

UUFJC News and Events this week:

For accessibility and convenience, we have an option to donate to our Fellowship online 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!

And remember all our ways to stay in touch!  You can visit our website at uufjc.org.  You can also join our open-posting "UUFJC Cafe" Google Group to chat with other members and friends via e-mail and receive additional announcements and reminders (contact the Administrator at [email protected] to join).
We are always in need of donations for our free community pantry.  For donation ideas and more information, 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 independent 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, March 14th at 6:30 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library presents: "Colombia’s Changing Rural Areas: The Peace Process, China, and a New Economy."  Historic peace accords in 2016 made life safer in many rural areas in the South American country of Colombia. But this peace dividend has brought new challenges in areas that are home to 15% of Colombians. Chinese capital has given a new lease on life to some rural Colombian entrepreneurs. However, rural Colombians are more generally searching for meaningful ways to fit into a global economy, and it is not always clear what they should do to make money. What can the US do to help these Colombians? What debates are rural Colombians having about the new society they want to construct?  Dr. Brian Norris, associate professor of political science at Lincoln University, will address these concerns in this program. He is a recipient of a Fulbright global award to conduct a three-year study of rural local government in Colombia and Mozambique. He did six weeks of fieldwork in Colombia in summer of 2022, and he was an international elections observer in the first round of presidential elections with the Organization of America States.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more library events, visit MRRL.org.

For more events, see our online calendars:

UUFJC Events
Virtual Gatherings
Affiliated Events 
Religious Education
Building Use (other)
Community Events  

Our March newsletter is now ready to view or download:
UUFJC Newsletter: Flame on the Water, March 2023

Sunday, March 5th:

This morning, Rev. Mike Adamek joined us to begin our monthly theme: Vulnerability.  Vulnerability, Rev. Mike argued, is crucial to continuing self-discovery and developing into our best selves.  It is easy to fall into roles that feel familiar and safe but are ultimately constructions.  We must remember to do the scary but rewarding work of opening ourselves up to new risks and possibilities, and in this way, we open ourselves to authentic engagement with the world.

For those who would like to keep up with our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia, their service from this morning is available to view online:

UUFJC News and Events this week:

For accessibility and convenience, we have an option to donate to our Fellowship online 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!

And remember all our ways to stay in touch!  You can visit our website at uufjc.org.  You can also join our open-posting "UUFJC Cafe" Google Group to chat with other members and friends via e-mail and receive additional announcements and reminders (contact the Administrator at [email protected] to join).
Our Pantry team's workspace has moved into the Crying Room. The bin for donations remains in place by the entrance to church.  Our pantry volunteers are no longer smushed into the utility closet, but there's still plenty of space for anyone who may need to use the Crying Room for its original purpose.  For donation ideas and information on the pantry, contact Joan Kurtzeborn.  Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [email protected].

Tomorrow, Monday, March 6th, the local chapter of the American Association of University Women meets at 6 pm, at our building and online via Zoom.  For more information, contact Betty Cooper.

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 independent Insight Meditation group taught by Joe McCormack meets at our building Thursday nights at 7 pm.  For more information, contact Bob Antweiler.

Cancellation note: an independent class that was to be offered by Drumwinds at our building, listed in our March newsletter as beginning this Saturday, March 11th, has been canceled.  If you would like to know more about Drumwinds, contact Contact Lisa May or contact Robert Scott of Drumwinds at [email protected].

Next Sunday, March 12th at 1 pm, Emma Regnier leads an independent Intergenerational Book Study group at our building.  This month's selection: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.  Contact Emma, or contact Betty Cooper.

Also next Sunday, March 12th, our board meets at our building at 3 pm.  All are welcome to attend our board meetings.  For an agenda or more information, contact our president, Rich Burdge.
After the board meeting next Sunday, March 12th, our worship team will also meet at our building at 4:30 pm.  To get involved in creating our Sunday services, contact our vice president, Lisa Sanning.


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 Thursday, February 9th, the local chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America holds their monthly online meeting at 7:30 pm.  To register or for more information, contact Alicia Erickson at [email protected].

For more events, see our online calendars:

UUFJC EventsVirtual Gatherings
Affiliated Events 
Religious Education
Building Use (other)
Community Events