Our May newsletter and print calendar are now ready to view or download:
Newsletter
Appendix - Annual Meeting Agenda
(No print calendar this month)
Note - some Zoom meeting IDs listed in the newsletter do not become active until May.  See below for links current this week.

This week, we did not have our own online services, but we did have our Adult Forum, now on Zoom every Sunday, and we also had --- and continue to have --- an opportunity.  With so much of our nation and world united in protecting against the coronavirus and turning toward online services, this can be a time to explore our wider UU community.  A great place to start is with our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia, who have graciously invited us to join them, but we can travel further if we choose.  Today I virtually visited a loved one's UU church on the west coast.  Is there a place dear to your heart or fascinating to your mind?  Maybe a UU Church there is holding online services you can explore.  Each of these congregations is in a unique place on its collective faith journey.  If we choose to be gracious guests, we can gather perspectives to share and inspire when we are able to come back together in our own Fellowship.

Next Sunday, May 3rd:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"I Want the World to Sing With Me About Peace," Betty Cooper
The title of the forum is from Buddy Ebsen’s 1982 song. During that time period, Ebsen was a “one-man” campaign for peace. We’ll read Ebsen’s lyrics and discuss Robert Koehler’s ideas in his April 16th column..
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Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
To Be Announced
We may have UUFJC Services via Zoom.  Watch this page for developments.
If you have a joy or concern that you would like to have read during a Service, please submit it by noon on Friday through our website: http://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html

UUCC Online Services - 10:30 am
If we do not have our own online services, we have been invited to join our neighbors at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia.
These services will be offered via Facebook Live:
https://www.facebook.com/UnitarianUniversalistChurchOfColumbiaMO/?eid=ARCFLwfOPhvNekpA6bZuhuMke8zRihU5cX37pHO0Ig0hKx3TtbHgCgOx6CG-2K9kJWv-gRxpo4lI5kdW
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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!

Our Annual Business meeting is coming May 24th.  We will hold our (previously delayed) election of officers, vote on a budget, and more.  For more information, contact our President, Katherine Connor at [email protected].

Tomorrow, Monday, April 27th, Faith Voices for Jefferson City holds their monthly Assembly online via Zoom, including mental health self-care tips and more.  Join the meeting here: https://zoom.us/w/379050084 or contact Rev. Kim Woodruff for more information: [email protected]

This Wednesday, April 29th at 2 pm, Laura Gilkey is hosting a weekly virtual book club for UUFJC members and friends via Zoom.  Selected book: Silas Marner by George Eliot.  We are listening to the book with accompanying text during meetings --- you do not have to read the book on your own.  This week we will listen to chapter 6.  New participants are welcome to catch up and join in!
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This Thursday, April 30th at 5:30 pm, Katherine Connor will be hosting a weekly Zoom Happy Hour for UUFJC Members and Friends to gather and check in.
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For more events, see our online calendars:

UUFJC Events
Virtual Gatherings
Affiliated Events 
Religious Education
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Community Events  

Please stay safe, well, and connected!

This morning, we met in a virtual service via Zoom and heard from our own Rev. Nancy TannerThies.  Rev. Nancy shared the concept of "Acedia" --- a mental or spiritual lassitude known to early Christian monks in their isolated devotions, a state that makes days stretch forever and every action feel pointless.  In our current virus-imposed isolation, we may recognize this feeling, and without adopting early Christian moralizing about it, perhaps their experiences can offer some help to us.  The cure they prescribed: "Work and Pray."  Rev. Nancy suggested taking prayer in a broader sense: taking time for quiet, for checking in with ourselves and being present with our feelings, for contemplation and for naming our gratitudes and needs.  For the "work" of the prescription, she suggested maintaining structure and routine, and also looking forward to the work that lies ahead of us beyond this situation.  A new normal will come.  What do we want it to look like?  What do we want to do in it and with it?  When the time comes, how do we want to reconnect?

Next Sunday, April 26th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
Anthony Simones
Dr. Anthony Simones will surprise us with an enlightening legal discussion of his choosing.
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Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
To Be Announced
We may have UUFJC Services via Zoom.  Watch this e-mail list for developments.
If you have a joy or concern that you would like to have read during the Service, please submit it by noon on Friday through our website: http://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html

UUCC Online Services - 10:30 am
If we do not have our own online services, we have been invited to join our neighbors at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia.
These services will be offered via Facebook Live:
https://www.facebook.com/UnitarianUniversalistChurchOfColumbiaMO/?eid=ARCFLwfOPhvNekpA6bZuhuMke8zRihU5cX37pHO0Ig0hKx3TtbHgCgOx6CG-2K9kJWv-gRxpo4lI5kdW
And via Zoom:
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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 are also working on drafting our budget for the coming fiscal year.  If you have not yet made a pledge or estimate of giving, please contact our Treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [email protected].

This Wednesday, April 22nd at 2 pm, Laura Gilkey is hosting a weekly virtual book club for UUFJC members and friends via Zoom.  Selected book: Silas Marner by George Eliot.  We will be listening to the book with accompanying text during meetings --- you do not have to read the book on your own.  This week we will listen to chapter 4.  New participants are welcome to catch up and join in!
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This Thursday, April 23rd at 5:30 pm, Katherine Connor will be hosting a weekly Zoom Happy Hour for UUFJC Members and Friends to gather and check in.
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This Friday, April 24th is our regularly scheduled Salvation Army meal.  While we want members and friends to stay safe, we also know that the need is great at this time.  If you want to help, contact  Bob Antweiler: [email protected].  

Our building is reserved for ongoing community groups on Monday, April 20th starting at 6:30 pm, Wednesday April 22nd starting at 6 pm, and Saturday April 25th starting at 6 pm.  We have not checked in to see if these groups are meeting, but if you have access to our building, please continue to allow privacy at these times.

For more events, see our online calendars:

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

Please stay safe, well, and connected!

We have new information since our weekly update:

This Sunday we will have online services via Zoom with a message from Rev. Nancy TannerThies:

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​Hope to see you then!

This morning, thanks to the work of our worship team, we at UUFJC were able to come together once again and observe our annual Flower Communion online via Zoom.  While we missed our usual ritual of bringing flowers together with their stems and petals in our hands, we shared images of flowers, reflections on our unique gifts, and the story of the ceremony's creation.

In her reflections, our President, Katherine Connor, recognized that we are in a time of grief now --- we grieve for the flowers we cannot touch, the hands we cannot hold.  But by coming together with our unique gifts and our compassion, we can support each other through this time and find meaning, even as we acknowledge and hold our losses.

Next Sunday, April 19th:

May News Due.
Please submit your items for the May newsletter and print calendar to Laura Gilkey at [email protected].

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Earth Day," Betty Cooper
Betty Cooper will trace the history of Earth Day from Rachel Carson to the present day, including the United Nations' Earth Charter Commission.
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Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
To Be Announced
We may have UUFJC Services via Zoom.  Watch this page for developments.
If you have a joy or concern that you would like to have read during the Service, please submit it by noon on Friday through our website: http://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html

UUCC Online Services - 10:30 am
If we do not have our own online services, we have been invited to join our neighbors at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia.
These services will be offered via Facebook Live:
https://www.facebook.com/UnitarianUniversalistChurchOfColumbiaMO/?eid=ARCFLwfOPhvNekpA6bZuhuMke8zRihU5cX37pHO0Ig0hKx3TtbHgCgOx6CG-2K9kJWv-gRxpo4lI5kdW
And via Zoom:
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Phone
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Find your nearest phone number: https://zoom.us/u/aeC2zyWdIo

UUFJC News and Events this week:

As we try to 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 are also working on drafting our budget for the coming fiscal year.  If you have not yet made a pledge or estimate of giving, please contact our Treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [email protected].

This Wednesday, April 15th at 2 pm, Laura Gilkey is hosting a weekly virtual book club for UUFJC members and friends via Zoom.  Selected book: Silas Marner by George Eliot.  We will be listening to the book with accompanying text during meetings --- there is no "homework;" you do not have to read the book on your own.  This week we will listen to chapter 3.  New participants are welcome to catch up and join in!
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This Thursday, April 16th at 5:30 pm, Katherine Connor will be hosting a weekly Zoom Happy Hour for UUFJC Members and Friends to gather and check in.
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The UUFJC Board meets next Sunday, April 19th during the afternoon, specific time to be determined.  The meeting is expected to be held via Zoom.  All are welcome to attend our board meetings.  For more information, contact our President, Katherine Connor: [email protected].

Our building is reserved for ongoing community groups on Wednesday April 15th starting at 6 pm and Saturday April 18th starting at 6 pm.  We have not checked in to see if these groups are meeting, but if you have access to our building, please continue to allow privacy at these times.

For more events, see our online calendars:

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

Please stay safe, well, and connected!

In a new development since our weekly update, we will be holding a virtual observance of our annual Flower Communion this Sunday, April 12th at 10:30 am.  We hope you can join us!

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This morning, we continued our revived Adult Forum with the occasional and always-beautiful poetry forum led by Bob Boldt.  Among the poems shared was this:

In the Time of Pandemic
by Kitty O'Meara 
 
And the people stayed home.

And they read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still.

And they listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced.

Some met their shadows. And the people began to think differently.

And the people healed.

And, in the absence of people living in ignorant, dangerous, mindless, and heartless ways, the earth began to heal.

And when the danger passed, and the people joined together again, they grieved their losses, and made new choices, and dreamed new images, and created new ways to live and heal the earth fully, as they had been healed.
 
Not everyone has the privilege -- the material, social, and psychological resources -- to paint such a rosy picture, but for those of us who do, it is right to embrace any unique and strange blessings we can find in this difficult and deadly time, to be grateful for them, and use them toward compassion and justice.  We must be mindful of those for whom this time is most dangerous and painful so that that awareness can guide us toward those "new choices."  But if you can, in this time of enforced withdrawal: meditate without guilt, dance without shame, heal with gratitude --- this can be the path toward healing for all.

Next Sunday, April 12th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Systems of Care," Joan Kurtzeborn
Joan Kurtzeborn will talk about her work with an Osage County non-profit.
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UUCC Online Services - 10:30 am
The UUFJC Worship team is working on online services.  In the meantime, we have been invited to online services by our neighbors at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia:
These services will be offered via Facebook Live:
https://www.facebook.com/UnitarianUniversalistChurchOfColumbiaMO/?eid=ARCFLwfOPhvNekpA6bZuhuMke8zRihU5cX37pHO0Ig0hKx3TtbHgCgOx6CG-2K9kJWv-gRxpo4lI5kdW
And via Zoom:
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UUFJC News and Events this week:

As we try to 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!

This Wednesday, April 8th at 2 pm, Laura Gilkey is hosting a weekly virtual book club for UUFJC members and friends via Zoom.  Selected book: Silas Marner by George Eliot.  We will be listening to the book with accompanying text during meetings --- there is no "homework;" you do not have to read the book on your own.  This week we will listen to chapter 2, or, if enough new people come, we might consider starting over with chapter one (just this once).
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This Thursday, April 9th at 5:30 pm, Katherine Connor will be hosting a weekly Zoom Happy Hour for UUFJC Members and Friends to gather and check in.
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Our building is reserved for ongoing community groups on Wednesday April 8th starting at 6 pm and Saturday April 11th starting at 6 pm.  We have not checked in to see if these groups are meeting, but if you have access to our building, please continue to allow privacy at these times.

For more events, see our online calendars:

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

Please stay safe, well, and connected!