Our May newsletter is now ready to view or download:
UUFJC Newsletter, "Flame on the Water" May 2022


Sunday, April 24th:

This morning, we virtually joined our neighbors at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia for a service honoring Earth Day.  To help heal the environmental damage our societal systems cause, focusing on individual choices distracts us with small-impact actions.  Even the idea of "saving the planet" can cast us as having control over the Earth when the truth is the other way around.  So what can we do?  Rev. Molly Housh-Gordon called on us, through embodied experiences of connection with natural beauty, to act in community and to focus on our love for each other and the Earth all around us.  If we are going to save the planet, we must do it not as individual magnanimous masters, but as connected beings acting together within and from a wild love.

The service is now available to view online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMFvmRAN9kI

Note: Next Sunday is our Annual Business Meeting, followed by a Potluck Lunch!  More information below.

Next Sunday, May 1st:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
Kate Amiek, Benevolence Coordinator, Common Ground

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Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
UUFJC Annual Business Meeting

We will check in about the direction of our Fellowship, consider our annual budget, and more.  Voting members, please plan to attend!  For more information about the agenda, contact our president, Rich Burdge. The Annual Meeting will be available both in person and on Zoom:

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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: "Stories Remind Us Who We Are: As Unitarian Universalists."

After Service: Potluck Lunch.  Those attending in-person, please bring a dish.
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..
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UUFJC News and Events this week:

We are currently holding our annual pledge drive.  This year we have a lot of plans that we need your help to make real, including the possibility of hiring a part-time minister.  Please contact our Treasurer, Bob Antweiler, with any questions or pledges: [email protected].

Donate to UUFJC
You can also mail donations and pledges to:
UUFJC
Attn: Treasurer
PO Box 1245
Jefferson City, MO 65102

We are always in need of donations for our free community pantry.  Soup and pasta/noodle items would be especially helpful at this time  For more information about the pantry and current needs, contact Joan Kurtzeborn.  Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [email protected].

On Tuesdays, Alberta Mobley teaches her own weekly chair yoga classes at our building at 9:30 am.  Donations requested.  Contact Alberta for more information.

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 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 26th at 6:30 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library hosts an Author Talk with Michelle Brooks.  Brooks, former reporter and editor for the Jefferson City News-Tribune and a longtime student of Jefferson City's history, will talk about her new book, Lost Jefferson City. She has wonderful stories of forgotten places throughout the city from the Mill Bottom and the Foot as well as cemeteries, fairgrounds, ballparks and stately homes lost to time. Copies of her book will be available for sale and signing after the program.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.

For more events, see our online calendars:

UUFJC Events
Virtual Gatherings
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Sunday, April 17th:

This morning, we celebrated our annual Flower Communion.  Members were invited to each bring a flower.  We gathered the flowers together on our chalice table, and in the end each member was invited to take a different flower than the one they had brought.  This beloved ceremony was originated by Norbert Čapek at his Unitarian church in Czechoslovakia in 1923.  Rev. Maja Čapek, Norbert's wife, brought it to the US in 1940, and it has become a Unitarian Universalist tradition.  The flowers remind us of the earth's reawakening at this time of year, and of the diverse gifts each member brings to the beautiful bouquet of our faith journey together.

On the same Sunday as we observed this gathering of our gifts, we also welcomed new members who have recently joined our fellowship community.  We are joyful to add their colors to our bouquet!

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/6005TEVNyxI


Next Sunday, April 24th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
Michelle Brooks
This local author and journalist will discuss one of her latest books.

Our Adult Forum is currently available both in-person and via Zoom.
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Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
UUCC Service

When we are not holding our own services, our building will be open for those who wish to come and share the online services of our neighbor congregation, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia. For more information, visit UUCC's website: uucomo.org.

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: Making Hopeful Predictions."

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:

For accessibility and convenience, we now 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!

We are currently holding our annual pledge drive.  This year we have a lot of plans that we need your help to make real, including the possibility of hiring a part-time minister.  Please contact our Treasurer, Bob Antweiler, with any questions or pledges: [email protected].

Submissions for our May newsletter are due today.  Please email any last-minute items to Laura Gilkey ASAP: [email protected].

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].

This Tuesday, April 19th, Alberta Mobley is resuming her weekly chair yoga classes at our building at 9:30 am.  Donations requested.  Contact Alberta for more information.

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

This Friday, April 22nd is our monthly Salvation Army meal.  Please contact Bob Antweiler if you can help provide food for those in need.  Due to the pandemic, we have been asked not to serve the meal in-person at this time.  Reimbursements are available.

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, April 21st at 6:30 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library presents: "A Vision for the Future of Lincoln University."  Dr. John B. Moseley, recently named Lincoln University's 21st president, will address the challenges and hopes for his administration and the programs offered by this important community and statewide institution. Before his appointment, he served as interim president and implemented many initiatives from data-driven admissions strategies and restructuring of scholarship programs to new fundraising efforts and expansion of academic programs. He has nearly 20 years of higher education experience, including 13 years at Historically Black College or University campuses. A North Carolina native, he earned a B.S. in exercise and sports science and an M.A. in education from East Carolina University, He completed his doctorate in educational leadership and policy analysis at the University of Missouri. He served in a variety of athletic capacities at universities in Delaware, North Carolina and Ohio. At Lincoln, he was the director of athletics after his service as head men's basketball coach.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.

Next Sunday, April 24th from 2-4 pm in their Art Gallery, MRRL hosts an Artist Reception for Leanne Porello.  Meet the artist, view her exciting artwork in a variety of mediums, and enjoy some light refreshments.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.

For more events, see our online calendars:

UUFJC Events
Virtual Gatherings
Affiliated Events 
Religious Education
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Community Events  

Our April newsletter is now ready to view or download:
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.
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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.

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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
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Meeting ID: 918 4396 6450
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Phone:
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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
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Our April newsletter is now ready to view or download:
UUFJC Newsletter, "Flame on the Water" April 2022

Sunday, April 3rd:

This morning, Rev. Mike Adamek joined us to begin exploring our theme for April, "Awakening."  Women's clubs of nineteenth-century America were an important predecessor of the feminist movements of the twentieth century. Through mutually supportive and often rigorous intellectual pursuits, these clubs not only increased their members' levels of knowledge in various areas, but the realization of their personal identity, and often the limitations of the social environments in which they lived. Despite the members of these clubs being overwhelmingly white, Protestant, middle-class women, the consciousness that they raised, especially the need for female education and political participation, had influence far beyond their immediate sphere. There is a parallel between the effect of these clubs and the UU journey of lifelong learning, and the need to be "born again", in an intellectual sense, repeatedly, both as free and independent individuals, and as a communal passage. But we must also ask ourselves if UU's share the weakness of these clubs of not welcoming new members who do not already share the group's communal history.  (Summary by Rich Burdge.)

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/JTmf65_7GGA

Sunday, April 10th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Global Partnership for Sustainable Solutions," Tim Haas

Haas, based in the US and spending time in the Philippines, will discuss a large-scale agricultural development and human development project with grass-roots organizing.

Our Adult Forum is currently available both in-person and via Zoom.
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Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
To Be Announced
We will be sharing a message from our wider UU community via video.

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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: Finding Your True Self."

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:

Monday, April 4th at 6 pm, the local chapter of the American Association of University Women meets at our building.  The meeting is available both in-person and via Zoom and will feature Amy Regnier speaking on the topic of Homeschooling.  For more about AAUW, contact Charlotte Parsons.

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

Next Sunday, April 10th at 1 pm, an intergenerational book study group meets at our building, led by Emma Regnier.  This month's selection: "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak.  Contact Emma for more information.

Also next Sunday, April 10th at 4:30 pm, our Worship Service Committee meets in person at our building.  To get involved in creating our Sunday services, contact our vice president, Lisa Sanning.

Later next Sunday, April 10th at 6 pm, the UUFJC Board meets in person at our building.  All are welcome to attend our board meetings.  For agenda and more information, contact our president, Rich Burdge.

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 have a community event you would like to see listed here, please contact our administrator at [email protected].

For more events, see our online calendars:

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