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Last Sunday, Rev. Nancy TannerThies explored our monthly theme of Compassion. Compassion, she said, goes beyond mere pity; where pity is a form of sadness bordering on despair, compassion calls us into kindness and helping. It is, however, more difficult; true compassion requires us to come with our whole selves, including the "undesirable" parts that we tend to stuff away, out of view: our "-isms," fears, wounds, and failures. As terrifying as it is to open those things we hide away, until we work through them with compassionate curiosity and accept them, we will find ourselves projecting them onto others and blocking our compassion for them. When we have compassion for ourselves, then we can move into compassion for others, and in a future of thriving together.
Next Sunday, June 28th:
Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Silly Poetry: a Lockdown Respite," Frank Rycyk
Tired of "gloom and doom?" Frank will read some Shel Silverstein poetry. He may even recite his poem, "Idiots." Bob Boldt will read silliness from classical authors. Bring silly poetry. Bring silliness.
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 988 5874 1051
Password: 047662
https://zoom.us/j/98858741051?pwd=d3ZMbHJSL3NjMGMxZEM5N1VxUysxQT09
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+13126266799,,98858741051#,,#,047662# US (Chicago)
Phone
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Find your nearest number: https://zoom.us/u/aeC2zyWdIo
Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
To Be Announced
On some Sundays, we 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 a Service, please submit it by noon on Friday through our website: http://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html
UUCC Online Services - 10:30 am
We have also 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:
Join Zoom Webinar:
Webinar ID: 380 411 489
https://zoom.us/j/380411489
One tap mobile
+13126266799,,303350454# US (Chicago)
Phone
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Find your nearest phone number: https://zoom.us/u/aeC2zyWdIo
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 national covenant organization, the UUA, holds its annual General Assembly this week, Wednesday, June 24th through Sunday, June 28th. This year's GA is fully virtual. Off-site registration ($150) provides access to all GA events, and there are also several events that will be publicly streamed for anyone at no cost, including worship services.
This Wednesday, June 24th 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. This week we will listen to chapters 17 and 18.
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 957 765 341
https://zoom.us/j/957765341
Phone
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Find your nearest phone number: https://zoom.us/u/aeC2zyWdIo
Later on Wednesday, June 24th at 6:30 pm, the UUFJC Board will meet via Zoom. They will be discussing our Fellowship's approach to re-opening; if you want to weigh in, please contact a board member in advance or plan to attend. For more information, contact our president, Katherine Connor, at [email protected]. To attend, use the Zoom link below:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/98909558519?pwd=QXBSSldhS3FyMGZiMTBRR3FaSE52dz09
Meeting ID: 989 0955 8519
Password: 120724
One tap mobile
+13126266799,,98909558519#,,1#,120724# US (Chicago)
Join by phone:
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
This Thursday, June 25th at 5:30 pm, Katherine Connor will be hosting a weekly Zoom Happy Hour for UUFJC Members and Friends to gather and check in.
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 918 4396 6450
Password: 918925
https://zoom.us/j/91843966450?pwd=djBwTEx4YUxseW9SdytSZjJGS0xrdz09
Phone:
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Find your nearest phone number: https://zoom.us/u/aeC2zyWdIo
This Friday, June 26th, is our monthly Salvation Army meal. If you would like to help provide food for those in need, please contact Bob Antweiler: [email protected]
Our building is reserved by community groups Wednesdays and Saturdays starting at 6 pm; Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 5:30 pm; and Sundays starting at 7 pm. If you have access to our building, please allow privacy at these times.
Community Events this week:
Our neighbors at Vipassana Buddhist Church / Center for Buddhist Development are holding online services via Zoom at 10 am on Sundays, as well as meditation nights via Zoom at 7 pm on Thursdays. For more information, contact [email protected].
And Missouri River Regional Library is offering virtual events while the library is unable to host physical gatherings. For more information, visit https://www.mrrl.org/events/upcoming.
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!
Last Sunday, Rev. Nancy TannerThies explored our monthly theme of Compassion. Compassion, she said, goes beyond mere pity; where pity is a form of sadness bordering on despair, compassion calls us into kindness and helping. It is, however, more difficult; true compassion requires us to come with our whole selves, including the "undesirable" parts that we tend to stuff away, out of view: our "-isms," fears, wounds, and failures. As terrifying as it is to open those things we hide away, until we work through them with compassionate curiosity and accept them, we will find ourselves projecting them onto others and blocking our compassion for them. When we have compassion for ourselves, then we can move into compassion for others, and in a future of thriving together.
Next Sunday, June 28th:
Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Silly Poetry: a Lockdown Respite," Frank Rycyk
Tired of "gloom and doom?" Frank will read some Shel Silverstein poetry. He may even recite his poem, "Idiots." Bob Boldt will read silliness from classical authors. Bring silly poetry. Bring silliness.
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 988 5874 1051
Password: 047662
https://zoom.us/j/98858741051?pwd=d3ZMbHJSL3NjMGMxZEM5N1VxUysxQT09
One tap mobile
+13126266799,,98858741051#,,#,047662# US (Chicago)
Phone
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Find your nearest number: https://zoom.us/u/aeC2zyWdIo
Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
To Be Announced
On some Sundays, we 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 a Service, please submit it by noon on Friday through our website: http://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html
UUCC Online Services - 10:30 am
We have also 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:
Join Zoom Webinar:
Webinar ID: 380 411 489
https://zoom.us/j/380411489
One tap mobile
+13126266799,,303350454# US (Chicago)
Phone
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Find your nearest phone number: https://zoom.us/u/aeC2zyWdIo
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 national covenant organization, the UUA, holds its annual General Assembly this week, Wednesday, June 24th through Sunday, June 28th. This year's GA is fully virtual. Off-site registration ($150) provides access to all GA events, and there are also several events that will be publicly streamed for anyone at no cost, including worship services.
This Wednesday, June 24th 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. This week we will listen to chapters 17 and 18.
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 957 765 341
https://zoom.us/j/957765341
Phone
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Find your nearest phone number: https://zoom.us/u/aeC2zyWdIo
Later on Wednesday, June 24th at 6:30 pm, the UUFJC Board will meet via Zoom. They will be discussing our Fellowship's approach to re-opening; if you want to weigh in, please contact a board member in advance or plan to attend. For more information, contact our president, Katherine Connor, at [email protected]. To attend, use the Zoom link below:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/98909558519?pwd=QXBSSldhS3FyMGZiMTBRR3FaSE52dz09
Meeting ID: 989 0955 8519
Password: 120724
One tap mobile
+13126266799,,98909558519#,,1#,120724# US (Chicago)
Join by phone:
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
This Thursday, June 25th at 5:30 pm, Katherine Connor will be hosting a weekly Zoom Happy Hour for UUFJC Members and Friends to gather and check in.
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 918 4396 6450
Password: 918925
https://zoom.us/j/91843966450?pwd=djBwTEx4YUxseW9SdytSZjJGS0xrdz09
Phone:
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Find your nearest phone number: https://zoom.us/u/aeC2zyWdIo
This Friday, June 26th, is our monthly Salvation Army meal. If you would like to help provide food for those in need, please contact Bob Antweiler: [email protected]
Our building is reserved by community groups Wednesdays and Saturdays starting at 6 pm; Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 5:30 pm; and Sundays starting at 7 pm. If you have access to our building, please allow privacy at these times.
Community Events this week:
Our neighbors at Vipassana Buddhist Church / Center for Buddhist Development are holding online services via Zoom at 10 am on Sundays, as well as meditation nights via Zoom at 7 pm on Thursdays. For more information, contact [email protected].
And Missouri River Regional Library is offering virtual events while the library is unable to host physical gatherings. For more information, visit https://www.mrrl.org/events/upcoming.
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!
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