This morning, we shared a message from our wider UU Community via video: "What is Unitarian Universalism" by Rev. Tim Kutzmark.  Unfortunately, we had issues with Zoom and were unable to provide an online service option.  We apologize, appreciate everyone's patience, and are working to fix the problem.

This Sunday wraps up our month of reflections on Delight, but it flows nicely into our upcoming theme for July: Play.  Just as our joy is sacred, so are the activities that bring us joy.  Not everything you do needs to be practical or productive; the universe gives us the sacred urge to embrace the possible for the sake of sheer delight, and in so doing we can spread the energy of life and compassion to those around us.
For those who would also like to keep up with our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia, their service from this morning is available to view online:

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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).
Thank you for remembering our neighborhood free pantry!  Due to the summer heat, we cannot stock canned goods at this time, but there are still many items that will be appreciated by our neighbors.  For donation ideas and more information, contact Joan Kurtzeborn.

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.

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This morning, Rev. Nancy TannerThies joined us for continued reflections on our monthly theme: "Delight."

Beyond our own services, we are part of a religious tradition that treats Delight not as a dangerous temptation, but as a sign of the holy, of blessed connection with our neighbors and our world.  In the words of John Gibb Millspaugh and Sarah Gibb Millspaugh:

"As we have been blessed, so we bless one another to be a blessing. Breathe in, breathe out, this breath we share with all that breathes. Feel the love of the universe flowing through this community, into you, and out into the universe again. Let the love of all the universe—your love—flow outward, to its height, its depth, its broad extent. You are more than you know, and more beloved than you know. Take up what power is yours to create safe haven, to make of earth a heaven. Give hope to those you encounter, that they may know safety from inner and outer harm, be happy and at peace, healthy and strong, caring and joyful. Be the blessing you already are. That is enough. Blessed Be; Amen."  (Adapted from the Karaniya Metta Sutta [Sunna Nipata 1.8] of the Pali Canon.)

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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).

Thank you for remembering our neighborhood free pantry!  Due to the summer heat, we cannot stock canned goods at this time, but there are still many items that will be appreciated by our neighbors.  For donation ideas and more information, contact Joan Kurtzeborn.

This Thursday at 5:30 pm, Katherine Connor hosts a weekly Zoom Happy Hour for UUFJC Members and Friends to gather and check in.  This week's gathering will be poetry sharing.
Note: The Happy Hour schedule is changing.  Going forward, it will only be held on the second Thursday (UU History) and fourth Thursday (poetry sharing) of each month.
For more information, contact Katherine.
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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, June 23rd is our monthly Salvation Army Meal.  Please contact Bob Antweiler if you can help provide food for those in need.


Next Sunday, June 25th, the UUFJC Board meets at our building at 6 pm.  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:
This Thursday, June 22nd at 6:30 pm, Interfaith Climate Action JCMO meets at First Presbyterian Church (corner of Madison and McCarty).  This exciting local group is taking shape as the result of a collaborative effort among members of several local congregations. Interfaith Climate Action JCMO is inviting all members of faith and spiritual communities in Jefferson City who are concerned about climate change and related environmental issues to join them in raising awareness of this issue, as well as influencing habits and policy. The main business for this meeting will be setting the group's priorities for the near future, so a healthy UU presence could mean a lot!  Please contact Rich Burdge for more information.

This Thursday, June 22nd at 2 pm in their Art Gallery, MRRL presents: "Japanese Tea Ceremony Demonstration and Tradition."  Chado, also known as chanoyu and commonly known in English as the Japanese Tea Ceremony, is a spiritual and aesthetic discipline for refinement of the self. It is known in Japanese as a “do,” a “way.” The word chado means “the way of tea.” This program will feature two practitioners of the Urasenke tea tradition:  Liz Pfeiffer and Dean Olson. The Urasenke Foundation is one of the three tea schools which have a direct lineage to tea master Sen Rikyu (1522-1591).  Pfeiffer has been studying the tradition of Japanese tea since 2007. In 2019-2020, she lived in Kyoto, Japan, as a student of the Midorikai program at the Urasenke Gakuen Professional College of Chado. She  commutes to Lawrence, Kansas, on a monthly basis to continue tea studies and is fortunate to practice with Urasenke-certified tea instructors. She is the lead cataloger at MRRL and will conduct the tea ceremony.  Olson is a student and teacher in the Urasenke tea tradition. He has practiced this tradition for more than 25 years. He continues studying tea with other students and his tea instructor in Lawrence, Kansas, and has a background in Japanese art, literature and history. He will discuss the tea ceremony and the history of the tea schools.  Registration is limited to 25 for those who would like to sample a bowl of tea. Others are welcome to observe the ceremony.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.

Next Sunday, June 25th at 1:30 pm in their Art Gallery, MRRL hosts a Local History Authors Panel.  The library and the Historic City of Jefferson co-sponsor a panel discussion with history authors from mid-Missouri, including Jeremy Amick, Michelle Brooks, Dottie Dallmeyer, Gary Elliot, Gary Kremer, Arnold Parks, Bob Priddy, and Walter Schroeder.  Moderated by KRCG's Zach Paul.  A reception will follow the panel, with the authors' books available for sale and signing.  Attendance is free and open to the public.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more library events, visit MRRL.org.

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This morning, George Grimm-Howell continued our reflections on our monthly theme: "Delight."

Beyond our own services, many voices in our UU tradition can remind us that delight is not frivolous or saccharine, but a grounded response to our world in all its awe and complexity, such as in this poem by Terry Pahucki:

Joy

I have been wondering
what the morning glories
know. Is it envy
that compels these vines
to strangle other flowers
arising in their path?

Or perhaps self-preservation,
to climb these walls, forsaking
humbler beings, winding
greedy stems around the trellis
in their hungry pursuit of light.

Still, every morning,
basking in their spiral shadows,
I want to believe it is something more

this fevered yearning
to open purple flowers,
yield bold-throated Glorias
to the sun,
and in the blaze of afternoon
curl petals softly into shyness.

And every morning, I plead
with the dew-moist buds
to know their secret joy:
to open and close without holding,
to surrender all to light,
to sing
I am completely yours
over and over again.


For those who would also 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).
Thank you for remembering our neighborhood free pantry!  Pantry donations are down a little, so if you want to donate, these are some nice summer ideas in addition to our food donations.   For children and adults: sun screen, summer caps and hats, flip flops, beach towels, etc.  Some nice summer food donations include BBQ sauce, mustard and ketchup, juice, and anything you can think of.  Due to the summer heat, we cannot stock canned goods at this time.  For more donation ideas and information, contact Joan Kurtzeborn.

This Thursday at 5:30 pm, Katherine Connor hosts a weekly Zoom Happy Hour for UUFJC Members and Friends to gather and check in.  This week's gathering will be an open discussion.  For more information, contact Katherine.
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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.

Next Sunday, June 18th, our Worship Team meets 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, June 15th at 6:30 pm in their Art Gallery, MRRL presents the latest installment of the LU-MRRL Lecture Series: "Opportunities for Sheep and Goat Producers Across Missouri."  Currently there are about 80 million lamb and mutton consumers in the U.S. with up to $2 billion in purchasing power. Missouri is home to 15 million acres of forest and 17 million acres of pasture, providing vast possibilities for livestock production. A sheep and goat enterprise can be started on a small farm with small breeding stock, and the animals can be raised on forage alone. Investment can be paid fast, with quick expansion of herd and no external hiring required. It can be an excellent enterprise for farmers, including low-income producers. Lincoln University’s Cooperative Extension provides year-round training programs for sheep and goat producers across the state. Dr. Mohan Acharya, state extension and research specialist for LU, will explain the possibilities for this agricultural venture.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.

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

This morning, Rev. Nancy TannerThies joined us for our first service of the summer, and our Children's Religious Education class began their monthly theme: "Delight."  Adults, too, can find spiritual grounding in Delight, as in these words by adrienne maree brown:

"Pleasure reminds us to enjoy being alive and on purpose... Pleasure—embodied, connected pleasure—is one of the ways we know when we are free. That we are always free. That we always have the power to co-create the world. Pleasure helps us move through the times that are unfair, through grief and loneliness, through the terror of genocide, or days when the demands are just overwhelming. Pleasure heals the places where our hearts and spirit get wounded. Pleasure reminds us that even in the dark, we are alive. Pleasure is a medicine for the suffering that is absolutely promised in life…  Pleasure is the point. Feeling good is not frivolous, it is freedom."

For those who would also 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).
Thank you for remembering our neighborhood free pantry!  Pantry donations are down a little, so if you want to donate, these are some nice summer ideas in addition to our food donations.   For children and adults: sun screen, summer caps and hats, flip flops, beach towels, etc.  Some nice summer food donations include BBQ sauce, mustard and ketchup, juice, and anything you can think of.  Due to the summer heat, we cannot stock canned goods at this time.  For more donation ideas and information, contact Joan Kurtzeborn.

Tomorrow, Monday, June 5th, the local chapter of the American Association of University Women meets at our building and on Zoom.  The programs are open to everyone.  To connect via Zoom, contact Peggy Cochran: [email protected].  For more information, contact Betty Cooper.

This Thursday at 5:30 pm, Katherine Connor hosts a weekly Zoom Happy Hour for UUFJC Members and Friends to gather and check in.  This week, Katherine will lead a conversation on a UU History topic.  For more information, contact Katherine.
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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.

Next Sunday, June 11th, our Intergenerational Book Study meets at 2 pm at our building.  This month’s selection: “Watership Down” by Richard Adams.  Contact Emma Regnier and Betty Cooper for more information.  Note: The Intergenerational Book Study is now a UUFJC function.  Thanks to Emma and Betty for organizing it independently up until now and for continuing to organize it with us!

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 Wednesday, June 7th 1:30 pm in their Art Gallery, MRRL presents: "Japanese Fan Self-Defense."  Japanese Fan, or Tessen-Do, teaches the basics of self defense while integrating the fan into movements.  It is a low impact, cardio workout that provides a gentle approach to increasing flexibility and improving muscle tone, endurance, and balance.  Sensei Barbara King of The Art of Martial Arts Dojo will conduct the class, teaching various fan movements, basic evasion, and providing attendees an opportunity to learn some useful techniques with a Japanese fan.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.


This Thursday, June 8th at 7:30 pm, the local chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America holds its monthly online meeting.  To register or for more information, contact Alicia Erickson at [email protected].

For more events, see our online calendars:

UUFJC EventsVirtual Gatherings
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