Sunday, March 27th:
At our services this morning, we held our annual Election of Officers. Those chosen for our 2022-2023 Board of Directors are:
President: Rich Burdge (continuing)
Vice President: Lisa Sanning (continuing)
Secretary: Logan White (incoming)
Treasurer: Bob Antweiler (continuing)
Director of Religious Education: Samantha Porter (incoming).
Many thanks to all our incoming, continuing, and outgoing board members for stepping up to serve our Fellowship! The new board will take office at our Annual Business Meeting in May.
We also shared a video from our wider UU community to wrap up our month of reflections on "Renewing Faith." Rev. Duffy Peet noted that UUs tend not to believe in renewing "blind" or dogmatic faith, but that we can embrace broader definitions of faith, not as belief in static received ideas, but as an ongoing journey. Our principles call us to search for truth and meaning, to accept one another and encourage spiritual growth. In these ways we can have faith in ourselves, our world, and in the transcendent while embracing our responsible freedom and reason. The message is available to view online: https://youtu.be/2I5T1ck4dII
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/UODrGQ6YmKo
Next Sunday, April 3rd:
Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Poetry Readings," Bob Boldt
Please bring some favorite poems, your own creations or those of others.
Our Adult Forum is currently available both in-person and via Zoom.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/98858741051?pwd=d3ZMbHJSL3NjMGMxZEM5N1VxUysxQT09
Meeting ID: 988 5874 1051
Password: 047662
Phone
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago - US toll)
Find your nearest number: https://zoom.us/u/aeC2zyWdIo
Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
"Consciousness Raising as a Group Activity through Education," Rev. Mike Adamek
To my mind, Awakening is a form of consciousness raising. Awakening is the Soul Matters theme in April. Is awakening a solitary journey or a communal passage? It is intimately personal even when it is fostered socially. We will examine Women’s Social Clubs in the 19th century, which were often fostered by Liberally Religious women. As one such club motto put it, “Mental Culture is the Food of Humanity,” which I take to mean in the words of a 1911 poem, that the Rising of the Women, meant the Rising of the Human Race.
Our services are currently available both in-person and via Zoom.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/94285041130
Meeting ID: 942 8504 1130
By Phone (US toll):
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Find your nearest number: https://zoom.us/u/ak1ZLCDJG
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.
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!
You can 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 April newsletter has been delayed. Our newsletter editor, Laura Gilkey, had some unforeseen circumstances come up and offers her apologies. The newsletter should be ready within the next 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
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
Starting this Thursday, March 31st, a meditation group that previously met at Vipassana Center for Buddhist Development will be meeting in our building on 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:
Tomorrow, Monday, March 28th at 6:30 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library hosts an Author Talk with Jeremy Amick. Amick will profile General Hank Stratman, the subject of his new biography. General Hank Stratman’s life appears to be defined by overcoming challenges—whether pushing to victory during high school basketball games or crossing into enemy territory during the Persian Gulf War. Rising from inconspicuous beginnings in the small community of Vienna, Missouri, Hank graduated from the ROTC program at Lincoln University. His legacy includes service in the Cold War, combat operations in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, peacekeeping deployments to Bosnia, and more. General Stratman will join Amick for this program. Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing. Contact Madeline Matson. For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.
This Tuesday, March 29th at 6:30 pm in their Art Gallery, MRRL presents: "Cryptocurrency: Investment or Gamble?" Bitcoin, Ethereum, crypto mining, blockchain—you might have seen these terms in news stories about the future of money. If you’re wondering how crypto operates and what investment in this form of currency involves, Roger P. Dudenhoeffer, executive vice-president and mortgage lending manager with Jefferson Bank, will provide some definitions and answers in an informative presentation on the safety and stability of tomorrow’s money today. Can we bank on it? Contact Madeline Matson. For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.
This Friday, April 1st at 7 pm in their Art Gallery, MRRL presents their First Friday Film. This month's selection: "Belfast." Nominated for multiple awards, including best picture of the year, "Belfast" is a poignant story of love, laughter and loss in one boy's childhood amid the music and social tumult of the late 1960s in Northern Ireland. Buddy's family lives in a largely Protestant district with a few Catholic families, but one day his community and everything he thought he understood about life is suddenly turned upside down. His family gets caught in the mayhem and must decide to stay or leave the only place they have ever called home. Academy-Award nominee Kenneth Branagh wrote and directed the film, which is based on his childhood experience during a troubled time. 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
Building Use (other)
Community Events
At our services this morning, we held our annual Election of Officers. Those chosen for our 2022-2023 Board of Directors are:
President: Rich Burdge (continuing)
Vice President: Lisa Sanning (continuing)
Secretary: Logan White (incoming)
Treasurer: Bob Antweiler (continuing)
Director of Religious Education: Samantha Porter (incoming).
Many thanks to all our incoming, continuing, and outgoing board members for stepping up to serve our Fellowship! The new board will take office at our Annual Business Meeting in May.
We also shared a video from our wider UU community to wrap up our month of reflections on "Renewing Faith." Rev. Duffy Peet noted that UUs tend not to believe in renewing "blind" or dogmatic faith, but that we can embrace broader definitions of faith, not as belief in static received ideas, but as an ongoing journey. Our principles call us to search for truth and meaning, to accept one another and encourage spiritual growth. In these ways we can have faith in ourselves, our world, and in the transcendent while embracing our responsible freedom and reason. The message is available to view online: https://youtu.be/2I5T1ck4dII
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/UODrGQ6YmKo
Next Sunday, April 3rd:
Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Poetry Readings," Bob Boldt
Please bring some favorite poems, your own creations or those of others.
Our Adult Forum is currently available both in-person and via Zoom.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/98858741051?pwd=d3ZMbHJSL3NjMGMxZEM5N1VxUysxQT09
Meeting ID: 988 5874 1051
Password: 047662
Phone
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago - US toll)
Find your nearest number: https://zoom.us/u/aeC2zyWdIo
Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
"Consciousness Raising as a Group Activity through Education," Rev. Mike Adamek
To my mind, Awakening is a form of consciousness raising. Awakening is the Soul Matters theme in April. Is awakening a solitary journey or a communal passage? It is intimately personal even when it is fostered socially. We will examine Women’s Social Clubs in the 19th century, which were often fostered by Liberally Religious women. As one such club motto put it, “Mental Culture is the Food of Humanity,” which I take to mean in the words of a 1911 poem, that the Rising of the Women, meant the Rising of the Human Race.
Our services are currently available both in-person and via Zoom.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/94285041130
Meeting ID: 942 8504 1130
By Phone (US toll):
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Find your nearest number: https://zoom.us/u/ak1ZLCDJG
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.
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!
You can 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 April newsletter has been delayed. Our newsletter editor, Laura Gilkey, had some unforeseen circumstances come up and offers her apologies. The newsletter should be ready within the next 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
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
Starting this Thursday, March 31st, a meditation group that previously met at Vipassana Center for Buddhist Development will be meeting in our building on 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:
Tomorrow, Monday, March 28th at 6:30 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library hosts an Author Talk with Jeremy Amick. Amick will profile General Hank Stratman, the subject of his new biography. General Hank Stratman’s life appears to be defined by overcoming challenges—whether pushing to victory during high school basketball games or crossing into enemy territory during the Persian Gulf War. Rising from inconspicuous beginnings in the small community of Vienna, Missouri, Hank graduated from the ROTC program at Lincoln University. His legacy includes service in the Cold War, combat operations in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, peacekeeping deployments to Bosnia, and more. General Stratman will join Amick for this program. Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing. Contact Madeline Matson. For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.
This Tuesday, March 29th at 6:30 pm in their Art Gallery, MRRL presents: "Cryptocurrency: Investment or Gamble?" Bitcoin, Ethereum, crypto mining, blockchain—you might have seen these terms in news stories about the future of money. If you’re wondering how crypto operates and what investment in this form of currency involves, Roger P. Dudenhoeffer, executive vice-president and mortgage lending manager with Jefferson Bank, will provide some definitions and answers in an informative presentation on the safety and stability of tomorrow’s money today. Can we bank on it? Contact Madeline Matson. For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.
This Friday, April 1st at 7 pm in their Art Gallery, MRRL presents their First Friday Film. This month's selection: "Belfast." Nominated for multiple awards, including best picture of the year, "Belfast" is a poignant story of love, laughter and loss in one boy's childhood amid the music and social tumult of the late 1960s in Northern Ireland. Buddy's family lives in a largely Protestant district with a few Catholic families, but one day his community and everything he thought he understood about life is suddenly turned upside down. His family gets caught in the mayhem and must decide to stay or leave the only place they have ever called home. Academy-Award nominee Kenneth Branagh wrote and directed the film, which is based on his childhood experience during a troubled time. 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
Building Use (other)
Community Events
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