Note: Next week's Sunday service is our annual Water Communion. All are invited to bring meaningful samples of water to share in this annual ceremony; symbolic water will also be provided.
Sunday, September 18th, 2022:
This morning, as we continued our month of focus on Belonging, our own Betty Cooper shared a message highlighting the blessings and the call of our belonging to our broader society and world. Drawing on ideas from actor/producer Jeremy Gilley and author Stephen Pinker, Betty pointed to how the positives of our human nature and our efforts -- the "better angels of our nature," in Pinker's words -- can help us come together, turn from violence toward peace, and better our society.
We also have breaking news: we are planning a Trivia Night fundraiser in October, and we want to hear your ideas! Everyone is invited to a planning session this Tuesday, September 20th at 6 pm in our building. See details below or contact our president, Rich Burdge.
Next Sunday, September 25th:
Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Spreading Peace Every Day," Betty Cooper
September 21st is “The International Day of Peace.” Now our task is to spread “peace” every day. Possibly ideas from Stephen Pinker’s book, The Better Angels of Our Nature, can be helpful. It is a tale of six trends, five inner demons, four better angels, and five historical forces that in the past decreased violence. I am hopeful that using our “better angels” will decrease violence in our homes, schools and all societal structures.
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
Water Communion, Katherine Connor
Those attending are invited to bring meaningful samples of water to add to this annual ceremony. Symbolic water will also be provided.
Our services are currently available both in person and on 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. This week's lesson: "Belonging and the Bigger Picture."
Lunch after Service: If you would like to join other members and friends for lunch, look for a whiteboard in our entry hallway near the water fountain to see the weekly lunch location. Please add a tally to the whiteboard if you plan to attend.
Masks are currently 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!
To stay in touch 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).
Submissions for our October 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 donation ideas, guidelines, and more information, contact Joan Kurtzeborn. Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [email protected].
Alberta Mobley's Tuesday yoga class at our building is on hold this week as she is out of town. Classes will continue after Alberta returns, although she is seeking a new teacher. For more information, contact Alberta.
This Tuesday, September 20th at 6 pm, we are holding a planning meeting for our upcoming Trivia Night Fundraiser. In lieu of a rummage sale this year, the Board has decided to hold a Trivia Night at our building on October 21st or 22nd. We thought this would be a great opportunity to not only raise some funds, but also have a social event and reach out to the wider community. But it will take a lot of planning and working together to make it a success! This Tuesday's planning meeting is meant to get the ball rolling on this project. Everyone is welcome to come, and bring your ideas! For more information --- or to share ideas if you can't make it to the meeting --- contact our president, Rich Burdge.
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
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, September 23rd is our monthly Salvation Army meal. Please contact Bob Antweiler if you can help provide food for those in need.
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 week, Missouri River Regional Library will hold Capital READ book discussions in their Art Gallery on Monday, September 19th at 1 pm and Thursday, September 22nd at 1 pm. This ongoing series of discussions highlight This Place of Promise: A Historian’s Perspective on 200 Years of Missouri History, the 2022 Capital READ. The discussions will be led by community members who will focus not only on the book’s overall content but also on specific aspects of the state’s history as covered in the book. The Monday session will be led by Claudia Young, MRRL library director, and Madeline Matson, MRRL reference and adult programmer, with a special focus on rural and urban population issues in Missouri. The Thursday session will be led by Bob Priddy, longtime broadcast journalist and author of The Art of the Missouri Capitol: History in Canvas, Bronze, and Stone; Only the Rivers Are Peaceful: Thomas Hart Benton’s Mural; and the multi-volume Across Our Wide Missouri. Contact Madeline Matson. For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.
Later on Monday, September 19th, MRRL presents the latest installment of the LU-MRRL Lecture Series: "Charting Gender Identity Through Language and Social Interaction." Discussions about gender have taken on a more powerful, visible form over the last five or so years. This relatively swift change has prompted much public concern, debate, and support over the ever-evolving landscape of gender and gender identities in the 21st century. Dr. Mick B. Brewer, assistant professor of communication studies, will explain the ways gender functions as a social, linguistic, and symbolic phenomena in the new millennia. He will discuss a variety of approaches to the study of gender as a communication process, with the hope of providing the audience with conceptual resources to better understand and meaningfully engage with gender as a social, political, and cultural institution. 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
Sunday, September 18th, 2022:
This morning, as we continued our month of focus on Belonging, our own Betty Cooper shared a message highlighting the blessings and the call of our belonging to our broader society and world. Drawing on ideas from actor/producer Jeremy Gilley and author Stephen Pinker, Betty pointed to how the positives of our human nature and our efforts -- the "better angels of our nature," in Pinker's words -- can help us come together, turn from violence toward peace, and better our society.
We also have breaking news: we are planning a Trivia Night fundraiser in October, and we want to hear your ideas! Everyone is invited to a planning session this Tuesday, September 20th at 6 pm in our building. See details below or contact our president, Rich Burdge.
Next Sunday, September 25th:
Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Spreading Peace Every Day," Betty Cooper
September 21st is “The International Day of Peace.” Now our task is to spread “peace” every day. Possibly ideas from Stephen Pinker’s book, The Better Angels of Our Nature, can be helpful. It is a tale of six trends, five inner demons, four better angels, and five historical forces that in the past decreased violence. I am hopeful that using our “better angels” will decrease violence in our homes, schools and all societal structures.
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
Water Communion, Katherine Connor
Those attending are invited to bring meaningful samples of water to add to this annual ceremony. Symbolic water will also be provided.
Our services are currently available both in person and on 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. This week's lesson: "Belonging and the Bigger Picture."
Lunch after Service: If you would like to join other members and friends for lunch, look for a whiteboard in our entry hallway near the water fountain to see the weekly lunch location. Please add a tally to the whiteboard if you plan to attend.
Masks are currently 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!
To stay in touch 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).
Submissions for our October 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 donation ideas, guidelines, and more information, contact Joan Kurtzeborn. Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [email protected].
Alberta Mobley's Tuesday yoga class at our building is on hold this week as she is out of town. Classes will continue after Alberta returns, although she is seeking a new teacher. For more information, contact Alberta.
This Tuesday, September 20th at 6 pm, we are holding a planning meeting for our upcoming Trivia Night Fundraiser. In lieu of a rummage sale this year, the Board has decided to hold a Trivia Night at our building on October 21st or 22nd. We thought this would be a great opportunity to not only raise some funds, but also have a social event and reach out to the wider community. But it will take a lot of planning and working together to make it a success! This Tuesday's planning meeting is meant to get the ball rolling on this project. Everyone is welcome to come, and bring your ideas! For more information --- or to share ideas if you can't make it to the meeting --- contact our president, Rich Burdge.
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
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, September 23rd is our monthly Salvation Army meal. Please contact Bob Antweiler if you can help provide food for those in need.
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 week, Missouri River Regional Library will hold Capital READ book discussions in their Art Gallery on Monday, September 19th at 1 pm and Thursday, September 22nd at 1 pm. This ongoing series of discussions highlight This Place of Promise: A Historian’s Perspective on 200 Years of Missouri History, the 2022 Capital READ. The discussions will be led by community members who will focus not only on the book’s overall content but also on specific aspects of the state’s history as covered in the book. The Monday session will be led by Claudia Young, MRRL library director, and Madeline Matson, MRRL reference and adult programmer, with a special focus on rural and urban population issues in Missouri. The Thursday session will be led by Bob Priddy, longtime broadcast journalist and author of The Art of the Missouri Capitol: History in Canvas, Bronze, and Stone; Only the Rivers Are Peaceful: Thomas Hart Benton’s Mural; and the multi-volume Across Our Wide Missouri. Contact Madeline Matson. For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.
Later on Monday, September 19th, MRRL presents the latest installment of the LU-MRRL Lecture Series: "Charting Gender Identity Through Language and Social Interaction." Discussions about gender have taken on a more powerful, visible form over the last five or so years. This relatively swift change has prompted much public concern, debate, and support over the ever-evolving landscape of gender and gender identities in the 21st century. Dr. Mick B. Brewer, assistant professor of communication studies, will explain the ways gender functions as a social, linguistic, and symbolic phenomena in the new millennia. He will discuss a variety of approaches to the study of gender as a communication process, with the hope of providing the audience with conceptual resources to better understand and meaningfully engage with gender as a social, political, and cultural institution. 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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