NOTE: The local Covid level is currently HIGH.  In accordance with our policy, masks are required at in-person indoor UUFJC events until the Covid level subsides.  We appreciate your help in keeping our members, friends, and community safer!

Sunday, January 8th:

This morning, we celebrated our annual Fire Communion, a ritual in which we write words of intention on pieces of flash paper and then the papers are burned with sudden and brilliant flashes of light.  Often this ritual is used to release the things we intend to let go of, but today, we shared words from Rev. Fiona Heath of the Unitarian Congregation in Mississauga, Ontario, who invites us to let the flame illuminate our dreams.  In these winter months, the earth speaks of darkness and rest, and dark and rest are the time for dreaming.  These dreams will shape us and in turn shape our world, not because we rush to add them to our to-do lists, but because we take the time to wonder at their flashes of brilliance and let them touch our hearts.

For those who would like to keep up with our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia, their service from this morning is available to view online: https://youtu.be/U1sCy9IXAhQ


Next Sunday, January 15th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am

"Breastfeeding Benefits - for Business," Renee Davis, Lactation Consultant, Covenant Chiropractic
Davis will explain how businesses can improve productivity by supporting breastfeeding mothers.

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Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
Message from UU Neighbors.
This week's service will feature 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 month's theme: "Finding Our Center."  This week's lesson: "Putting Racial Justice at the Center."

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 required 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!

And remember all our ways 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 uufjc1@gmail.com to join).

We need volunteers to keep our free community pantry going.  Many of the members and friends who originally dedicated their time and service to it have had medical issues and other life changes, and our pantry coordinator, Joan Kurtzeborn, can't do it alone. Please contact Joan if you can help, or for donation ideas and more information on the pantry.  Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: rp8mm9@gmail.com.

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 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, January 15th at 1 pm, Emma Regnier leads an independent intergenerational book study group at our building.  This month's book selection: "Animal Farm" by George Orwell.  Contact Emma Regnier or Betty Cooper.

Later next Sunday, January 15th, our Worship Team meets at 4:30 pm at our building.  Anyone interested in Sunday morning Worship is welcome to attend.  Contact our vice president, Lisa Sanning, for more information.

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, January 12th, 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 aerickson365@yahoo.com.

For more events, see our online calendars:

UUFJC Events
Virtual Gatherings
Affiliated Events 
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Our January newsletter is now ready to view or download:
UUFJC Newsletter: Flame on the Water, January 2023

Sunday, January 1st, 2023:

This morning, Rev. Mike Adamek joined us to begin our month of reflections on Finding Our Center.  Rev. Mike shared this Swedish proverb:

"Fear Less, Hope More
Eat Less, Chew More
Whine Less, Breathe More
Talk Less, Say More
Hate Less, Love More
And all good things will be ours"

It strikes me that there are many such words of wisdom for finding our center, and if we rush to add them all to our to-do lists, we can ironically pull ourselves off-center this way and that.  But if we slow down, listen to ourselves, and listen deeply to the words rather than rushing to make them useful, we can center ourselves and hear what the creators of these proverbs wanted to share with us.

For those who would like to keep up with our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia, their service from this morning is available to view online: https://youtu.be/x4v-3jfD5kU

Next Sunday, January 8th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"People Helping Paws," Heather Maritz
Baristocat Cat Cafe.

"What's a cat cafe?," one might wonder.  It is a place where people can interact with "rescue cats" for potential adoption.

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Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
Fire Communion

On or near the first Sunday in January, many Unitarian Universalist congregations hold a ritual to bid farewell to the old year, and to release it.

In the words of Rev. Elizabeth Harding, "The fire communion separates the end of the year from the beginning, helping us to put in perspective the joys and sorrows, the changes and transitions, the ups and downs of the year. It's a half-way point in our church year, but a celebration of the outside calendar’s year’s end and year’s beginning."

​In a ceremony of the burning bowl, people are invited to write down words, or a phrase, to sum up what they wish to release before entering the new year. They then come forward and the paper will be burned for them.

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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 month's theme: "Finding Our Center."  This week's lesson: "A Center that Evolves."

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!

And remember all our ways 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 uufjc1@gmail.com to join).

Please note: We need volunteers to keep our free community pantry going.  Many of the members and friends who originally dedicated their time and service to it have had medical issues and other life changes, and our pantry coordinator Joan can't do it alone. Please contact Joan if you can help, or for donation ideas and more information on the pantry.  Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: rp8mm9@gmail.com.

Tomorrow, Monday, January 2nd, the local chapter of the American Association of University Women meets at 6 pm in our building.  For more information, contact Katherine Connor.

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 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.

Community Events this week:

This Friday, January 6th, Missouri River Regional Library presents their monthly First Friday Film at 7 pm in their Art Gallery.  This month's selection: "The Music Box."  Attorney Ann Talbot takes the only course of action open to her as a woman who has chosen the pursuit of justice as her life's work, but she does so at the cost of destroying her family. In this courtroom drama, she defends her father, a retired Hungarian immigrant living in Chicago who is accused of war crimes in Hungary during World War II. The film stars Jessica Lange in an Oscar-nominated performance.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more library events, visit MRRL.org.

For more events, see our online calendars:

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Dear UUFJC Members and Friends,

Our January newsletter has been delayed.  Please watch for it later this week!

On Christmas Day and the last Sunday of 2022, we took a day off from our regular services to let our members, friends, and volunteers have time for family and personal Christmas celebrations.  We did, however, open our doors for those who wished to gather informally.  Perhaps few if any people came, but we recognize that for those who would wish to come, our space can be important and sacred.

Hoping you all had a warm and happy Christmas, and wishing you the same for the coming New Year's Day.  Together we'll see what wonders 2023 will bring us!

For those who would like to keep up with our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia, their Christmas Eve service is available to view online: https://youtu.be/SBiWBhEbp3I

Next Sunday, January 1st:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am

Open Discussion
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Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
"Finding our Center," Rev. Mike Adamek
"Fear Less, Hope More
Eat Less, Chew More
Whine Less, Breathe More
Talk Less, Say More
Hate Less, Love More
And all good things will be ours"
~Swedish Proverb as a guide to finding our center.

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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 month's theme: "Finding Our Center."  This week's lesson: "Simplicity at the Center of New Year’s Day Sunday."

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:

There's still time to make your end-of-year donation to support UUFJC. You can 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 uufjc1@gmail.com to join).

We are always in need of donations for our free community pantry.  Warm clothing items are especially helpful at this time.  Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: rp8mm9@gmail.com.

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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Phone:
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Find your nearest number: https://zoom.us/u/aeC2zyWdIo

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.

For more events, see our online calendars:

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Sunday, December 18th, 2022:

This morning, the children in our Religious Education class shared the wonder of the holiday season.  They alongside their families delivered a Christmas program filled with music, poetry and a warm-hearted story for the holiday.

The songs and stories and rituals of Christmas inspire a sense of warmth and wonder for many of us, but not everyone finds wonder in the same places.  If you are not feeling the "holiday spirit," there's no need to fret over it.  Wonders of all kinds surround us; better than stressing over wonder you don't feel is to find and embrace the wonder that speaks to you.

For those who would like to keep up with our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia, their service from this morning is available to view online: https://youtu.be/UF-nYe6XUG0


Next Sunday, December 25th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
No Forum - Merry Christmas!
Our Adult Forum is taking this Sunday off for Christmas Day.  Happy Holidays to everyone!

Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
Holiday Open Doors
Due to the Christmas Holiday, we will not have a regular service this Sunday, but our building will be open for those who would like an informal gathering with our members and friends.

Children's Religious Education - 10:30 am
For the status of this week's RE class, contact Samantha Porter.  This week's lesson: "The Wonder of Christmas."

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:

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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Find your nearest number: https://zoom.us/u/aeC2zyWdIo

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, December 23rd would normally be our monthly Salvation Army meal, but it is likely to be canceled this month due to the Christmas holiday.  Contact Bob Antweiler to check on this month’s meal or get involved with providing food for those in need in the months to come.

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.

​Sunday, December 11th, 2022:

This morning, we shared a recent message from our wider Unitarian Universalist community, titled “A Rose in the Wintertime” and delivered at University Unitarian Church in Seattle, Washington by Victoria Poling, MDiv on December 4th.  Rev. Poling pointed to the wonder of this time in the cycle of the year, when we witness the wildness of life breaking through even in the cold and the joy of lights kindled in the darkness.  This time reminds us both of our calling and of our need for rest, that we are called to create those lights and that warmth in dark times, but also to appreciate the moments of refuge when we are supported by others, those around us now as well as ancestors and those who came before us in our faith traditions.  As UUs, we are called to kindle the chalice flame and bring light into darkness, but also to release the flame in a sacred gesture of trust and rest.

The message is available to listen to or view online: https://www.uuchurch.org/2022/audio-video-sunday-service-december-4-2022/

For those who would like to keep up with our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia, their service from this morning is also available to view online: https://youtu.be/XCZV8nuhgsU

Next Sunday, December 18th:

Newsletter Submissions Due.
Please email your items for our January newsletter to Laura Gilkey: uufjc1@gmail.com.

Adult Forum - 9:15 am

Bob Boldt
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Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
"A Morning of Music and Poetry," Leslie McCullough
Leslie McCullough and her sisters present a service of music and readings.

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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's lesson: "The Wonder of Light - Winter Lights and Inner Light."

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!

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 uufjc1@gmail.com to join).

We are always in need of donations for our free community pantry.  Warm clothing and holiday items are especially helpful at this time.  Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: rp8mm9@gmail.com.

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
Password: 918925    
Phone:
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago - US toll)

Find your nearest number: https://zoom.us/u/aeC2zyWdIo

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.


For more events, see our online calendars:

UUFJC Events
Virtual Gatherings
Affiliated Events 
Religious Education
Building Use (other)
Community Events  

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

Sunday, December 4th, 2022:

This morning, we began our month of reflections on "Wonder."  The Unitarian Universalist Association lists among the Sources of Our Living Tradition "Direct experience of that transcending mystery and wonder, affirmed in all cultures, which moves us to a renewal of the spirit and an openness to the forces which create and uphold life".  In his message this morning, Rev. Mike Adamek explored the role of wonder in transcending ourselves.  Closing up into ourselves and our habits closes off opportunities for wonder, but through curiosity and doubt, we can experience that wonder which is both a result of and a path toward reaching out beyond ourselves.

For those who would like to keep up with our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia, their service message from this morning is also available to view online: https://youtu.be/olS_cbIpfAM

Next Sunday, December 11th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am

"How Callaway County became 'Kingdom of Callaway'," Bruce Hackman
Skilled storyteller Hackman explores a slice of local history.

Our Adult Forum is currently available both in-person and via Zoom.
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Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
Message from UU Neighbors
This service will feature a message via video from our wider UU community, including the UU Church of Columbia, First UU in Springfield, and other UU neighbors near and far.

Our services are currently 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's lesson: "The Wonder of Inherent Worth."

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!

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 uufjc1@gmail.com to join).

We are always in need of donations for our free community pantry.  Warm clothing and holiday items are especially helpful at this time.  Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: rp8mm9@gmail.com.

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 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, December 11th at 1 pm, Emma Regnier leads an independent intergenerational book study group at our building.  This month's selection: "Night" by Elie Wiesel.  Contact Emma Regnier or Betty Cooper.

Later next Sunday, December 11th at 4:30 pm, our Worship Team meets at our building.  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 Tuesday, December 6th at 6:30 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library presents the latest LU-MRRL Lecture: "The U.S. and the Northern Triangle: Politics and Immigration From the Cold War to the Biden Presidency."  In recent years, migration from the Northern Triangle across the U.S.-Mexico border has emerged as a flashpoint in domestic politics. Lost in pundits' and politicians’ lurid descriptions of migrant caravans, child separation, and the border “crisis” are the historical roots of U.S. relations with Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala. Dr. Micah Wright, assistant professor of history, will provide an overview of this history, from the Cold War to the Biden Administration, highlighting the evolution of U.S. migration law and popular opinion in the hopes of contributing to a more nuanced discussion of border security and immigration policy.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.

This Thursday, December 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 aerickson365@yahoo.com.

This Friday, December 9th at 2 pm in their Art Gallery, MRRL presents: "Old Books = New Money?".  Library staff are often asked whether old books have any monetary or collectible value. One of the best local sources for these questions is Annette Kolling-Buckley, owner of Columbia Books, an antiquarian bookstore now celebrating its 45th year in business. Annette is one of only three Missouri members of the prestigious Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America. She regularly does assessments for libraries and businesses throughout the state, and her appraisals are accepted for tax purposes. Bring one or two books for her appraisal during this program.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.

Next Sunday, December 11th, starting at 1:30 pm in their Art Gallery, MRRL hosts a Local Authors Showcase.  Meet local authors whose works represent a variety of genres. They will meet with visitors to discuss their work and publishing experience and will have their books available for sale and signing. It’s the perfect time to support local authors and purchase their books for family, friends, or yourself.  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  

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

Sunday, November 27th, 2022:

This morning, we shared a recently recorded service by five Unitarian Universalist congregations along Massachusetts' North Shore recognizing Thanksgiving.  The service is available to view online: https://youtu.be/xyhgANxYnXo

As we wrap up our month of reflection on Change, I would like to share this reading, reminding us that creating the world we want doesn't just mean changing things outside ourselves and our faith community.  Becoming the beloved UU community we dream of calls on us to be transformed by love and with love.

The Unitarian Universalism That Does Not Yet Exist
By Natalie Fenimore

Shirley Chisholm was asked why she, a Black woman, was running for president: "You don't have a chance. Why are you doing that?" And she said, "Because I am in love with the America that does not yet exist," and that's how Unitarian Universalism is also. I'm in love with the Unitarian Universalism that does not yet exist. But I have to hold both the love for that thing and the love for the reality. It does not yet exist. It will probably not exist in my lifetime. I don't think it will in that of my children, but I can't deny my love for it. You know, wanting to be there in that struggle. That's why I'm fighting.
(published in Centering: Navigating Race, Authenticity, and Power in Ministry, p.77)

For those who would like to keep up with our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia, their service message from this morning is also available to view online: https://youtu.be/UDrY9kIO2tQ


Next Sunday, December 4th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"My Transformation," Greg White

Retired Sheriff Greg White has had an interesting spiritual journey, starting out undecided, studying Buddhism, and winding up an ordained Baptist minister, then sheriff.

Our Adult Forum is currently available both in-person and via Zoom.
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Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
"Wonder Is a Route to Self-transcendence," Rev. Mike Adamek
Habit and routine kills wonder.  Curiosity and Doubt open up the possibility of Wonder, which is a route to self-transcendence. Otherwise, we are all chasing our tails by going around and around in circles going nowhere.

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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's lesson: "Noticing the Wonder Around Us."

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, you can 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 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 uufjc1@gmail.com to join).

We are always in need of donations for our free community pantry.  Warm clothing and holiday items are especially helpful at this time.  Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: rp8mm9@gmail.com.

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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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, November 29th at 6:30 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library presents the latest LU-MRRL Lecture: The Lincoln University Poetry Workshop Live Series.  The undergraduate poets from the English 376: Intermediate Poetry Workshop and English 476 Advanced Poetry Workshop (taught by Elijah Burrell, poet and associate professor of English) will present a public reading and engage directly with a live audience.  This reading is open to the general public, and we hope friends of the English program at Lincoln University and students from neighboring colleges and universities will attend Poetry enthusiasts across mid-Missouri are always welcome to join the program in support of student writers.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.

This Friday, December 2nd at 7 pm in their Art Gallery, MRRL presents their monthly First Friday Film: "The Good House."  Sigourney Weaver and Kevin Kline star in this multilayered, wickedly funny portrait of a New England realtor whose revived romance with a high school flame digs up her troubled past. The film is based on Ann Leary's novel of the same title.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.

For more events, see our online calendars:

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Virtual Gatherings
Affiliated Events 
Religious Education
Building Use (other)
Community Events  

Sunday, November 20th, 2022:

This morning, we shared a recent message from our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia.  Intern Minister George Grimm-Howell explored the lessons of the  signature change in nature this time of year.  As the trees drop their leaves, they teach us lessons about letting go and about revealing our truth without shame, even when that truth is crooked or scarred by the storms we have been through.  The trees teach us that each individual is beautiful in their imperfection, but also that we are each part of something greater.  Recent discoveries show that trees communicate and support one another, and this can remind us of those who have supported us and whom we can support.  To let go of the old, to let our true selves be seen, and to live in beloved community --- truly, the trees have much to teach us.

The message is available to view online: https://youtu.be/mgeP9DYgFrQ

For those who would like to keep up even closer with UUCC, their service message from this morning is also available to view online: https://youtu.be/9pjA7Ku4Sa8


Next Sunday, November 27th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Eastern European Travel," Katherine Connor
The Connors have just returned.  They will share the high points and low points of their river-cruise trip.

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
This week, 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.  Those joining from home are encouraged to connect to UUCC directly.  Information and live-streaming links are available on their 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's lesson: "Traveling the Path of Changing the Winter Holidays."

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:

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 always in need of donations for our free community pantry.  Due to the colder, wetter weather, our pantry coordinator Joan Kurtzeborn suggests that during November we contribute items such as umbrellas, gloves, hats, scarves or socks for our pantry.  Items are useful for children or adults.  For more donation ideas and information, contact Joan.  Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: rp8mm9@gmail.com.

Submissions for our November newsletter are due TODAY.  Please email any last-minute items to Laura Gilkey as soon as possible: uufjc1@gmail.com.

Alberta Mobley teaches her own Chair / Accessible yoga classes at our building Tuesday mornings at 9:30 am.  Donations requested.  This week will be the last session of this class.  For ongoing yoga options, contact Alberta Mobley or Jan Harcourt.

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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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.
This Friday, November 25th is our monthly Salvation Army Meal.  Please contact Bob Antweiler if you can help provide food for those in need.  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.



For more events, see our online calendars:

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Sunday, November 13, 2022:

This morning, we shared a recent message from our neighbors at First Unitarian Universalist of Springfield via video.  First UU minister and friend of UUFJC Rev. Michelle Scott-Huffman delivered her Halloween message focused on last month's theme of Courage, but the ideas are also tied to this month's theme of Change.  Halloween and All Hallows' Eve have invited us to think about death and fear in ways that are both playful and somber, but too often we try to hold death at arms' length.  We tend to fear change --- and death is the ultimate change --- and our fear can paralyze us or let us avoid engaging with the change we want to create.  Rev. Scott-Huffman invited those of us who can do the work while taking care of ourselves to explore the spiritual growth to be found in making peace with our mortality and thinking deeply about the change we want to leave behind.

Rev. Scott-Huffman's message is available to view online: https://youtu.be/3bdEv0zy3-Q

For those who would like to keep up with our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia, their service message from this morning is also available to view online: https://youtu.be/mgeP9DYgFrQ


Next Sunday, November 20th:

Newsletter Submissions Due
Please email your items for our December newsletter to Laura Gilkey at uufjc1@gmail.com.

Adult Forum - 9:15 am

"Beyond Homelessness," Stefani Thompson and Lisa Sanning
Many efforts to address homelessness are taking place in Mid-Missouri.  Thompson and Sanning will deliver a progress report.

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
This week, 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.  Those joining from home are encouraged to connect to UUCC directly.  Information and live-streaming links are available on their 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's lesson: "Traveling the Path of Changing Thanksgiving."

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!

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 uufjc1@gmail.com to join).

We are always in need of donations for our free community pantry.  Due to the rainy and cool weather, our pantry coordinator Joan Kurtzeborn suggests that during November we contribute items such as umbrellas, gloves, hats, scarves or socks for our pantry.  Items are useful for children or adults.  For more donation ideas and information, contact Joan.  Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: rp8mm9@gmail.com.

The local chapter of the American Association of University Women meets at our building and online tomorrow, Monday, November 14th at 6 pm.  For more information, contact Charlotte Parsons.

Alberta Mobley teaches her own Chair / Accessible yoga classes at our building Tuesday mornings at 9:30 am.  Donations requested.  For more information, contact Alberta.  (Note: these classes will be ending after Nov. 22nd.)

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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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.

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, November 17th at 6:30 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library presents: "How to Resolve America’s Immigration Crisis."  More than most issues today, debates over immigration are caught up in our image of ourselves as a nation and a people and are influenced by powerful symbols such as the Statue of Liberty or even “the border” that can be manipulated and misunderstood by all parties to the debate. To make any progress toward resolving the conflicting interests at stake in immigration policy, we need to reconsider some basic aspects of this complex and fraught issue.  The Library is honored to host Dr. Peter Skerry, professor of political science at Boston College and a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia, for a program that will address these important issues. Skerry is a contributing editor at American Purpose and a member of the editorial board of Society.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.

Next Sunday, November 20th from 2 to 4 pm in their Art Gallery, MRRL hosts an Art Reception: "Damsel in the Press: A Missouri Printmaking Exchange."  Shelly Forbis is a Columbia printmaker who earned a BFA in printmaking from Truman State University. She began hosting printmaking exchanges under the Damsel in the Press mantle in 2012. In the case of exchanges hosted by Damsel in the Press, each artist receives one of every print submitted to the exchange. The original motivation for Damsel in the Press was to keep a means of communication open with other Truman State printmaking alumni. Now the exchange is a means of connecting artists from all over the USA and a few printmakers from overseas. The current display represents Missouri artists from 10 different printmaking exchanges.  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  


And visit us online at http://uufjc.org/

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

Note: Don't forget Election Day this Tuesday, November 8th!  In the spirit of our 5th UU Principle, “the right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large” we encourage our members and friends to vote using their best discernment.
More information about this election's ballot is available at the Missouri Secretary of State's voter website: sos.mo.gov/elections/goVoteMissouri.

Sunday, November 6, 2022: 

This morning, Rev. Mike Adamek joined us to begin our month of reflection on Change.

Our wider UU community is often focused on Change: on changing ourselves and our world for the better and on navigating the challenges that change always brings.  This poem seeks to capture the place where many of us find ourselves, and I hope it will inspire some helpful reflections for you this month:

To Outgrow the Past
By William Laurence Sullivan

To outgrow the past but not extinguish it;
To be progressive but not raw,
Free but not mad, critical but not sterile, expectant but not deluded;
To be scientific but not to live on formulas that cut us off from life;
To hear amidst clamor the pure, deep tones of the spirit;
To seek the wisdom that liberates and a loyalty that consecrates;
To turn both prosperity and adversity into servants of character;
To master circumstances by the power of principle,
And to conquer death by the splendor of loving trust:
This is to attain peace;
This is to pass from drear servitude to divine adoption;
This is to invest the lowliest life with magnificence.
And to prepare it for coronation.


For those who would like to keep up with our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia, their service message from this morning is available to view online: https://youtu.be/Ci9Sg9VwDb0

Next Sunday, November 13th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am

"Rotary Peace-Building Initiatives," Stephen Stark
Rotary has many peace-building efforts: youth exchange, conflict resolution training, and more.  Stark will tell us about the "more."

Our Adult Forum is currently available both in-person and via Zoom.
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Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
This week, we will share a message from our wider UU community via video.

Our services are currently 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's lesson: "Traveling the Path of Changing Our World."


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:

We are always in need of donations for our free community pantry.  Due to the rainy and cool weather, our pantry coordinator Joan Kurtzeborn suggests that during November we contribute items such as umbrellas, gloves, hats, scarves or socks for our pantry.  Items are useful for children or adults.  For more donation ideas and information, contact Joan.  Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: rp8mm9@gmail.com.

Note: the local chapter of the American Association of University Women has rescheduled their meeting this month due to Election Day, so they will not be meeting in our building this week as they normally would.  Watch for their meeting next week, or contact Charlotte Parsons for more information.

Alberta Mobley teaches her own Chair / Accessible yoga classes at our building Tuesday mornings at 9:30 am.  Donations requested.  For more information, contact Alberta.  (Note: these classes will be ending after Nov. 22nd.)

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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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.

Next Sunday, November 13th, Emma Regnier leads an Intergenerational Classical Book Club at our building at 1 pm.  This month's selection: "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair.  For more information, contact Emma Regnier or Betty Cooper.

Later next Sunday, November 13th, our Worship Team meets at our building at 6 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, November 10th, the local chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America holds its monthly virtual meeting at 7:30 pm.  To register or for more information, contact Alicia Erickson at aerickson365@yahoo.com

For more events, see our online calendars:

UUFJC Events
Virtual Gatherings
Affiliated Events 
Religious Education
Building Use (other)
Community Events