This Sunday, we were invited to join our neighbors at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia for a service focused on anger.  Many of us have been hurt by anger or taught to suppress it, and it is important to check in with yourself and take care of yourself in approaching it.  Still, it is a vital topic.  UU Minister Stephen Shick writes of "Useful Anger," and poet Marge Piercy writes of "A Just Anger" that, if swallowed, "clots the blood to slime."  But if we don't want to unleash harm in our moments of rage and don't want to swallow it, what to do?  Rev. Molly Housh-Gordon suggested that we should take care of our anger like we might take care of an angry child: pay attention, give it safe space, be with it, and be ready to see the hurt beneath the anger and the love that could be thus hurt.  With such care, Rev. Molly argued, anger clarifies our boundaries and reveals our power.  We don't have to choke it down; we can metabolize it into compassionate power that can bring greater justice to our world.

The full service is now available to view online: https://youtu.be/NQNbzeArUFE

Next Sunday, October 18th:

Newsletter Submissions Due.
Please submit your items for our November newsletter and print calendar to Laura Gilkey at [email protected].

Adult Forum - 9:15 am

Bob Boldt

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Service - 10:30 am

"Deep Listening for Collective Knowing," Rev. Nancy TannerThies

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Our Adult Religious Education series via Zoom, led by our RE Instructor Samantha Porter and based on a UUA Tapestry of Faith curriculum, “Building the World We Dream Of.”

Reflection questions to prepare for this session:
Telling Our Story-Multiple Truths and Multiple Realities, Part Two
Reflect on your own experiences of inclusion and exclusion.
When have you felt as though you mattered?
When have you felt marginalized or excluded?
Can you recall times in your congregation when you mattered and times when you were marginalized?
Unitarian experiences?
Other denomination experiences?
(Marginalize: treating a person, group, or concept as insignificant or peripheral; social exclusion.)

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As we find new ways to come together, we still need financial support, even without Sunday offering baskets.  We now have an online donation option through PayPal:  Donate to UUFJC
You can also mail donations and pledges to:
UUFJC
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Thank you for being with us and supporting us!

We also have UU-themed facemasks for sale in two designs: 
UU Principles, 
Science is Real, Black Lives Matter, etc.  
$10 each; proceeds support UUFJC.  Contact Katherine Connor: [email protected]

Tomorrow, Monday, September 28th at 6:30 pm, Patt Behler hosts an unofficial "Off-Deck" discussion group for UUFJC members and friends.  This month's topic: "Mark Twain."  For location and to RSVP, contact Patt.

On Wednesdays at 2 pm, Laura Gilkey hosts a weekly virtual book club for UUFJC members and friends via Zoom.  Current selection: The Body Is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor.  We will listen to an audio version with accompanying onscreen text during meetings; you do not have to read the book on your own.  This week we will finish Chapter Three.
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Our building is reserved by community groups Wednesdays and Saturdays starting at 6 pm; Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 5:30 pm; and Sundays starting at 7 pm.  If you have access to our building, please allow privacy at these times.

Community Events this week:

This Thursday, October 15th at 7 pm, Missouri River Regional Library hosts a Capital READ Book Discussion.  Registration and masks required for in-person attendance (in the East Art Gallery).  Program also available via Zoom.  Join library director Claudia Cook and adult programmer Madeline Matson for a discussion of Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women’s Olympic Team by Elise Hooper, the 2020 Capital READ title.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more on Library events, visit MRRL.org.

Our neighbors at Vipassana Buddhist Church / Center for Buddhist Development are holding online services via Zoom at 10 am on Sundays, as well as meditation nights via Zoom at 7 pm on Thursdays.  For more information, contact [email protected].


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This Sunday, Rev Mike Adamek joined us to begin exploring our theme for October: "Deep Listening."  Mike talked about active listening - i.e. asking questions and replying so that the speaker knows they are being heard.  Then he went on to say that is not the same as deep listening, where you listen to what is not being said in addition to what is being said.  Good counselors do this by considering the context of the situation.  Mike continued with the concept of deep listening by describing listening to yourself (emptying yourself and being open),  even if you hear what you may not want to acknowledge.  Sometimes, major transitions will result.
We had a great discussion afterwards about what people are feeling during current events (anger, fear, depression, optimism for the future).

Next Sunday, October 11th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am

Joshua Dunne, Candidate for State Representative

Dunne is a Democratic candidate for state representative of the 60th district.  We have previously had Rep. Dave Griffith speak at our forum, and we try to stay balanced.

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No UUFJC service this week. 

UUCC Online Services - 10:30 am

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As we find new ways to come together, we still need financial support, even without Sunday offering baskets.  We now have an online donation option through PayPal:  Donate to UUFJC

You can also mail donations and pledges to:
UUFJC
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Jefferson City, MO 65102

Thank you for being with us and supporting us!

We also have UU-themed facemasks for sale in two designs: 
UU Principles
Science is Real, Black Lives Matter, etc.  
$10 each; proceeds support UUFJC.  Contact Katherine Connor: [email protected]

On Wednesdays at 2 pm, Laura Gilkey hosts a weekly virtual book club for UUFJC members and friends via Zoom.  Current selection: The Body Is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor.  We will listen to an audio version with accompanying onscreen text during meetings; you do not have to read the book on your own.  We missed last week (sorry!); this week we will be starting Chapter 3.
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The UUFJC Board meets online via Zoom next Sunday, October 11th at 6:30 pm.  All are welcome to attend board meetings.  Contact our president, Katherine Connor.
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Community Events this week:

This Wednesday, October 7th is the last day to register to vote for this year's election in Missouri.  More information at https://www.mo.gov/government/election-and-voting/

This Thursday, October 8th at 7 pm, the local chapter of the American Association of University Women holds its monthly meeting.  A speaker from the Secretary of State's Office will address the topic: " What Takes Place to Get Ready for the Vote from an Internal Perspective".  Anyone wishing an invitation to our zoom meeting, please contact Charlotte Parsons at 573-893-6992.  We will put your email on the zoom invitation listing.  Please call ASAP.  AAUW values and seeks a diverse membership.  There shall be no barriers to full participation in this organization on the basis of gender, race, creed, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or class.

Also this Thursday, October 8th at 7 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library presents: "Reel Life Cinema: Olympia: Part 1-Festival of the Nations."  Registration and masks required.  Leni Riefenstahl directed and produced a two-part documentary of the 1936 Olympics, commissioned by Hitler. Considered one of the best sports films ever made as well as one of the best propaganda films, Olympia introduced film techniques still used today. The film premiered in 1938 for Hitler’s 49th birthday. Riefenstahl’s sophisticated film techniques changed the way sport was shown on screen. Festival of the Nations celebrates the human body in movement and includes Jesse Owen’s celebrated races.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more on Library events, visit MRRL.org.

Our neighbors at Vipassana Buddhist Church / Center for Buddhist Development are holding online services via Zoom at 10 am on Sundays, as well as meditation nights via Zoom at 7 pm on Thursdays.  For more information, contact [email protected].

For more events, see our online calendars:

UUFJC EventsVirtual Gatherings
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Religious Education
Building Use (other)
Community Events

Our October Newsletter is now ready to view:
UUFJC Newsletter, October 2020

This Sunday, we were invited to join our neighbors at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia for a service focusing on our Universalist roots and the renewal their message offers.  Two hundred fifty years ago this week, according to UU legend, John Murray experienced a renewal of his own battered faith when he was called to preach the first Universalist sermon in the US.  At the core of our Universalist heritage is the message that no one is outside the circle of love.  Often we speak of a love that holds us and supports us, but universal love can also be an inescapable, compelling force that won't let us off the hook.  Universal love calls us to resist harm and choose connection, even in the face of risk.  At the same time, Rev. Molly Housh-Gordon pointed out, another lesson of our Universalist heritage is that we can put faith in that universal love --- in God or the Universe --- to eventually bring all people into wholeness.  We do not have to personally win over those who resist or cause harm.  Rev. Molly suggested that our energies are better spent on building the world of love we seek, having faith that that love will become irresistible, and asking ourselves again and again, "What does love require of me now?"

The full service is now available to view online: https://youtu.be/HpELYAlFScc

Next Sunday,October 4th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am

"The Future of the Peace Corps," Patt Behler

Our own Patt Behler served in the Peace Corps in Peru.
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Service  - 10:30 am

"Deep Listening: Active Receptivity," Rev. Mike Adamek

Imagine your favorite cup. It might be well used, not new. The cup has the ability to surround and hold a liquid. Its utility lies in both its central emptiness and its boundary to hold something until it is either empty of everything but air, or whatever it holding and the cup have mellowed into the same temperature. I accept the notion that you cannot truly accept anything which is new to you unless you are willing to empty yourself enough to be actively receptive.

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If you have a joy or concern that you would like to have read during a Service, please submit it by noon on the Friday before through our website: http://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html

Adult Religious Education - 3 pm

The second session of our Adult Religious Education series via Zoom, led by our RE Instructor Samantha Porter and based on a UUA Tapestry of Faith curriculum, “Building the World We Dream Of.”

Reflection questions to prepare for this session:
Telling Our Story-Multiple Truths and Multiple Realities, Part One
1) Have you ever had a negative encounter with the police?
Take this time to reflect on an outsider experience.
2) What was the experience? Recall it in as much detail as possible.
3) What made you the person who was “different” or the “outsider”? How did others treat you as a result?
4) What was the impact of your outsider experience on how you felt about and participated in the group?
5) How did that experience shape your sense of who you are and how you behave in the world or similar settings?

Zoom meeting information to be announced. 


UUFJC News and Events this week:

As we find new ways to come together, we still need financial support, even without Sunday offering baskets.  We now have an online donation option through PayPal:

Donate to UUFJC

You can also mail donations and pledges to:
UUFJC
Attn: Treasurer
PO Box 1245
Jefferson City, MO 65102

Thank you for being with us and supporting us!

We also have UU-themed facemasks for sale in two designs: 
UU Principles, 
Science is Real, Black Lives Matter, etc.  
$10 each; proceeds support UUFJC.  Contact Katherine Connor: [email protected]

Tomorrow, Monday, September 28th at 6:30 pm, Patt Behler hosts an unofficial "Off-Deck" discussion group for UUFJC members and friends.  This month's topic: "Mark Twain."  For location and to RSVP, contact Patt.

On Wednesdays at 2 pm, Laura Gilkey hosts a weekly virtual book club for UUFJC members and friends via Zoom.  Current selection: The Body Is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor.  We will listen to an audio version with accompanying onscreen text during meetings; you do not have to read the book on your own.  This week we will begin Chapter Three.
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On Fridays at 1 pm, Robin Duple of the UU Church of Columbia hosts a weekly Zoom get-together for crafters and creators of all stripes and has invited UUFJC members and friends to join in.  For more information, visit the UUCC website:   https://uucomo.org/event/crafting-club-online-weekly/all/

Our building is reserved by community groups Wednesdays and Saturdays starting at 6 pm; Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 5:30 pm; and Sundays starting at 7 pm.  If you have access to our building, please allow privacy at these times.

Community Events this week:

Monday, September 29th at 7 pm, Missouri River Regional Library offers a virtual concert via YouTube: Music in the Library: Curtis & Loretta—When There’s Good to be Done: Songs of Unsung Heroes.  The Minneapolis-based, award-winning husband and wife duo Curtis Teague and Loretta Simonet gathered a stellar cast of characters for a collection of songs, written by Loretta, about real-life, ordinary people who overcame seemingly insurmountable challenges and came out stronger for the journey. The story-songs highlight courage, resilience, kindness and determination. There’s a rich tapestry of inspiration and riveting drama offered by the people she sought out to interview and write about: a couple who married “against the odds” in 1947, a WWII vet whose ship was sunk by kamikazes and who saved another man’s life, a woman who donated a kidney to a little girl she’s never met, a couple raising kids on the severe end of the autism spectrum, and more. Before each song, Curtin and Loretta tell how they found that person, and what led up to the challenges they faced. All the songs are presented with the duo’s signature tight harmonies and array of stringed instruments, including folk harp, mandocello, guitars, and clawhammer banjo.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.

This Thursday, October 1st, the local chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is scheduled to hold its monthly meeting.  In-person meetings are currently on hold.  For online meeting information, contact Susan Randolph.

This Friday, October 2nd at 7 pm in their Art Gallery, MRRL presents their monthly First Friday Film: "The Good Liar."  Registration and Masks required.  Career con man Roy sets his sights on his latest mark, recently widowed Betty, who’s worth millions. And he means to take it all. But as the two grow closer, what should have been another simple swindle becomes a high-stakes game of cat and mouse in this suspenseful drama about the secrets people keep and the lies they live. Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen star in this thriller.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more on Library events, visit MRRL.org.

Our neighbors at Vipassana Buddhist Church / Center for Buddhist Development are holding online services via Zoom at 10 am on Sundays, as well as meditation nights via Zoom at 7 pm on Thursdays.  For more information, contact [email protected].

For more events, see our online calendars:

UUFJC EventsVirtual Gatherings
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This Sunday, our own Rev. Nancy TannerThies joined us to continue exploring our monthly theme of "Renewal."  In these times, many of us seek a renewal of the energy sapped by strange situations and unsettling news, but Rev. Nancy also led us to think about the renewal of the promises in our lives --- from the magazine subscription you might have forgotten about to ceremonies renewing wedding vows.  We must revisit these promises while respecting our own truth.  In a quote from "Self-Reliance," Ralph Waldo Emerson says it: "Henceforward I am the truth’s. ... [T}hese relations I must fill after a new and unprecedented way. I appeal from your customs.  I must be myself."  What is really important to us?  What is worth the energy and the risk?  How have our priorities changed, and what new things have we learned about what we truly need and want?  Those commitments that no longer fit, we can let go.  Those commitments that still ring true, we can re-commit to.  Both of these approaches can be ways to renew our energies, our relationships, ourselves.

Later, in the afternoon, we began a new Adult Religious Education series, led by our RE teacher Samantha Porter and based on a UUA curriculum, "Building the World We Dream Of."  Participants were left with these questions to reflect on.  Please use these questions for thought and watch our news for the next session:

1) Have you ever had a negative encounter with the police?

Take this time to reflect on an outsider experience.

1) What was the experience? Recall it in as much detail as possible.
2) What made you the person who was “different” or the “outsider”? How did others treat you as a result?
3) What was the impact of your outsider experience on how you felt about and participated in the group?
4) How did that experience shape your sense of who you are and how you behave in the world or similar settings?

Next Sunday, September 27th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"The Culinary History of the Great Depression," Madeline Matson

Madeline, librarian and UUFJC member, wrote an excellent review article about a book by this title.

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No UUFJC service this week.  Watch this e-mail list for announcements of upcoming Zoom services.

UUCC Online Services - 10:30 am

We have also been invited to join our neighbors at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia.  For more about the service, see the UUCC website: https://uucomo.org/#Sunday

These services will be offered via Facebook Live:
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As we find new ways to come together, we still need financial support, even without Sunday offering baskets.  We now have an online donation option through PayPal:  Donate to UUFJC

You can also mail donations and pledges to:
UUFJC
Attn: Treasurer
PO Box 1245
Jefferson City, MO 65102

Thank you for being with us and supporting us!

We also have UU-themed facemasks for sale in two designs: 
UU Principles, 
Science is Real, Black Lives Matter, etc.  
$10 each; proceeds support UUFJC.  Contact Katherine Connor: [email protected]

Submissions for our October newsletter and print calendar are due TODAY.  Please e-mail any last-minute items to Laura Gilkey ASAP: [email protected]

The unofficial deck discussion that was to be hosted by Patt Behler tomorrow, Monday, September 21st, has been canceled.  Instead, this month's Deck Discussion will be held a week from tomorrow, Monday, September 28th at 6:30 pm, with the topic "Mark Twain."  Contact Patt for location and to RSVP.

On Wednesdays at 2 pm, Laura Gilkey hosts a weekly virtual book club for UUFJC members and friends via Zoom.  Current selection: The Body Is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor.  We will listen to an audio version with accompanying onscreen text during meetings; you do not have to read the book on your own.  This week we will be finishing Chapter 2.
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On Fridays at 1 pm, Robin Duple of the UU Church of Columbia hosts a weekly Zoom get-together for crafters and creators of all stripes and has invited UUFJC members and friends to join in.  For more information, visit the UUCC website: 
https://uucomo.org/event/crafting-club-online-weekly/all/

This Friday, September 25th is our monthly Salvation Army Meal.  Please contact Bob Antweiler if you can help provide food: [email protected].  The pandemic makes this outreach a potential risk, but the need is great.  Bob will have more information on how we are handling our Salvation Army meals at this time.

Our building is reserved by community groups Wednesdays and Saturdays starting at 6 pm; Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 5:30 pm; and Sundays starting at 7 pm.  If you have access to our building, please allow privacy at these times.

Community Events this week:

Our neighbors at Vipassana Buddhist Church / Center for Buddhist Development are holding online services via Zoom at 10 am on Sundays, as well as meditation nights via Zoom at 7 pm on Thursdays.  For more information, contact [email protected].

For more events, see our online calendars:

UUFJC EventsVirtual Gatherings
Affiliated Events 
Religious Education
Building Use (other)
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This Sunday, our President, Katherine Connor, shared a reading from the Unitarian Universalist Association's Braver/Wiser resources: "Where The Action Is" by James Gertmenian.  Gertmenian writes: "Love without justice is not love. Compassion without deeds is not compassion. Faith without action is not faith. And religion without politics is not religion."  Katherine reflected on her own path and evolving views.  At one time she believed one's politics should be based only on reason, but over time realized that her own politics were also based on her UU Faith.  Indeed, if one reads the UU World magazine or strives to "affirm and promote" the seven UU Principles, strong political stances are unavoidable.  Politics is our society's way of making collective decisions --- including moral decisions.  How can faith be put aside in such a project?  One does not have to march in the streets to be a UU, but our faith calls us to build a better world; that vision cannot be achieved without politics, and just politics cannot be achieved without such a vision.

Other members and friends are also invited to share and reflect on the Braver/Wiser readings in future services.  If you are interested, contact Lisa Sanning: [email protected]

We now have UU-themed facemasks for sale in two designs:
UU Principles
Science is Real, Black Lives Matter, etc.
$10 each; proceeds support UUFJC.  Contact Katherine Connor: [email protected]

Next Sunday,September 20th:

October News Due.
Please submit your items for the October newsletter to Laura Gilkey: [email protected].

Adult Forum - 9:15 am

Christhia Castro, El Puente

Mrs. Castro will share with us how she and her organization help Hispanic immigrants.
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Service - 10:30 am

"Renewal," Rev. Nancy TannerThies

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Adult Religious Education - 3 pm

An Adult Religious Education session via Zoom, led by UUFJC RE instructor Samantha Porter.

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UUFJC News and Events this week:

As we find new ways to come together, we still need financial support, even without Sunday offering baskets.  We now have an online donation option through PayPal:

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You can also mail donations and pledges to:
UUFJC
Attn: Treasurer
PO Box 1245
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Thank you for being with us and supporting us!

On Wednesdays at 2 pm, Laura Gilkey hosts a weekly virtual book club for UUFJC members and friends via Zoom.  Current selection: The Body Is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor.  We will listen to an audio version with accompanying onscreen text during meetings; you do not have to read the book on your own.  This week we will continue Chapter Two.

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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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On Fridays at 1 pm, Robin Duple of the UU Church of Columbia hosts a weekly Zoom get-together for crafters and creators of all stripes and has invited UUFJC members and friends to join in.  For more information, visit the UUCC website:
https://uucomo.org/event/crafting-club-online-weekly/all/

Our building is reserved by community groups Wednesdays and Saturdays starting at 6 pm; Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 5:30 pm; and Sundays starting at 7 pm.  If you have access to our building, please allow privacy at these times.

Community Events this week:

Monday, September 14th at 7 pm, Missouri River Regional Library presents "Don’t Forget Missouri Women," a virtual program via Zoom.  You know that 2020 is the 100th anniversary of female voting rights in the United States…but so much of the excitement is focused on women in the big cities that it’s easy to forget how much of that history took place right here at home. Learn a little more about the amazing work of Missouri women with Margot McMillen, author of The Golden Lane and other books about notable Missouri women.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.

This Tuesday, September 15th, Jefferson City Mayor Carrie Tergin invites UUFJC members and friends to her address at Evening Rotary on "The Bicentennial Bridge."  Whether the meeting is in person or online is still to be announced.  Contact Frank Rycyk for the latest.

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Meeting schedule:
5:30 Social
5:45 Business meeting
6:00 - 6:30: Presentation.

This Thursday, September 17th at 7 pm, MRRL presents "Climate Change & Your Health," a virtual program via YouTube.  Gary Leabman, a Climate Reality representative, will look at how the rapidly changing climate is affecting health and healthcare. Allergists are busier than ever, and asthma is affecting more people. Cases of COPD are on the rise. Deaths and cancer are prevalent in communities near coal-fired power plants. And these are just air-quality issues. Water and land degradation issues are plentiful. Many cases of depression and PTSD are mental health effects of this climate crisis. This presentation will provide information to make important decisions for yourself and on behalf of future generations.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.


Our neighbors at Vipassana Buddhist Church / Center for Buddhist Development are holding online services via Zoom at 10 am on Sundays, as well as meditation nights via Zoom at 7 pm on Thursdays.  For more information, contact [email protected].

For more events, see our online calendars:

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This morning, Rev. Mike joined us to begin exploring our September theme of "Renewal."  Rev. Mike explained his message title "Always Keep a Diamond in Your Mind", a song by Solomon Burke, meaning to be able to renew ourselves from the inside out.  He also shared many jewels from the book "The Miracle of Mindfulness" by the Zen master, Thich Nhat Hanh.  The book emphasizes keeping one's consciousness alive to the present reality.  Rev. Mike led us through a brief meditation, focused on breathing, explaining that breath is a bridge connecting our mind to reality.  By looking in we also look outwards.

We now have UU-themed facemasks for sale in two designs:
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$10 each; proceeds support UUFJC.  Contact Katherine Connor: [email protected]

Next Sunday,September 13th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am

"Peace is a Reality!," Betty Cooper

The Forum will focus on the International Day of Peace, as well as Restorative Justice.
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Service - 10:30 am

"Where the Action Is," Katherine Connor

Love without justice is not love. Compassion without deeds is not compassion. Faith without action is not faith. And religion without politics is not religion.  Katherine Connor will share and reflect on a reading from the UUA's Braver/Wiser resources: https://www.uua.org/braverwiser
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If you have a joy or concern that you would like to have read during a Service, please submit it by noon on the Friday before through our website: http://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html

UUFJC News and Events this week:

As we find new ways to come together, we still need financial support, even without Sunday offering baskets.  We now have an online donation option through PayPal:

Donate to UUFJC
You can also mail donations and pledges to:
UUFJC
Attn: Treasurer
PO Box 1245
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Thank you for being with us and supporting us!

On Wednesdays at 2 pm, Laura Gilkey hosts a weekly virtual book club for UUFJC members and friends via Zoom.  Current selection: The Body Is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor.  We will listen to an audio version with accompanying onscreen text during meetings; you do not have to read the book on your own.  This week we will begin Chapter Two.
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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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On Fridays at 1 pm, Robin Duple of the UU Church of Columbia hosts a weekly Zoom get-together for crafters and creators of all stripes and has invited UUFJC members and friends to join in.  For more information, visit the UUCC website:  https://uucomo.org/event/crafting-club-online-weekly/all/

Next Sunday, August 13th, we are holding hosting a virtual birthday party for longtime member, pianist, and art and music chair, Patt Behler.  For more information, contact Katherine Connor.
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Our building is reserved by community groups Wednesdays and Saturdays starting at 6 pm; Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 5:30 pm; and Sundays starting at 7 pm.  If you have access to our building, please allow privacy at these times.

Community Events this week:

Tuesday, September 8th at 7 pm, Missouri River Regional Library presents the next installment of the LU-MRRL Lecture Series: Brotherhoods of Conservative White Men in Contemporary America.  Presented virtually via YouTube; link to be announced.  This talk will feature Dr. Mick Brewer, assistant professor of communication, culture and theatre, and speech/communication theory at LU. He will discuss some of the ways in which masculinity is tied to and shaped by national identity and how it becomes modified through and within friendships and other relationships. Dr. Brewer’s research has won multiple awards at regional and national conferences, has been published in the academic journal Sexuality & Culture, and will soon appear in a 2021 book.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.

This Thursday, September 10th at 7 pm, the local chapter of the American Association of University Women will hold their monthly meeting via Zoom.  Mrs. Sue Shineman, Missouri AAUW President, will speak on "Our Purpose and Positions on Fundamental Issues of the Day."  Open to the public.  Contact Charlotte Parsons for Zoom meeting information.

Our neighbors at Vipassana Buddhist Church / Center for Buddhist Development are holding online services via Zoom at 10 am on Sundays, as well as meditation nights via Zoom at 7 pm on Thursdays.  For more information, contact [email protected].

For more events, see our online calendars:

UUFJC EventsVirtual Gatherings
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Our September Newsletter is now ready to view or download:
UUFJC September 2020 Newsletter

These times of continuing pandemic and harm call on us both to accept what we cannot change, to adapt to the realities in order to keep each other safe, but also, in the words of Angela Davis, to change what we cannot accept.  In an August 28th e-mail, Unitarian Universalist Association President Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray addressed these intertwined needs:

"I am thinking of you and holding you in my heart. As we continue to learn more about what is happening in Kenosha, Wisconsin, it is all so infuriating, heartbreaking, and traumatizing. The violence inflicted on Black lives and Black communities needs our attention and response across this country.

"I also want to make sure that each of us is doing what we need to do to take care of ourselves and respond to the needs of our hearts and souls. Please, today, tomorrow, and in the days ahead, take time for your well-being.

"Religious community is one of the containers to express our collective grief and to be strengthened by the knowledge that we are not alone. This experience of interdependence creates compassion and calls us to act from that place of love for the things we hold most deeply. It kindles in us the courage to confront systems of injustice and nurture new practices of justice and care."

Next Sunday,September 6th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am

"The Pandemic," Bob Boldt

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Service - 10:30 am

"Renewal: (Always Keep a) Diamond in Your Mind," Rev. Mike Adamek

Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan wrote this song for Solomon Burke for his comeback album, and I have always liked it. It is a phrase rich with Buddhist imagery and context, but Solomon Burke, who was also a Baptist minister, changed some of the phrases from the original lyrics so it was more theistic. I still like it.
Re-creation by going to the forests, rivers, mountains, deserts or seashores is a great way to renew but that can be difficult in a pandemic. So instead of renewing outside in, can we gain renewal by focusing on the inside out? Always keep a diamond in your mind.

Zoom meeting information to be announced.


UUFJC News and Events this week:

We now have UU-themed facemasks for sale in two designs:
UU Principles
Science is Real, Black Lives Matter, etc.
$10 each; proceeds support UUFJC.  Contact Katherine Connor: [email protected]

As we find new ways to come together, we still need financial support, even without Sunday offering baskets.  We now have an online donation option through PayPal:  Donate to UUFJC

You can also mail donations and pledges to:
UUFJC
Attn: Treasurer
PO Box 1245
Jefferson City, MO 65102

Thank you for being with us and supporting us!

The unofficial deck discussion gathering previously planned for tomorrow evening, Monday, August 31st at Patt Behler's house, has been canceled.  Contact Patt for more about upcoming deck discussions.

On Wednesdays at 2 pm, Laura Gilkey hosts a weekly virtual book club for UUFJC members and friends via Zoom.  Current selection: The Body Is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor.  We will listen to an audio version with accompanying onscreen text during meetings; you do not have to read the book on your own.  This week we will finish Chapter One.
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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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On Fridays at 1 pm, Robin Duple of the UU Church of Columbia hosts a weekly Zoom get-together for crafters and creators of all stripes and has invited UUFJC members and friends to join in.  For more information, visit the UUCC website: https://uucomo.org/event/crafting-club-online-weekly/all/

Our building is reserved by community groups Wednesdays and Saturdays starting at 6 pm; Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 5:30 pm; and Sundays starting at 7 pm.  If you have access to our building, please allow privacy at these times.

Community Events this week:

Monday, August 31st at 7 pm in the Library Park, Missouri River Regional Library hosts a book discussion.  Come discuss your thoughts and reactions to the book to the book So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo. The book is available on Hoopla (for Cole & Osage County residents), and unlimited copies will be available in August on Libby/Overdrive. Librarians Qhyrrae Michaelieu and Madeline Matson will lead this discussion.  Registration and masks required.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more library events, visit MRRL.org.

This Thursday, September 3rd, the local chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is scheduled to hold its monthly meeting.  At last report, in-person meetings were on hold.  For information about online meetings, contact Susan Randolph.

This Friday, September 4th at 7 pm, MRRL is scheduled to present their monthly First Friday Film.  Registration and masks required.  For film selection and more information, contact Madeline Matson or visit MRRL.org.

Our neighbors at Vipassana Buddhist Church / Center for Buddhist Development are holding online services via Zoom at 10 am on Sundays, as well as meditation nights via Zoom at 7 pm on Thursdays.  For more information, contact [email protected].

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This Sunday, we were invited to join our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia for a message by Rev. Molly Housh Gordon about whether we believe in monsters.  UUs often pride ourselves on nuance, complexity, and going beyond black and white.  We are the kinds of people who tell our comic-book-loving children "we don't believe in good guys and bad guys" --- just people who can always make good or bad choices.  But the world we live in can challenge this stance when we turn on the news and see so much harm being done.  Especially when we feel a sense of danger, it can be comforting to "believe in monsters," to project the threat on something that feels understandable and controllable, to soothe our egos by knowing that "at least we're not like them."  But the comfort is hollow.  We cannot escape our connection to others or the vulnerability of not having control.  Rev. Molly argued that seeing no monsters, just people, helps us get to the spiritual work before us, calls us into the responsibility of holding ourselves and others accountable, helps us look beyond villains to the systems of harm they represent, and teaches us that our own flaws as well as others' are still within the boundaries of human worth and dignity and love --- for it is that worth and love that can foster positive transformation.

The full service is now available to view online: https://youtu.be/zoLD7q0nIoA

We now have UU-themed facemasks for sale in two designs:

UU Principles
Science is Real, Black Lives Matter, etc.

$10 each; proceeds support UUFJC.  Contact Katherine Connor: [email protected]

Next Sunday, August 30th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
Representative Dave Griffith

Griffith will share his work in the Missouri House and his plans for the upcoming legislative season.

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No UUFJC service this week.  Watch this e-mail list for announcements of upcoming Zoom services.

UUCC Online Services - 10:30 am

We have been invited to join our neighbors at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia.  Next week they will be holding their annual Water Ceremony.  For more about the service, see the UUCC website: https://uucomo.org/#Sunday

These services will be offered via Facebook Live:
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As we find new ways to come together, we still need financial support, even without Sunday offering baskets.  We now have an online donation option through PayPal:

Donate to UUFJC
You can also mail donations and pledges to:
UUFJC
Attn: Treasurer
PO Box 1245
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Thank you for being with us and supporting us!

Submissions for our September newsletter and print calendar are due TODAY.  Please e-mail any last-minute items to Laura Gilkey ASAP: [email protected]

On Wednesdays at 2 pm, Laura Gilkey hosts a weekly virtual book club for UUFJC members and friends via Zoom.  Current selection: The Body Is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor.  We will listen to an audio version with accompanying onscreen text during meetings; you do not have to read the book on your own.

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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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On Fridays at 1 pm, Robin Duple of the UU Church of Columbia hosts a weekly Zoom get-together for crafters and creators of all stripes and has invited UUFJC members and friends to join in.  For more information, visit the UUCC website: https://uucomo.org/event/crafting-club-online-weekly/all/

This Friday, August 28th is our monthly Salvation Army Meal.  Please contact Bob Antweiler if you can help provide food: [email protected].  The pandemic makes this outreach a potential risk, but the need is great.  Bob will have more information on how we are handling our Salvation Army meals at this time.

Our building is reserved by community groups Wednesdays and Saturdays starting at 6 pm; Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 5:30 pm; and Sundays starting at 7 pm.  If you have access to our building, please allow privacy at these times.

Community Events this week:

Our neighbors at Vipassana Buddhist Church / Center for Buddhist Development are holding online services via Zoom at 10 am on Sundays, as well as meditation nights via Zoom at 7 pm on Thursdays.  For more information, contact [email protected].

This Tuesday, August 25th at 7 pm, Missouri River Regional Library hosts Music in the Library Park with Osage Angels.  Zoe Rehagen, Abby Rehagen and Allie Hale formed the Osage Angels in February 2017. They began playing at local nursing homes and open mic nights and eventually progressed to other venues. They have played throughout mid-Missouri and as far away as Baton Rouge, Louisiana. These talented young girls, who now attend Fatima High School in Westphalia, not only sing but also play a multitude of instruments: violin, mandolin, bass, and guitar. Their music is a combination of folk, bluegrass and country.  Registration and masks required.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more library events, visit MRRL.org.

For more events, see our online calendars:

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

Please take our survey to help us plan how to meet during this pandemic:
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This Sunday, our own Rev. Nancy TannerThies joined us for a Zoom service exploring Bewilderment.  Bewilderment is a common experience in these uncommon times, indeed a universal experience in any time, though we may try to keep it hidden.  As we approach bewilderment, Rev. Nancy suggested that we first acknowledge our confusion, then allow ourselves time to wander around and around.  We feel that a stable center is there, but we can't see it, and Rev. Nancy asked that we resist the urge to hurry and leap for it, that we pay attention to what we are tempted to kick aside in our rush toward solid ground.  If we stay present in the moment and take in more of our changing reality rather than try to escape it, the center will reveal itself in its own time.

As the poet Rumi wrote:
"Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment; 
Cleverness is mere opinion, bewilderment intuition."


Next Sunday, August 23rd:

September News Due.
Please submit your items for our September newsletter to Laura Gilkey, [email protected].

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Leadership for the Greater Good," Betty Cooper

The forum focuses on Azim Khamisa’s new book, Leadership for the Greater Good, and his concept of satyagrahi leadership.

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Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am

No UUFJC service this week.  Watch this e-mail list for announcements of upcoming Zoom services.

UUCC Online Services - 10:30 am

We have been invited to join our neighbors at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia.

These services will be offered via Facebook Live:
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UUFJC News and Events this week:

As we find new ways to come together, we still need financial support, even without Sunday offering baskets.  We now have an online donation option through PayPal:

Donate to UUFJC
You can also mail donations and pledges to:
UUFJC
Attn: Treasurer
PO Box 1245
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Thank you for being with us and supporting us!

On Wednesdays at 2 pm, Laura Gilkey hosts a weekly virtual book club for UUFJC members and friends via Zoom.  Current selection: The Body Is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor.  We will listen to an audio version with accompanying onscreen text during meetings; you do not have to read the book on your own.
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Later this Wednesday, August 19th, the UUFJC Board meets at 6 pm via Zoom.  All are welcome to attend our board meetings.  Contact our president, Katherine Connor.
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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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On Fridays at 1 pm, Robin Duple of the UU Church of Columbia hosts a weekly Zoom get-together for crafters and creators of all stripes and has invited UUFJC members and friends to join in.  For more information, visit the UUCC website: 
https://uucomo.org/event/crafting-club-online-weekly/all/

Our building is reserved by community groups Wednesdays and Saturdays starting at 6 pm; Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 5:30 pm; and Sundays starting at 7 pm.  If you have access to our building, please allow privacy at these times.

Community Events this week:

Our neighbors at Vipassana Buddhist Church / Center for Buddhist Development are holding online services via Zoom at 10 am on Sundays, as well as meditation nights via Zoom at 7 pm on Thursdays.  For more information, contact [email protected].

Monday, August 17th at 7 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library hosts the latest installment of the LU-MRRL Lecture Series: "The Body as Evidence: Exploring Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology."  Were you a fan of the television series “Bones” or Kathy Reichs’ book series that inspired it? Then you are familiar with what out speaker, Dr. Christine E. Boston, assistant professor of anthropology and sociology at LU, is going to cover. Boston previously worked on a number of bioarchaeological projects throughout North and South America, and she has assisted law enforcement in forensic anthropological investigations in Canada. She will bring her experience and knowledge to this presentation as she describes how the human skeleton can be analyzed to assess various identity markers and used to track health and cultural practices.  Registration and masks required.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more 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  

This Sunday, we were happy to welcome back Rev. Mike Adamek for his first online service with us.  Rev. Mike focused on the history of Unitarian Universalist Fellowships like ours --- congregations formed by lay people coming together, not led by a professional minister.  UUs in general value individual freedom, and in Fellowships this tendency can be especially strong, sometimes to unhealthy extremes; reactive intolerance toward any form of power or guidance can keep some faith communities from moving forward.  On the other hand, Fellowships can also be places for innovation, and particularly helped paganism and feminism to take their current place in UU thought and practice.

Looking at our Fellowship in particular, Rev. Mike saw many strengths.  We have a proud 30 year history, we are involved in the wider religious community of Jefferson City, we have welcomed insights from different ministers and leaders, and we have shown a willingness to adapt.  There are still areas where we can grow --- the size of our building and parking is beginning to hold us back, for example --- and growth is nothing to fear.  Welcoming more people in creates opportunities for more warmth and intimacy, not less.  And broadening the welcome is important, because our Fellowship plays a unique and vital role in our community, a place where people can find a sense of belonging that other churches may not provide for them.

Next Sunday, August 16th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am

"The Pandemic," Bob Boldt

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Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am

Online Service - 10:30 am

“Bothered and Bewildered?,” Rev. Nancy TannerThies
In a continued exploration of how we respond to life in these days, Rev. Nancy will explore what we might do when we are “Bothered and Bewildered?”

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If you have a joy or concern that you would like to have read during a Service, please submit it by noon on the Friday before through our website:  http://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html

UUFJC News and Events this week:

As we find new ways to come together, we still need financial support, even without Sunday offering baskets.  We now have an online donation option through PayPal:

Donate to UUFJC
You can also mail donations and pledges to:
UUFJC
Attn: Treasurer
PO Box 1245
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Thank you for being with us and supporting us!

Tomorrow, Monday, August 10th, Patt Behler hosts an unofficial discussion group for UUFJC members and friends.  This month's topic: "Fun."  Contact Patt for location and to RSVP.

On Wednesdays at 2 pm, Laura Gilkey hosts a weekly virtual book club for UUFJC members and friends via Zoom.  Current selection: The Body Is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor.  We will listen to an audio version with accompanying onscreen text during meetings; you do not have to read the book on your own.  This week we will try again to start on our new book selection.
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Phone
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
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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
Meeting ID: 918 4396 6450
Password: 918925  
https://zoom.us/j/91843966450?pwd=djBwTEx4YUxseW9SdytSZjJGS0xrdz09
Phone:
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Find your nearest phone number: https://zoom.us/u/aeC2zyWdIo

On Fridays at 1 pm, Robin Duple of the UU Church of Columbia hosts a weekly Zoom get-together for crafters and creators of all stripes and has invited UUFJC members and friends to join in.  For more information, visit the UUCC website:   https://uucomo.org/event/crafting-club-online-weekly/all/

Our building is reserved by community groups Wednesdays and Saturdays starting at 6 pm; Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 5:30 pm; and Sundays starting at 7 pm.  If you have access to our building, please allow privacy at these times.

Community Events this week:

Our neighbors at Vipassana Buddhist Church / Center for Buddhist Development are holding online services via Zoom at 10 am on Sundays, as well as meditation nights via Zoom at 7 pm on Thursdays.  For more information, contact [email protected].

And Missouri River Regional Library is beginning to offer in-person programs, with registration and masks required.  This week includes the following:

This Tuesday, August 11th at 7 pm in their Art Gallery, MRRL hosts an author talk with Richard McGonegal, who will discuss his first novel, a mystery titled Sense of Grace. A former editor at the Jefferson City News-Tribune, McGonegal is a longtime mystery reader who has studied this popular area of fiction in depth and met many well-known mystery authors before deciding to make his own contribution to the genre. The program will be in an interview format with adult programmer Madeline Matson and plenty of time for audience questions. The book will be available for sale and signing after the program.  Registration and masks required.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more library events, visit MRRL.org.

This Wednesday, August 12th at 7 pm in their Art Gallery, MRRL presents "Reel Life Cinema: Before I Kick the Bucket."  What would you do if you only had months to live? In this heartwarming and ultimately life-enhancing documentary, the extraordinary Rowena Kincaid, a terminally ill young woman with a wicked sense of humor, goes in search of a bucket list.  Registration and masks required.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more 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