Our February 2019 Newsletter and Print Calendar are now available to view or download:
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This Sunday, we celebrated the Fire Communion, our annual ritual to greet the new year.  In a sermon via video, we heard words for the occasion from Rev. Christina Hockman of the UU Church of Corpus Christi, Texas.  Rev. Hockman reminded us that we need to be willing to let go of the old in order to welcome the new, to clear space for new gifts to flow into our lives.  This can be challenging.  Indeed our habits often serve us well, granting our lives order and efficiency --- but if we cling too hard, we can become rigid and paralyzed.  We can resist both letting go of the old and letting in the new due to our unaddressed fears.  Referencing the Buddhist nun Pema Chodron, Rev. Hockman suggested that our job is not to fight those fears, but to get to know them, to receive our own feelings with objectivity and compassion.

In the spirit of letting go of the old and welcoming in the new, those present were invited to write on a piece of paper something they want to let go of, and the papers were then burned.  (For several years now, we've used magician's flash paper for this, which makes burning the papers fun and impressive.)

Next Sunday, February 3rd:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Building Community Bridges," Alicia White
Building Community Bridges is a non-profit organization that focuses on the training and assisting of the youth in our community, while attempting to bridge the gap that has been created due to single-parent homes, drugs and alcohol, and run-ins with the police and court system.
(Note this is a different Alicia White than the UUFJC member of the same name.)

Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
Message: "Winning Back Trust," Rev. Mike Adamek
To trust again, after losing that trust is no easy task.  You can not make it happen.  It is something that is tenuous which must be nurtured through setbacks while you recommit to the process.  For  the longest time you wonder when trust is going to kick in again. Yet, there is nothing more important to peace of mind than the ability to win back trust.
If you have a joy or concern that you would like to have read during the Service, please submit it by noon on Friday through our website: http://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html

Plus Children's RE --- "Trusting Life Enough To Come out of Your Hole"

UUFJC News and Events this week:

Our February newsletter and print calendar are ready.  Paper copies are available in the wall box near the coat rack.  Electronic copies are available at the links above or through our website, uufjc.org.

We are seeking feedback and submissions in our covenant drafting process; we need to come up with succinct and inspiring language that brings together the ideas everyone has offered.  See the February newsletter for more information, and see Katherine Connor if you’d like to offer a draft or suggestions.

The Art Committee will be polishing up the current art exhibit soon. We need helpers from the Committee and other members and friends in the fellowship who will help install pieces on the wall and another lovely piece as a hanging display.  Please contact Patt Behler about working  today and during this coming week. Thanks very much.

UUFJC will have a table at the Buddhist Center's trivia night, coming Saturday, March 2nd from 7-9 pm.  See Bob Antweiler to participate.

The Soul Matters Small Group will not be meeting this afternoon as previously announced.  To get involved with the group and join in-depth discussions of our monthly themes, contact Jim Davis.

Faith Voices for Jefferson City will not be holding their regular monthly assembly tomorrow, Monday, January 28th.  For more information on their ongoing work, contact Rev. Kim Woodruff: [email protected]

This Friday, February 1st, our building is reserved by a community group starting at 6:30 pm.  Please allow privacy.

The UUFJC Board meets next Sunday, February 3rd at 6 pm.  All are welcome to attend our board meetings.  Contact our President, Katherine Connor.

Community Events this week:

This Friday, February 1st, Missouri River Regional Library presents their First Friday Film.  For film selection and more information, contact Madeline Matson.  For more library events, visit MRRL.org.

This week, Capitol City Cinema presents "Shoplifters" (Thursday through Sunday) and "Groundhog Day" (Saturday only).  For showtimes, more events, and more information, visit capitolcitycinema.org.

For yoga and even more events, see our online calendars:

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

Have a great week!

Our services this Sunday were canceled due to the weather --- possibilities like this always remind us to stay flexible and plan ahead.

We hope you are safe and warm and hope to see you next week.

Next Sunday, January 20th:

Newsletter Submissions Due.
Please submit your items for our February newsletter and print calendar to Laura Gilkey by e-mail ([email protected]) or in writing.

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Homework: Yes or No?," Frank Rycyk
Tawnell Hobbs reports that "More districts are cutting back, but parents and teachers aren't on board."

Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
Message: Rev. Nancy TannerThies
If you have a joy or concern that you would like to have read during the Service, please submit it by noon on Friday through our website: http://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html

Plus Children's RE --- "The Possibility of Change"

Covenant Drafting Session - 2 pm
After an ongoing series of brainstorming and drafting sessions, we hope to complete a draft covenant to submit to the Fellowship for consideration.  Contact Katherine Connor for more information.  

UUFJC News and Events this week:

Our Members and Friends Directory has been updated.  Paper copies are available at the Fellowship near the phones, and paper and electronic copies are available on request from the Administrator ([email protected]).  The directory is a voluntary resource to make your contact information available to other members and friends; remember that you can contact the Administrator to update or add (or remove) your directory information at any time.

The Worship Service Committee meeting this evening at 6 pm has been CANCELED.  To get involved in creating our Sunday services, contact our Vice President, Lisa Sanning.

Tomorrow, Monday, January 14th is the monthly UUFJC Lecture Series at 7 pm.  This month: "Healing Trauma to Reduce Violence and Addiction" with UUFJC's own Jan Harcourt, Somatic Experiencing Pracititoner.  Contact Carol Bontempo or Frank Rycyk for more information.

This Friday, January 18th, our building is reserved by a community group starting at 6:30 pm.  Please allow privacy.

Community Events this week:

Tomorrow, Monday, January 14th at 6:30 pm, Missouri River Regional Library presents: "The BASICS of Mindful Eating."  Tired of dieting? Find yourself eating when you’re stressed, bored, or unhappy? Confused by messages about what to eat and what not to eat? Learn the BASICS of mindful eating and discover the secrets of the Tree Food Wisdoms. Dr. Lynn Rossy, health psychologist and author of The Mindfulness-Based Eating Solution, will offer tips from her successful 10-week class called “Eat for Life” to support your ability to have a healthy relationship to food and your body.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more library events, visit MRRL.org.

This week, Capitol City Cinema presents "RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World" (Wednesday only) and "Vox Lux" (Thursday through Sunday).  For showtimes, more events, and more information, visit capitolcitycinema.org.

For yoga and even more events, see our online calendars:

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

Have a great week!

This Sunday, Rev. Mike Adamek joined us to begin our new year and our new monthly theme: Possibility.  As possibilities are often found in unexpected places, Rev. Mike began with the legacy of Genghis Khan.  The founder of an empire spanning across the Eurasian continent, it's easy to think of him as a case study in the possibilities of power and violence, but he also showed the possibilities of freedom and tolerance.  Genghis Khan believed that all religions were vehicles toward human goodness, and his law decreed that no one should be oppressed for their religious opinions.  When our own Unitarian forerunners and US Founders sought examples of how to turn their ideas about Freedom of Religion into practice, they looked beyond Western Europe to Genghis Khan, and his example helped them frame the expansive religious freedom we know today: not only freedom for particular religious groups, but a vision of universal freedom that upholds the dignity of each individual's conscience.

Next Sunday, January 13th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Teaching Immigration" with Warren Solomon, Frank Rycyk moderating
Solomon will document four teaching approaches which may lead to different learning results.

Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
Message: Fire Communion; Rev. Christina Hockman
We will be viewing a video sermon from Rev. Christina Hockman from the UU Church of Corpus Christi, Texas. The service will include our annual Fire Communion, so be thinking about things you would like to let go as we start a new year.
If you have a joy or concern that you would like to have read during the Service, please submit it by noon on Friday through our website: http://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html

Plus Children's RE --- "Impossible Possibilities"

UUFJC News and Events this week:

Our Members and Friends Directory has been updated.  Paper copies are available at the Fellowship near the phones, and paper and electronic copies are available on request from the Administrator ([email protected]).  The directory is a voluntary resource to make your contact information available to other members and friends; please remember that you can contact the Administrator to update or add (or remove) your directory information at any time.

The UUFJC Board meets this evening at 6 pm here at the Fellowship.  All are welcome to attend our board meetings.  Contact our President, Katherine Connor.

This Thursday, January 10th, our building's sanctuary is reserved by a community group starting at 6:30 pm.  Please allow privacy.

Also on Thursday evening, the local chapter of the American Association of University Women meets in our Forum room at 7 pm.  Contact Charlotte Parsons.

The Worship Service Committee meets next Sunday, January 13th at 6 pm.  To get involved in creating our Sunday services, contact our Vice President, Lisa Sanning.

And coming a week from tomorrow, on Monday, January 14th is the monthly UUFJC Lecture Series at 7 pm.  This month: "Healing Trauma to Reduce Violence and Addiction" with UUFJC's own Jan Harcourt, Somatic Experiencing Pracititoner.  For more about our monthly Lecture Series, contact Carol Bontempo or Frank Rycyk. 

Community Events this week:

This week, Capitol City Cinema presents "Vox Lux" (Thursday through Sunday).  For showtimes, more events, and more information, visit capitolcitycinema.org.

For yoga and even more events, see our online calendars:

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

Have a great week!

This Sunday, for our final week on "Mystery" and our final Sunday of 2018, we welcomed local Disciples of Christ minister and justice advocate Rev. John Bennett.  He reflected on the call of faith in our current historical moment, a time fraught with discrimination, climate catastrophe, political polarization, and more.  As a Christian, he looked to Biblical metaphors of the Hebrews' times in the wilderness and in exile; how should we sing the song of our faith "in a strange land"?  Rev. Bennett keeps himself centered with scriptural words about what faith requires: "to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with your God."  For him, that walk means acting in faithful resistance, walking in solidarity with all who are suffering, in the belief that divine mystery is always working to liberate all.

Next Sunday, January 6th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Open Mic New Year," Frank Rycyk
Bring your goals and visions for the future, anything you would care to share

Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
Message: "Genghis Khan’s Role in the History of Religious Liberty," Rev. Mike Adamek
The Puritans came to North America is search of religious liberty. The hung a Jew and Quaker for not being Puritan. Is it possible that hundreds of years before the Puritans, Genghis Khan showed a better way to govern a polity marked by religious liberty?
If you have a joy or concern that you would like to have read during the Service, please submit it by noon on Friday through our website: http://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html

Plus Children's RE --- "The Possibility of You"

UUFJC News and Events this week:

Our January newsletter and print calendar are ready.  Paper copies are available in the wall box near the coat rack, and electronic copies are available to view or download: Newsletter, Calendar.

Our Members and Friends Directory has been updated.  Paper copies are available at the Fellowship near the phones, and paper and electronic copies are available on request from the Administrator ([email protected]).  The directory is a voluntary resource to make your contact information available to other members and friends; remember that you can contact the Administrator to update or add (or remove) your directory information at any time.

This Thursday, January 3rd, the local chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America meets in our building at 7 pm.  Contact Susan Randolph.

This Friday, January 4th, our building is reserved by a community group starting at 6:30 pm.  Please allow privacy.

Community Events this week:

This Friday, September 4th at 7 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library presents their First Friday Film: "Unbroken."  Angelina Jolie directed this film based on the heroism and courage of Louis “Louie” Zamperini, an Olympian and army air corps lieutenant whose plane crashed at sea during World War II. He survived seven weeks on an open raft and two years of physical and psychological torture by the Japanese. Contact Madeline Matson.  For more library events, visit MRRL.org.

This week, Capitol City Cinema presents "Chef Flynn" (Thursday through Sunday).  For showtimes, more events, and more information, visit capitolcitycinema.org.

For yoga and even more events, see our online calendars:

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

Have a great week and a Happy New Year!

​This Sunday, we came together for a cozy holiday service at which various members shared holiday messages.  As a centerpiece of the service, we were asked to reflect on the question, "What Gifts do you Bring?" and what that question meant to us.  Those present wrote their thoughts on gift tags and had a chance to share them from the mic and hang their tags on our holiday tree.  Many and varied gifts emerged, such as: Caring and Support, Peace, the Wisdom of past mistakes and experience, Engagement and Joy, Patience, Listening, Dedication, Hope, Connection, and the simple and vital Enjoyment of each other's company.  We hope that we are able to share gifts like this with our Fellowship and our community during the winter Holidays and throughout the year!

Next Sunday, December 30th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Lessons from Death", Bob Boldt
Death -- the ultimate mystery. What is it death can teach us about how to live our lives more fully?

Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
Message: "A Theological Reflection on Our Nation's Political Crisis," Rev. John Bennett
If you have a joy or concern that you would like to have read during the Service, please submit it by noon on Friday through our website: http://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html

Plus Children's RE

UUFJC News and Events this week:

Our Members and Friends Directory has been updated.  Paper copies are available at the Fellowship near the phones, and paper and electronic copies are available on request from the Administrator ([email protected]).  The directory is a voluntary resource to make your contact information available to other members and friends; remember that you can contact the Administrator to update or add (or remove) your directory information at any time.

We need someone to step forward and coordinate our Salvation Army meals.  The coordinator will have a lot of help learning the ropes and providing the food.  If we don't have a coordinator by the end of this year, we will probably have to give up this longtime community service of our Fellowship.  If you are willing to step forward, please contact Roberta Dunkel.  (Note, we are not serving at the Salvation Army this month due to the holidays.)

This Thursday, December 27th, our building is reserved by a community group starting at 6:30 pm.  Please allow privacy.

The Soul Matters Small Group is scheduled to meet next Sunday, December 30th from 2-4 pm.  To participate in the group, please contact Jim Davis.

Community Events this week:

This week, Capitol City Cinema presents "Chef Flynn" (Thursday through Sunday).  For showtimes, more events, and more information, visit capitolcitycinema.org.

For yoga and even more events, see our online calendars:

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

Have a great week, and Happy and Safe Holidays!

This Sunday, we were honored to welcome Rev. Dottie Mathews, a Community Minister from the UU Church in Columbia.  Many of us have been touched, angered, or saddened by news of suffering at our nation's border, and Rev. Dottie shared the life-changing experience of witnessing the situation of these immigrants firsthand on a pilgrimage with rabbis and supportive clergy of various faiths.  She shared a reading by a UCC minister asking: who are we waiting in this blessed Christmas season?  For a child denied room in the inn and left to sleep in a manger, but still blissfully silent?  For a child who will save us without making us hear the cries of the outcast?  Rev. Dottie reflected that we live in difficult times when the needs of compassion and justice can easily drain us, but although we can't do everything, we have a responsibility to do our part.  We must realize the dissonance of celebrating a season of peace and love while closing our nation's doors to those in danger and in need, and hear that dissonance not as noise to be avoided, but as a call to live our values.

Next Sunday, December 23rd:

January News Due.
Please submit your items for our January newsletter and print calendar to Laura Gilkey by e-mail ([email protected]) or in writing.

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Awakening to the Mystery of Life", Betty Cooper
The title of Rabbi Michael Lerner’s editorial in the fall edition of Tikkun was: “Don’t Let the Light Go Out.”  These six words are meaningful to me.  In March, I felt as if my “light for living” had “gone out.”  Immediately I began listening to tapes and reading books from “Wisdom Writers.”  During the process, I felt as if the “mysteries of life” were inside “loving, compassionate, caring words.”  In this session we’ll discuss “Wisdom Ideas” and discern if they reveal “the mystery of life.”   Come prepared to share ideas that have awakened you to the “mystery of life.”

Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
Message (corrected 19 Dec): "What Gifts Do You Bring?"
A holiday service with presentations by various UUFJC members.
Also including an opportunity to hang gift tags with your own gift reflections written on them, on the tree near the piano.
If you have a joy or concern that you would like to have read during the Service, please submit it by noon on Friday through our website: http://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html

Plus Children's RE

UUFJC News and Events this week:

We are migrating our weekly e-mail list to a new Google Group.  If you have suddenly stopped receiving our weekly e-mails or just wish to start receiving them, please use our contact form and ask to be added.

We need someone to step forward and coordinate our Salvation Army meals.  The coordinator will have a lot of help learning the ropes and providing the food.  If we don't have a coordinator by the end of this year, we will probably have to give up this longtime community service of our Fellowship.  If you are willing to step forward, please contact Roberta Dunkel.  (Note, we are not serving at the Salvation Army in November or December due to the holidays.)

The Membership Committee is looking for people willing to give rides to members and friends who can't drive to church on Sundays.  We currently have three people needing rides.  If you can help even once a month, please contact Bob Antweiler.

This Friday, December 21st, our building is reserved by a community group starting at 6 pm.  Please allow privacy.

Community Events this week:

Monday, December 17th at 7 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library hosts an Author Talk: "American Honor: The Creation of the Nation’s Ideals during the Revolutionary Era."  The American Revolution was not only a revolution for liberty and freedom. It was also a revolution of ethics, reshaping what colonial Americans understood as “honor” and “virtue.” Dr. Craig Bruce Smith, assistant professor of history at William Woods University, will discuss his new book, American Honor, which focuses on prominent Americans who came of age before and during the Revolution—notably John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington—and shows how a colonial ethical transformation caused and became inseparable from the American Revolution, creating an ethical ideology that still remains.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more library events, visit MRRL.org.

This week, Capitol City Cinema presents "Beautiful Boy" (Thursday through Sunday).  For showtimes, more events, and more information, visit capitolcitycinema.org.

For yoga and even more events, see our online calendars:

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

Have a great week!

Sunday morning, Rev. Mike Adamek began exploring our theme for December: Mystery.  Even for those of us who don't believe in the supernatural, Rev. Mike said, the world still surrounds us with awe-inspiring mystery.  Even as we are called use our gifts of reason to know what we can, a full understanding of reality is beyond our grasp, and there is a place in our lives for embracing this mystery, not only for unraveling it.  In moments of awe at nature, in those moments when things fall into place in a way that feels beyond coincidence, we can feel ourselves connected to a unity that we can't fully know.  These moments remind us that our lives don't follow a mechanistically determined path, but take shape slowly as encounters beyond our control break through to re-enchant our lives.  Rev. Mike urged us to stay open to the mysteries and happy accidents that open us to new possibilities.

And don't forget the Annual UUFJC Chili Fest this Saturday, December 8th from 5-8 pm!  Our theme will be more of a meal-and-market this year, and we are still hoping for lots of help to make the event happen.  We need chefs to provide chili, soups, and hot dogs for the dinner as well as baked goods and other treats to sell, we are asking for donated items to sell by silent auction, and the more people helping with setup and takedown, the better.  To help out, contact Bob Antweiler ([email protected]).

Next Sunday, December 9th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Be Like Jumping Mouse", Stephen Carew
Are you ready to live like Jumping Mouse?  This Native American story tells us about a mouse who wants to find his way to the Sacred Lake that is the source of all things. It is a story of personal awaking that metaphorically traces every step on the way to enlightenment. 

Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
Message: Rev. Nancy TannerThies
If you have a joy or concern that you would like to have read during the Service, please submit it by noon on Friday through our website: http://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html

Plus Children's RE --- "Mystery All Around Us:  The practice of seeing miraculous in the ordinary"

Potluck Lunch after Service - Please bring a favorite dish!

UUFJC News and Events this week:

We are beginning to include a printed version of our Sunday Morning announcements in the Order of Service.  We will also continue verbal announcements for now, but we may switch to paper-only in the near future.  Please let us know what you think!  Contact the administrator ([email protected]) or a member of our board.

We need someone to step forward and coordinate our Salvation Army meals.  The coordinator will have a lot of help learning the ropes and providing the food.  If we don't have a coordinator by the end of this year, we will probably have to give up this longtime community service of our Fellowship.  If you are willing to step forward, please contact Roberta Dunkel.  (Note, we are not serving at the Salvation Army in November or December due to the holidays.)

The Membership Committee is looking for people willing to give rides to members and friends who can't drive to church on Sundays.  We currently have three people needing rides.  If you can help even once a month, please contact Bob Antweiler.

This Thursday, December 6th, the local chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America meets in our building at 7 pm.  Contact Susan Randolph.

This Friday, December 7th, our building is reserved by a community group starting at 6:30 pm.  Please allow privacy.

Community Events this week:

This Friday, December 7th at 7 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library presents their monthly First Friday Film: "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society."  Based on the worldwide best-selling novel, the film follows a British writer who forms a life-changing bond with an eccentric group of Guernsey residents and their book club, established during the occupation of their island by the Nazis during World War II. Both drama and mystery, the film demonstrates the power of literature to comfort and create community during hard times. With an all-star cast of British acting luminaries.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more library events, visit MRRL.org.

Next Sunday, November 9th, MRRL will present a Local Authors Showcase at 1:30 pm.  Come meet and talk with local authors about their work and network with authors from the mid-Missouri region. Their books will be available for purchase—just in time for the holidays.  Contact Madeline Matson.

This week, Capitol City Cinema presents "Border" (Thursday through Sunday).  For showtimes, more events, and more information, visit capitolcitycinema.org.

For yoga and even more events, see our online calendars:

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

Have a great week!

This Sunday we celebrated our Bread Communion and viewed a recorded message from Rev. Daniel Gregoire who serves the UU Society of Grafton and Upton, Massachusetts.  Gregoire’s message “A Harvest of Grace” touched on not only the literal harvest of fruits and grains that we celebrate this time of year, but upon the harvest of grace we received from all those who came before and continue to receive from those in our community.
 
Next Sunday, December 2nd:
 
Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"The Missouri 2019 Legislative Agenda”, Jeanette Mott Oxford, Executive Director of Empower Missouri and a former State Representative.
 
Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
Message:  "Not Karma, Not Just Desserts, What?", Rev. Mike Adamek.  This service is the on the December topic, Mystery.  Adamek writes: “You live with mystery, you do not solve it as a problem of knowledge.  Unravel a portion and all you get is more mystery.”
If you have a joy or concern that you would like to have read during the Service, please submit it by noon on Friday through our website: http://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html
 
Plus, Children's RE --- "Let the Mystery Be:  The practice of gratitude and appreciation"
 
UUFJC News and Events this week:
 
The December Newsletter and Calendar are complete.  Hard copies are available at the Fellowship and electronic copies are attached.
 
We need someone to step forward and coordinate our Salvation Army meals.  The coordinator will have a lot of help learning the ropes and providing the food.  If we don't have a coordinator by the end of this year, we will probably have to give up this longtime community service of our Fellowship.  If you are willing to step forward, please contact Roberta Dunkel.  (Note, we are not serving at the Salvation Army in November or December due to the holidays.)
 
The Membership Committee is looking for people willing to give rides to members and friends who can't drive to church on Sundays.  We currently have two people needing rides.  If you can help, please contact Bob Antweiler.
 
Volunteers are needed to help with the Chili/Soup Fest coming on December 8th.  Obviously, chili and soups are needed, plus items to sell in our “country market”, items for the silent auction, and workers to help set up and clean-up.  Contact Bob Antweiler to volunteer or sign up at the Fellowship.
 
Community Events this week:
 
Thursday, November 29, 7pm at the Missouri River Regional Library “Climate Change Impacts on Health and Security” will be presented by Carolyn Amparan, a founding member of the Columbia Chapter of Citizens’ Climate Lobby. Amparan has invested the past five years in educating others about the risks of and solutions for climate change. She was part of a team to develop and teach an online course on climate change for the University of Missouri. She currently serves on the Columbia Mayor’s Task Force on Climate Action and Adaptation and chairs the Subcommittee on Health, Safety and Well-Being.
 
This week, Capitol City Cinema presents "Border" (Thursday through Sunday).  For showtimes, more events, and more information, visit capitolcitycinema.org.
 
For yoga and even more events, see our online calendars:
 
UUFJC Events
Affiliated Events 
Religious Education
Building Use (other)
Community Events  
 
And visit us online at http://uufjc.org/
​

This Sunday, Rev. Nancy TannerThies continued our month of focus on Memory with a message entitled "Oh Yes, I Remember it Well".  Nancy talked about the way we choose to remember events and compared that to myths, which may not always be factual, but often contain important truths.

Next Sunday, November 25th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Papa Was a Rolling Stone," Frank Rycyk
Memory of an absentee father, memory of language usage in the '50s and memory of music-production interactions are all brought together in Marc Myers' "Anatomy of a Song".  There might be a musical introduction to the forum.

Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
Message:  "A Harvest of Grace", Rev. Daniel Gregoire (video).  We will also celebrate our Bread Communion.  Everyone is invited to bring a bread to share that has special meaning to you, or is just a favorite.  The Fellowship will provide topics and cider.
If you have a joy or concern that you would like to have read during the Service, please submit it by noon on Friday through our website: http://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html

Plus Children's RE --- "Remembering What Really Matters"

UUFJC News and Events this week:

We need someone to step forward and coordinate our Salvation Army meals.  The coordinator will have a lot of help learning the ropes and providing the food.  If we don't have a coordinator by the end of this year, we will probably have to give up this longtime community service of our Fellowship.  If you are willing to step forward, please contact Roberta Dunkel.  (Note, we are not serving at the Salvation Army in November or December due to the holidays.)

The Membership Committee is looking for people willing to give rides to members and friends who can't drive to church on Sundays.  We currently have two people needing rides.  If you can help, please contact Bob Antweiler.

THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED -- Next Sunday, November 25th, our Soul Matters Small Group meets from 2-4 pm. To get involved with the group and engage in more personal sharing regarding our monthly themes, contact Jim Davis.

Community Events this week:

This week, Capitol City Cinema presents "Free Solo" (Thursday through Sunday).  For showtimes, more events, and more information, visit capitolcitycinema.org.


For yoga and even more events, see our online calendars:

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