Our February newsletter is now ready to view or download:
UUFJC Newsletter: Flame on the Water, February 2023

Sunday, January 29th:

This morning, we shared a recent message from our neighbors at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia.  Two weeks ago, intern Minister George Grimm-Howell honored Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday with a sermon sermon titled "The Road to Jericho," in which he explored themes from Dr. King’s sermon “On Being a Good Neighbor.” Stories from Toni Morrison, the parable of the Good Samaritan, and George’s chaplaincy experiences among the urban poor of St. Louis helped point the way to our personal transformation on our personal roads to Jericho.  (Summary adapted from the UUCC Youtube page with additional notes from Rich Burdge.)

Reflections on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legacy form a timely bridge from our January theme of Finding Our Center to our upcoming February theme of Love.  Many of us, and UUism as a movement, work to center ourselves on the kind of justice Dr. King worked for: justice that reaches out in love, lifting up the full diversity among us and forming beloved community.

The message is available to view online: https://youtu.be/R7yxqD6HMPI

Next Sunday, February 5th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
Bob Boldt
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Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
"Love is a Rose," Rev. Mike Adamek

Is there only good Love or is there both good Love and bad Love? My take is simple.  Love is a positive virtue, a positive form of human excellence and yes there are myriad ways we fool ourselves when we act badly and blame it on love. Love does not inoculate us against great pain however, but it can help us weather it. If Love is a rose, where you touch it, always on the stem and never on the petals, naturally comes surrounded with thorns.

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Children attending in-person are welcome to join RE Instructor Samantha Porter for a lesson during the service hour.  This month's theme: "Love."  This week's lesson: "Love for Self."

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:

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You can also mail donations and pledges to:
UUFJC
Attn: Treasurer
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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 [email protected] to join).

We are seeking a volunteer to manage our website and Facebook page.  Please contact our president, Rich Burdge, if you can help.

We are always in need of donations for our free community pantry.  Cereal, Vienna sausage, and tuna would be especially helpful at this time.  For more donation ideas and information on the pantry, contact Joan Kurtzeborn.  Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [email protected].

On Thursdays at 5:30 pm, Katherine Connor hosts a weekly Zoom Happy Hour for UUFJC Members and Friends to gather and check in.
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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 Wednesday, February 1st, begins Black History Month.

This Friday, February 3rd at 7 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library presents their First Friday Film.  This month's selection: "Brooklyn."  Ellis Lacey, a  young Irish immigrant, navigates her way through 1950s Brooklyn in this award-winning film. Her initial homesickness soon gives way to romance, but when her life is disrupted by news from her hometown, she is forced to choose between two men on opposite sides of the world.  Based on a bestselling novel by Colm Toibin, the film stars Saoirse Ronan and was nominated for multiple awards in the U.S., Britain and Ireland.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more library events, visit MRRL.org.

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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 [email protected] 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: [email protected].

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.

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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.

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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 [email protected] 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: [email protected].

On Thursdays at 5:30 pm, Katherine Connor hosts a weekly Zoom Happy Hour for UUFJC Members and Friends to gather and check in.
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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.

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

COVID UPDATE: According to the CDC, Cole County's Covid Community Level is now High. Therefore, in accordance with our policy, masks are currently required at indoor UUFJC functions, including our Adult Forum and Worship Services, until the Covid level has lowered again.  Free masks are available.

Sunday, August 28th, 2022:

This morning, we shared a message from our wider UU community via video that connects our concluding theme for August, Compassion, with our upcoming theme for September: Belonging.  Rev. Brian Mason of the First UU Church of Wausau, Wisconsin, pointed out that belonging to a church or fellowship asks much of us, but contrary to most of our modern capitalist society, we get very little tangible return.  And yet, through upheavals and reformations, faith communities have persisted because we long for the reward of belonging itself: "We bless and are blessed by the giving and receiving of love and compassion."  Today it seems that a new upheaval and reformation is in progress; how we carry the flame of compassion and belonging through it and into the future is up to us.

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

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/wYd7kmxuLnI

Next Sunday, September 4th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Neanderthals," Dr. Christine E. Boston

Dr. Boston is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Sociology at Lincoln University. 

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Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
"Inside and Outside of Belonging," Rev. Mike Adamek

Ask yourself, “What is the first room in a new house or apartment that I fill with stuff and why?”  Ask yourself, “Do I feel at home in the universe and if so how would I express that sense of belonging? Finally, ask yourself, “Since I am just passing through like everyone else, is my home, my sense of belonging  a communal caravan with other pilgrims (blood relations, friends, religious community) not a caravansary or is my home an internal persona which depends on no one or nothing else and it is this singularity which carries a lifelong sense of belonging to my own self on my unique journey.”
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Children attending in-person are welcome to join RE Instructor Samantha Porter for a lesson during the service hour.  This week's lesson: "Belonging and Water Communion."

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 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 [email protected] to join).

Community Pantry Update: Our pantry coordinator, Joan, sends a request for members to bring paper goods next Sunday for the Neighborhood Pantry.  For example: toilet paper, napkins, paper towels etc.  Canned goods can be donated again (but glass and perishables still cannot).  Our neighbors are using the pantry, and it is empty every few days.  Thank you for your donations!  For more information, contact Joan Kurtzeborn.  Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [email protected].

On Tuesdays, Alberta Mobley teaches her own weekly chair yoga class at our building at 9:30 am.  Donations requested.  Contrary to last week's announcement, these classes will continue, although Alberta is seeking a new teacher for them.  For more information, contact Alberta.

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 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:

No Community Events were submitted for inclusion in this week's email.  If you know of a community event of interest to our members and friends and would like to have it shared in this space, contact our administrator: [email protected].

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Our July newsletter is now ready to view or download:
UUFJC Newsletter, Flame on the Water, July 2022
Our editor apologizes for the delay and deeply appreciates everyone's patience.

Sunday, July 3rd, 2022

This morning, we began our new theme for July: Resilience.  For many UUs, some of the recent rulings from our nation's Supreme Court represent wounding setbacks, and even the current celebration of our nation's founding can be painfully bound up with past injustice and present jingoism.  But our history also reminds us that we as a country have been through dark times and pursued shameful policies, and still we have renewed ourselves again and again and become a better version of ourselves, a truer reflection of our founding promises.  The arc of moral history does not bend toward justice on its own, but it remains resilient, and through the resilience and efforts of those who believe in justice, it can bend back toward that blessed shape.  (Note: This is not a summary of Rev. Mike's sermon today, although he had planned to touch on some of the same topics.)

For those who would also 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/b2rDCL7FLKw

Sunday, July 10th, 2022

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
Wade Middaugh, Boys and Girls Club

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Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
"The Deal on These Days," Rev. Gretchen Haley of Foothills Unitarian Church, Fort Collins, CO.

We will be replaying the sermon delivered June 26th at this year's UUA General Assembly Sunday morning worship.  Note that it is a bit longer than our usual sermons, but we believe that Rev. Haley's message is well worth the extra time.

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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: "A Time for Exploration: Exploring Change."

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 now optional for those attending UUFJC events in person.

If you have a joy or concern that you would like to have read during a service or shared in our weekly email, please submit it by noon on the Friday before through our website: http://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html
We will also have paper forms available Sunday morning for submissions.
Zoom participants, please use the web form.  Submissions made after noon on Friday may not be read or shared until the following week.

UUFJC News and Events this week:

For accessibility and convenience, we now have an option to donate to our Fellowship online through PayPal:

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

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.  During the summer heat we cannot stock canned items, and we generally cannot stock glass containers or fresh produce, but there are many possibilities that will be helpful for our neighbors.  For suggestions and more information, contact Joan Kurtzeborn.  Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [email protected].

On Tuesdays, Alberta Mobley teaches her own weekly chair yoga class at our building at 9:30 am.  Donations requested.  Contact Alberta for more information.

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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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, July 10th at 3 pm, Emma Regnier holds her Intergenerational Classical Book Study at our building.  This month's book selection: "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain.  Contact Emma Regnier and Betty Cooper.

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, July 5th from 11:30 am to 4 pm, Missouri River Regional Library holds its monthly summer "Caring Connections" event.  Missouri River Regional Library, in conjunction with Central Missouri Community Action, hosts a Caring Connections event on the first Tuesday of each month from 11:30-4:00. Currently scheduled through August, might be extended depending on need.  People can come and get signed up for Medicaid, get eviction assistance, utility assistance, get signed up for Catholic Charities' food pantry among other things.  Contact Lisa Sanning.  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 June newsletter is now available to view or download: UUFJC Newsletter, "Flame on the Water," June 2022
• The Homelessness Task Force is facilitating a meeting on June 16th at City Hall, at 6:00 p.m so that we can come together as a community to discuss solutions to help Jefferson City's unhoused population.
• Our administrator and newsletter editor is on vacation, so our news is brief this week. 

Sunday, June 5, 2022

​Dear UUFJC members and friends,
 
Once again, I find myself in the position of having to apologize on behalf of the Fellowship and Board that the Zoom program was not operative this morning during the service. Actually, we were confronting multiple technical issues, some, but not all of which were later resolved. We are looking at options to permanently resolve the remaining issues, hopefully in a matter of weeks. I ask for your patience and understanding until then, which I understand has already been tested during these past two years, because ours has been, too. In the immediate future, I believe we will still be offering the Zoom option, but it may not be perfectly reliable until these issues are resolved. Thank you for bearing with us.
 
Rich Burdge, UUFJC Board President


Next Sunday, June 12, 2022

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
Salvation Army 100th Anniversary,
Sean Spence, Salvation Army


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Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
Blessings with a Small b, a recorded UU sermon by Rev Neal Anderson

You are welcome to join us at the Fellowship where we will share a message from our wider UU
community via video. This sermon was delivered on June 5, 2022 at UU Church Greater Lansing, MI by Rev. Neal Anderson.   The title is "Blessings With a Small 'b'". 

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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: "Playing Just Pretend."

Lunch after Service: Look for a new whiteboard in our entry hallway to see where the lunch bunch plans to eat, and please add a tally to the whiteboard if you plan to go with them.

​Masks are now optional for those attending UUFJC events in person.

If you have a joy or concern that you would like to have read during a service or shared in our weekly email, please submit it by noon on the Friday before through our website: http://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html
We will also have paper forms available Sunday morning for submissions.
Zoom participants, please use the web form.  Submissions made after noon on Friday may not be read or shared until the following week..

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


Sunday, April 24th:

This morning, we virtually joined our neighbors at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia for a service honoring Earth Day.  To help heal the environmental damage our societal systems cause, focusing on individual choices distracts us with small-impact actions.  Even the idea of "saving the planet" can cast us as having control over the Earth when the truth is the other way around.  So what can we do?  Rev. Molly Housh-Gordon called on us, through embodied experiences of connection with natural beauty, to act in community and to focus on our love for each other and the Earth all around us.  If we are going to save the planet, we must do it not as individual magnanimous masters, but as connected beings acting together within and from a wild love.

The service is now available to view online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMFvmRAN9kI

Note: Next Sunday is our Annual Business Meeting, followed by a Potluck Lunch!  More information below.

Next Sunday, May 1st:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
Kate Amiek, Benevolence Coordinator, Common Ground

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Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
UUFJC Annual Business Meeting

We will check in about the direction of our Fellowship, consider our annual budget, and more.  Voting members, please plan to attend!  For more information about the agenda, contact our president, Rich Burdge. The Annual Meeting will be 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: "Stories Remind Us Who We Are: As Unitarian Universalists."

After Service: Potluck Lunch.  Those attending in-person, please bring a dish.
Masks are now optional for those attending UUFJC events in person.

If you have a joy or concern that you would like to have read during a service or shared in our weekly email, please submit it by noon on the Friday before through our website: http://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html
We will also have paper forms available Sunday morning for submissions.
Zoom participants, please use the web form.  Submissions made after noon on Friday may not be read or shared until the following week..
​

UUFJC News and Events this week:

We are currently holding our annual pledge drive.  This year we have a lot of plans that we need your help to make real, including the possibility of hiring a part-time minister.  Please contact our Treasurer, Bob Antweiler, with any questions or pledges: [email protected].

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

We are always in need of donations for our free community pantry.  Soup and pasta/noodle items would be especially helpful at this time  For more information about the pantry and current needs, contact Joan Kurtzeborn.  Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [email protected].

On Tuesdays, Alberta Mobley teaches her own weekly chair yoga classes at our building at 9:30 am.  Donations requested.  Contact Alberta for more information.

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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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, April 26th at 6:30 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library hosts an Author Talk with Michelle Brooks.  Brooks, former reporter and editor for the Jefferson City News-Tribune and a longtime student of Jefferson City's history, will talk about her new book, Lost Jefferson City. She has wonderful stories of forgotten places throughout the city from the Mill Bottom and the Foot as well as cemeteries, fairgrounds, ballparks and stately homes lost to time. Copies of her book will be available for sale and signing after the program.  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 April newsletter is now ready to view or download:
UUFJC Newsletter, "Flame on the Water" April 2022

Sunday, April 3rd:

This morning, Rev. Mike Adamek joined us to begin exploring our theme for April, "Awakening."  Women's clubs of nineteenth-century America were an important predecessor of the feminist movements of the twentieth century. Through mutually supportive and often rigorous intellectual pursuits, these clubs not only increased their members' levels of knowledge in various areas, but the realization of their personal identity, and often the limitations of the social environments in which they lived. Despite the members of these clubs being overwhelmingly white, Protestant, middle-class women, the consciousness that they raised, especially the need for female education and political participation, had influence far beyond their immediate sphere. There is a parallel between the effect of these clubs and the UU journey of lifelong learning, and the need to be "born again", in an intellectual sense, repeatedly, both as free and independent individuals, and as a communal passage. But we must also ask ourselves if UU's share the weakness of these clubs of not welcoming new members who do not already share the group's communal history.  (Summary by Rich Burdge.)

For those who would also like to keep up with our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia, their service from this morning is now available to view online: https://youtu.be/JTmf65_7GGA

Sunday, April 10th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Global Partnership for Sustainable Solutions," Tim Haas

Haas, based in the US and spending time in the Philippines, will discuss a large-scale agricultural development and human development project with grass-roots organizing.

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Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
To Be Announced
We will be sharing 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 week: "Becoming: Finding Your True Self."

Masks are now optional for those attending UUFJC events in person.

If you have a joy or concern that you would like to have read during a service or shared in our weekly email, please submit it by noon on the Friday before through our website: http://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html
We will also have paper forms available Sunday morning for submissions.
Zoom participants, please use the web form.  Submissions made after noon on Friday may not be read or shared until the following week..


UUFJC News and Events this week:

Monday, April 4th at 6 pm, the local chapter of the American Association of University Women meets at our building.  The meeting is available both in-person and via Zoom and will feature Amy Regnier speaking on the topic of Homeschooling.  For more about AAUW, contact Charlotte Parsons.

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 Insight Meditation group taught by Joe McCormack meets at our building Thursday nights at 7 pm.  For more information, contact Bob Antweiler.

Next Sunday, April 10th at 1 pm, an intergenerational book study group meets at our building, led by Emma Regnier.  This month's selection: "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak.  Contact Emma for more information.

Also next Sunday, April 10th at 4:30 pm, our Worship Service Committee meets in person at our building.  To get involved in creating our Sunday services, contact our vice president, Lisa Sanning.

Later next Sunday, April 10th at 6 pm, the UUFJC Board meets in person at our building.  All are welcome to attend our board meetings.  For agenda and more information, contact our president, Rich Burdge.

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:

No community events were submitted for inclusion in this week's email.  If you have a community event you would like to see listed here, please contact our administrator at [email protected].

For more events, see our online calendars:

UUFJC Events
Virtual Gatherings
Affiliated Events 
Religious Education
Building Use (other)
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Our March Newsletter is now ready to view or download:
UUFJC Newsletter, Flame on the Water, March 2022
Newsletter Supplement: Minister Search Survey

Sunday, March 13

This morning, we were invited to join our neighbors at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia for an online service that, as it happened, spoke powerfully to our monthly theme of "Renewing Faith."  UUCC's regular guest preacher Rev. Dr. C.W. Dawson and musical guest J. ARTiz reminded us that many of us experience "dark nights of the soul," and we all live in a culture that at times teaches selfishness, but we all have gifts, and our gifts are meant to be shared.  When we connect with our gifts, they can help us renew a sense of purpose, help us connect with others, and make a path forward for us.  They can renew our faith in our journey toward the blessed community and loving, just world we long for.  Some of the language may have been challenging for independent-spirited UUs (like myself), but it is worth thinking about: to what can you "give yourself away" in energizing faith?  To what can you say, "If you need someone, here am I --- send me"?

The service is now available to view online: https://youtu.be/-9Op3mUgBvw



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 [email protected] to join).

We are currently in urgent need of donations for our free community pantry; coordinator Joan Kurtzeborn reports that supplies are "perilously low."  For more about the pantry and current needs, contact Joan.  Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [email protected].
As part of our search for a part-time minister, we are asking everyone to complete a ministerial needs survey.  We have paper copies available at the building, and electronic copies are attached to this email.  The deadline has been extended, and responses are now due next Sunday, March 6th.  For more about the survey or the minister search, contact our president, Rich Burdge.

Registration is now open for our MidAmerica UUA Region’s annual Regional Assembly, to be held online April 30th.  For more information, visit the Regional Assembly Registration webpage.

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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Next Sunday, March 20th, the UUFJC Board meets in person at our building at 3 pm.  All are welcome to attend our board meetings.  For agenda and more information, contact our president, Rich Burdge.
Also next Sunday, March 20th, our Worship Service Committee meets in person at our building at 4:30 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 6 pm.  If you have access to our building, please allow privacy at these times.

Community Events this week:

We have no community events to list in this week's email; please check back next week.  If you would like to submit community events to be listed here, contact our administrator: [email protected].

For more events, see our online calendars:

UUFJC Events
Virtual Gatherings
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Highlights:

• Our January newsletter is now available to view or download:  UUFJC Newsletter, "Flame on the Water" January 2022
• We are collecting items to support an Afghan refugee.  For more information see our January newsletter or contact Social Action chair Katherine Connor: [email protected].
  
• Make your year-end donation to UUFJC: online or mail check to Attn: Treasurer, PO Box 1245, Jefferson City, MO 65102
  

Sunday, December 26

This morning, on the last Sunday of 2021, many of us came together after a series of ups and downs to share holiday memories.  This has been another difficult year, but both longtime members and new friends have continued to come together in our Fellowship thanks to all of your sharing and commitment.  We deeply thank you, and we look forward to making new memories as our journey together continues in 2022!

For those who would also like to keep up with our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia, their service from this morning is now available to view online: https://youtu.be/SS9qGJVK0bs

Next Sunday, January 2

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Kyle Rittenhouse," Bob Boldt

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Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
"Living with Intention, First We Have to Listen," Rev. Mike Adamek

Rev. Mike writes:  "I used to always place a time for listening in the Sunday Morning Services I led. People use active receptivity in different ways so I called it Reflection, Meditation or Prayer. We will explore all three to see if any one might be useful for you."

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Children's Religious Education - 10:30 am
Children are welcome to join RE Instructor Samantha Porter for a lesson during the service hour.  This week: "Imagine a New You."

Masks are currently required for everyone attending indoor UUFJC events in-person.  Free masks will be available if you do not have one.

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
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 until the following week..

UUFJC News and Events this week:

Help empower human rights: We are currently holding our annual Guest At Your Table fundraiser to support the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee.  UUSC empowers grassroots partners to work for human rights around the world.  Stories from UUSC's work, donation boxes, and donation envelopes are available at our building, or you can learn more about UUSC's work and give online: https://www.uusc.org/.  Donations made through our Fellowship will be due in late January.

We are also collecting items to support an Afghan refugee.  For more information see our January newsletter or contact Social Action chair Katherine Connor: [email protected].

Free community pantry: Building Community Bridges has been generous in sharing food for our pantry, and we are grateful. Some items we could use more of are: canned chicken, any sauce or canned meal that includes protein, boxed cereal (both cold and oatmeal types), hot chocolate, coffee, and seasonings.  We can always use items for cold weather such as stocking hats, scarves, and water/snow resistant gloves.  We are out of diapers, clothing, and dish detergents. Thank you for your generosity.  Remember: no glass containers or expired items, please.  For more information about the pantry and current needs, contact Joan: j[email protected].  Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [email protected].

Weekly Zoom Happy Hour for UUFJC Members and Friends, hosted by Katherine Connor:
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Phone:
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Community Groups: Groups use our building Wednesdays and Saturdays starting at 6 pm and Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 6 pm.  If you have access to our building, please allow privacy at these times.

Community Events this week:

No community events were submitted for inclusion in this week's email.  If you have events to submit, contact our administrator at [email protected].

For more events, see our online calendars:

UUFJC Events
Virtual Gatherings
Affiliated Events 
Religious Education
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Please stay safe, well, and connected through your New Year celebrations and the year to come!

Laura Gilkey
Administrator, UUFJC