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Embracing the Interconnected Web ~ Intern Minister George Grimm-Howell

2/20/2023

 
Sunday, February 19th:

This morning, we shared a message from our wider UU community via video, despite some technical challenges.

Continuing our monthly theme of Love, I would like to share more words from our wider UU community:

Power Prayer
By Becky Brooks

Spirit of Life, I have witnessed
a loud love,
an out-loud love,
that challenges me.

I did not recognize it
at first--
the rumble of an ocean
I had long been under.

But here it is right now
and it looks just
like the whole world
could be.

It doesn’t play nice;
why should it
when nice has only ever
played it a lullaby?

This love demands.

A love so loud
it lays rocks at the feet of children
who can’t find their path home--
across the pipeline--
any other way.

This love is indifferent to tolerance.
It invites you into your own
heart, where God loveself
has come to take tea with you.

Drink and know
that like that other love
this love
always protects
always trusts
always hopes
always perseveres.

Perseveres.

This out-loud love
makes no secret of its aim
to get you free.

But first, set fires.
Throw the poison
to the ground.
Match the love sound for sound.

Spirit of Life,
come,
and bring everyone.
We’re giving birth
to something new.

(from "Sparks of Wonder: Theme-Based Ministry for the Whole Congregation")



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:
UUFJC News and Events this week:

For accessibility and convenience, we 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).

Submissions for our March newsletter are due TODAY.  Please email any last-minute items to Laura Gilkey ASAP ([email protected]).
Logan White has graciously agreed to take over maintaining our website and Facebook page from Jan Harcourt.  Many thanks to Jan for her service, and many thanks to Logan for stepping up!

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.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/91843966450?pwd=djBwTEx4YUxseW9SdytSZjJGS0xrdz09
Meeting ID: 918 4396 6450
Password: 918925    
Phone:
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago - US toll)

Find your nearest number: https://zoom.us/u/aeC2zyWdIo
An independent Insight Meditation group taught by Joe McCormack meets at our building Thursday nights at 7 pm.  For more information, contact Bob Antweiler.
This Friday, February 24th is our monthly Salvation Army meal.  Please contact Bob Antweiler if you can help provide food for those in need.


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

Community Events this week:

This Tuesday, February 21st at 1 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library hosts a presentation on "Lincoln University's Early Law School."  Dr. Arnold Parks, professor emeritus of sociology, will discuss Lincoln University’s School of Law, a professional graduate school, which operated in St. Louis from 1939 until it closed in 1955.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.

This Thursday, February 23rd at 1 pm in their Art Gallery, MRRL presents: "Apple Guru Answers Your Questions."  Join us to discover answers to your Mac device questions with Tom Piper, president and original founder of AppleJAC, Mid-Missouri’s Premiere Apple User Group.  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 

Does Love Win? Universalism for Today ~ Rev. Aaron White

2/13/2023

 
Sunday, February 12th:

This morning, we continued exploring our February theme of Love with a message from our wider UU Community via video.  Rev. Aaron White of the First Unitarian Church of Dallas talked about love as one of the pillars of our UU faith, especially rooted in the Universalist tradition that included figures like Hosea Ballou and George de Benneville.  To them, as to many of us today, it didn't make sense that the love of the divine would be limited by things like race or creed, such that only the right kind of people would be saved.  For our Universalist forebears, no one and nothing was ever outside of God's love, in eternity or in this world.  Rev. White called on us, though, to go beyond an intellectual commitment to this and asked: what do we do about it?  For most UUs, agreeing that there is no eternal hell is easy; more difficult and vital is asking, what on earth feels like hell, and are we ready to smash it?  Because for us, Rev. White argued, the point of religion is not to become the right kind of person and earn divine love, it is to set aside judgments of worthiness and do divine love.

The message is available to view online:
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:
Next Sunday, February 19th:

Newsletter Submissions Due
Please send your items for our March newsletter to Laura Gilkey at [email protected].

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
Bob Boldt

Our Adult Forum is currently available both in-person and via Zoom.
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Phone
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Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
Message from UU Neighbors.


This week's service will feature a message from our wider UU community via video.
Our services are currently available both in person and on Zoom:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/94285041130
Meeting ID: 942 8504 1130
By Phone (US toll):
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Find your nearest number: https://zoom.us/u/ak1ZLCDJG

Children's Religious Education - 10:30 am
Children attending in-person are welcome to join RE Instructor Samantha Porter for a lesson during the service hour.  This month's theme: "Love."  This week's lesson: "Love for Community."


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 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).

Logan White has graciously agreed to take over maintaining our website and Facebook page from Jan Harcourt.  Many thanks to Jan for her service, and many thanks to Logan for stepping up!

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.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/91843966450?pwd=djBwTEx4YUxseW9SdytSZjJGS0xrdz09
Meeting ID: 918 4396 6450
Password: 918925    
Phone:
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago - US toll)

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

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

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 15th at 1 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library presents: "The Practice of Loving-Kindness."  Relationships, family issues, a sense of isolation, loneliness, work stress, politics, financial strains, loss—all take a toll on our physical and mental health. This session is an introduction to the Loving-Kindness practice, grounded in the foundational concepts of mindfulness. Participants will be invited to experience a guided Loving-Kindness meditation during the program. Engaging in an active Loving-Kindness practice brings greater calm and happiness in daily life, relaxing the defense mechanisms associated with fear and negative mental states.  Terry Wilson will lead the session. She has been practicing and teaching contemplative practices for more than 20 years.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.

This Thursday, February 16th at 6:30 pm in their Art Gallery, MRRL presents the latest installment of the LU-MRRL Lecture Series: "Kirigami Crafts: From Folding and Cutting Paper to Smart Materials and Soft Fabrics."  Origami—the Japanese art of folding paper—and its cutting variation Kirigami, are among the most popular crafts we learn as kids. The joy of creating interesting shapes from a flat sheet is something we carry well into adulthood. Get ready to make Kirigami paper crafts with Dr. Vianney Gimenez-Pinto, assistant professor of physics and chemistry. In her talk, she will also explore how folding a paper airplane or cutting a paper snowflake has inspired applied scientists and engineers toward developing new materials, devices and technologies.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.

And this Saturday, February 18th at 2 pm in their Art Gallery, MRRL hosts an Artist Reception for Julie Smith.  Smith, longtime photographer for the Jefferson City News-Tribune, has spent a career documenting events and activities, both large and small, in Jefferson City and Cole County. She is known throughout the region for her interest and attendance in what’s happening in River City. Her photos have won numerous awards from both journalism and photography organizations, and she was recently inducted into the Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Fame.  Contact Madeline Matson.  For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.

For more events, see our online calendars:

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

February's Theme: Love

2/6/2023

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


Sunday, February 5th, 2023:

Rev. Mike Adamek joined us to begin exploring our February theme: Love.  Rev. Mike talked about the struggle to define love, spurred by Bette Midler's song, "The Rose", and guided largely by the work of therapist and writer M. Scott Peck. Peck believes that love is an act of will, a reciprocal seeking of spiritual improvement, that love is as love does. Mike was largely sympathetic to this view, but also understands the desire to see love as a form of positive feeling and affection towards one's fellow humans (and possibly other beings). (Summary by Rich Burdge.)

Next Sunday, February 12th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"The Color Paper Project," Katrina Everhart, National Indian Health Board


Our Adult Forum is currently available both in-person and via Zoom.
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 988 5874 1051
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Phone
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago - US toll)
Find your nearest number: https://zoom.us/u/aeC2zyWdIo

Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
Message from UU Neighbors.


This week's service will feature a message from our wider UU community via video.

Our services are currently available both in person and on Zoom:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/94285041130
Meeting ID: 942 8504 1130
By Phone (US toll):
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Find your nearest number: https://zoom.us/u/ak1ZLCDJG

Children's Religious Education - 10:30 am
Children attending in-person are welcome to join RE Instructor Samantha Porter for a lesson during the service hour.  This month's theme: "Love."  This week's lesson: "Love for Family & Friends."

Lunch after Service: If you would like to join other members and friends for lunch, look for a whiteboard in our entry hallway near the water fountain to see the weekly lunch location.  Please add a tally to the whiteboard if you plan to attend.

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

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

UUFJC News and Events this week:

Donate to UUFJC

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].

Tomorrow, Monday, February 6th at 6 pm, the local chapter of the American Association of University Women meets at our building and online.  Contact Carol Bontempo 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
https://zoom.us/j/91843966450?pwd=djBwTEx4YUxseW9SdytSZjJGS0xrdz09
Meeting ID: 918 4396 6450
Password: 918925    
Phone:
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago - US toll)

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

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

Next Sunday, February 12th, Emma Regnier leads an independent multigenerational book study at our building at 1 pm.  This month's selection: "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett.  Contact Emma Regnier or Betty Cooper for more information. 

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

Community Events this week:

This Thursday, February 9th, the local chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America holds its monthly online meeting. To register or for more information, contact Alicia Erickson at [email protected].

This Tuesday, February 7th at 6:30 pm in their Art Gallery,  Missouri River Regional Library presents an Author Talk with Deborah Reinhardt: "St. Louis Coffee: A Stimulating History." Gateway City was a popular stop for miners, trappers and settlers heading west, so offices and wholesaler warehouses lined the riverfront. Railroads and steamboat brought an abundance of goods, including green coffee. By the early 20th century, St. Louis—with more than 70 roasting companies—was the coffee capital of the United States. Some coffee businesses faded while Ronnoco remains, working alongside newer generation roasters such as Kaldi’s and dozens more. In her new book, Deborah Reinhardt traces an industry that helped shape St. Louis history and shows how today’s creative coffee professionals continue to influence a culinary culture. A St. Louis native, Reinhardt is an award-winning travel and food writer, as well as a member of the St. Louis Culinary Society. Her book will be will be available for sale and signing after the program.  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  

January 30th, 2023

1/30/2023

 

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

Our Adult Forum is currently available both in-person and via Zoom.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/98858741051?pwd=d3ZMbHJSL3NjMGMxZEM5N1VxUysxQT09
Meeting ID: 988 5874 1051
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Phone
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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.

Our services are currently available both in person and on Zoom:
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 942 8504 1130
By Phone (US toll):
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Find your nearest number: https://zoom.us/u/ak1ZLCDJG

Children's Religious Education - 10:30 am
Children attending in-person are welcome to join RE Instructor Samantha Porter for a lesson during the service hour.  This 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:

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).

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.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/91843966450?pwd=djBwTEx4YUxseW9SdytSZjJGS0xrdz09
Meeting ID: 918 4396 6450
Password: 918925    
Phone:
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago - US toll)

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

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

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.

For more events, see our online calendars:

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

January 26th

1/26/2023

 

Sunday, January 22nd:


This morning, local Rotarian Stephen J. Stark joined us to talk about the work of Rotary and how Peace is at the center of their mission.

But for this week's email, I would like to address our monthly theme of Finding Our Center with a quotation from the Tao Te Ching:

Thirty spokes share the wheel's hub;
It is the center hole that makes it useful.
Shape clay into a vessel;
It is the space within that makes it useful.

(translation by Gia-fu Feng and Jane English, from here)

When we set out to find our center, often we look for some solid core of purpose that our lives can revolve around, but such a thing may not be evident.  The Taoist master's words suggest that if this happens, it is not a reason to despair --- an empty center can be beautiful and powerful.

For those who would like to keep up with our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia, their service message from this morning is available to view online: https://youtu.be/b3Xkl0FnKFo

Next Sunday, January 29th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am

Micah Wright, Ph.D., Lincoln University
Wright will discuss how US policy in Central America influences migration to the United States.

Our Adult Forum is currently available both in-person and via Zoom.
Join Zoom Meeting
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Phone
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Find your nearest number: https://zoom.us/u/aeC2zyWdIo

Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
Message from UU Neighbors.
This week's service will feature a message from our wider UU community via video.
Our services are currently available both in person and on Zoom:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/94285041130
Meeting ID: 942 8504 1130
By Phone (US toll):
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Find your nearest number: https://zoom.us/u/ak1ZLCDJG

Children's Religious Education - 10:30 am
Children attending in-person are welcome to join RE Instructor Samantha Porter for a lesson during the service hour.  This month's theme: "Finding Our Center."  This week's lesson: "Keep Your Balance to Find Your Center."

Lunch after Service: If you would like to join other members and friends for lunch, look for a whiteboard in our entry hallway near the water fountain to see the weekly lunch location.  Please add a tally to the whiteboard if you plan to attend.

Masks are currently 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 [email protected] to join).

Submissions for our February newsletter are due TODAY.  Please email any last-minute items to Laura Gilkey at [email protected].

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.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/91843966450?pwd=djBwTEx4YUxseW9SdytSZjJGS0xrdz09
Meeting ID: 918 4396 6450
Password: 918925    
Phone:
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago - US toll)

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

An independent Insight Meditation group taught by Joe McCormack meets at our building Thursday nights at 7 pm.  For more information, contact Bob Antweiler.
This Friday, January 27th is our monthly Salvation Army Meal.  Please contact Bob Antweiler if you can help provide food for those in need.  Reimbursements are available.

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

Community Events this week:

No community events were submitted for inclusion in this week's email.  If you know of a community event you would like to see featured in this space, contact our administrator at [email protected].

For more events, see our online calendars:

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

The time for dreaming

1/9/2023

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

Sunday, January 8th:

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

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


Next Sunday, January 15th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am

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

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Message from UU Neighbors.
This week's service will feature a message from our wider UU community via video.

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Children's Religious Education - 10:30 am
Children attending in-person are welcome to join RE Instructor Samantha Porter for a lesson during the service hour.  This month's theme: "Finding Our Center."  This week's lesson: "Putting Racial Justice at the Center."

Lunch after Service: If you would like to join other members and friends for lunch, look for a whiteboard in our entry hallway near the water fountain to see the weekly lunch location.  Please add a tally to the whiteboard if you plan to attend.

Masks are currently required for those attending UUFJC events in person.

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

UUFJC News and Events this week:

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

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

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

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

​
Community Events this week:

This Thursday, January 12th, the local chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America holds its monthly online meeting.  To register or for more information, contact Alicia Erickson at [email protected].

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Finding our Center

1/3/2023

 
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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Happy New Year!

12/26/2022

 
Dear UUFJC Members and Friends,

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

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

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

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

Next Sunday, January 1st:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am

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

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Children's Religious Education - 10:30 am
Children attending in-person are welcome to join RE Instructor Samantha Porter for a lesson during the service hour.  This month's theme: "Finding Our Center."  This week's lesson: "Simplicity at the Center of New Year’s Day Sunday."

Lunch after Service: If you would like to join other members and friends for lunch, look for a whiteboard in our entry hallway near the water fountain to see the weekly lunch location.  Please add a tally to the whiteboard if you plan to attend.

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

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

UUFJC News and Events this week:

There's still time to make your end-of-year donation to support UUFJC. You can donate to our Fellowship online through PayPal:

Donate to UUFJC

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

And remember all our ways to stay in touch!  You can visit our website at uufjc.org.  You can also join our open-posting "UUFJC Cafe" Google Group to chat with other members and friends via e-mail and receive additional announcements and reminders (contact the Administrator at [email protected] to join).

We are always in need of donations for our free community pantry.  Warm clothing items are especially helpful at this time.  Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [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.
Join Zoom Meeting
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Find your nearest number: https://zoom.us/u/aeC2zyWdIo

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

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

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Happy Holidays!

12/21/2022

 
Sunday, December 18th, 2022:

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

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

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


Next Sunday, December 25th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
No Forum - Merry Christmas!

Our Adult Forum is taking this Sunday off for Christmas Day.  Happy Holidays to everyone!

Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
Holiday Open Doors

Due to the Christmas Holiday, we will not have a regular service this Sunday, but our building will be open for those who would like an informal gathering with our members and friends.

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

Lunch after Service: If you would like to join other members and friends for lunch, look for a whiteboard in our entry hallway near the water fountain to see the weekly lunch location.  Please add a tally to the whiteboard if you plan to attend.

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

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

UUFJC News and Events this week:

On Thursdays at 5:30 pm, Katherine Connor hosts a weekly Zoom Happy Hour for UUFJC Members and Friends to gather and check in.
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Find your nearest number: https://zoom.us/u/aeC2zyWdIo

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

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

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

December's theme: Wonder

11/28/2022

 
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.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/91843966450?pwd=djBwTEx4YUxseW9SdytSZjJGS0xrdz09
Meeting ID: 918 4396 6450
Password: 918925    
Phone:
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago - US toll)

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

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

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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