Sunday morning, we were invited to join the UU Church of Columbia for an online service focused on the grief and rage of this moment, brought on by the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and a heartbreaking litany of other black lives, cut short in their developing stories and their sacred worth.  This is a moment to center ourselves in our humanity, to recognize that the grief and rage is born of love and thus recognize the depth of the black community's love.  Rev. Molly Housh-Gordon reminded fellow white people (like myself) that our heartbreak is also needed, not at the center of this moment, but in support and solidarity.  White people have work to do in the silence of our hearts, to get better at loving, while also showing up for justice.

The service also included a message from black philosopher-in-residence CW Dawson, a gorgeous performance by an all-black wind ensemble, and a collection benefiting the Movement for Black Lives (whom you can donate to at any time on their website).

The entire service is now available to view online: https://youtu.be/eVndyZPReus

Next Sunday, June 14th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
This week's topic is yet to be announced, but it is sure to be a lively discussion.
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UUCC Online Services - 10:30 am
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Thank you for being with us and supporting us!

This Wednesday, June 10th at 2 pm, Laura Gilkey is hosting a weekly virtual book club for UUFJC members and friends via Zoom.  Selected book: Silas Marner by George Eliot.  We are listening to the book with accompanying text during meetings.  This week we will listen to chapter 14.
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This Thursday, June 11th at 5:30 pm, Katherine Connor will be hosting a weekly Zoom Happy Hour for UUFJC Members and Friends to gather and check in.
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Community Events this week:

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

And Missouri River Regional Library is offering virtual events while the library is unable to host physical gatherings.  For more information, visit https://www.mrrl.org/events/upcoming.

For more events, see our online calendars:

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Please stay safe, well, and connected

Our June newsletter is now available to view or download:
UUFJC June 2020 Newsletter

This Sunday, while we did not have our own services, our neighbors at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia welcomed us at their annual Youth Service.  The UUCC youth explored the concept of allyship, which takes on new importance in light of recent events.  The unjust deaths of black people and their struggle for change have many of us wondering how we, often white and privileged, can help.  The UUCC Youth led us to ground ourselves in our own experience of being helped by others, remembering what they did and what it meant to us.  They encouraged us to take on the struggle as our own, even when the going gets tough.  We must put aside our own ego, our desire to run the show or clothe ourselves in virtue.  We should go beyond standing up to be counted and really do the hard work, go beyond defensiveness to listen and learn when our mistakes are pointed out, and go beyond our desire for safety to be prepared for risk.  They emphasized that allyship is not an identity we can subscribe to --- it is not something to be, but something to do, and to keep doing through thick and thin.

Next Sunday, June 7th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"The Spirituality of Death and Dying," Bob Boldt
Bob will share readings from some of his studies.  Frank Rycyk and others will share their ideas.  Bring readings.  Bring ideas.
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UUCC Online Services - 10:30 am
Note: This Sunday, UUCC will be holding their annual business meeting.
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UUFJC
Attn: Treasurer
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Thank you for being with us and supporting us!

This Wednesday, June 3rd at 2 pm, Laura Gilkey is hosting a weekly virtual book club for UUFJC members and friends via Zoom.  Selected book: Silas Marner by George Eliot.  We are listening to the book with accompanying text during meetings.  This week we will listen to chapters 12 and 13.
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Community Events this week:

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

And Missouri River Regional Library is offering virtual events while the library is unable to host physical gatherings.  For more information, visit https://www.mrrl.org/events/upcoming.

For more events, see our online calendars:

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Please stay safe, well, and connected!

This Sunday, we held our Annual Business meeting via Zoom --- even during physical distancing, we can still honor our commitment to democratic process.

We elected our board for the coming year:
President: Katherine Connor
Vice President: Lisa Sanning
Treasurer: Bob Antweiler
Secretary: Gennifer Monteer
Director of Religious Education: Kim Connor

We also named this year's nominating committee: Tom Crane, Charlotte Parsons, and Amy Regnier.

Many thanks to everyone who has stepped up or continues to serve!

We also took the opportunity for members to share their thoughts on how to approach any return to physical gatherings, although no decisions were made.  The board will consider the matter further at their upcoming meeting on June 24th.  Feel free to contact a board member or plan to attend the board meeting if you wish to share your thoughts as well.

Next Sunday, May 31st:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
Carrie Tergin, Mayor of Jefferson City
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If you have a joy or concern that you would like to have read during a Service, please submit it by noon on Friday through our website: http://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html

UUCC Online Services - 10:30 am
If we do not have our own online services, we have been invited to join our neighbors at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia.
These services will be offered via Facebook Live:
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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!

This Wednesday, May 27th at 2 pm, Laura Gilkey is hosting a weekly virtual book club for UUFJC members and friends via Zoom.  Selected book: Silas Marner by George Eliot.  We are listening to the book with accompanying text during meetings.  This week we will listen to chapter 11.  New participants are welcome to join in!
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This Thursday, May 28th at 5:30 pm, Katherine Connor will be hosting a weekly Zoom Happy Hour for UUFJC Members and Friends to gather and check in.
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Our building is reserved by community groups Wednesday, May 27th starting at 6 pm; Thursday, May 28th starting at 5:30 pm; and Saturday, May 30th starting at 6 pm.  If you have access to our building, please allow privacy at these times.

Community Events this week:

Tomorrow, Monday, May 25th at 6:30 pm, Faith Voices for Jefferson City is normally scheduled to hold their monthly meeting.  For more on the status of Faith Voices' meetings, contact  Rev. Kim Woodruff: [email protected]

As another Sunday Service Option, our neighbors at Vipassana Buddhist Church / Center for Buddhist Development are holding online services via Zoom at 10 am on Sundays.  For more information, contact [email protected].

And Missouri River Regional Library has begun offering virtual events while the library is unable to host physical gatherings.  For more information, visit https://www.mrrl.org/events/upcoming.

For more events, see our online calendars:

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Please stay safe, well, and connected!

Don't forget, next Sunday, May 24th is our Annual Business Meeting!  We will elect officers, vote on a budget, and more.
Meeting Agenda
Last Year's Annual Meeting Minutes (to be approved)
For information on the Budget proposal, contact our Treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [email protected]
For more information, contact our President, Katherine Connor: [email protected].  

This Sunday, we held services via Zoom, and Rev. Nancy TannerThies explored our monthly theme of Thresholds.  During this time of pandemic, she reflected, we are in a kind of prolonged threshold moment; we have left the way things were before, and we don't know when we'll be able to enter the way things will be after.  Rev. Nancy encouraged us to stay with this in-between time, not to shield ourselves with un-knowing but not to rush to figure it all out either.  She pointed to the "rites of passage" of many cultures, which have common elements of separation, transformation, and reincorporation.  During this separation, we can give ourselves space to transform, to foster the seeds of a future for ourselves and the underprivileged.  We can stay with this in-between time long enough to invite new growth that we can bring when we are able to reunite.

Next Sunday, May 24th:

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

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Nutrition and Health," Sarah Eber, Lincoln University Extension
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UUFJC Annual Business Meeting via Zoom - 10:30 am
After a short service, we will elect officers, vote on a budget, and more.
Meeting Agenda
Last Year's Annual Meeting Minutes (to be approved)
For information on the Budget proposal, contact our Treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [email protected].
For more information, contact our President, Katherine Connor: [email protected].
If you have a joy or concern that you would like to have read during the Service, please submit it by noon on Friday through our website: http://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html; there will also be an opportunity to share via text chat.
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As we find new ways to come together, we still need financial support, even without Sunday offering baskets.  We now have an online donation option through PayPal:
Donate to UUFJC
You can also mail donations and pledges to:
UUFJC
Attn: Treasurer
PO Box 1245
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Thank you for being with us and supporting us!

This Wednesday, May 20th at 2 pm, Laura Gilkey is hosting a weekly virtual book club for UUFJC members and friends via Zoom.  Selected book: Silas Marner by George Eliot.  We are listening to the book with accompanying text during meetings --- you do not have to read the book on your own.  This week we will listen to chapter 10.  New participants are welcome to join in!
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This Thursday, May 21st at 5:30 pm, Katherine Connor will be hosting a weekly Zoom Happy Hour for UUFJC Members and Friends to gather and check in.
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This Friday, May 22nd is our monthly Salvation Army Meal.  If you want to help, contact Bob Antweiler: [email protected]. 

Our building is reserved by a community group Wednesday, May 20th and Saturday, May 23rd starting at 6 pm.  If you have access to our building, please allow privacy at these times.

Community Events this week:

As another Sunday Service Option, our neighbors at Vipassana Buddhist Church / Center for Buddhist Development are holding online services via Zoom at 10 am on Sundays.  For more information, contact [email protected].

And Missouri River Regional Library has begun offering virtual events while the library is unable to host physical gatherings.  For more information, visit https://www.mrrl.org/events/upcoming.

For more events, see our online calendars:

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Please stay safe, well, and connected!

We now have invitation information for our online services this Sunday, May 17th at 10:30 am, held via Zoom.  Hope to see you there!

Message: "The Width of the Board," Rev. Nancy TannerThies
Rev. Nancy will be looking at change and transition in a time of isolation and monotony.

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Our May newsletter and print calendar are now ready to view or download:
Newsletter
Appendix - Annual Meeting Agenda
(No print calendar this month)
Note - some Zoom meeting IDs listed in the newsletter do not become active until May.  See below for links current this week.

This week, we did not have our own online services, but we did have our Adult Forum, now on Zoom every Sunday, and we also had --- and continue to have --- an opportunity.  With so much of our nation and world united in protecting against the coronavirus and turning toward online services, this can be a time to explore our wider UU community.  A great place to start is with our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia, who have graciously invited us to join them, but we can travel further if we choose.  Today I virtually visited a loved one's UU church on the west coast.  Is there a place dear to your heart or fascinating to your mind?  Maybe a UU Church there is holding online services you can explore.  Each of these congregations is in a unique place on its collective faith journey.  If we choose to be gracious guests, we can gather perspectives to share and inspire when we are able to come back together in our own Fellowship.

Next Sunday, May 3rd:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"I Want the World to Sing With Me About Peace," Betty Cooper
The title of the forum is from Buddy Ebsen’s 1982 song. During that time period, Ebsen was a “one-man” campaign for peace. We’ll read Ebsen’s lyrics and discuss Robert Koehler’s ideas in his April 16th column..
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Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
To Be Announced
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If you have a joy or concern that you would like to have read during a Service, please submit it by noon on Friday through our website: http://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html

UUCC Online Services - 10:30 am
If we do not have our own online services, we have been invited to join our neighbors at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia.
These services will be offered via Facebook Live:
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As we find new ways to come together, we still need financial support, even without Sunday offering baskets.  We now have an online donation option through PayPal:
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You can also mail donations and pledges to:
UUFJC
Attn: Treasurer
PO Box 1245
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Thank you for being with us and supporting us!

Our Annual Business meeting is coming May 24th.  We will hold our (previously delayed) election of officers, vote on a budget, and more.  For more information, contact our President, Katherine Connor at [email protected].

Tomorrow, Monday, April 27th, Faith Voices for Jefferson City holds their monthly Assembly online via Zoom, including mental health self-care tips and more.  Join the meeting here: https://zoom.us/w/379050084 or contact Rev. Kim Woodruff for more information: [email protected]

This Wednesday, April 29th at 2 pm, Laura Gilkey is hosting a weekly virtual book club for UUFJC members and friends via Zoom.  Selected book: Silas Marner by George Eliot.  We are listening to the book with accompanying text during meetings --- you do not have to read the book on your own.  This week we will listen to chapter 6.  New participants are welcome to catch up and join in!
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This Thursday, April 30th at 5:30 pm, Katherine Connor will be hosting a weekly Zoom Happy Hour for UUFJC Members and Friends to gather and check in.
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We have new information since our weekly update:

This Sunday we will have online services via Zoom with a message from Rev. Nancy TannerThies:

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In a new development since our weekly update, we will be holding a virtual observance of our annual Flower Communion this Sunday, April 12th at 10:30 am.  We hope you can join us!

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This morning, we continued our revived Adult Forum with the occasional and always-beautiful poetry forum led by Bob Boldt.  Among the poems shared was this:

In the Time of Pandemic
by Kitty O'Meara 
 
And the people stayed home.

And they read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still.

And they listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced.

Some met their shadows. And the people began to think differently.

And the people healed.

And, in the absence of people living in ignorant, dangerous, mindless, and heartless ways, the earth began to heal.

And when the danger passed, and the people joined together again, they grieved their losses, and made new choices, and dreamed new images, and created new ways to live and heal the earth fully, as they had been healed.
 
Not everyone has the privilege -- the material, social, and psychological resources -- to paint such a rosy picture, but for those of us who do, it is right to embrace any unique and strange blessings we can find in this difficult and deadly time, to be grateful for them, and use them toward compassion and justice.  We must be mindful of those for whom this time is most dangerous and painful so that that awareness can guide us toward those "new choices."  But if you can, in this time of enforced withdrawal: meditate without guilt, dance without shame, heal with gratitude --- this can be the path toward healing for all.

Next Sunday, April 12th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Systems of Care," Joan Kurtzeborn
Joan Kurtzeborn will talk about her work with an Osage County non-profit.
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UUCC Online Services - 10:30 am
The UUFJC Worship team is working on online services.  In the meantime, we have been invited to online services by our neighbors at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia:
These services will be offered via Facebook Live:
https://www.facebook.com/UnitarianUniversalistChurchOfColumbiaMO/?eid=ARCFLwfOPhvNekpA6bZuhuMke8zRihU5cX37pHO0Ig0hKx3TtbHgCgOx6CG-2K9kJWv-gRxpo4lI5kdW
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UUFJC News and Events this week:

As we try to find new ways to come together, we still need financial support, even without Sunday offering baskets.  We now have an online donation option through PayPal:
Donate to UUFJC
You can also mail donations and pledges to:
UUFJC
Attn: Treasurer
PO Box 1245
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Thank you for being with us and supporting us!

This Wednesday, April 8th at 2 pm, Laura Gilkey is hosting a weekly virtual book club for UUFJC members and friends via Zoom.  Selected book: Silas Marner by George Eliot.  We will be listening to the book with accompanying text during meetings --- there is no "homework;" you do not have to read the book on your own.  This week we will listen to chapter 2, or, if enough new people come, we might consider starting over with chapter one (just this once).
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This Thursday, April 9th at 5:30 pm, Katherine Connor will be hosting a weekly Zoom Happy Hour for UUFJC Members and Friends to gather and check in.
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Our building is reserved for ongoing community groups on Wednesday April 8th starting at 6 pm and Saturday April 11th starting at 6 pm.  We have not checked in to see if these groups are meeting, but if you have access to our building, please continue to allow privacy at these times.

For more events, see our online calendars:

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

Please stay safe, well, and connected!

Our April Newsletter is now available to view or download:
UUFJC April 2020 Newsletter
(No print calendar this month)

Bit by bit, we muddle toward a new normal and recover bits of our old normal.  This morning our Adult Forum returned with a stimulating discussion about seeking positive solutions in the current crisis, and, in late-breaking news not included in the newsletter, our Forum Coordinator, Frank, is back on the job, and we hope that many of our already-scheduled Forum topics can be discussed as planned via Zoom.

We were also invited again to online services with our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia.  UUCC minister Rev. Molly Housh Gordon shared the reading "Choose to Bless the World" by Rebecca Parker, but approached that blessing in what at first seemed a strange way.  This is no time to sweep our feelings under the rug, to bottle them up to corrode or explode.  Rev. Molly invited us to own the anger we feel at the present situation, to shout it out or proclaim a curse upon it --- but then, she called us to breathe deeply and realize that anger and fear are the guardians of what we love and hope for.  Every "NO" we shout is in defense of a "YES" that we yearn for.  Rev. Molly called us to enter that yes, enter that love, enter "an act of recognition, a confession of surprise, a grateful acknowledgment that in the midst of a broken world unspeakable beauty, grace and mystery abide" --- to enter the place where we can choose to bless our world.

Next Sunday, April 5th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Poetry," Bob Boldt
You are invited to bring a poem to read aloud to the group, whether a poem you have written yourself or a favorite poem by another author.  Introduced and moderated by Bob Boldt.
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UUCC Online Services - 10:30 am
The UUFJC Worship team is working on online services.  In the meantime, we have been invited to online services by our neighbors at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia:
These services will be offered via Facebook Live:
https://www.facebook.com/UnitarianUniversalistChurchOfColumbiaMO/?eid=ARCFLwfOPhvNekpA6bZuhuMke8zRihU5cX37pHO0Ig0hKx3TtbHgCgOx6CG-2K9kJWv-gRxpo4lI5kdW
And via Zoom:
Join Zoom Webinar:
Webinar ID: 380 411 489  
https://zoom.us/j/380411489
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+13126266799,,303350454# US (Chicago)
Phone
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Find your nearest phone number: https://zoom.us/u/aeC2zyWdIo

UUFJC News and Events this week:

As we try to find new ways to come together, we still need financial support, even without Sunday offering baskets.  To support UUFJC, please mail your pledges and contributions to:
UUFJC
Attn: Treasurer
PO Box 1245
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Thank you for being with us and supporting us!

We are also still in our annual pledge drive.  We ask everyone who is able to estimate their financial support for the coming year so that we can plan our Fellowship’s future.  Contact our Treasurer, Bob Antweiler at [email protected].

Starting this Wednesday, April 1st at 2 pm, Laura Gilkey is hosting a weekly virtual book club for UUFJC members and friends via Zoom.  We will be starting on our selected book: Silas Marner by George Eliot.  We will be listening to the book with accompanying text during meetings --- there is no "homework;" you do not have to read the book on your own.
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 957 765 341
Password: 032766  
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+13126266799,,303350454# US (Chicago)
Phone
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
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Starting this Thursday, April 2nd at 5:30 pm, Katherine Connor will be hosting a weekly Zoom Happy Hour for UUFJC Members and Friends to gather and check in.
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 182 389 756  
https://zoom.us/j/182389756
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+13126266799,,303350454# US (Chicago)
Phone
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Find your nearest phone number: https://zoom.us/u/aeC2zyWdIo

Our building is reserved for ongoing community groups on Wednesday April 1st starting at 6 pm, Saturday April 4th starting at 6 pm, and Sunday, April 5th starting at 6:30 pm.  We have not checked in to see if these groups are meeting, but if you have access to our building, please continue to allow privacy at these times.

For more events, see our online calendars:

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

Please stay safe, well, and connected!