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Coming Together: Water Communion

9/13/2021

On September 12 we celebrated our annual Water Communion, a ceremony of coming together to begin a new church year. We shared an ingathering greeting via video from Unitarian Universalist Association president Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray. As she reflected, the possibilities for coming together in the face of the pandemic continue to shift, at times creating a confusing patchwork of needs across different times and places, and we need care, kindness, and patience to come together and share the healing power of our faith. Here at UUFJC, we made room for members and friends both in-person and online to share water that represented many things close to their hearts: experiences on distant travels and near at hand, favorite places of departed loved ones, homes fondly remembered and homes newly found, the sustaining power of water and the need to ensure access to it for all. Water nourishes life and creates ground for possibility, and we continue our quest to embrace possibilities together.

Next Sunday, September 19th:
Newsletter Submissions Due.
Please e-mail your items for our October newsletter to Laura Gilkey at [email protected].

Adult Forum - 9:15 am

"Replacement Discourses," Dr. Gary Kowaluck
Dr. Kowaluck, a criminology professor at Lincoln University, will address differing ways of describing reality.

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Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am

"Possible Anyway," Rev. Nancy TannerThies
Rev. Nancy will continue exploring our monthly theme of Embracing Possibility.

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We are resuming Children's Religious Education at our in-person services!
This week's lesson: "Understanding the Principles Lesson 3: appreciating connections."
Children are welcome to join Religious Educator Samantha Porter for a lesson in the RE Room during the service hour. For more details, contact Samantha or our RE Director, Kim Connor.

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

Also note, we are transitioning to a new audio/video system for hybrid in-person and online services, and we’ve been experiencing some bumps along the way. We appreciate your patience as we learn how to make the new technology work.

UUFJC News and Events this week:

Party for Patt Behler: This Tuesday, September 14th at 5:30 pm, we will hold a virtual birthday party for Patt via Zoom:

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Happy Hour Thursdays:
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Board Meeting:
Next Sunday, September 19th, 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 Rich Burdge.

Worship Committee Meeting:
Later next Sunday, September 19th, our Worship Service Committee meets in person at our building at 5 pm. Contact Lisa Sanning to get involved in creating our Sunday services.

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, September 14th at 11 am, the emergency housing subgroup of the Jefferson City Homelessness Working Group holds its monthly meeting. To get involved with this or other aspects of the homelessness working group, contact Patt Behler.

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On Sunday, September 5, Rev. Mike Adamek joined us to begin our month of reflections on Embracing Possibility. We often think of "realism" as a dark outlook, and many dark things are currently happening in our world to bolster that notion, but Rev. Mike reminded us that true realism means looking at all the possibilities, including the possibility of positive change. The best way to foster hope for those positive possibilities, Rev. Mike said, is through using our reason, sympathizing with others and applying our ingenuity to improve the world for them and ourselves. The key commitments of a reasoned approach are to provide evidence for your beliefs and to constantly re-examine those beliefs. All of us, liberal, conservative, or independent, have a natural reflex to resist information that upsets our beliefs, or to believe things only because they are cultural touchstones we want to identify with. We must accept this and do our best to dig beneath the things we think we know. We can gain hope from a long history of human accomplishments arising from this approach --- new forms of healing, new values upholding peace and compassion --- and temper our "realism" with the possibilities to be found in whatever life deals us.

News Note: We are also looking forward to a party next week, celebrating milestones for two of our beloved longtime members. See Coming Events below or contact Roberta Dunkel for more information.

Next Sunday,September 12th:
Adult Forum - 9:15 am

"Critical Race Theory," Dr. Darius Watson of Lincoln University

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Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am

Water Communion
All are invited to bring small offerings of water that represent places or experiences that have touched them in the past year.
Zoom participants can be part of the service as well. If they actually have water, they can hold it up and say a couple of sentences about it and then we'll have someone at the building pour in symbolic water for them.

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We are resuming Children's Religious Education at our in-person services!
This week's lesson: "Understanding the Principles 2: learning compassion and empathy."
Children are welcome to join Religious Educator Samantha Porter for a lesson in the RE Room during the service hour. For more details, contact Samantha or our RE Director, Kim Connor.

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

Also note, we are transitioning to a new audio/video system for hybrid in-person and online services, and we’ve been experiencing some bumps along the way. We appreciate your patience as we learn how to make the new technology work.

UUFJC News and Events this week:

Community Pantry update: Summer is ending and we are able to stock canned goods in our pantry again, as well as other nonperishables, personal care items, and more  For more information about the pantry and current needs, contact Joan Kurtzeborn: j [email protected]. 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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On Fridays at 1 pm, Robin Duple of the UU Church of Columbia hosts a weekly Zoom get-together for crafters and creators of all stripes and has invited UUFJC members and friends to join in. For more information, visit the UUCC website:
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Next Sunday, September 12th, we will be holding a party for Patt Behler and Jim Davis; Patt is celebrating her 94th birthday, and Jim is moving away to be near family. After services, we will go to McClung Park Pavilion. Entertainment, drinks, and cake will be provided. Please bring a brown bag lunch. For more information, contact Roberta Dunkel.

Later next Sunday, September 12th at 3 pm, Emma Regnier and Betty Cooper will hold the first session of their new classic book discussion group at our building. This month's selection: 1984 by George Orwell. Contact Emma or Betty for more information.

And starting next Sunday, September 12th, our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia are moving their online Sunday services to 9:30 am. This may change our practice of opening our building to view UUCC's service when we do not have a service of our own scheduled. Watch this e-mail list for updates.

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

Community Events this week:

This Thursday, September 9th at 7 pm is the monthly meeting of the local chapter of the American Association of University Women. Contact Charlotte Parsons for meeting information.

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September Newsletter now available

9/3/2021

Our September newsletter is now ready to view or download:
UUFJC Newsletter, Flame on the Water September 2021

Last Sunday, we were joined by local journalist and historian Bob Priddy for a talk about "The Roman Goddess on the Missouri Capitol" --- the statue of Ceres atop the Missouri State Capitol dome. From its selection and inspiration through to its recent repair and restoration, the statue has a rich and complex history. Like much American civic sculpture, it presents a goddess not as a religious statement or an object of worship, but as a symbol and an idea --- in this case, the bounty of the earth blessing our state's agriculture and people.

Please note our Social Action Brainstorming session coming this Saturday, September 4th at 10:30 am! See News and Events below or contact Katherine Connor: connok510@gmail.com.

For those who would also like to keep up with our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia, their service from August 29 is available to view online: https://youtu.be/JPMMbSwGRlU

Next Sunday,September 5th:
Adult Forum - 9:15 am

"Peace is a Possibility," Betty Cooper

The International Day of Peace is September 21. Jeremy Gilley worked for five years to finalize a specific calendar day for a worldwide ceasefire day; this legislation was passed and signed by all UN members, September 11, 2001. Since that time, Gilley asks us: “What we are you going to do on September 21 and throughout the year for peace?” In the forum, answers to that question will be discussed.

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Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
"Realism Means Being Open to Possibilities," Rev. Mike Adamek

I have never met a pessimist. Even in my moments of darkest depression, I called myself a realist. A self-described realist might say, “Don’t be disappointed, just don’t expect anything good.” However, any realism without also some optimism is truncated. Realism includes hope.

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We are resuming Children's Religious Education at our in-person services!

This week's lesson: "Understanding the Principles 1: principles and introductions."

Children are welcome to join Religious Educator Samantha Porter for a lesson in the RE Room during the service hour. For more details, contact Samantha or our RE Director, Kim Connor.

All are currently welcome to attend services and religious education in person at our building.  Masks are required for everyone attending UUFJC events in-person. Free masks will be available if you do not have one.

UUFJC News and Events this week:

We are planning an office clean-up day soon. If you have the knowledge and willingness to help with the cleanup, please contact Rich Burdge.  If you have anything stored in the office at our building that you do not want thrown away, please retrieve it by 1 pm next Sunday, September 5th.

Community Pantry update: Summer is ending and we will soon be able to stock canned goods in our pantry again, as well as other nonperishables, personal care items, and more  For more information about the pantry and current needs, contact Joan Kurtzeborn: j [email protected]. Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: rp8mm9@gmail.com.

Due to the recent Covid surge, Alberta Mobley and Jan Harcourt's yoga classes at our building are on hold until further notice. Contact Alberta and Jan 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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On Fridays at 1 pm, Robin Duple of the UU Church of Columbia hosts a weekly Zoom get-together for crafters and creators of all stripes and has invited UUFJC members and friends to join in. For more information, visit the UUCC website:
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This Saturday, September 4th at 10:30 am, our Social Action chair Katherine Connor will host a Zoom meeting to hear ideas from members and friends about social action. You do not have to commit to being on the committee to join the meeting. For more information, contact Katherine: connok510@gmail.com.
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Starting Sunday, September 12th, our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia are moving their online Sunday services to 9:30 am. This may change our practice of opening our building to view UUCC's service when we do not have a service of our own scheduled. Watch this e-mail list for updates.

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

Community Events this week:

This Thursday, September 2nd at 7 pm is the monthly meeting of the local chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. Contact Susan Randolph for meeting information.

This Friday, September 3rd at 7 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library will present their monthly First Friday Film. For film selection and more information, contact Madeline Matson. For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.

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Sunday morning, we were invited to join our neighbors at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia for their online services, with a message from Rev. Molly Housh Gordon, who has recently returned from sabbatical. Rev. Molly focused this morning on rootedness, on being at home in the place where we are. Most Americans, whether our ancestors came here, were forcibly brought here, or were pushed aside for others, have a generational history of displacement. If we are not mindful, this can lead us to become alienated from relationship with the web of life around us, and we can suffer an un-named loneliness or act in thoughtless and destructive ways. To heal ourselves and the world around us, Rev. Molly called us to face our own and our ancestors' history of displacement, to remember those who may have suffered as a result of that history, and to become attentive to the nature around us, to enter into a relationship of reciprocity with it, so that we and the life around us can be renewed together.

The full service is now available to view online: https://youtu.be/Oztavsc3NeI

Next Sunday, August 29th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am

"The Hidden History of Jefferson City," Michelle Brooks
Our guest will present from her new book.
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Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am

Service speaker: local historian and journalist Bob Priddy.
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This week we are resuming Children's Religious Education at our in-person services!  Children are welcome to join Religious Educator Samantha Porter for a lesson in the RE Room during the service hour. For more details, contact Samantha or our RE Director, Kim Connor.

All are currently welcome to attend services and religious education in person at our building.  Masks are required for everyone attending UUFJC events in-person. Free masks will be available if you do not have one.

Also note, we are transitioning to a new audio/video system for hybrid in-person and online services, and we’ve been experiencing some bumps along the way. We appreciate your patience as we learn how to make the new technology work.

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, and online participants will have an opportunity to share Joys and Concerns via text chat.

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 join our open-posting 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). And you can join our text message list for reminders on your text-enabled mobile phone (contact Katherine Connor at [email protected].)

Submissions for our September newsletter were due August 22. Please e-mail any last-minute items to Laura Gilkey ASAP: [email protected].

Religious Education Update: Starting next Sunday, August 29th, we will be resuming Children's RE at our in-person services. However, due to lack of response, we have wrapped up our online Adult RE. Many thanks to RE instructor Samantha Porter and everyone who participated!

The UUFJC board has again updated our Covid-19 policy.  Masks are now required for everyone attending our services or other UUFJC events in person.  Free masks will be available if you do not have one. For more details, contact our president, Rich Burdge.

Due to the rapidly changing Covid situation, I also encourage anyone planning to attend any of the below-listed events to check with your event organizers and confirm meeting status.

Community Pantry update: due to concerns regarding heat and food safety, we will not have any canned goods in the pantry until September 1. We still need other nonperishable items, and we can now accept small numbers of books, especially children's books.  For more information, contact Joan Kurtzeborn: [email protected]m. Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [email protected].

Due to the recent Covid surge, Alberta Mobley and Jan Harcourt's yoga classes at our building are on hold until further notice. Contact Alberta and Jan 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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On Fridays at 1 pm, Robin Duple of the UU Church of Columbia hosts a weekly Zoom get-together for crafters and creators of all stripes and has invited UUFJC members and friends to join in. For more information, visit the UUCC website: https://uucomo.org/event/crafting-club-online-weekly/all/

Friday, August 27th, is our monthly Salvation Army Meal. If you can help provide or serve food for those in need, please contact Bob Antweiler at [email protected]. Reimbursements are available. Serving begins at 5 pm; please plan to arrive early and help prepare.

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

Community Events this week:

Monday, August 23rd at 7 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library hosts an Author Talk with Michelle Brooks.  Quite a bit has happened in Missouri's capital city since Lewis and Clark passed through the area on their famous journey. And some of that history has remained hidden. Being the center of politics in the state and possessing a small-town mindset, the city has a dual identity. Michelle Brooks, longtime Jefferson City News-Tribune reporter and editor, is a student of the city's history and spent a good number of years on the paper's historic preservation beat. She will provide a general overview of her new book, Hidden History of Jefferson City.  Contact Madeline Matson. For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.

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Take a Breath

8/16/2021

Sunday morning, Rev. Nancy TannerThies continued our monthly theme of Healing. When we are troubled or in pain, at times we might blow on our "ouchies" or heave a sigh in hopes that it will magically go away. The deep personal and societal hurts we face and the uncomfortable questions of how to live in community together will not vanish, but if we choose the work of deep healing, Rev. Nancy pointed to ways that breath can still support us. We can take a breath and pause for renewal after a burst of effort. We can sit with our breath in mindfulness practice, simply being present with where we are and what we feel. We can take a deep breath before we react from overload and anger and instead remember to value our differences. And perhaps there is a bit of magic in the healing process as well; there is deep mystery in healing when we breathe into it, or when we feel the universe breathing through 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/QKsArmmJB0Q --- this week, Rev. Molly Housh Gordon gave her first message after returning from sabbatical.

Next Sunday, August 22nd:

Newsletter Submissions Due.
Please e-mail your items for our September newsletter to Laura Gilkey at [email protected].

Adult Forum - 9:15 am

Led by Bob Boldt
(Note this is a change from the plans announced in our monthly newsletter.)
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Service - 10:30 am

We are not holding UUFJC services this week. However, our building will be open for those who wish to gather in person and share the online services of our neighbor congregation, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia (see below). Masks are required for everyone attending in person.

UU Church of Columbia Online Services - 10:30 am
When we are not holding our own online services, UUFJC members and friends have been invited to join in online services with our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia. For more information, Zoom links, and recordings of past services, visit https://uucomo.org/

First UU Church of Springfield Online Services - 11 am
We have also been invited to join our neighbors at First UU of Springfield, MO for online services, some featuring messages from current First UU pastor and longtime friend of UUFJC, Rev. Michelle Scott-Huffman.  For more information and recordings of past messages, visit https://springfielduu.org/

Adult Religious Education - 1:30 pm

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

The UUFJC board has again updated our Covid-19 policy.  Masks are now required for everyone attending our services or other UUFJC events in person.  Free masks will be available if you do not have one. For more details, contact our president, Rich Burdge.

Due to the rapidly changing Covid situation, I also encourage anyone planning to attend any of the below-listed events to check with your event organizers and confirm meeting status.

We have a text-message list to send reminders about our upcoming Zoom events to those who wish to receive them on their mobile phones. If you would like to be included, contact Katherine Connor: [email protected]

Community Pantry update: due to concerns regarding heat and food safety, we will not have any canned goods in the pantry until September 1. We still need other nonperishable items, and we can now accept small numbers of books, especially children's books.  For more information, contact Joan Kurtzeborn: [email protected]m. Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [email protected].

Due to the recent Covid surge, Alberta Mobley and Jan Harcourt's yoga classes at our building are on hold until further notice. Contact Alberta and Jan 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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On Fridays at 1 pm, Robin Duple of the UU Church of Columbia hosts a weekly Zoom get-together for crafters and creators of all stripes and has invited UUFJC members and friends to join in. For more information, visit the UUCC website: https://uucomo.org/event/crafting-club-online-weekly/all/

Sunday, August 22nd, the UUFJC Board meets at our building at 3 pm. 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; Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 5:30 pm; and Sundays starting at 7 pm. If you have access to our building, please allow privacy at these times.

Community Events this week:

Thursday, August 19th at 7 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library presents the latest installment of the LU-MRRL Lecture Series: "FANatics: Inside the Minds of Celebrity Worshipers."  Some people exhibit extreme interest in celebrities to the point of becoming obsessed. Over the past 20 years, the incidence of “celebrity” worship has dramatically increased. The implications of increases in celebrity worship are concerning given research showing that it is associated with undesirable attitudes and behaviors, such as anxiety, depression, obsessive thoughts, suicide attempts, excessive gambling, disordered eating, and difficulty maintaining intimate relationships. Dr. Mara Aruguete, professor of psychology at Lincoln University, will discuss her own and other researchers’ investigations of celebrity culture and its implications.  Contact Madeline Matson. For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.

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"How We Heal"

8/10/2021

Sunday morning, we continued our monthly theme of Healing with a service featuring reflections by UUFJC members on the question of "How we Heal."  Katherine Connor talked about times when the support of others helped her heal from self-descructive anger, and how the support of UUFJC still helps her balance when to let things go and when to do something about them. Jim Davis talked about how UUism has been a place of healing for him after his fundamentalist religious upbringing. Both of them emphasized one point in common: How do we heal? Katherine and Jim said, "We heal together."

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/XVOKA_iSM2o

Next Sunday, August 15th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am

"Critical Race Theory," Frank Rycyk

"In his 1992 book, Faces at the Bottom of the Well, Derrick Bell used the techniques of fiction to dramatize his ideas about racism." (Quote headlines an essay by Adam Kirsch in the Wall Street Journal, June 25th, 2021.)
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Service - 10:30 am

“Whew On It! Make It Better,” Rev. Nancy TannerThies

Rev. Nancy continues exploring our monthly theme of Healing.
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Also note, we are transitioning to a new audio/video system for hybrid in-person and online services, and we’ve been having some bumps along the way. We appreciate your patience as we learn how to make the new technology work.

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
Online services will also include an opportunity to share Joys and Concerns via text chat.

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
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Thank you for being with us and supporting us!

The UUFJC board has again updated our Covid-19 policy.  Masks are now required for everyone attending our services or other UUFJC events in person.  Free masks will be available if you do not have one. We are also trying to improve the distancing of our seating arrangement. For more details, contact our president, Rich Burdge.

Due to the rapidly changing Covid situation, I also encourage anyone planning to attend any of the below-listed events to check with your event organizers and confirm meeting status.

We have a text-message list to send reminders about our upcoming Zoom events to those who wish to receive them on their mobile phones. If you would like to be included, contact Katherine Connor: [email protected]

Katherine Connor has been named as the new chair of our Social Action Committee. If you want to get involved in social action work with our Fellowship, contact Katherine: [email protected].

Community Pantry update: due to concerns regarding heat and food safety, we will not have any canned goods in the pantry until September 1. We still need other nonperishable items, and we can also now accept small numbers of books, especially children's books.  For more information, contact Katherine Connor at this time: [email protected]. Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [email protected].

Alberta Mobley is offering her own chair yoga classes Tuesdays at 9 am in our building to those who are fully vaccinated against covid-19. 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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On Fridays at 1 pm, Robin Duple of the UU Church of Columbia hosts a weekly Zoom get-together for crafters and creators of all stripes and has invited UUFJC members and friends to join in. For more information, visit the UUCC website: https://uucomo.org/event/crafting-club-online-weekly/all/

Jan Harcourt offers her own Gentle Yoga classes at our building Saturday mornings at 11 am  to those who are fully vaccinated against covid-19. Donations requested. Contact Jan for more information.

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

Community Events this week:

Tuesday, August 10th at 11 am, the emergency housing subgroup of the Jefferson City Homelessness Working Group holds its monthly meeting. To get involved with this or other aspects of the homelessness working group, contact Patt Behler.

Thursday, August 12th at 7 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library hosts an Author Talk with Laura McHugh.  McHugh’s new novel, What’s Done in Darkness, is a psychological thriller about a teenager’s abduction from her family’s farm. She is found after weeks but is considered tainted by her deeply religious family. She later moves to St. Louis and tries to put the past behind her until a detective wants her help with a case similar to hers. She then must untangle the truth of what really happened to her. Critics have praised McHugh’s novels for their unique characters, intriguing plots, and sense of place. She received an International Thriller Writers Award for her first book, The Weight of Blood, which was the library’s 2014 Capital READ.  Contact Madeline Matson. For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.

For more events, see our online calendars:

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"Humanity is the Best, Humanity is the Worst"

8/2/2021

Sunday morning, we shared a message from our wider UU Community, delivered by Rev. Thom Belote at The Community Church of Chapel Hill Unitarian Universalist last month. Rev. Thom opened with stories of runners in races who gave up victory to help other racers, even opponents, who had fallen or were in distress. Stories like this remind us of humanity's best, but it is all too easy to recall examples of humanity at its worst as well. So what are we to make of ourselves? Theologians have offered various answers over the centuries --- that humans are fallen and immoral and society should restrain us, that humans are malleable and society should seek to shape us for the best, that individual humans tend to be good but that social groups can corrupt us. More recently, liberation movements like Black Lives Matter, Feminism, Queer Liberation etc. argue that we are responsible for both our private and collective lives, and that we should struggle together to transform the worst of our humanity toward the best of our humanity. Like the runners who put kindness before victory, we can look at the rules we have been given and choose to put our higher principles above personal goals and victory over others. Rev. Thom reminded us that we can and should choose to run a different race.

The full service where Rev. Belote originally gave this sermon is available to view online (sermon begins at 27:30): https://youtu.be/eO9OMGLu8aY?t=1650

For those who would like to keep up with our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia, their message from this morning is also available to view online: https://youtu.be/NI0owyhesW4

Next Sunday, August 8th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am

"The Health and Nutrition Team," Erin Perry, Catholic Charities
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"How We Heal," Members and Friends
This week's service will be led by Katherine Connor and feature reflections from UUFJC members and friends on our monthly theme of Healing.
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Also note, we have been having technical difficulties with our Zoom services lately as we transition to a new system. We apologize for the shortcomings and appreciate your patience. If this is your preferred way to attend, please bear with us as we work out this next phase.

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

Adult Religious Education - 1:30 pm

Our Adult Religious Education series via Zoom, led by our RE Instructor Samantha Porter and based on a UUA Tapestry of Faith curriculum, “Building the World We Dream Of.”
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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
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Jefferson City, MO 65102
Thank you for being with us and supporting us!

The UUFJC board has approved a new Covid-19 policy.  Due to the recent surge in Missouri, masks are required at in-person services for those not fully vaccinated against Covid-19, and masks are strongly recommended for everyone.  Free masks will be available if you do not have one. We are also trying to improve the distancing of our seating arrangement. For more details, contact our president, Rich Burdge.

Due to the rapidly changing Covid situation, I also encourage anyone planning to attend any of the below-listed events to check with your event organizers and confirm meeting status.

We have a text-message list to send reminders about our upcoming Zoom events to those who wish to receive them on their mobile phones. If you would like to be included, contact Katherine Connor: [email protected]

Katherine Connor has been named as the new chair of our Social Action Committee. If you want to get involved in social action work with our Fellowship, contact Katherine: [email protected].

Community Pantry update: due to concerns regarding heat and food safety, we will not have any canned goods in the pantry until September 1. We still need other nonperishable items, and we can also now accept small numbers of books, especially children's books.  For more information, contact Katherine Connor at this time: [email protected]. Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [email protected].

Alberta Mobley is offering her own chair yoga classes Tuesdays at 9 am in our building to those who are fully vaccinated against covid-19. 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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On Fridays at 1 pm, Robin Duple of the UU Church of Columbia hosts a weekly Zoom get-together for crafters and creators of all stripes and has invited UUFJC members and friends to join in. For more information, visit the UUCC website:  https://uucomo.org/event/crafting-club-online-weekly/all/

Jan Harcourt offers her own Gentle Yoga classes at our building Saturday mornings at 11 am  to those who are fully vaccinated against covid-19. Donations requested. Contact Jan for more information.

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

Community Events this week:

This Thursday, August 5th at 7 pm is the monthly meeting of the local chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. Contact Susan Randolph for meeting location and more information.

For more events, see our online calendars:

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Practicing Hope

7/19/2021

Sunday morning, Rev. Nancy TannerThies continued exploring our monthly theme of Hope. Hope, properly practiced, can keep us going and working toward a better future even in the face of all the hurt and terror we see in the world, but how does one properly practice hope? Where is the owner's manual? Rev. Nancy shared one draft of such a manual, which concluded Barbara Kingsolver's commencement address at Duke University, and Rev. Nancy offered her own suggestions, too, as we find our own way of working with hope. First, as Kingsolver noted, hope needs constant repair and adjustment. It also requires us to not just wait for rescue but to make the hard climb toward what we hope for. We must engage with others in that effort, including others we don't at first see as likely partners. Sometimes we will have to ignore the voices of dominant opinion or "reasonableness" and stick to our own intuition. We will have to nurse our hope along through periods of doubt with whatever helpful balms we can find. And sometimes --- sometimes --- we will find that it is time to let go and build new hopes all over again.

Also note, our board has approved a new Covid-19 policy. Due to the recent surge in Missouri, masks are required at in-person services for those not fully vaccinated against Covid-10, and masks are strongly recommended for everyone. Free masks will be available if you do not have one. We are also trying to improve the distancing of our seating arrangement. For more details, contact our president, Rich Burdge.

Due to the rapidly changing Covid situation, anyone planning to attend any of the below-listed events is encouraged to check with the event organizers and confirm meeting status.

For those who would like to keep up with our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia, their service today is available to view online: https://youtu.be/_9rBPgzSu_E

Next Sunday, July 25th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am

"The Death of Character," Betty Cooper
The Death of Character is the title of the book by James Davison Hunter, a sociologist. In the forum we will discuss Hunter’s ideas in the book’s “postmortem.” Hopefully these ideas will awaken us to partner in reducing the rampant racism, discrimination, and violence in our society.
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Service - 10:30 am

We are not holding UUFJC services this week. However, our building will be open for those who wish to gather in person and share the online services of our neighbor congregation, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia (see below). Masks are required for those not fully vaccinated against Covid-19 and strongly recommended for everyone.

UU Church of Columbia Online Services - 10:30 am
When we are not holding our own online services, UUFJC members and friends have been invited to join in online services with our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia. For more information, Zoom links, and recordings of past services, visit https://uucomo.org/

First UU Church of Springfield Online Services - 11 am
We have also been invited to join our neighbors at First UU of Springfield, MO for online services, some featuring messages from current First UU pastor and longtime friend of UUFJC, Rev. Michelle Scott-Huffman.  For more information and recordings of past messages, visit https://springfielduu.org/

Adult Religious Education - 1:30 pm

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

Submissions for our August newsletter were due July 18, 2021. Please e-mail any last-minute items to Laura Gilkey ASAP: [email protected].

We have a text-message list to send reminders about our upcoming Zoom events to those who wish to receive them on their mobile phones. If you would like to be included, contact Katherine Connor: [email protected]

Community Pantry update: due to concerns regarding heat and food safety, we will not have any canned goods in the pantry until September 1. We still need other nonperishable items, and we will also now accept small numbers of books, especially children's books.  For more information, contact Joan Kurtzeborn at [email protected]. Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [email protected].

Alberta Mobley is offering chair yoga classes Tuesdays at 9 am in our building to those who are fully vaccinated against covid-19. 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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On Fridays at 1 pm, Robin Duple of the UU Church of Columbia hosts a weekly Zoom get-together for crafters and creators of all stripes and has invited UUFJC members and friends to join in. For more information, visit the UUCC website:   https://uucomo.org/event/crafting-club-online-weekly/all/

Later this Friday is our monthly Salvation Army Meal. Please contact Bob Antweiler if you can help provide food for those in need; we will not be serving in-person this month. Reimbursements are available; contact Bob about that as well: [email protected].

Jan Harcourt offers Gentle Yoga classes at our building Saturday mornings at 11 am to those who are fully vaccinated against covid-19 . Donations requested. Contact Jan for more information.

Sunday, July 25th, our Worship Service Committee will meet in-person at our building at 5 pm. To get involved in creating our Sunday services, contact our vice president, Lisa Sanning at [email protected].

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

Community Events this week:

Monday, July 19th at 7 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library presents the latest installment of the LU-MRRL Lecture Series: A-Maizing Origins: The Archaeology of Corn.  From food and drink to fuel and manufactured goods, corn is crucial to helping make our lives easier (and tastier). This staple was created through artificial selection and breeding by early indigenous populations in modern-day Mexico, and more recent archaeological evidence has shed light on the complex development of corn. Dr. Christine Boston, assistant professor of anthropology and sociology at Lincoln University, will discuss the origins or and changes in corn, as well as its importance throughout human history and today.  Contact Madeline Matson. For more on Library events, visit MRRL.org.

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Shared Humor

7/12/2021

Sunday we shared a message from Liz James & Rev. Anne Barker, founders of the Unitarian Universalist Hysterical Society. Some of our members have long enjoyed the Hysterical Society's humorous Facebook posts, but humor is not just a diversion. Too often, we are trained to hide our emotions: our loud laughs, our messy tears. Women can be particularly pressured to seek calm and peace at any cost and disparaged as "hysterical" if they let their emotions burst out. But a spiritual home, James & Barker argued, should be a place where all of who we are is welcome, where shared covenant -- and yes, shared humor --- connect us, where we are accepted "cracks" and all so that we can "hatch" into the people we were meant to be.

The sermon is available to view online: https://youtu.be/L1PwHW71xVg

For those who would also like to keep up with our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia, their service today is also available to view online: https://youtu.be/3ONsWTS0HIE

Next Sunday, July 18th:

Newsletter Submissions Due.
Please e-mail your items for our August newsletter to Laura Gilkey at [email protected].

Adult Forum - 9:15 am

"The Jefferson City Workhouse," Jenny Smith
Jenny Smith will discuss the history of a "debtors prison" in the City of Jefferson.
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Service - 10:30 am

Rev. Nancy TannerThies
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All are currently welcome to attend services in person at our building.  Vaccinations or masks are required.

Also note, we have been having technical difficulties with our Zoom services lately as we transition to a new system. We apologize for the shortcomings and appreciate your patience. If this is your preferred way to attend, please bear with us as we work out this next phase.

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

UUFJC News and Events this week:

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!

We have a text-message list to send reminders about our upcoming Zoom events to those who wish to receive them on their mobile phones. If you would like to be included, contact Katherine Connor: [email protected]

Community Pantry update: due to concerns regarding heat and food safety, we will not have any canned goods in the pantry until September 1. We will still stock our pantry this summer with other non-perishable items.  Donation Ideas: hot or cold cereal, grits, pasta, snacks, salt and pepper, boxed side dishes, crackers, shampoo & conditioner, shower sponges, body wash, dish detergent and dish towels, family tea bags, coffee, etc. We will also now accept small numbers of books, especially children's books.  For more information, contact Joan Kurtzeborn at [email protected]. Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [email protected].

Alberta Mobley is offering chair yoga classes Tuesdays at 9 am in our building to those who are fully vaccinated against covid-19. 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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On Fridays at 1 pm, Robin Duple of the UU Church of Columbia hosts a weekly Zoom get-together for crafters and creators of all stripes and has invited UUFJC members and friends to join in. For more information, visit the UUCC website: https://uucomo.org/event/crafting-club-online-weekly/all/

Jan Harcourt is now offering Gentle Yoga classes at our building Saturday mornings at 11 am. Vaccinations required. Donations requested. Contact Jan for more information.

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

Community Events this week:

This Tuesday, July 13th at 11 am, A subgroup of a Jefferson City homelessness working group holds its monthly meeting; this subgroup is focused on responding to emergency housing needs. For more on getting involved with this or other aspects of the homelessness working group, contact Patt Behler.

This Wednesday, July 14th at 7 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library presents a program on Lincoln University’s Police Training Academy.  Police departments across the country are seeing fewer applicants for open positions brought about by large numbers of officers retiring and those simply leaving the force. With these concerns in mind, Gary Hill, Lincoln University’s police chief, developed the first police academy at a Historically Black College and University. LU’s new program has received national news attention with Chief Hill being featured on television programs in in a recent Time magazine article. Chief Hill will discuss how the Academy came into being, what he hopes to accomplish with his recruits, the response from police departments, and future plans for this important program.  Contact Madeline Matson. For more on Library events, visit MRRL.org.

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Democracy

7/5/2021

Sunday morning, relating Independence Day to our Fifth Principle, Rev. Adamek talked about attempts to give democracy away in our country, past and present. He pointed out current examples from the state and federal levels, and their dissonant nature, with democratic values and with each other. But he also noted that such conflicts are not new. The framers of our Constitution represented a wide array of conflicting interests and ideas, and resolved them in debate that was often highly contentious and not always amicable. But in the end, they tended to settle issues based on common general principles, as we have done, at our best, throughout our history. In this spirit, he called on us all to reaffirm our own basic values of truth, honesty, kindness, humility, and wisdom, in order to best benefit our communities, our country, and the human race.
(Summary by Rich Burdge)

Next Sunday, July 11th:

Adult Forum - 9:15 am

Amy Rogers, Council for Drug-Free Youth
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Service - 10:30 am

"Hysterical Women," Liz James & Rev. Anne Barker
Katherine Connor will share a message from the founders of the Unitarian Universalist Hysterical Society.
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All are currently welcome to attend services in person at our building and watch our Zoom service together.  Vaccinations or masks are required.

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

Adult Religious Education - 1:30 pm

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

Results are in from our Rummage Sale, and we have made $930 so far, with eBay sales still to come. Many thanks to everyone who donated and volunteered to make the sale a success!

Note: If you have any items you are considering donating to the fellowship, please contact a board member to discuss the possibility. This prevents problems with items suddenly appearing in the building and people having to figure out what to do with them, including possibly discarding them. Thank you,

We have a text-message list to send reminders about our upcoming Zoom events to those who wish to receive them on their mobile phones. If you would like to be included, contact Katherine Connor: [email protected]

Community Pantry update: due to concerns regarding heat and food safety, we will not have any canned goods in the pantry until September 1. All canned goods with an expiration date prior to September were donated to Building Community Bridges. We will still stock our pantry this summer with other non-perishable items.  Donation Ideas: hot or cold cereal, grits, pasta, snacks, salt and pepper, boxed side dishes, crackers, shampoo & conditioner, shower sponges, body wash, dish detergent and dish towels, family tea bags, coffee, etc.  For more information, contact Joan Kurtzeborn at [email protected]. Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [email protected].

Alberta Mobley is now offering chair yoga classes Tuesdays at 9 am in our building to those who are fully vaccinated against covid-19. 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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Password: 918925
Phone:
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago - US toll)
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On Fridays at 1 pm, Robin Duple of the UU Church of Columbia hosts a weekly Zoom get-together for crafters and creators of all stripes and has invited UUFJC members and friends to join in. For more information, visit the UUCC website:
https://uucomo.org/event/crafting-club-online-weekly/all/

Jan Harcourt is now offering Gentle Yoga classes at our building Saturday mornings at 11 am. Vaccinations required. Donations requested. Contact Jan for more information.

The UUFJC Board meets next Sunday, July 11th at 3 pm, in-person at our building. All are welcome to attend our board meetings. For more information, contact our president, Rich Burdge.

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

Community Events this week:

We have no Community Events to list this week. If you would like to submit a community event to be listed in this space, please contact me at [email protected]

For more events, see our online calendars:

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

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Our September newsletter is now ready to view or download:
UUFJC Newsletter, Flame on the Water September 2021