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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.
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
Password: 047662
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
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.
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: "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.
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 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.
For more events, see our online calendars:
UUFJC Events
Virtual Gatherings
Affiliated Events
Religious Education
Building Use (other)
Community Events
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.
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
Password: 047662
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
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.
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: "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.
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 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.
For more events, see our online calendars:
UUFJC Events
Virtual Gatherings
Affiliated Events
Religious Education
Building Use (other)
Community Events
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