Highlights (read on for details and more news):
Sunday, January 2
This morning, Rev. Mike Adamek began exploring our new monthly theme of "Living with Intention." To live with intention, we must first discover our intentions, and Rev. Mike offered the tools for moments of silence: Reflection, Meditation, or Prayer. Rev. Mike described Reflection as an intentional effort to decipher our own thoughts, actions and selves. Meditation is rooted in the Buddhist tradition of listening past the chatter of our "monkey mind" to find freedom from attachment and suffering. Prayer is a practice of communication with the divine. Each person's outlook might draw them toward a certain one of the three, but all are based in gravity, sincerity, and getting beyond distraction. In all of these practices, we can listen for something beyond our current conscious self, and through gradual insights --- and occasionally sudden ones --- we can discover our intentions to be better people and discover ways to live into those intentions.
For those who would also like to keep up with our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia, their sermon from this morning is now available to view online: https://youtu.be/M9CslzAysdk
Sunday, January 9
Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Exploring our Intentions," Betty Cooper
Our January theme—intention-- is relevant for beginning a new year. Broadly defined, it is “a course of action that one intends to follow.” As we review “intention resources,” we will explore our intentions and determine if our personal intentions are relevant or need to be changed.
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
Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia Service
We will not be holding our own service; however, our building will be open for those who wish to come and share the online services of our neighbor congregation, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia. For more information, visit UUCC's website: uucomo.org.
Children's Religious Education - 10:30 am
Children are welcome to join RE Instructor Samantha Porter for a lesson during the service hour. This week: "Imagine a World Without Covid."
Masks are currently required for everyone attending indoor UUFJC events in-person. Free masks will be available if you do not have one.
If you have a joy or concern that you would like to have read during a service, please submit it by noon on the Friday before through our website: http://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html
We will also have paper forms available Sunday morning for submissions. Zoom participants, please use the web form. Submissions made after noon on Friday may not be read until the following week..
UUFJC News and Events this week:
We are currently holding our annual Guest At Your Table fundraiser to support the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. UUSC empowers grassroots partners to work for human rights around the world. Stories from UUSC's work, donation boxes, and donation envelopes are available at our building, or you can learn more about UUSC's work and give online: https://www.uusc.org/. Donations to our drive are due in late January.
We are also collecting items to support an Afghan refugee. For more information see our January newsletter or contact Social Action chair Katherine Connor: [email protected].
Update on our free community pantry: Building Community Bridges has been generous in sharing food for our pantry, and we are grateful. Some items we could use more of are: canned chicken, any sauce or canned meal that includes protein, boxed cereal (both cold and oatmeal types), hot chocolate, coffee, and seasonings. We can always use items for cold weather such as stocking hats, scarves, and water/snow resistant gloves. We are out of diapers, clothing, and dish detergents. Thank you for your generosity. Remember: no glass containers or expired items, please. For more information about the pantry and current needs, contact Joan: j[email protected]. Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [email protected].
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
Next Sunday, January 9th at 3 pm, Emma Regnier leads her own monthly Intergenerational Classical Book Study group at our building. This month's book selection: Lord of the Flies by William Golding. For more information, contact Emma.
Later next Sunday, January 9th, our Worship Service Committee meets in person at our building at 5 pm. To get involved in creating our Sunday services, contact our Vice President, Lisa Sanning.
Our building is reserved by community groups Wednesdays and Saturdays starting at 6 pm and Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 6 pm. If you have access to our building, please allow privacy at these times.
Community Events this week:
This Thursday, January 6th at 7 pm is the scheduled meeting of the local chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. For meeting information, contact Susan Randolph.
This Friday, January 7th at 7 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library presents their monthly First Friday Film. This month's selection: "Respect." This biopic follows the rise of Aretha Franklin's career from a young child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom. It's the story of the music icon's journey to find her voice and become the Queen of Soul. The film stars Jennifer Hudson as Aretha and Forrest Whitaker as her father, the Rev, C.L. Franklin. Hudson is mentioned often by film critics who expect her performance to garner many awards. Contact Madeline Matson. For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.
For more events, see our online calendars:
UUFJC Events
Virtual Gatherings
Affiliated Events
Religious Education
Building Use (other)
Community Events
Please stay safe, well, and connected!
Laura Gilkey
Administrator, UUFJC
- Our January newsletter is now available:
UUFJC Newsletter, "Flame on the Water" January 2022 - Help us support an Afghan refugee. For more information see our January newsletter or contact Social Action chair Katherine Connor: [email protected].
- Sunday, January 9, 3 pm: monthly Intergenerational Classical Book Study group at our building. This month's book selection: Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Contact Emma Regnier.
- Sunday, January 9, 5 pm: Worship Service Committee meeting at our building. Contact our Vice President, Lisa Sanning.
Sunday, January 2
This morning, Rev. Mike Adamek began exploring our new monthly theme of "Living with Intention." To live with intention, we must first discover our intentions, and Rev. Mike offered the tools for moments of silence: Reflection, Meditation, or Prayer. Rev. Mike described Reflection as an intentional effort to decipher our own thoughts, actions and selves. Meditation is rooted in the Buddhist tradition of listening past the chatter of our "monkey mind" to find freedom from attachment and suffering. Prayer is a practice of communication with the divine. Each person's outlook might draw them toward a certain one of the three, but all are based in gravity, sincerity, and getting beyond distraction. In all of these practices, we can listen for something beyond our current conscious self, and through gradual insights --- and occasionally sudden ones --- we can discover our intentions to be better people and discover ways to live into those intentions.
For those who would also like to keep up with our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia, their sermon from this morning is now available to view online: https://youtu.be/M9CslzAysdk
Sunday, January 9
Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Exploring our Intentions," Betty Cooper
Our January theme—intention-- is relevant for beginning a new year. Broadly defined, it is “a course of action that one intends to follow.” As we review “intention resources,” we will explore our intentions and determine if our personal intentions are relevant or need to be changed.
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
Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia Service
We will not be holding our own service; however, our building will be open for those who wish to come and share the online services of our neighbor congregation, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia. For more information, visit UUCC's website: uucomo.org.
Children's Religious Education - 10:30 am
Children are welcome to join RE Instructor Samantha Porter for a lesson during the service hour. This week: "Imagine a World Without Covid."
Masks are currently required for everyone attending indoor UUFJC events in-person. Free masks will be available if you do not have one.
If you have a joy or concern that you would like to have read during a service, please submit it by noon on the Friday before through our website: http://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html
We will also have paper forms available Sunday morning for submissions. Zoom participants, please use the web form. Submissions made after noon on Friday may not be read until the following week..
UUFJC News and Events this week:
We are currently holding our annual Guest At Your Table fundraiser to support the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. UUSC empowers grassroots partners to work for human rights around the world. Stories from UUSC's work, donation boxes, and donation envelopes are available at our building, or you can learn more about UUSC's work and give online: https://www.uusc.org/. Donations to our drive are due in late January.
We are also collecting items to support an Afghan refugee. For more information see our January newsletter or contact Social Action chair Katherine Connor: [email protected].
Update on our free community pantry: Building Community Bridges has been generous in sharing food for our pantry, and we are grateful. Some items we could use more of are: canned chicken, any sauce or canned meal that includes protein, boxed cereal (both cold and oatmeal types), hot chocolate, coffee, and seasonings. We can always use items for cold weather such as stocking hats, scarves, and water/snow resistant gloves. We are out of diapers, clothing, and dish detergents. Thank you for your generosity. Remember: no glass containers or expired items, please. For more information about the pantry and current needs, contact Joan: j[email protected]. Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [email protected].
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
Next Sunday, January 9th at 3 pm, Emma Regnier leads her own monthly Intergenerational Classical Book Study group at our building. This month's book selection: Lord of the Flies by William Golding. For more information, contact Emma.
Later next Sunday, January 9th, our Worship Service Committee meets in person at our building at 5 pm. To get involved in creating our Sunday services, contact our Vice President, Lisa Sanning.
Our building is reserved by community groups Wednesdays and Saturdays starting at 6 pm and Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 6 pm. If you have access to our building, please allow privacy at these times.
Community Events this week:
This Thursday, January 6th at 7 pm is the scheduled meeting of the local chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. For meeting information, contact Susan Randolph.
This Friday, January 7th at 7 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library presents their monthly First Friday Film. This month's selection: "Respect." This biopic follows the rise of Aretha Franklin's career from a young child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom. It's the story of the music icon's journey to find her voice and become the Queen of Soul. The film stars Jennifer Hudson as Aretha and Forrest Whitaker as her father, the Rev, C.L. Franklin. Hudson is mentioned often by film critics who expect her performance to garner many awards. Contact Madeline Matson. For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.
For more events, see our online calendars:
UUFJC Events
Virtual Gatherings
Affiliated Events
Religious Education
Building Use (other)
Community Events
Please stay safe, well, and connected!
Laura Gilkey
Administrator, UUFJC
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