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UUFJC Newsletter: Flame on the Water, November 2022
Note: Don't forget Election Day this Tuesday, November 8th! In the spirit of our 5th UU Principle, “the right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large” we encourage our members and friends to vote using their best discernment.
More information about this election's ballot is available at the Missouri Secretary of State's voter website: sos.mo.gov/elections/goVoteMissouri.
Sunday, November 6, 2022:
This morning, Rev. Mike Adamek joined us to begin our month of reflection on Change.
Our wider UU community is often focused on Change: on changing ourselves and our world for the better and on navigating the challenges that change always brings. This poem seeks to capture the place where many of us find ourselves, and I hope it will inspire some helpful reflections for you this month:
To Outgrow the Past
By William Laurence Sullivan
To outgrow the past but not extinguish it;
To be progressive but not raw,
Free but not mad, critical but not sterile, expectant but not deluded;
To be scientific but not to live on formulas that cut us off from life;
To hear amidst clamor the pure, deep tones of the spirit;
To seek the wisdom that liberates and a loyalty that consecrates;
To turn both prosperity and adversity into servants of character;
To master circumstances by the power of principle,
And to conquer death by the splendor of loving trust:
This is to attain peace;
This is to pass from drear servitude to divine adoption;
This is to invest the lowliest life with magnificence.
And to prepare it for coronation.
For those who would like to keep up with our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia, their service message from this morning is available to view online: https://youtu.be/Ci9Sg9VwDb0
Next Sunday, November 13th:
Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Rotary Peace-Building Initiatives," Stephen Stark
Rotary has many peace-building efforts: youth exchange, conflict resolution training, and more. Stark will tell us about the "more."
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
This week, we will share a message from our wider UU community via video.
Our services are currently available both in person and on Zoom:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/94285041130
Meeting ID: 942 8504 1130
By Phone (US toll):
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Find your nearest number: https://zoom.us/u/ak1ZLCDJG
Children's Religious Education - 10:30 am
Children attending in-person are welcome to join RE Instructor Samantha Porter for a lesson during the service hour. This week's lesson: "Traveling the Path of Changing Our World."
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:
We are always in need of donations for our free community pantry. Due to the rainy and cool weather, our pantry coordinator Joan Kurtzeborn suggests that during November we contribute items such as umbrellas, gloves, hats, scarves or socks for our pantry. Items are useful for children or adults. For more donation ideas and information, contact Joan. Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: rp8mm9@gmail.com.
Note: the local chapter of the American Association of University Women has rescheduled their meeting this month due to Election Day, so they will not be meeting in our building this week as they normally would. Watch for their meeting next week, or contact Charlotte Parsons for more information.
Alberta Mobley teaches her own Chair / Accessible yoga classes at our building Tuesday mornings at 9:30 am. Donations requested. For more information, contact Alberta. (Note: these classes will be ending after Nov. 22nd.)
On Thursdays at 5:30 pm, Katherine Connor hosts a weekly Zoom Happy Hour for UUFJC Members and Friends to gather and check in.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/91843966450?pwd=djBwTEx4YUxseW9SdytSZjJGS0xrdz09
Meeting ID: 918 4396 6450
Password: 918925
Phone:
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago - US toll)
Find your nearest number: https://zoom.us/u/aeC2zyWdIo
An Insight Meditation group taught by Joe McCormack meets at our building Thursday nights at 7 pm. For more information, contact Bob Antweiler.
Next Sunday, November 13th, Emma Regnier leads an Intergenerational Classical Book Club at our building at 1 pm. This month's selection: "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair. For more information, contact Emma Regnier or Betty Cooper.
Later next Sunday, November 13th, our Worship Team meets at our building at 6 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 5:30 pm. If you have access to our building, please allow privacy at these times.
Community Events this week:
This Thursday, November 10th, the local chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America holds its monthly virtual meeting at 7:30 pm. To register or for more information, contact Alicia Erickson at [email protected]
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