Sunday, December 5
This morning, Rev. Mike Adamek joined us to begin our month of reflections on "Opening to Joy." Joy, Rev. Mike said, cannot be manufactured; it always comes as a surprise, but we can open ourselves to welcome those surprises when they come. If we harden ourselves because of our hurts so that we will never be surprised by pain, we harden ourselves against being surprised by joy as well. In Rev. Mike's experience, joy is a vivid, intense feeling that comes when we recognize a positive connection to something greater than ourselves. This recognition can come through doing --- or witnessing --- virtuous actions, through awe at the power and grandeur of nature, or through connection and love with family and friends. However joy comes to us, we must allow ourselves the vulnerability of expecting joy in order to open ourselves to its life-giving surprises.
For those who wish 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/XjqPmOiNUOc. Also note that UUCC's online services have now moved back to 10:30 am Sunday mornings.
Next Sunday, December 12th:
Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Doctors Without Borders," Patt Behler
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
When we are not holding our own services, our building will be open for those who wish to come and share the online services of our neighbor congregation, the Unitarian Univeralist Church of Columbia. For those wishing to participate online, note that UUCC's online service via Zoom has been moved back to 10:30 am. For more information, visit UUCC's website: uucomo.org.
Children's Religious Education - 11 am
Children are welcome to join RE Instructor Samantha Porter for a lesson during the service hour. This week: "Listen for the Voices of Angels."
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:
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 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).
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 made through our Fellowship will be due in late January.
The UUFJC Board is in the very early exploration of hiring a one-quarter-time contract minister. This is going to be a collaborative process that will require a great deal of thought about who we are and who we want to become as a congregation, and what we want from a minister. If you are interested in assisting with this process, would like more information, or would like to provide feedback, please contact a board member.
The UUFJC Members and Friends Directory has been updated. This is not a membership list or mailing list, just an optional way to make your contact information available to other members and friends. In the interests of privacy we make the directory available by request. Please remember that you can submit updates at any time. Contact Laura Gilkey at [email protected] for a copy of the directory or to update your listing.
We are always in need of donations for our free community pantry. 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, December 12th at 3 pm, Emma Regnier leads her own Intergenerational Classical Book Study in-person at our building. This month's selection: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. For more information, contact Emma.
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:
Tuesday, December 7th at 7 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library presents the latest installment of the LU-MRRL Lecture Series: "Black Culture in White Spaces: Experiences of Students Attending Rural HBCUs." This talk will feature Dr. Rick Brewer, assistant professor of communication studies in the Department of Humanities and Communications. He will discuss the tensions and struggles inherent to the social and relationship lives of students of color attending historically Black colleges or universities (HBCUs) in geographic and cultural areas marked by whiteness and political conservatism. Findings and discussion presented originate from a larger research project examining these issues by conducting interviews with students who narrate their experiences navigating and negotiating a life rich with complexity, contradiction and collaboration. 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
This morning, Rev. Mike Adamek joined us to begin our month of reflections on "Opening to Joy." Joy, Rev. Mike said, cannot be manufactured; it always comes as a surprise, but we can open ourselves to welcome those surprises when they come. If we harden ourselves because of our hurts so that we will never be surprised by pain, we harden ourselves against being surprised by joy as well. In Rev. Mike's experience, joy is a vivid, intense feeling that comes when we recognize a positive connection to something greater than ourselves. This recognition can come through doing --- or witnessing --- virtuous actions, through awe at the power and grandeur of nature, or through connection and love with family and friends. However joy comes to us, we must allow ourselves the vulnerability of expecting joy in order to open ourselves to its life-giving surprises.
For those who wish 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/XjqPmOiNUOc. Also note that UUCC's online services have now moved back to 10:30 am Sunday mornings.
Next Sunday, December 12th:
Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Doctors Without Borders," Patt Behler
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
When we are not holding our own services, our building will be open for those who wish to come and share the online services of our neighbor congregation, the Unitarian Univeralist Church of Columbia. For those wishing to participate online, note that UUCC's online service via Zoom has been moved back to 10:30 am. For more information, visit UUCC's website: uucomo.org.
Children's Religious Education - 11 am
Children are welcome to join RE Instructor Samantha Porter for a lesson during the service hour. This week: "Listen for the Voices of Angels."
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:
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 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).
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 made through our Fellowship will be due in late January.
The UUFJC Board is in the very early exploration of hiring a one-quarter-time contract minister. This is going to be a collaborative process that will require a great deal of thought about who we are and who we want to become as a congregation, and what we want from a minister. If you are interested in assisting with this process, would like more information, or would like to provide feedback, please contact a board member.
The UUFJC Members and Friends Directory has been updated. This is not a membership list or mailing list, just an optional way to make your contact information available to other members and friends. In the interests of privacy we make the directory available by request. Please remember that you can submit updates at any time. Contact Laura Gilkey at [email protected] for a copy of the directory or to update your listing.
We are always in need of donations for our free community pantry. 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, December 12th at 3 pm, Emma Regnier leads her own Intergenerational Classical Book Study in-person at our building. This month's selection: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. For more information, contact Emma.
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:
Tuesday, December 7th at 7 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library presents the latest installment of the LU-MRRL Lecture Series: "Black Culture in White Spaces: Experiences of Students Attending Rural HBCUs." This talk will feature Dr. Rick Brewer, assistant professor of communication studies in the Department of Humanities and Communications. He will discuss the tensions and struggles inherent to the social and relationship lives of students of color attending historically Black colleges or universities (HBCUs) in geographic and cultural areas marked by whiteness and political conservatism. Findings and discussion presented originate from a larger research project examining these issues by conducting interviews with students who narrate their experiences navigating and negotiating a life rich with complexity, contradiction and collaboration. 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
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