Today, Dr. Sharon Buzzard visited our Fellowship with a message about compost --- real and metaphorical. The beautiful and the terrible, the momentous and the trivial, Earth and Life have a way of mixing and heating it all and nurturing unexpected results --- producing what poet Walt Whitman called "divine materials." It happens in our genes, it happens in our minds, it happens with the soil and the bodies of all living things.
Important note:
Next Sunday we will be starting a new practice for Joys and Concerns. Members and friends of the Fellowship are invited to submit their joys and concerns by coming to our website, uufjc.org, and clicking on "Joys & Concerns." Submissions will be read and organized each Friday, and a representative from the Worship Committee will share what has been put together during the service. While members and friends are encouraged to use the website, cards will also be available for people to complete and leave in a designated location before 10:20.
Please read the August newsletter for additional information and contact Alexis Engelbrecht-Villafañe if you have questions.
Next Sunday, August 2nd:
Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"The Atheist and the Bonobo," Gale Fuller and Jim Grogan
Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
Message: "A Trickster's Eye," Alexis Engelbrecht-Villafañe
Tricksters are delightful literary characters because they weave in and out of reality; they expose rules by defying them and turn what seems to be inevitable and necessary into the ridiculous. This talk will explore how using the Trickster's perspective can enable healthy and positive change - with a healthy dose of playfulness.
Plus Children's RE --- Volunteers Needed!
UUFJC News and Events this week:
The August Newsletter and print calendar are ready! Paper copies are available in the back of the sanctuary, and electronic copies are available on request.
Faith Voices for Jefferson City holds its monthly assembly tomorrow, Monday, July 27th at 6:30 pm at Quinn Chapel AME Church. This session is part of Faith Voices' ongoing conversation on race and will present "Tools for Dismantling Racism." Contact Katherine Connor for more information.
This Friday, July 31st at 7 pm is the Last Friday Documentary film. All are welcome to attend. This month's selection: "How to Survive a Plague." Filmmaker David France tracks the efforts made by activist groups ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group) to convince the government and the pharmaceutical industry to speed up human trials of experimental drugs that ease the suffering of HIV/AIDS patients. Thanks to their tireless efforts, HIV/AIDS would eventually become a manageable condition, rather than a death sentence. Contact Cinthy Wilcox.
Community Events this week:
This Thursday, July 30th at 7 pm in the Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library presents "Moonlight Serenade to City Lights." Dr. Ken Johnson will show rare images of the bands and orchestras from the Dance Hall Era in Missouri. He has researched the musicians and bands that entertained a generation of Americans during the 1940s and 50s, an era when local dance halls provided the main social outlet for many rural families. The dance hall on a Saturday night became the place for adults and children to gather to eat, drink, visit and, of course, dance. Contact Madeline Matson.
Then next Sunday, August 2nd at 2 pm in the Art Gallery, MRRL presents "Fashion in the Time of Downton Abbey." Patti Doyle, retired professor of costume design at Stephens College, will present an overview of fashion between the end of Queen Victoria’s reign through the 1920s. She will show the changes in clothing for men and women, the fashionable and the workers, and end with a look at the styles the third generation of Granthams might be wearing. Attendees are invited to bring their own teacups for tea and shortbread after the presentation. Contact Madeline Matson.
This week, Capitol City Cinema presents "IRIS" (through Thursday) and "The Stanford Prison Experiment" (starting Friday). For showtimes and more information, visit capitolcitycinema.org.
For yoga and even more events, see our online calendars:
Service Committee
Religious Education
Building Use (other)
Social Action
Community Events
Have a great week!
Important note:
Next Sunday we will be starting a new practice for Joys and Concerns. Members and friends of the Fellowship are invited to submit their joys and concerns by coming to our website, uufjc.org, and clicking on "Joys & Concerns." Submissions will be read and organized each Friday, and a representative from the Worship Committee will share what has been put together during the service. While members and friends are encouraged to use the website, cards will also be available for people to complete and leave in a designated location before 10:20.
Please read the August newsletter for additional information and contact Alexis Engelbrecht-Villafañe if you have questions.
Next Sunday, August 2nd:
Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"The Atheist and the Bonobo," Gale Fuller and Jim Grogan
Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
Message: "A Trickster's Eye," Alexis Engelbrecht-Villafañe
Tricksters are delightful literary characters because they weave in and out of reality; they expose rules by defying them and turn what seems to be inevitable and necessary into the ridiculous. This talk will explore how using the Trickster's perspective can enable healthy and positive change - with a healthy dose of playfulness.
Plus Children's RE --- Volunteers Needed!
UUFJC News and Events this week:
The August Newsletter and print calendar are ready! Paper copies are available in the back of the sanctuary, and electronic copies are available on request.
Faith Voices for Jefferson City holds its monthly assembly tomorrow, Monday, July 27th at 6:30 pm at Quinn Chapel AME Church. This session is part of Faith Voices' ongoing conversation on race and will present "Tools for Dismantling Racism." Contact Katherine Connor for more information.
This Friday, July 31st at 7 pm is the Last Friday Documentary film. All are welcome to attend. This month's selection: "How to Survive a Plague." Filmmaker David France tracks the efforts made by activist groups ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group) to convince the government and the pharmaceutical industry to speed up human trials of experimental drugs that ease the suffering of HIV/AIDS patients. Thanks to their tireless efforts, HIV/AIDS would eventually become a manageable condition, rather than a death sentence. Contact Cinthy Wilcox.
Community Events this week:
This Thursday, July 30th at 7 pm in the Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library presents "Moonlight Serenade to City Lights." Dr. Ken Johnson will show rare images of the bands and orchestras from the Dance Hall Era in Missouri. He has researched the musicians and bands that entertained a generation of Americans during the 1940s and 50s, an era when local dance halls provided the main social outlet for many rural families. The dance hall on a Saturday night became the place for adults and children to gather to eat, drink, visit and, of course, dance. Contact Madeline Matson.
Then next Sunday, August 2nd at 2 pm in the Art Gallery, MRRL presents "Fashion in the Time of Downton Abbey." Patti Doyle, retired professor of costume design at Stephens College, will present an overview of fashion between the end of Queen Victoria’s reign through the 1920s. She will show the changes in clothing for men and women, the fashionable and the workers, and end with a look at the styles the third generation of Granthams might be wearing. Attendees are invited to bring their own teacups for tea and shortbread after the presentation. Contact Madeline Matson.
This week, Capitol City Cinema presents "IRIS" (through Thursday) and "The Stanford Prison Experiment" (starting Friday). For showtimes and more information, visit capitolcitycinema.org.
For yoga and even more events, see our online calendars:
Service Committee
Religious Education
Building Use (other)
Social Action
Community Events
Have a great week!
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