This week, the UUFJC Board took stock of the current pandemic situation with surging cases due to the Omicron variant, and decided that in-person UUFJC events will be suspended until February 20th. The board will review the situation again at that time.
For many of us, we have been facing decisions and restrictions like this for so long that we're fatigued and confused, and perhaps familiarity has bred a measure of contempt. But let us call on ourselves to get back in touch with our intention to protect our community and let the facts strike us as if with fresh eyes. Let us hold onto our intention to keep coming together as a Fellowship and stay open to connecting in the ways that are safely available to us.
The full statement from the UUFJC Board is available here: http://uufjc.org/news-updates/in-person-events-suspended-until-feb-20th
Next Sunday, January 30th:
No In-Person Events this Sunday. See the UUFJC Board's latest Covid statement.
Guest At Your Table Donations Due.
We are wrapping up our annual Guest At Your Table donation drive to support the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. To donate to our drive, contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [email protected]. You can also learn more about UUSC's work and give online: https://www.uusc.org/.
Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Homelessness," Patt Behler
(Note this forum's topic has changed since the publication of our January newsletter.)
Our Adult Forum is currently available only via Zoom.
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Service - 10:30 am
Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia Service
When we are not holding our own services, we encourage our members and friends to share the online services of our fellow UU congregations, such as our neighbors at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia. For information and Zoom links re: UUCC's services, visit their website: uucomo.org.
Children's Religious Education - ON HOLD
Children's RE is on hold until we are ready to start meeting in person again. For more information, contact RE instructor Sam Porter and RE director Kim Connor.
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
UUFJC News and Events this week:
Joan Kurtzeborn offers an update on our free community pantry: "The pantry donation box near the church entry has had new items donated every week! We are able to help our neighbors with food, warm clothing and household supplies." For more about the pantry and current needs, please call or text Joan. Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [email protected].
Katherine Connor and Bob Antweiler delivered the items we gathered to support an Afghan refugee, and they report that everything was very much appreciated. Many thanks to everyone who donated and helped with this effort!
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
This Friday, January 28th is our monthly Salvation Army Meal. Please contact Bob Antweiler if you can help provide food for those in need. Due to the pandemic, we have been asked not to serve the food in person at this time. Reimbursements are available; contact Bob about that as well: [email protected]
Next Sunday, January 30th, the UUFJC Board meets online via Zoom. All are welcome to attend our board meetings. For agenda and more information, contact our president, Rich Burdge.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/97013599957?pwd=YWdoRFBpdVIyR3pPV0lYQ3BwOVczdz09
Meeting ID: 970 1359 9957
Passcode: 115687
Phone:
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago - US toll)
Find your nearest number: https://zoom.us/u/ab3xnDinkg
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 Tuesday, January 25th at 6:30 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library presents an Author Talk with Deborah Reinhardt on A Culinary History of Missouri. Missouri’s history is best told through food, from its Native American and later French colonial roots to the country’s first viticultural area. Learn about the state’s vibrant barbecue culture, which stems from African American cooks, and trace the evolution of iconic dishes such as Kansas City burnt ends. St. Louis gooey butter cake, and Springfield cashew chicken. Discover how hardscrabble Ozark farmers launched a tomato canning industry and how a financially strapped widow, Irma Rombauer, would forever change how cookbooks were written. It’s all in A Culinary History of Missouri by food historian Suzanne Corbett and Deborah Reinhardt. The program presenter will be Reinhardt, who will discuss her book that spans more than 200 years. 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
For many of us, we have been facing decisions and restrictions like this for so long that we're fatigued and confused, and perhaps familiarity has bred a measure of contempt. But let us call on ourselves to get back in touch with our intention to protect our community and let the facts strike us as if with fresh eyes. Let us hold onto our intention to keep coming together as a Fellowship and stay open to connecting in the ways that are safely available to us.
The full statement from the UUFJC Board is available here: http://uufjc.org/news-updates/in-person-events-suspended-until-feb-20th
Next Sunday, January 30th:
No In-Person Events this Sunday. See the UUFJC Board's latest Covid statement.
Guest At Your Table Donations Due.
We are wrapping up our annual Guest At Your Table donation drive to support the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. To donate to our drive, contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [email protected]. You can also learn more about UUSC's work and give online: https://www.uusc.org/.
Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Homelessness," Patt Behler
(Note this forum's topic has changed since the publication of our January newsletter.)
Our Adult Forum is currently available only 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 - 10:30 am
Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia Service
When we are not holding our own services, we encourage our members and friends to share the online services of our fellow UU congregations, such as our neighbors at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia. For information and Zoom links re: UUCC's services, visit their website: uucomo.org.
Children's Religious Education - ON HOLD
Children's RE is on hold until we are ready to start meeting in person again. For more information, contact RE instructor Sam Porter and RE director Kim Connor.
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
UUFJC News and Events this week:
Joan Kurtzeborn offers an update on our free community pantry: "The pantry donation box near the church entry has had new items donated every week! We are able to help our neighbors with food, warm clothing and household supplies." For more about the pantry and current needs, please call or text Joan. Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [email protected].
Katherine Connor and Bob Antweiler delivered the items we gathered to support an Afghan refugee, and they report that everything was very much appreciated. Many thanks to everyone who donated and helped with this effort!
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
This Friday, January 28th is our monthly Salvation Army Meal. Please contact Bob Antweiler if you can help provide food for those in need. Due to the pandemic, we have been asked not to serve the food in person at this time. Reimbursements are available; contact Bob about that as well: [email protected]
Next Sunday, January 30th, the UUFJC Board meets online via Zoom. All are welcome to attend our board meetings. For agenda and more information, contact our president, Rich Burdge.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/97013599957?pwd=YWdoRFBpdVIyR3pPV0lYQ3BwOVczdz09
Meeting ID: 970 1359 9957
Passcode: 115687
Phone:
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago - US toll)
Find your nearest number: https://zoom.us/u/ab3xnDinkg
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 Tuesday, January 25th at 6:30 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library presents an Author Talk with Deborah Reinhardt on A Culinary History of Missouri. Missouri’s history is best told through food, from its Native American and later French colonial roots to the country’s first viticultural area. Learn about the state’s vibrant barbecue culture, which stems from African American cooks, and trace the evolution of iconic dishes such as Kansas City burnt ends. St. Louis gooey butter cake, and Springfield cashew chicken. Discover how hardscrabble Ozark farmers launched a tomato canning industry and how a financially strapped widow, Irma Rombauer, would forever change how cookbooks were written. It’s all in A Culinary History of Missouri by food historian Suzanne Corbett and Deborah Reinhardt. The program presenter will be Reinhardt, who will discuss her book that spans more than 200 years. 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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