Highlights:
Sunday, December 12
This morning, we were welcomed to join in online services with our neighbors at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia as they celebrated their successful accessibility capital campaign. Through readings, recordings, and reflections by UUCC members, they brought forth the voices of people with disabilities about inclusion as spiritual practice. The abled among us must work on our own discomfort and educate ourselves to not just hear people with disabilities but meet them in community. True inclusion is not just tinkering around the edges of what already is to "check the box" of accessibility. True inclusion means basing our efforts on radical love to create places where all can engage with each other in sacred space.
The service is now available to view online: https://youtu.be/Q93MFHVBPcQ
Next Sunday, December 19:
Newsletter Submissions Due
Please submit your items for our January newsletter to Laura Gilkey at [email protected].
Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Return to Joy," Betty Cooper
This forum is designed to "Open to Joy," the December Soul Matters theme. During the session, we will use ideas and exercises from two books: Joy by William C. Schutz and Return to Joy by Andrew Harvey and Carolyn Baker.
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
Rev. Nancy TannerThies
Our services are currently available both in-person and via 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 are welcome to join RE Instructor Samantha Porter for a lesson during the service hour. This week: "Rekindle Hope by Watching for the Light."
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 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
Our current art exhibit of Eco-Dyed Prints by Sue Gibson is ending next Saturday, December 18th, with a concluding reception from 1 to 3 pm. For more information, contact Sue or Art Committee Chair Patt Behler.
Next Sunday, December 19th, the UUFJC Board meets in person here at our building at 6 pm (note the meeting time has been changed since our monthly newsletter was published). For agenda and more information, contact our president, Rich Burdge.
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:
his Tuesday, December 14th at 11 am, the emergency housing subgroup of the Jefferson City Homelessness Working Group holds its monthly meeting. For more on getting involved with this or other aspects of the Homelessness Working Group, contact Patt Behler.
This Thursday, December 16th at 6:30 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library hosts an Author Talk: "Patrick Murphy and the Story of Switzer’s Licorice."
For more events, see our online calendars:
UUFJC Events
Virtual Gatherings
Affiliated Events
Religious Education
Building Use (other)
Community Events
- Our December Newsletter is available to view or download: UUFJC Newsletter, "Flame on the Water," December 2021
- Eco-Dyed Prints art exhibit by Sue Gibson ends December 18 with a reception from 1 to 3 pm
- Sunday, December 19, 6 pm the UUFJC Board meets in person at UUFJC
- January newsletter items due December 20. Please send to Laura Gilkey at [email protected]
- To make a donation to UUFJC click here: Donate to UUFJC or mail to Attn: Treasurer, PO Box 1245, Jefferson City, MO 65102
Sunday, December 12
This morning, we were welcomed to join in online services with our neighbors at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia as they celebrated their successful accessibility capital campaign. Through readings, recordings, and reflections by UUCC members, they brought forth the voices of people with disabilities about inclusion as spiritual practice. The abled among us must work on our own discomfort and educate ourselves to not just hear people with disabilities but meet them in community. True inclusion is not just tinkering around the edges of what already is to "check the box" of accessibility. True inclusion means basing our efforts on radical love to create places where all can engage with each other in sacred space.
The service is now available to view online: https://youtu.be/Q93MFHVBPcQ
Next Sunday, December 19:
Newsletter Submissions Due
Please submit your items for our January newsletter to Laura Gilkey at [email protected].
Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Return to Joy," Betty Cooper
This forum is designed to "Open to Joy," the December Soul Matters theme. During the session, we will use ideas and exercises from two books: Joy by William C. Schutz and Return to Joy by Andrew Harvey and Carolyn Baker.
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
Rev. Nancy TannerThies
Our services are currently available both in-person and via 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 are welcome to join RE Instructor Samantha Porter for a lesson during the service hour. This week: "Rekindle Hope by Watching for the Light."
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 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
Our current art exhibit of Eco-Dyed Prints by Sue Gibson is ending next Saturday, December 18th, with a concluding reception from 1 to 3 pm. For more information, contact Sue or Art Committee Chair Patt Behler.
Next Sunday, December 19th, the UUFJC Board meets in person here at our building at 6 pm (note the meeting time has been changed since our monthly newsletter was published). For agenda and more information, contact our president, Rich Burdge.
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:
his Tuesday, December 14th at 11 am, the emergency housing subgroup of the Jefferson City Homelessness Working Group holds its monthly meeting. For more on getting involved with this or other aspects of the Homelessness Working Group, contact Patt Behler.
This Thursday, December 16th at 6:30 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library hosts an Author Talk: "Patrick Murphy and the Story of Switzer’s Licorice."
For more events, see our online calendars:
UUFJC Events
Virtual Gatherings
Affiliated Events
Religious Education
Building Use (other)
Community Events
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