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UUFJC November 2020 Newsletter
This Sunday, we were invited to join our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia for their annual Remembrance Service. In this time of year when Earth-based and other faith traditions call us to a special closeness with those who have passed on, we shared a virtual presentation of remembrances, as well as reflections from Rev. Molly Housh Gordon. Rev. Molly reminded us that those we lose leave a painful, tragic absence, but also leave gifts that we carry with joy, gratitude, even humor. The sentiment was also shared in the song "We Are" by Sweet Honey in the Rock, and in the images of falling leaves included with the remembrance images. Like the fallen leaves of autumn, those who pass from our lives can leave us bare and desolate as winter trees for a time, but those leaves also hold and warm the roots of the living and the seeds of those still to come. Now as we brace ourselves to face an especially difficult winter in the midst of a pandemic, Rev. Molly encouraged us to be aware of and grateful for the gifts, warmth, and resilience we've gained from the ancestors, friends, and inspiring people who have gone before.
The full service is now available to view online: https://youtu.be/qY1jTfiY7uQ
Next Sunday, November 1st:
Daylight Savings Time Ends.
Remember to set your clocks back!
Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"The Election," Bob Boldt
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 988 5874 1051
Password: 047662
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Service - 10:30 am
"Healing Is Working on the Damage Done," Rev. Mike Adamek
Self-Culture is the liberal ideal toward becoming a better person. When I pause and look inward, I usually see it as a worthy life goal. Healing is not being cured of whatever ails you or being saved and spending eternity in bliss. Healing is living with the damaged present and integrating that damage into a better future for yourself and those who love you.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/94285041130
Meeting ID: 942 8504 1130
Phone
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/ak1ZLCDJG
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
Adult Religious Education - 3 pm
Our Adult Religious Education series via Zoom, led by our RE Instructor Samantha Porter and based on a UUA Tapestry of Faith curriculum, “Building the World We Dream Of.”
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/94705857006?pwd=VE4vTDdGM2hLYStFbkxwR3BwSDYvUT09
Meeting ID: 947 0585 7006
Passcode: 855322
Phone
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/au95w91Gf
UUFJC News and Events this week:
As we find new ways to come together, we still need financial support, even without Sunday offering baskets. We now have an online donation option 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!
We also have UU-themed facemasks for sale in two designs:
UU Principles
Science is Real, Black Lives Matter, etc.
The "UU Principles" mask has been updated to be more readable and breathable. $10 each; proceeds support UUFJC. Contact Katherine Connor: connok510@gmail.com
Tomorrow, Monday, October 26th at 6:30 pm, Patt Behler hosts an unofficial "Off-Deck" discussion group for UUFJC members and friends. This month's topic: "Trees." For location and to RSVP, contact Patt.
On Wednesdays at 2 pm, Laura Gilkey hosts a weekly virtual book club for UUFJC members and friends via Zoom. Current selection: The Body Is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor. We will listen to an audio version with accompanying onscreen text during meetings; you do not have to read the book on your own. This week we will finish Chapter Four.
Note: When this book is finished, Laura will be hanging up her hat as book club leader. If you would like to take over and keep the book club going, contact Laura at foxinthestars@gmail.com.
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 957 765 341
https://zoom.us/j/957765341
Phone
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Find your nearest phone number: https://zoom.us/u/aeC2zyWdIo
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
Meeting ID: 918 4396 6450
Password: 918925
https://zoom.us/j/91843966450?pwd=djBwTEx4YUxseW9SdytSZjJGS0xrdz09
Phone:
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Find your nearest phone number: https://zoom.us/u/aeC2zyWdIo
On Fridays at 1 pm, Robin Duple of the UU Church of Columbia hosts a weekly Zoom get-together for crafters and creators of all stripes and has invited UUFJC members and friends to join in. For more information, visit the UUCC website: https://uucomo.org/event/crafting-club-online-weekly/all/
Our building is reserved by community groups Wednesdays and Saturdays starting at 6 pm; Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 5:30 pm; and Sundays starting at 7 pm. If you have access to our building, please allow privacy at these times.
Community Events this week:
This Tuesday, October 27th at 7 pm via Zoom, Missouri River Regional Library presents: "Why the Olympics Were So Important to the Nazis: Fascism, Diplomacy, and Germany’s Role in Interwar Europe" with Dr. Bradley J. Nichols, Department of History, University of Missouri. In the summer of 1936, the Third Reich hosted the first Olympic Games ever to be held in Germany. Three years later, the same country plunged Europe and the world into the most destructive conflict in human history. Controversial at the time, the “Nazi Olympics” thus became even more so in retrospect, compelling scholars to explain why such an inhuman regime received this honor to begin with, and how it orchestrated the event for maximum propaganda value. Less well known, are the specific goals Hitler and the Nazi hoped to achieve as a result, whether they actually accomplished those objectives, and the extent to which the affair as a whole helped the road to World War II. Dr. Nichols’ lecture will address these issues by describing the political scene in Europe on the eve of the 1936 Summer Olympics as well as gauging its reception in the public sphere afterward. By placing these dynamics in historical context, he will show how our knowledge and memory of the 14th Olympiad has been fundamentally shaped by an effort to excuse isolationism and appeasement, while simultaneously depicting the Western Allies (including the U.S.) as enemies of Hitler’s Germany from the outset. Contact Madeline Matson. For more on Library events, visit MRRL.org.
This Thursday, October 29th at 7 pm via Zoom, Missouri River Regional Library presents "Playing Like a Girl: Title IX and Equality for Athletes" with Dr. Ahoo Tabatabai, Department of Psychology and Sociology, Columbia College. Title IX legislation, passed as part of the 1972 Education Amendments, helps protect against gender-based discrimination in educational programming that receives federal financial assistance. Although Title IX protects against discrimination in many different venues, it is often closely associated with athletics. Columbia College sociologist Dr. Ahoo Tabatabai will explore the important ways in which Title IX changed the athletic landscape for women and girls, while also focusing on the work that remains in ensuring that athletes are treated fairly regardless of their gender. Contact Madeline Matson. For more on Library events, visit MRRL.org.
Our neighbors at Vipassana Buddhist Church / Center for Buddhist Development are holding online services via Zoom at 10 am on Sundays, as well as meditation nights via Zoom at 7 pm on Thursdays. For more information, contact go2buddha@aol.com.
For more events, see our online calendars:
UUFJC Events
Virtual Gatherings
Affiliated Events
Religious Education
Building Use (other)
Community Events
UUFJC November 2020 Newsletter
This Sunday, we were invited to join our neighbors at the UU Church of Columbia for their annual Remembrance Service. In this time of year when Earth-based and other faith traditions call us to a special closeness with those who have passed on, we shared a virtual presentation of remembrances, as well as reflections from Rev. Molly Housh Gordon. Rev. Molly reminded us that those we lose leave a painful, tragic absence, but also leave gifts that we carry with joy, gratitude, even humor. The sentiment was also shared in the song "We Are" by Sweet Honey in the Rock, and in the images of falling leaves included with the remembrance images. Like the fallen leaves of autumn, those who pass from our lives can leave us bare and desolate as winter trees for a time, but those leaves also hold and warm the roots of the living and the seeds of those still to come. Now as we brace ourselves to face an especially difficult winter in the midst of a pandemic, Rev. Molly encouraged us to be aware of and grateful for the gifts, warmth, and resilience we've gained from the ancestors, friends, and inspiring people who have gone before.
The full service is now available to view online: https://youtu.be/qY1jTfiY7uQ
Next Sunday, November 1st:
Daylight Savings Time Ends.
Remember to set your clocks back!
Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"The Election," Bob Boldt
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 988 5874 1051
Password: 047662
https://zoom.us/j/98858741051?pwd=d3ZMbHJSL3NjMGMxZEM5N1VxUysxQT09
One tap mobile
+13126266799,,98858741051#,,#,047662# US (Chicago)
Phone
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Find your nearest number: https://zoom.us/u/aeC2zyWdIo
Service - 10:30 am
"Healing Is Working on the Damage Done," Rev. Mike Adamek
Self-Culture is the liberal ideal toward becoming a better person. When I pause and look inward, I usually see it as a worthy life goal. Healing is not being cured of whatever ails you or being saved and spending eternity in bliss. Healing is living with the damaged present and integrating that damage into a better future for yourself and those who love you.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/94285041130
Meeting ID: 942 8504 1130
Phone
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/ak1ZLCDJG
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
Adult Religious Education - 3 pm
Our Adult Religious Education series via Zoom, led by our RE Instructor Samantha Porter and based on a UUA Tapestry of Faith curriculum, “Building the World We Dream Of.”
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/94705857006?pwd=VE4vTDdGM2hLYStFbkxwR3BwSDYvUT09
Meeting ID: 947 0585 7006
Passcode: 855322
Phone
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/au95w91Gf
UUFJC News and Events this week:
As we find new ways to come together, we still need financial support, even without Sunday offering baskets. We now have an online donation option 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!
We also have UU-themed facemasks for sale in two designs:
UU Principles
Science is Real, Black Lives Matter, etc.
The "UU Principles" mask has been updated to be more readable and breathable. $10 each; proceeds support UUFJC. Contact Katherine Connor: connok510@gmail.com
Tomorrow, Monday, October 26th at 6:30 pm, Patt Behler hosts an unofficial "Off-Deck" discussion group for UUFJC members and friends. This month's topic: "Trees." For location and to RSVP, contact Patt.
On Wednesdays at 2 pm, Laura Gilkey hosts a weekly virtual book club for UUFJC members and friends via Zoom. Current selection: The Body Is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor. We will listen to an audio version with accompanying onscreen text during meetings; you do not have to read the book on your own. This week we will finish Chapter Four.
Note: When this book is finished, Laura will be hanging up her hat as book club leader. If you would like to take over and keep the book club going, contact Laura at foxinthestars@gmail.com.
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 957 765 341
https://zoom.us/j/957765341
Phone
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Find your nearest phone number: https://zoom.us/u/aeC2zyWdIo
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
Meeting ID: 918 4396 6450
Password: 918925
https://zoom.us/j/91843966450?pwd=djBwTEx4YUxseW9SdytSZjJGS0xrdz09
Phone:
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Find your nearest phone number: https://zoom.us/u/aeC2zyWdIo
On Fridays at 1 pm, Robin Duple of the UU Church of Columbia hosts a weekly Zoom get-together for crafters and creators of all stripes and has invited UUFJC members and friends to join in. For more information, visit the UUCC website: https://uucomo.org/event/crafting-club-online-weekly/all/
Our building is reserved by community groups Wednesdays and Saturdays starting at 6 pm; Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 5:30 pm; and Sundays starting at 7 pm. If you have access to our building, please allow privacy at these times.
Community Events this week:
This Tuesday, October 27th at 7 pm via Zoom, Missouri River Regional Library presents: "Why the Olympics Were So Important to the Nazis: Fascism, Diplomacy, and Germany’s Role in Interwar Europe" with Dr. Bradley J. Nichols, Department of History, University of Missouri. In the summer of 1936, the Third Reich hosted the first Olympic Games ever to be held in Germany. Three years later, the same country plunged Europe and the world into the most destructive conflict in human history. Controversial at the time, the “Nazi Olympics” thus became even more so in retrospect, compelling scholars to explain why such an inhuman regime received this honor to begin with, and how it orchestrated the event for maximum propaganda value. Less well known, are the specific goals Hitler and the Nazi hoped to achieve as a result, whether they actually accomplished those objectives, and the extent to which the affair as a whole helped the road to World War II. Dr. Nichols’ lecture will address these issues by describing the political scene in Europe on the eve of the 1936 Summer Olympics as well as gauging its reception in the public sphere afterward. By placing these dynamics in historical context, he will show how our knowledge and memory of the 14th Olympiad has been fundamentally shaped by an effort to excuse isolationism and appeasement, while simultaneously depicting the Western Allies (including the U.S.) as enemies of Hitler’s Germany from the outset. Contact Madeline Matson. For more on Library events, visit MRRL.org.
This Thursday, October 29th at 7 pm via Zoom, Missouri River Regional Library presents "Playing Like a Girl: Title IX and Equality for Athletes" with Dr. Ahoo Tabatabai, Department of Psychology and Sociology, Columbia College. Title IX legislation, passed as part of the 1972 Education Amendments, helps protect against gender-based discrimination in educational programming that receives federal financial assistance. Although Title IX protects against discrimination in many different venues, it is often closely associated with athletics. Columbia College sociologist Dr. Ahoo Tabatabai will explore the important ways in which Title IX changed the athletic landscape for women and girls, while also focusing on the work that remains in ensuring that athletes are treated fairly regardless of their gender. Contact Madeline Matson. For more on Library events, visit MRRL.org.
Our neighbors at Vipassana Buddhist Church / Center for Buddhist Development are holding online services via Zoom at 10 am on Sundays, as well as meditation nights via Zoom at 7 pm on Thursdays. For more information, contact go2buddha@aol.com.
For more events, see our online calendars:
UUFJC Events
Virtual Gatherings
Affiliated Events
Religious Education
Building Use (other)
Community Events
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