Highlights, read on for details and other news:
Sunday, November 21
This morning, Rev. Nancy TannerThies continued exploring our monthly theme of "Holding History." The past looms large in our minds. We use memory not only to know where we've been but to choose and justify where we are now and where we want to go. The past is never just past, and Rev. Nancy suggested the following steps for navigating the dance of past and present:
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/o7iu-i8kHgQ. Also note that, starting November 28th, UUCC's online services are moving back to 10:30 am Sunday mornings.
Next Sunday, November 28th:
Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Women in the Military," Lt. Col. Carol Bailey (Ret.)
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
Bread Communion
Please feel free to bring bread, (homemade or store-bought, of any variety), to share after service. You can also bring jam or honey to share if you'd like. Butter and cider will be provided by the fellowship.
Because of Covid concerns, instead of everyone eating together, we will have tables set up throughout the building with room for a few people at each in order to be spread out. If you prefer, you can take a plate of bread and toppings with you to eat later.
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 - 11 am
Children are welcome to join RE Instructor Samantha Porter for a lesson during the service hour. This week: "Heal by Thanksgiving (Anti-Racism)."
Masks are currently required for everyone attending indoor UUFJC events in-person. Free masks will be available if you do not have one.
f 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 visit our website at uufjc.org. You can also 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).
Submissions for our December newsletter are due TODAY. Please email any last-minute items to Laura Gilkey ASAP: [email protected].
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.
PLEASE NOTE: As we learn more and more how we can make our Zoom services work, we find that we can no longer accept Joys and Concerns via chat in the Zoom application. On at least three occasions, we didn't see the chat until it was too late to add to the spoken Joys and Concerns, and we don't want that to happen again. Everyone can either use the link here: https://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html or, if you're at the building in-person before 10:30, fill out a paper form and give it to the moderator.
We have a new art exhibit on display in our building, of Eco-Dyed prints by Sue Gibson. Many thanks to Sue and to our Art Committee.
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
This Friday, November 26th is our regularly-scheduled Salvation Army Meal day. However, our meals in November and December are usually canceled due to the holidays. For more information on our Salvation Army meals, contact Bob Antweiler.
Our building is reserved by community groups Wednesdays and Saturdays starting at 6 pm and Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 5:30 pm. If you have access to our building, please allow privacy at these times.
Community Events this week:
Tomorrow, Monday, November 22nd at 6:30 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library presents: the latest installment of the LU-MRRL Lecture Series: "The Silencing of Generational Trauma: Black Female Students and Gender-Based Violence in College." In 2011, the Obama Administration initiated long-overdue conversations around campus-based sexual violence, gender-based discrimination and sexual harassment. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 requires schools (K-12 and higher education) to develop, communicate, and implement policies and practices to respond to and prevent gender-based discrimination. Over the last 10 years, more and more students have found the courage to speak up regarding their peers’ experiences and experiences of their own. However, Black female students are among the population least likely to report incidents, seek help or name their offender. Zakiya Brown is a doctoral student at Northcentral University and dean of students and Title IX coordinator at Lincoln University. She will describe her research findings and the impact of generational trauma on Black female survivors of campus-based sexual violence reporting behaviors. 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
- UUFJC Board is exploring hiring a quarter-time minister
- Fellowship art exhibit: Sue Gibson's Eco-dyed prints
- November 28 is Bread Communion Sunday
- Change in Joys and Concerns submissions: please submit online by Friday noon, or in person day of service.
Sunday, November 21
This morning, Rev. Nancy TannerThies continued exploring our monthly theme of "Holding History." The past looms large in our minds. We use memory not only to know where we've been but to choose and justify where we are now and where we want to go. The past is never just past, and Rev. Nancy suggested the following steps for navigating the dance of past and present:
- Show Up. As much as you can, commit the energy to be fully present to this day and its ever-shifting possibilities.
- Gather and Hold. Curiously gather as much memory as you can about what brought you to this moment. Stay interested beyond what you want to be true. Get a feel for what to hang onto and what to let go of.
- Evaluate. Reflect on the past using the best standards you know. The UU Principles are a good starting point for many, but notice and be honest about what really matters to you.
- Finally, Act. When we act on the best knowledge we hold, it is never perfect, but life is always impermanent and imperfect, and still we are called to engage. When we act, we create new history to hold going forward, and through this cycle we find our way forward.
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/o7iu-i8kHgQ. Also note that, starting November 28th, UUCC's online services are moving back to 10:30 am Sunday mornings.
Next Sunday, November 28th:
Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Women in the Military," Lt. Col. Carol Bailey (Ret.)
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
Bread Communion
Please feel free to bring bread, (homemade or store-bought, of any variety), to share after service. You can also bring jam or honey to share if you'd like. Butter and cider will be provided by the fellowship.
Because of Covid concerns, instead of everyone eating together, we will have tables set up throughout the building with room for a few people at each in order to be spread out. If you prefer, you can take a plate of bread and toppings with you to eat later.
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 - 11 am
Children are welcome to join RE Instructor Samantha Porter for a lesson during the service hour. This week: "Heal by Thanksgiving (Anti-Racism)."
Masks are currently required for everyone attending indoor UUFJC events in-person. Free masks will be available if you do not have one.
f 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 visit our website at uufjc.org. You can also 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).
Submissions for our December newsletter are due TODAY. Please email any last-minute items to Laura Gilkey ASAP: [email protected].
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.
PLEASE NOTE: As we learn more and more how we can make our Zoom services work, we find that we can no longer accept Joys and Concerns via chat in the Zoom application. On at least three occasions, we didn't see the chat until it was too late to add to the spoken Joys and Concerns, and we don't want that to happen again. Everyone can either use the link here: https://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html or, if you're at the building in-person before 10:30, fill out a paper form and give it to the moderator.
We have a new art exhibit on display in our building, of Eco-Dyed prints by Sue Gibson. Many thanks to Sue and to our Art Committee.
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
This Friday, November 26th is our regularly-scheduled Salvation Army Meal day. However, our meals in November and December are usually canceled due to the holidays. For more information on our Salvation Army meals, contact Bob Antweiler.
Our building is reserved by community groups Wednesdays and Saturdays starting at 6 pm and Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 5:30 pm. If you have access to our building, please allow privacy at these times.
Community Events this week:
Tomorrow, Monday, November 22nd at 6:30 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library presents: the latest installment of the LU-MRRL Lecture Series: "The Silencing of Generational Trauma: Black Female Students and Gender-Based Violence in College." In 2011, the Obama Administration initiated long-overdue conversations around campus-based sexual violence, gender-based discrimination and sexual harassment. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 requires schools (K-12 and higher education) to develop, communicate, and implement policies and practices to respond to and prevent gender-based discrimination. Over the last 10 years, more and more students have found the courage to speak up regarding their peers’ experiences and experiences of their own. However, Black female students are among the population least likely to report incidents, seek help or name their offender. Zakiya Brown is a doctoral student at Northcentral University and dean of students and Title IX coordinator at Lincoln University. She will describe her research findings and the impact of generational trauma on Black female survivors of campus-based sexual violence reporting behaviors. 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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