It's Rummage Sale time! We are now accepting donations and setting up for our big sale, coming this Saturday, June 22nd, from 7 am to noon. See below for more information.
This Sunday, Rev. Nancy TannerThies continued our month exploring Beauty. In grappling with what it means to be people of beauty, she was led to poems including this one by Rumi:
Today, like every other day, we wake up empty
and frightened. Don't open the door to the study
and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument.
Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.
Too often the idea of "beauty" leads us into beauty judgments that discount ourselves and our gifts. How many of us really feel like we can take down a musical instrument and do something beautiful? Wouldn't we rather open the door to the study and begin reading (or watching TV, or websurfing)? We feel ourselves too dull to connect with the world and offer beauty to it. We must learn to love ourselves and be present to the world around us to appreciate the ever-present gifts of beauty and to "let the beauty we love be what we do." Each of us has our own unique and vital way to kneel and kiss the ground.
Next Sunday, June 23rd:
Services at Riverside Park.
July News Due.
Please submit your items for our July Newsletter and print calendar to Laura Gilkey by e-mail ([email protected]) or in writing.
No Adult Forum this week.
Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
Message: "But what do you see?" Alexis
We receive many messages regarding what beauty is and how we are supposed to achieve it. Join us at Riverside/Ellis Porter Park for an exploration of how to move away from the voices that take us away from the authentic beauty both within and beyond us.
If you have a joy or concern that you would like to have read during the Service, please submit it by noon on Friday through our website: http://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html
Plus Children's RE --- "Weaving a Tapestry of Faith: Generosity: Imagine How It Feels"
Potluck Lunch at the Park after services - Please bring a favorite picnic dish!
UUFJC News and Events this week:
Our annual Rummage Sale is almost here! We are now accepting donations, so please bring your gently-used items to support the Fellowship in one of our biggest annual fundraisers! (No adult clothing, please; children's clothing is appreciated!). You can bring your items today (Laura Gilkey will be in the building until 6 pm) or drop them off throughout the week. If you need help hauling donations or need the building unlocked to drop them off, contact Bob Antweiler.
We also need volunteers to help set up the sale and to work on sale day. We have sign-up sheets for volunteer shifts throughout the week, or contact Lisa Sanning and Bob Antweiler.
In addition to sale items and volunteers, we also need shopping bags and boxes (tray boxes are especially good for corralling books). It will also be a huge help if you can lend us tables! Please label your tables clearly.
On that note, if you have anything stored at the Fellowship, please take it home with you or make sure that it is clearly labeled as soon as possible. We have accidentally sold people's things before, and we don't want it to happen again!
Sale day is next Saturday June 22nd, from 7 am - noon. Please come shop the sale, bring your friends, and spread the word!
The Worship Service Committee meets this evening at 6 pm. The committee is looking for volunteers to join in creating our Sunday services. There are very small tasks and larger, more involved things for which the committee would love to have a pool of volunteers to draw from. Please fill out the survey available on the table by the window and return it to the Vice President’s mail slot in the office. For more about the survey, the meeting next Sunday, or getting involved in creating our Sunday services, please contact Lisa Sanning.
Regularly scheduled events in our building (e.g. yoga) may be canceled this week due to Rummage Sale preparations. Please check with your event organizers.
This week is the Unitarian Universalist Association’s national General Assembly in Spokane, Washington, starting this Wednesday, June 19th, and continuing through next Sunday, June 23rd. Some General Assembly events will be livestreamed online. For more information, visit uua.org/ga.
A week from tomorrow, Monday, June 24th, Faith Voices for Jefferson City is scheduled to hold their monthly assembly at Quinn Chapel AME Church. Contact Rev. Kim Woodruff: [email protected]
Community Events this week:
This Wednesday, June 19th from 11 am to 6:30 pm, SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital Auxiliary holds their 62nd Annual Ice Cream Social at St. Joseph Cathedral Undercroft. Ice Cream and Cake are $3. A variety of menu options are available for lunch and dinner, plus activities for the whole family: Kids Korner, Quilt Raffle, Silent Auction, Country Store, Treasures from the Attic, and a Book Nook.
This Thursday, June 20th at 7 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library hosts a Foster Parent Information Panel. Have you ever thought about being a foster parent? Don’t have time to be a foster parent but would still like to help? Come learn how you can plan an important part in the life of a youth in foster care. Various professionals from the child welfare community will provide information and explain how you can get involved in making a difference in the life of a child in foster care. Contact Madeline Matson. For more library events, visit MRRL.org.
This week, Capitol City Cinema presents "Wild Nights with Emily" (Thursday through Sunday). For showtimes, more events, and more information, visit capitolcitycinema.org.
For yoga and even more events, see our online calendars:
UUFJC Events
Affiliated Events
Religious Education
Building Use (other)
Community Events
Have a great week!
This Sunday, Rev. Nancy TannerThies continued our month exploring Beauty. In grappling with what it means to be people of beauty, she was led to poems including this one by Rumi:
Today, like every other day, we wake up empty
and frightened. Don't open the door to the study
and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument.
Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.
Too often the idea of "beauty" leads us into beauty judgments that discount ourselves and our gifts. How many of us really feel like we can take down a musical instrument and do something beautiful? Wouldn't we rather open the door to the study and begin reading (or watching TV, or websurfing)? We feel ourselves too dull to connect with the world and offer beauty to it. We must learn to love ourselves and be present to the world around us to appreciate the ever-present gifts of beauty and to "let the beauty we love be what we do." Each of us has our own unique and vital way to kneel and kiss the ground.
Next Sunday, June 23rd:
Services at Riverside Park.
July News Due.
Please submit your items for our July Newsletter and print calendar to Laura Gilkey by e-mail ([email protected]) or in writing.
No Adult Forum this week.
Service and Religious Education - 10:30 am
Message: "But what do you see?" Alexis
We receive many messages regarding what beauty is and how we are supposed to achieve it. Join us at Riverside/Ellis Porter Park for an exploration of how to move away from the voices that take us away from the authentic beauty both within and beyond us.
If you have a joy or concern that you would like to have read during the Service, please submit it by noon on Friday through our website: http://uufjc.org/joys--concerns.html
Plus Children's RE --- "Weaving a Tapestry of Faith: Generosity: Imagine How It Feels"
Potluck Lunch at the Park after services - Please bring a favorite picnic dish!
UUFJC News and Events this week:
Our annual Rummage Sale is almost here! We are now accepting donations, so please bring your gently-used items to support the Fellowship in one of our biggest annual fundraisers! (No adult clothing, please; children's clothing is appreciated!). You can bring your items today (Laura Gilkey will be in the building until 6 pm) or drop them off throughout the week. If you need help hauling donations or need the building unlocked to drop them off, contact Bob Antweiler.
We also need volunteers to help set up the sale and to work on sale day. We have sign-up sheets for volunteer shifts throughout the week, or contact Lisa Sanning and Bob Antweiler.
In addition to sale items and volunteers, we also need shopping bags and boxes (tray boxes are especially good for corralling books). It will also be a huge help if you can lend us tables! Please label your tables clearly.
On that note, if you have anything stored at the Fellowship, please take it home with you or make sure that it is clearly labeled as soon as possible. We have accidentally sold people's things before, and we don't want it to happen again!
Sale day is next Saturday June 22nd, from 7 am - noon. Please come shop the sale, bring your friends, and spread the word!
The Worship Service Committee meets this evening at 6 pm. The committee is looking for volunteers to join in creating our Sunday services. There are very small tasks and larger, more involved things for which the committee would love to have a pool of volunteers to draw from. Please fill out the survey available on the table by the window and return it to the Vice President’s mail slot in the office. For more about the survey, the meeting next Sunday, or getting involved in creating our Sunday services, please contact Lisa Sanning.
Regularly scheduled events in our building (e.g. yoga) may be canceled this week due to Rummage Sale preparations. Please check with your event organizers.
This week is the Unitarian Universalist Association’s national General Assembly in Spokane, Washington, starting this Wednesday, June 19th, and continuing through next Sunday, June 23rd. Some General Assembly events will be livestreamed online. For more information, visit uua.org/ga.
A week from tomorrow, Monday, June 24th, Faith Voices for Jefferson City is scheduled to hold their monthly assembly at Quinn Chapel AME Church. Contact Rev. Kim Woodruff: [email protected]
Community Events this week:
This Wednesday, June 19th from 11 am to 6:30 pm, SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital Auxiliary holds their 62nd Annual Ice Cream Social at St. Joseph Cathedral Undercroft. Ice Cream and Cake are $3. A variety of menu options are available for lunch and dinner, plus activities for the whole family: Kids Korner, Quilt Raffle, Silent Auction, Country Store, Treasures from the Attic, and a Book Nook.
This Thursday, June 20th at 7 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library hosts a Foster Parent Information Panel. Have you ever thought about being a foster parent? Don’t have time to be a foster parent but would still like to help? Come learn how you can plan an important part in the life of a youth in foster care. Various professionals from the child welfare community will provide information and explain how you can get involved in making a difference in the life of a child in foster care. Contact Madeline Matson. For more library events, visit MRRL.org.
This week, Capitol City Cinema presents "Wild Nights with Emily" (Thursday through Sunday). For showtimes, more events, and more information, visit capitolcitycinema.org.
For yoga and even more events, see our online calendars:
UUFJC Events
Affiliated Events
Religious Education
Building Use (other)
Community Events
Have a great week!
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