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UUFJC Newsletter: Flame on the Water, October 2022
Sunday, October 2, 2022:
This morning, Rev. Mike Adamek joined us to begin our month of reflection on Courage. Rev. Mike explored the courage that is necessary as we face suffering through the ups and downs of life, the courage that can lead us through the low times to something better.
His theme also reminded me of this poetic blessing from our wider UU community:
A Blessing for Risk-Takers and Failures
By Robin Tanner
Today we share in a blessing for losers, risk-takers, all failures far and wide....
Blessed are they who fall in the mud, who jump with gusto and rip the pants, who skin the elbows, and bruise the ego,
for they shall know the sweetness of risk.
Blessed are they who make giant mistakes, whose intentions are good but impact has injured, who know the hot sense of regret and ask for mercy,
for their hearts will know the gift of forgiveness.
Blessed are they who have seen a D or an F or C or any letter less than perfect, who are painfully familiar with the red pen and the labels as "less than,"
for they know the wisdom in the imperfect.
Blessed are they who try again, who dust off, who wash up, who extend the wish for peace, who return to sites of failure, who are dogged in their pursuit,
for they will discover the secret to dreams.
Blessed are they who refuse to listen to the naysayers,
for their hearts will be houses for hope.
Blessed are they who see beyond the surface of another,
for they will be able to delight in the gift of compassion.
Blessed are they who stop running the race to help a fellow traveler, who pick up the fallen, who stop for injured life,
for they shall know the kindness of strangers.
Blessed are they who wildly, boldly abandon winning,
for they shall know the path of justice.
(from https://www.uua.org/worship/words/blessing/blessing-risk-takers-and-failures)
Next Sunday, October 9th:
Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Who are the Peace Activists?" Betty Cooper
This session focuses on the life and work of the peace activists discussed in Betty Cooper's book, Family: Vital to us and Society, chapter 7. If a copy of the book is needed, pick up a copy in the Forum Room
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 - 10:30 am
UUCC Service
Our building will be open for those who wish to come and share the online services of our neighbor congregation, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia. Those joining from home are encouraged to connect to UUCC directly. Information and live-streaming links are available on their website: uucomo.org.
Children's Religious Education - 10:30 am
Children attending in-person are welcome to join RE Instructor Samantha Porter for a lesson during the service hour. This week's lesson: "Wholehearted Courage: Exploring the Path of Being Yourself."
Lunch after Service: If you would like to join other members and friends for lunch, look for a whiteboard in our entry hallway near the water fountain to see the weekly lunch location. Please add a tally to the whiteboard if you plan to attend.
Masks are currently optional for those attending UUFJC events in person.
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
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 or shared 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 "UUFJC Cafe" 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).
We are always in need of donations for our free community pantry. For donation ideas, guidelines, and more information, contact Joan Kurtzeborn. Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [email protected].
Coming Saturday, November 5th, we will be holding a trivia night fundraiser, so please help us spread the word! Registration is $10/person or $60 for a table of 6. We will have items for silent auction and raffles, as well as a 50-50 raffle. Child care will be available. For more information or to register, contact Bob Antweiler.
Tomorrow, Monday, October 3rd at 6 pm, the local chapter of the American Association of University Women meets at our building and on Zoom. For more information, contact Charlotte Parsons.
Alberta Mobley teaches her own Chair / Accessible yoga classes at our building Tuesday mornings at 9:30 am. Donations requested. For more information, contact Alberta.
On Thursdays at 5:30 pm, Katherine Connor hosts a weekly Zoom Happy Hour for UUFJC Members and Friends to gather and check in. Sharon Hanson will be filling in this week while Katherine is traveling.
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
An Insight Meditation group taught by Joe McCormack meets at our building Thursday nights at 7 pm. For more information, contact Bob Antweiler.
Next Sunday, October 9th at 3 pm, Emma Regnier leads her own monthly intergenerational classic book study group at our building. This month's selection: "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller. Contact Emma Regnier or Betty Cooper.
Later next Sunday afternoon, October 9th at 4:30 pm, our Worship Team meets at our building. To get involved in creating our Sunday services, contact our vice president, Lisa Sanning.
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:
This Friday, October 7th at 7 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library presents their monthly First Friday Film: "The Duke." In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60-year-old taxi driver stole Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery's history. Kempton sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government agreed to provide television for free to the elderly. What happened next became the stuff of legend. Only 50 years later did the full story emerge--a startling revelation of how a good man set out to change the world and in doing so saved his son and his marriage. British acting legends Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren star in this inspiring film. 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 Newsletter: Flame on the Water, October 2022
Sunday, October 2, 2022:
This morning, Rev. Mike Adamek joined us to begin our month of reflection on Courage. Rev. Mike explored the courage that is necessary as we face suffering through the ups and downs of life, the courage that can lead us through the low times to something better.
His theme also reminded me of this poetic blessing from our wider UU community:
A Blessing for Risk-Takers and Failures
By Robin Tanner
Today we share in a blessing for losers, risk-takers, all failures far and wide....
Blessed are they who fall in the mud, who jump with gusto and rip the pants, who skin the elbows, and bruise the ego,
for they shall know the sweetness of risk.
Blessed are they who make giant mistakes, whose intentions are good but impact has injured, who know the hot sense of regret and ask for mercy,
for their hearts will know the gift of forgiveness.
Blessed are they who have seen a D or an F or C or any letter less than perfect, who are painfully familiar with the red pen and the labels as "less than,"
for they know the wisdom in the imperfect.
Blessed are they who try again, who dust off, who wash up, who extend the wish for peace, who return to sites of failure, who are dogged in their pursuit,
for they will discover the secret to dreams.
Blessed are they who refuse to listen to the naysayers,
for their hearts will be houses for hope.
Blessed are they who see beyond the surface of another,
for they will be able to delight in the gift of compassion.
Blessed are they who stop running the race to help a fellow traveler, who pick up the fallen, who stop for injured life,
for they shall know the kindness of strangers.
Blessed are they who wildly, boldly abandon winning,
for they shall know the path of justice.
(from https://www.uua.org/worship/words/blessing/blessing-risk-takers-and-failures)
Next Sunday, October 9th:
Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"Who are the Peace Activists?" Betty Cooper
This session focuses on the life and work of the peace activists discussed in Betty Cooper's book, Family: Vital to us and Society, chapter 7. If a copy of the book is needed, pick up a copy in the Forum Room
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 - 10:30 am
UUCC Service
Our building will be open for those who wish to come and share the online services of our neighbor congregation, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia. Those joining from home are encouraged to connect to UUCC directly. Information and live-streaming links are available on their website: uucomo.org.
Children's Religious Education - 10:30 am
Children attending in-person are welcome to join RE Instructor Samantha Porter for a lesson during the service hour. This week's lesson: "Wholehearted Courage: Exploring the Path of Being Yourself."
Lunch after Service: If you would like to join other members and friends for lunch, look for a whiteboard in our entry hallway near the water fountain to see the weekly lunch location. Please add a tally to the whiteboard if you plan to attend.
Masks are currently optional for those attending UUFJC events in person.
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
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 or shared 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 "UUFJC Cafe" 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).
We are always in need of donations for our free community pantry. For donation ideas, guidelines, and more information, contact Joan Kurtzeborn. Reimbursements are available; contact our treasurer, Bob Antweiler: [email protected].
Coming Saturday, November 5th, we will be holding a trivia night fundraiser, so please help us spread the word! Registration is $10/person or $60 for a table of 6. We will have items for silent auction and raffles, as well as a 50-50 raffle. Child care will be available. For more information or to register, contact Bob Antweiler.
Tomorrow, Monday, October 3rd at 6 pm, the local chapter of the American Association of University Women meets at our building and on Zoom. For more information, contact Charlotte Parsons.
Alberta Mobley teaches her own Chair / Accessible yoga classes at our building Tuesday mornings at 9:30 am. Donations requested. For more information, contact Alberta.
On Thursdays at 5:30 pm, Katherine Connor hosts a weekly Zoom Happy Hour for UUFJC Members and Friends to gather and check in. Sharon Hanson will be filling in this week while Katherine is traveling.
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
An Insight Meditation group taught by Joe McCormack meets at our building Thursday nights at 7 pm. For more information, contact Bob Antweiler.
Next Sunday, October 9th at 3 pm, Emma Regnier leads her own monthly intergenerational classic book study group at our building. This month's selection: "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller. Contact Emma Regnier or Betty Cooper.
Later next Sunday afternoon, October 9th at 4:30 pm, our Worship Team meets at our building. To get involved in creating our Sunday services, contact our vice president, Lisa Sanning.
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:
This Friday, October 7th at 7 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library presents their monthly First Friday Film: "The Duke." In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60-year-old taxi driver stole Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery's history. Kempton sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government agreed to provide television for free to the elderly. What happened next became the stuff of legend. Only 50 years later did the full story emerge--a startling revelation of how a good man set out to change the world and in doing so saved his son and his marriage. British acting legends Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren star in this inspiring film. 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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