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UUFJC Newsletter, October 2020
This Sunday, we were invited to join our neighbors at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia for a service focusing on our Universalist roots and the renewal their message offers. Two hundred fifty years ago this week, according to UU legend, John Murray experienced a renewal of his own battered faith when he was called to preach the first Universalist sermon in the US. At the core of our Universalist heritage is the message that no one is outside the circle of love. Often we speak of a love that holds us and supports us, but universal love can also be an inescapable, compelling force that won't let us off the hook. Universal love calls us to resist harm and choose connection, even in the face of risk. At the same time, Rev. Molly Housh-Gordon pointed out, another lesson of our Universalist heritage is that we can put faith in that universal love --- in God or the Universe --- to eventually bring all people into wholeness. We do not have to personally win over those who resist or cause harm. Rev. Molly suggested that our energies are better spent on building the world of love we seek, having faith that that love will become irresistible, and asking ourselves again and again, "What does love require of me now?"
The full service is now available to view online: https://youtu.be/HpELYAlFScc
Next Sunday,October 4th:
Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"The Future of the Peace Corps," Patt Behler
Our own Patt Behler served in the Peace Corps in Peru.
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 988 5874 1051
Password: 047662
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+13126266799,,98858741051#,,#,047662# US (Chicago)
Phone
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
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Service - 10:30 am
"Deep Listening: Active Receptivity," Rev. Mike Adamek
Imagine your favorite cup. It might be well used, not new. The cup has the ability to surround and hold a liquid. Its utility lies in both its central emptiness and its boundary to hold something until it is either empty of everything but air, or whatever it holding and the cup have mellowed into the same temperature. I accept the notion that you cannot truly accept anything which is new to you unless you are willing to empty yourself enough to be actively receptive.
Zoom meeting information to be announced.
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
The second session of 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.”
Reflection questions to prepare for this session:
Telling Our Story-Multiple Truths and Multiple Realities, Part One
1) Have you ever had a negative encounter with the police?
Take this time to reflect on an outsider experience.
2) What was the experience? Recall it in as much detail as possible.
3) What made you the person who was “different” or the “outsider”? How did others treat you as a result?
4) What was the impact of your outsider experience on how you felt about and participated in the group?
5) How did that experience shape your sense of who you are and how you behave in the world or similar settings?
Zoom meeting information to be announced.
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.
$10 each; proceeds support UUFJC. Contact Katherine Connor: connok510@gmail.com
Tomorrow, Monday, September 28th at 6:30 pm, Patt Behler hosts an unofficial "Off-Deck" discussion group for UUFJC members and friends. This month's topic: "Mark Twain." 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 begin Chapter Three.
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:
Monday, September 29th at 7 pm, Missouri River Regional Library offers a virtual concert via YouTube: Music in the Library: Curtis & Loretta—When There’s Good to be Done: Songs of Unsung Heroes. The Minneapolis-based, award-winning husband and wife duo Curtis Teague and Loretta Simonet gathered a stellar cast of characters for a collection of songs, written by Loretta, about real-life, ordinary people who overcame seemingly insurmountable challenges and came out stronger for the journey. The story-songs highlight courage, resilience, kindness and determination. There’s a rich tapestry of inspiration and riveting drama offered by the people she sought out to interview and write about: a couple who married “against the odds” in 1947, a WWII vet whose ship was sunk by kamikazes and who saved another man’s life, a woman who donated a kidney to a little girl she’s never met, a couple raising kids on the severe end of the autism spectrum, and more. Before each song, Curtin and Loretta tell how they found that person, and what led up to the challenges they faced. All the songs are presented with the duo’s signature tight harmonies and array of stringed instruments, including folk harp, mandocello, guitars, and clawhammer banjo. Contact Madeline Matson. For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.
This Thursday, October 1st, the local chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is scheduled to hold its monthly meeting. In-person meetings are currently on hold. For online meeting information, contact Susan Randolph.
This Friday, October 2nd at 7 pm in their Art Gallery, MRRL presents their monthly First Friday Film: "The Good Liar." Registration and Masks required. Career con man Roy sets his sights on his latest mark, recently widowed Betty, who’s worth millions. And he means to take it all. But as the two grow closer, what should have been another simple swindle becomes a high-stakes game of cat and mouse in this suspenseful drama about the secrets people keep and the lies they live. Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen star in this thriller. 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 EventsVirtual Gatherings
Affiliated Events
Religious Education
Building Use (other)
Community Events
UUFJC Newsletter, October 2020
This Sunday, we were invited to join our neighbors at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia for a service focusing on our Universalist roots and the renewal their message offers. Two hundred fifty years ago this week, according to UU legend, John Murray experienced a renewal of his own battered faith when he was called to preach the first Universalist sermon in the US. At the core of our Universalist heritage is the message that no one is outside the circle of love. Often we speak of a love that holds us and supports us, but universal love can also be an inescapable, compelling force that won't let us off the hook. Universal love calls us to resist harm and choose connection, even in the face of risk. At the same time, Rev. Molly Housh-Gordon pointed out, another lesson of our Universalist heritage is that we can put faith in that universal love --- in God or the Universe --- to eventually bring all people into wholeness. We do not have to personally win over those who resist or cause harm. Rev. Molly suggested that our energies are better spent on building the world of love we seek, having faith that that love will become irresistible, and asking ourselves again and again, "What does love require of me now?"
The full service is now available to view online: https://youtu.be/HpELYAlFScc
Next Sunday,October 4th:
Adult Forum - 9:15 am
"The Future of the Peace Corps," Patt Behler
Our own Patt Behler served in the Peace Corps in Peru.
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
"Deep Listening: Active Receptivity," Rev. Mike Adamek
Imagine your favorite cup. It might be well used, not new. The cup has the ability to surround and hold a liquid. Its utility lies in both its central emptiness and its boundary to hold something until it is either empty of everything but air, or whatever it holding and the cup have mellowed into the same temperature. I accept the notion that you cannot truly accept anything which is new to you unless you are willing to empty yourself enough to be actively receptive.
Zoom meeting information to be announced.
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
The second session of 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.”
Reflection questions to prepare for this session:
Telling Our Story-Multiple Truths and Multiple Realities, Part One
1) Have you ever had a negative encounter with the police?
Take this time to reflect on an outsider experience.
2) What was the experience? Recall it in as much detail as possible.
3) What made you the person who was “different” or the “outsider”? How did others treat you as a result?
4) What was the impact of your outsider experience on how you felt about and participated in the group?
5) How did that experience shape your sense of who you are and how you behave in the world or similar settings?
Zoom meeting information to be announced.
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.
$10 each; proceeds support UUFJC. Contact Katherine Connor: connok510@gmail.com
Tomorrow, Monday, September 28th at 6:30 pm, Patt Behler hosts an unofficial "Off-Deck" discussion group for UUFJC members and friends. This month's topic: "Mark Twain." 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 begin Chapter Three.
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:
Monday, September 29th at 7 pm, Missouri River Regional Library offers a virtual concert via YouTube: Music in the Library: Curtis & Loretta—When There’s Good to be Done: Songs of Unsung Heroes. The Minneapolis-based, award-winning husband and wife duo Curtis Teague and Loretta Simonet gathered a stellar cast of characters for a collection of songs, written by Loretta, about real-life, ordinary people who overcame seemingly insurmountable challenges and came out stronger for the journey. The story-songs highlight courage, resilience, kindness and determination. There’s a rich tapestry of inspiration and riveting drama offered by the people she sought out to interview and write about: a couple who married “against the odds” in 1947, a WWII vet whose ship was sunk by kamikazes and who saved another man’s life, a woman who donated a kidney to a little girl she’s never met, a couple raising kids on the severe end of the autism spectrum, and more. Before each song, Curtin and Loretta tell how they found that person, and what led up to the challenges they faced. All the songs are presented with the duo’s signature tight harmonies and array of stringed instruments, including folk harp, mandocello, guitars, and clawhammer banjo. Contact Madeline Matson. For more on library events, visit MRRL.org.
This Thursday, October 1st, the local chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is scheduled to hold its monthly meeting. In-person meetings are currently on hold. For online meeting information, contact Susan Randolph.
This Friday, October 2nd at 7 pm in their Art Gallery, MRRL presents their monthly First Friday Film: "The Good Liar." Registration and Masks required. Career con man Roy sets his sights on his latest mark, recently widowed Betty, who’s worth millions. And he means to take it all. But as the two grow closer, what should have been another simple swindle becomes a high-stakes game of cat and mouse in this suspenseful drama about the secrets people keep and the lies they live. Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen star in this thriller. 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 EventsVirtual Gatherings
Affiliated Events
Religious Education
Building Use (other)
Community Events
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