October Services

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October 1 – “Love As Spaciousness” with Rev. Jill McAllister. A new generation of UUs suggests articulating our values in new ways, beginning with Love at the Center  

October 8  – “Not So Like-Minded After All” with Rev. Jill McAllister. We’re learning a lot about the real differences in how brains work – neurodiversity. Turns out we’re more different than we imagine.

October 15  – “What is Transformation?” with Rev. Jill McAllister. Have you ever experienced transformation? How is it part of religious and spiritual growth?

October 22  – “God Is Not One, Neither are We” with Rev. Jill McAllister. One of the unique characteristics of our religious movement is pluralism – the willingness to be different and be  together at the same time.

October 29  – Wheel of the Year – All Ages – Samhain / Halloween

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August 3 –  “Lughnasadh, AKA: Lammas” – Diana Titus and the Wheel of the Year Team

August 10 – “Community Wealth Sharing has Positive Impact!” – Julie Williams

August 17 – TBD – Rev. Alex McGee

August 24 – TBD – Rev. Alex McGee

August 31 – NO SERVICE

2025-08-03 “Lammas – A Ritual of Ripening and Release”

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Join us as we gather at the sacred threshold of Lammas, the festival of first harvest. In this season of fullness and change, we’ll pause to honor the fruits of our lives—what is ripening, what is ready to be shared, and what must be gently released.

Through song, story, ritual, and reflection, we’ll weave together ancestral wisdom and our own lived experience—carrying the grain of our becoming into community and into the unknown future.

Come celebrate the bread we are making with our lives.

Bring a bit of garden abundance to share with others, or nonperishable food for the South Corvallis Food Bank. Let us meet this turning with open hearts and hands.

We’ll also be introduced to our interim minister, Rev. Alex McGee, who started with us on August 1.

Wheel of the Year Team

Register Now! – UUFC Men’s Retreat, 10/3-5

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Time to register for the annual Men’s Retreat, this year at Camp Harlow near Eugene (only an hour’s drive from Corvallis). We will gather there 5 PM Friday October 3 and end by 2 PM Sunday October 5.  This is an opportunity for those who identify as men to develop and deepen relationships with other men at UUFC. Our theme this year is “Sharing the Story of Your Life Journey.”

Register ONLINE at https://uufc.breezechms.com/form/mensretreatregistration2025.

More information: contact Alan Kirk.

UUFC Women’s Retreat, 10/17 & 10/18

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If you identify as a woman in a way that is significant for you, you are welcome to join us for our annual Women’s Retreat. It will be held at the UUFC on Friday night Oct. 17 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm and from 9:00 am – 7:00 pm on Saturday, Oct. 18. This year’s theme is “Right Here, Right Now: Peace through Practice”. We will share practices that may help you find peace in your center, peace in your connections, and peace in your community. The $55 fee for the retreat includes two meals on Saturday catered by Forks and Corks.

Please register using this form. https://uufc.breezechms.com/form/wr2025

Payment can be made online or by check to the UUFC with “Women’s Retreat” in the memo line.
Volunteers, suggestions, and questions are welcome at womensretreat@uucorvallis.org. Team facilitators are Heather Thomas, Kimi Mayo, and Priscilla Galasso.

Classroom Wing Give-Aways!

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FREE RUMMAGE from the classroom wing, located on the curb by the RE back steps and gate. Transportation help available for the free doors or the cabinet. Keep things out of the landfill by taking them home!

There are some extra tools, levels and knee pads left behind. There is also a large rolling platform with a pull cord which will be discarded soon. If these are yours, contact Wolfgang Dengler.

Outreach Offerings for August

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Our Sunday Outreach offerings in August support Seeds for the Sol, a nonprofit, grassroots organization taking action now to remove the financial barriers to residential energy efficiency. Their neighbor-to-neighbor funding model mimics the natural cycles of planting, harvesting, and renewal, helping more households move toward net zero. This funding model addresses climate mitigation and adaptation, energy equity and outreach, and workforce development by making affordable housing more energy efficient.