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Men’s Retreat, 10/3-5

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Two things are brand new for the annual Men’s Retreat this fall – 1) it’s in a new location – Camp Harlow, just north of Eugene (barely an hour’s drive!); and 2) it’s earlier than in past years – OCTOBER 3-5. So mark your calendar now!

Our theme this year is “Sharing the Story of Your Life Journey.” Your story shapes you through your challenges, successes, regrets, and lessons learned. It affects how you look at yourself in the mirror, prepare for the day ahead, and engage in your community. Your story connects you with your deepest self and with others. It gives you meaning, purpose, and direction. At this year’s Men’s Retreat we will explore our stories, listen to one another, and consider what our stories teach us about ourselves, our life journeys, and our connections to the wider community.

Registration information will be available in August. For more information, contact one of the Retreat Planning Team: Alan Kirk, Jeff Martin, Nick Houtman, John Swanson, Mike Jager.

Women’s Retreat Workshop Proposals

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The Women’s Retreat Planning Team is looking for women who would volunteer to lead a 50-minute workshop on a practice that brings them peace. Workshops will be offered at the UUFC on Saturday, October 18 at 11 am, 3pm, or 4pm. We hope to be able to offer a variety of different things, such as:

  1. Spiritual practices – e.g. ritual, music, meditation
  2. Body practices – e.g. breathwork, yoga, walking
  3. Creativity practices – e.g. arts, words, crafts
  4. Climate practices – e.g. sustainability in home & consumer habits, gardening & land work
  5. Economic practices – e.g. data and dollar practices that support agency and peace
  6. Relationship practices – e.g. healthy boundaries, generosity, interaction games

If you’ve got a proposal to offer our retreat community, please submit it before Sept. 21 by clicking the button below and filling out the form.

Proposal Form

You can contact the Women’s Retreat Team at womensretreat@uucorvallis.org.

Greeter Team is Ready!

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It’s summer time and the Greeter Team is ready for action! If you would like to join this up-beat team, please contact anyone at the Greeter desk, or contact the team lead via the button below. We can all use a helping hand.

Beyond the mechanics of opening the door or preparing a name tag, greeters provide a friendly face, a warm handshake, and a welcoming greeting. We may offer guidance to the sanctuary, distribute bulletins, answer questions, and help with any immediate needs.

See you Sunday!

Contact Greeter Team Lead

Meeting on the Landscape Planning Process, 7/6

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We are people with ideas.  In a congregation-wide series of meetings held last August and September, many of us shared our ideas about what our landscape should look like, the elements it should contain, the purposes it should support and the values it should uphold.  A small group (Joyce Federiuk, Mona Hotchkiss and Ginger Chatfield) has taken the group input and put it into a form that we can more easily consider and prioritize.  

Jill is convening a group meeting on Sunday, July 6 at 4pm at the UUFC to complete this process.  Our goal is to identify our most important priorities so that ultimately, they can be shared with a professional landscape architect to use in creating a master plan for the property.  This will be done in tandem with any building expansion that we may undertake.  

Please plan to attend this meeting if you had interest and input in the prior meetings.  The intention is to vote on the priorities previously identified – rather than add in new elements or lobby for favorite items.  Hope to see you there!

Classroom Wing July update

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We did it! The volunteer work of painting the interior of the classroom wing is complete!

A HUGE THANK YOU to the ~50 volunteers who helped paint the Classroom Wing – some multiple times! It looks great and you saved the UUFC a huge amount of money! Another thank you to those who lent equipment and materials for this work. Please pick up the items you lent from the counter in Room 6C. If something is broken or missing, contact Wolfgang.

Here’s the plan for upcoming activities:
Professional painters the week of July 7 – 11 to paint the black fire-sprinkler pipes and external siding.

Deep cleaning every room July 12 – 18
Some cleaning by Felicia Torres, our custodian
Other cleaning by volunteers (look for signup forms in July!)

July 19 Move stored items from rental space and Wolfgang’s shed to UUFC

July 20 Move stored items from private homes to UUFC

July 21-30 Restore blinds, bulletin boards, shelf units, cover plates

The preschool will move back into the classroom wing some time in August. Exact dates to be determined.

Movie night: “Milk”, the story of Harvey Milk, 7/13

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Queerly Beloved July meet up
Sunday July 13, 2025 4:00-7:30 PM, UUFC

Join the Sexuality and Gender Diversity Team for a viewing of the inspiring movie “Milk” starring Sean Penn, telling the story of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk in the 1970s.
Movie will start at 4:00 PM, followed by pizza and a discussion, so plan to stay late! Pizza is provided; if you can bring a drink or snack to share, we welcome it.
This movie is rated R. If you need childcare for small children, please contact the Grandfolks Squad.
All are WELCOME – you don’t have to be gay to enjoy this movie! 🙂
Questions: contact Anya Ballinger

UUFC Services Auctions, 6/28

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The Services & Goods Auctions are our biggest FUNdraisers of the year!
We’re building community together!

Tomorrow, Saturday, June 28, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM is our 2025 UUFC Live & Silent Auction. We hope you will join us for the bidding fun and a light supper. Scroll through the catalog of items that will be auctioned, below!

Volunteer to Help
Sign up here to donate a salad for dinner or to volunteer to help during the live and silent auction. We need your help to make our auction successful.

Click here to volunteer!

UUFC Services Auctions, 6/15 – 23 and 6/28

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The Services & Goods Auctions are our biggest FUNdraisers of the year!
We’re building community together!

The 2025 UUFC Online Auction: June 16, 9:00 AM – June 23, 5:00 PM is happening NOW. You’ll find the online catalog at https://fundraiser.bid/2025online. Click on Menu, then on Catalog.

Saturday, June 28, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM is our 2025 UUFC Live & Silent Auction. We hope you will join us for the bidding fun and a light supper.

Volunteer to Help
Sign up here to donate a salad for dinner or to volunteer to help during the live and silent auction. We need your help to make our auction successful.

Click here to volunteer!