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To support our status as a Green Sanctuary, the Fellowship hosts a Community Vegan Potluck at 6:30 on the 4th Sunday of every month.
Everyone is Welcome! Join us in the Social Hall.
Bring a dish to share with others as we learn to eat in a more climate friendly way.
Include Plant foods: grains, beans, fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, herbs & spices.
Exclude Animal foods: no flesh, fluids, or unborn young.
Try it! You’ll like it!!
Need more info? Contact Ann Marchant.
Playing the Game of Life: How Do We Roll?
What have been our most meaningful experiences in the game of life? How have we responded to the curveballs that have come our way? What have we learned? That’s the focus of this year’s UU Men’s Retreat – the major things that have shaped how we play the game of life. We’ll share meaningful experiences and have fun together, too – what a concept!
Register ONLINE at https://uufc.breezechms.com/form/mensretreatregistration2026.
Join us at Camp Harlow near Eugene (only an hour’s drive from Corvallis). This is a great opportunity for those who identify as men to get to know each other better and build deeper connections. The fee for the retreat is on a sliding scale, based on what you can afford. (No refunds after Sept. 18.) Check out the flyer with details at this link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KIMivMGszgBUKOD_mSq7pUeyUU0Qa3Dj/view?usp=sharing
More information: contact Alan Kirk <mensretreat@uucorvallis.org>
“Enriching our retirement with thoughtful planning”
Thursday, Sept. 10 @ 3:00 – 4:30pm in the Sanctuary
With people living longer and in better health than our predecessors, we may have several active years in this phase of our lives. Whether you are already retired or thinking ahead, let’s give this some thought together as we face the openness and freedom that retirement can offer. It can be time to pursue interests that have been put off for years even if we don’t have so much spring in our step! A panel of fellow UUFC retirees will share their thoughts and experiences as they began this era of their lives. Open discussion to follow.
“Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.” – Rumi
Find items in your closets, attic, garage that you no longer need and donate them to the annual UUFC Parking Lot Rummage Sale. Pre-price the items at home (whole dollar amounts, thrift store pricing) and bring them between 8:00 – 8:45 AM to the UUFC parking lot. Display the items on tables there or ones you bring. Join with a friend or two to stay by the table and encourage sales. Send buyers to a central cashier. At 1:00 PM pack up any unsold items and take home or to a thrift store. It’s a win-win for you and the Fellowship. Encourage all your friends and neighbors to come.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: We need volunteers to post flyers in Corvallis, Albany, and Philomath no later than September 5, help set up and take down tables and cashier on September 12. Use this Sign Up Genius link to sign up now.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0444AEA72DA7F4CE9-64895823-uufc
This year we will have a Sunday worship service on September 6, the day before Labor Day. We have traditionally not held a worship service the day before Labor Day, but this year we’re trying something new!
by Rev. Alex McGee
August 7, 2026
Dear Congregation:
This month the Board and I sat down and reviewed how the interim time is going. Among the many observations, here is one that some people might not know about: One of the emerging leadership groups in the congregation is the Coordinating Council. This Council has always existed, but since I am new to the congregation, I have turned to them with curiosity about what they see as the best way to coordinate teams and procedures. They are living into responsibility in a fresh way.
These five Council Chairs are Finance, Religious Exploration, Facilities, Connections, and Justice (Worship Council currently doesn’t have a Chair). Once a month, they have rich discussions about use of space, how to make calendaring accessible, sharing information about budgets, lines of information flow, how to coordinate efforts across teams, and other issues. I am excited and endeared every month to see them grapple with things that are not clear at first but can find new ways.
Each Team is part of a Council. Each Team lead has a link to a Council Chair. When the Team Leads communicate concerns and opportunities to the Council Chair, those can be passed along for creative solutions at the Coordinating Council. I love seeing how the many perspectives in the room all enrich the Fellowship.
I hope you will connect with your Team Lead about connecting with your Council Chair so that the lines of communication can flow as well as possible. If you want to learn more, take a look here: https://uucorvallis.org/about/#organizational_structure.
Shared ministry means that not everyone gets what they want all the time, but that we all try to help each other create the Fellowship for the highest good of all.
With care,
Rev. Alex
“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” – Mother Teresa
Together, we at the UUFC can make the ripples that touch many lives. It is through the Justice Council’s Global Partners Team that we take actions that can have a positive, worldwide effect. Come be a part. This month we will discuss a social event for the UUFC with an eye toward October.
The Global Partner Team will meet on Sunday 8/9 26 at 11:30 in the UUFC Library. Contact Team Lead, Heather E, for more information.
Registration closes Monday, September 7!
Registration for the 2026 UUFC Women’s Retreat is open! Please register by filling out the form at forms.gle/SJmvcftrZVraLS23A.
This year’s retreat will be at Camp Harlow in Eugene, OR from Oct. 2 – 4. The Retreat organizers visited Camp Harlow and took many photos! Take a look below.
Due to generous donations from prior participants, UUFC is able to subsidize the cost to attend. Please understand that prices may change in future years.
Regular pricing is $175, and Saturday Only pricing is $100. Partial and full scholarships are available.
Registration will close on September 7th – please register before then. Reach out to womensretreat@uucorvallis.org with questions.
Carpooling is encouraged, however, the Women’s Retreat team will not be organizing carpool assignments.
We’ll be staying in well-maintained cabins.
There are enough bunks for each person to sleep on the bottom; though you are certainly welcome to take the top!
The restrooms are clean and bright, with plenty of space.
The Main Hall
The covered back patio.
One of several smaller rooms available.
The organizers of the Women’s Retreat are looking for women to lead 50 minute workshops during the Women’s Retreat either Friday (Oct 2) or Saturday (Oct 3). We hope to be able to provide a variety of workshops for attendees. Please submit a proposal by filling out the form at forms.gle/kcuWysH9vXmwJk1q6. Submissions will be collected until August 24th.
Reach out to womensretreat@uucorvallis.org with questions.
Our August Monthly Outreach Offering will support Side with Love.
Side With Love is the organizing strategy team of the Unitarian Universalist Association.
They harness the power of love to confront oppression and build a world where all people can thrive.
Through organizing, leadership development, political education, and collective action, they equip Unitarian Universalists and aligned communities to take spiritually grounded, justice-driven action in this decisive moment.
Read more at sidewithlove.org.