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Transitions Team History Presentation (Zoom), 7/16

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The Transitions team is responsible for supporting and advising our interim minister during this time of transition. Generally speaking, the work of interim ministry can be expressed in five areas of emphasis: History, Mission, Leadership, Connections, and Future.

This presentation will focus on the first area: History. Join us for an exploration of what the Transitions team has learned about the history of the Fellowship and how it has changed through time.

Thursday, July 16 at 7 PM on Zoom. Link here: https://zoom.us/j/98559780585?pwd=Ztv0hVfYM7mLH26zXxzH9gXPXApPyt.1

To Be Seen

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From the Minister, June 12, 2026
by Rev. Alex McGee

One of the greatest gifts one human can give another is the recognition of being seen.  This is why babies thrive under attention from parents and community.  This is why you, or I, under duress, do better when we can share vulnerably with another person and feel “seen.”

As Unitarian Universalists, we can offer this gift to each other and people in society who often have to make trade-offs about being seen.  In June, for Pride month, we seek to make space in which people can bring their whole LGBTQ selves to UUFC.  

Further, the Juneteenth acknowledgement reminds us of how many people lived enslaved lives, and then had to wait to be seen as free.

This matter of “being seen” has arisen in a new form in the past week in our country.  The Department of Defense changed the forms that people fill out when enlisting in the military.  No longer can a person check a box to claim the identity of “Unitarian Universalist.”  Now, they are categorized as “Other.”  

Let us not let this pass unnoticed.  Please reach out to the military that you know who are also UU.  Tell them that you see them!  And read more in this statement from the UUA: https://www.uua.org/pressroom/press-releases/uu-military-chaplains-2026

Global Partners Team, 6/14

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With gratitude, the Global Partners Team acknowledges the “countless gifts that have been given – gifts of life and love and sustenance” – and what that brings to our work to deepen our relationships with partners around the world.

Please join us on Sunday, June 14 at 11:30 AM in the Library for our regularly scheduled Team meeting. We will discuss and develop a plan for distribution of funds in the new fiscal year.

Contact GPT lead, Heather E, at this link for more information.

Jam, Cookie, Peanut Butter, and Fudge Hutch Open

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The goodie hutch operated by Nora C., Donn A., and Holley L. is open at 2921 NW Ashwood Drive in NW Corvallis! All money collected goes to Linn-Benton Food Share. Please help feed hungry people!

The stand is at the top of the driveway. The house is surrounded by a high deer fence, so you can’t miss it. Ashwood is one block from Elmwood, heading towards Walnut.

One jar of jam is $7. Two or more are $6 each.

    To go with jam, there is homemade peanut butter, 100% peanuts at $4 per jar, made by Donn Z. He also makes the amazing oatmeal-chocolate chip-raisin cookies $1 each or 6 for $5.

    Holley L. makes old-fashioned chocolate fudge, grainy dark chocolate like your grandma used to make from a 1946 recipe. It’s $1 per square, 6 for $5.

    The stand is always open and works on the honor system. Take your goodies (put in a bag if you like in bottom right cubby) and put cash or check to LeoNora Cohen in the envelope in upper right cubby.

    THANK YOU FOR HELPING LINN-BENTON FOOD SHARE!

    Gratitude Letter from Minister Emerita Rev. Jill McAllister

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    At the Annual Meeting of UUFC membership on May 17, 2026, the congregation voted to offer Emerita status to Jill McAllister.  The letter of agreement is here.  Jill retired from the role of minister at UUFC in Summer 2025.  Below is a note from Jill expressing her gratitude and well wishes to the Fellowship.  

    Dear Friends – I’m writing with thanks for your decision to confer upon me the status of Minister Emerita of the Fellowship. Thank-you! I take on this new status with gratitude and appreciation for our many years of shared ministry in challenging times, and for all we learned and accomplished together.  I’m grateful every day for your support for my decision to retire – it was definitely the right time for me.  I am still “settling in.”  And, as Life has its own ways, I am exploring new horizons.  A sibling with cancer – now I can visit often.  And an upcoming move: due to a quite unexpected (and beautiful) job opportunity for Walter, my spouse, we’re moving to Germany for at least a couple of years, leaving at the end of June.  And I know that you, the members and friends of the Fellowship are exploring new horizons and moving ahead too! Thank-you to all who are dedicating yourselves to this work.  I look forward to what emerges between you. You will be in my thoughts, as ever, and I’m sending love to you all.

    Jill McA