Cameron
The UUFC Choir meets every Wednesday at 7:00 PM in the Sanctuary and is open to anyone – whether you have musical experience or not. There is no audition.
We sing a variety of pieces – each with unique style, instrumentation, and cultural significance – which allows for diverse musical exploration and personal expression.
The Choir is a great way to be of service to our Fellowship community…. and it’s FUN! Contact Choir Director Steven Evans-Renteria for more information.
Listen to a panel of UUFC members hosted by the Elders Thriving in Community team on Wednesday, October 8 at 3 PM in the Sanctuary. Saying YES to Life even when it’s hard: a panel of older UUFC members will share their perspectives on staying engaged and connected, thriving & finding joy, throughout life’s changes & challenges.
Come and get your pumpkins, preserves, and tie dyed T-shirts, all while supporting the Perla family and the Stamp Fund for the Democracy Action Team. The festival will be in the Fellowship parking lot after the worship service on Sunday, October 12.
Join us on Saturday, October 18 at 12 PM at the Benton County Courthouse for the No Kings protest!
A little worried about recent developments? What we know is that the only way out of this slide to dictatorship is for everyone to get involved. THAT is what has stopped a tyrant. And only that. No one else is going to save us, as much as we watch and hope things will change. So WE must make the 18th the largest protest ever on the planet. So each ONE bring ONE (or ten) to the October 18th protest.
For more information and resources, visit https://www.nokings.org/.
It’s that time of year again to start thinking about the Holiday Fair! This year’s fair will be on Saturday, December 6th from 9 AM to 3 PM at the Fellowship. All are welcome – UUFC members, friends, and the larger community (including Albany, Adair, Independence, Lebanon, Alsea, and Philomath). This event builds connections between UUFC and the larger community, plus it’s a ton of fun!
Are you interested in being an artisan vendor for this event? If so, please email holiday.fair@uucorvallis.org and tell us what you wish to sell by October 5.
We will need people to post flyers around the community, bakers for the baked goods sale, swag makers, people to donate pots of soup for the café, greeters, musicians who will play for one hour in the foyer, cashiers, respite givers for the vendors, and people to help out with kids activities. Sign up opportunities coming soon.
As the days and nights are nearly equal in length this week, we have a chance to reflect on the many meanings of balance.
Rev. Alex will preach and the band will play.
Members of the Democracy Action Team are collaborating with Benton County Indivisible and Standing Up for Racial Justice to place signs of solidarity supporting immigrants around Corvallis. If you would like to join this effort, contact Karen J. Or you can print out your own copies of the posters and take them to local businesses! You can find the digital poster files here: https://brandfolder.com/indivisibleproject/signs-of-solidarity.
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, the Corvallis Interfaith Network and the Interfaith Kirtan Band are hosting the event “Celebrating the Wonders of Faith” on Sunday, October 5 at 3 PM in the Sanctuary and Social Hall. We invite members of any religious affiliation, faith community, or spiritual path to join us. We welcome members who are non-affiliated spirit seekers as well. Each presenter is encouraged to share their individual ways of living their spiritual lives, not in an attempt to convert another, but as a way to seek the universal truths alive in all people.
Please join us for an evening with members from many faiths as they share their music and wisdom!
Enter with an open mind, listening ears and a gracious heart — leave in faith, trust and LOVE.
Strengthening UNITY
In our CommUNITY!
The Corvallis Fall Festival takes place on the last weekend of this month in Central Park. Saturday, September 27, 2025, 10 AM-6 PM.
Saturday Night Street Dance: 6 PM-9:30 PM
Get your steps in as you visit the artist booths and dance the night away! There will be UU friends there – check out the Benton County Historical Museum booth, for example.
There will be no Connect Up hike this month.
From the Interim Minister, Rev. Alex McGee
Dear Fellowship:
While many religions are hierarchical, Unitarian Universalism is not. While many religions have a creed, Unitarian Universalism does not. But what we do have that binds us together is covenant. Covenant is not rules. It is agreements. It is voluntary. It allows risk and trust, because of setting an understanding of how we will be in relationship.
The reason I love covenant is because I can explore with others when we feel tension but know we want to stick together. I love covenant because it names the ways we want to be, and honors that sometimes we fall short, and gives us space for repair. I love covenant because it creates a circle of intention that gives me happy chills of what is possible for love and courage in humanity.
I have been reminded of covenants all summer. At the Unitarian Universalist Minister Association national meeting in June, a thousand of us started our meeting by reading our covenant together. When I arrived in Corvallis in July, I met with Rev. Jill and she and I discussed how we wanted to honor and act with one another in our unique roles related to UUFC; then we put it in writing as a covenant. When I arrived at the UUFC building in August, I immediately noticed the congregational covenant printed on green sheets in the lobby. This past Sunday, the staff brainstormed, laughed, and discerned together how we would like to show up together; we expect to finalize our Staff Covenant next week. And on Tuesday night at the board meeting, the board read out loud a past covenant and agreed to covenant again to it for the coming year.
Since I arrived there have been a handful times when I felt a tension or an “ouch” with someone, but then I chose to rally my courage and centeredness to check in with them so we could get aligned again. I felt a building of trust when the other person welcomed the chance to see from each other’s perspective. As a result, we can go forward to even deeper and stronger work together.
I see again and again that covenant is both a verb and a noun. And it is a living document — reviewed and renewed. I encourage you to look at the formal covenants you have with other Unitarian Universalists, and perhaps in other areas of your life. May they allow courageous action and loving relationship interwoven.
In Peace,
Rev. Alex McGee
Alex is happy to meet with members and info on how to reach her is on her bio page.