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Queerly Beloved April 13, 2025
4:00 – 6:00 PM – UUFC

A creative and exciting time led by Molly Curry and Bobbi Bailey using the 6 minute journal technique from writer and cartoonist Lynda Barry.
About Lynda Barry “What it is”
Video of the 6 minute Journal technique
You are encouraged to bring a favorite pen or pencil from home that might get the “writing juices” engaged! Hopefully with the time, we will also bind a simple journal, with craft paper.

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Queerly Beloved meets every Second Sunday! Join LGBTQ+ folx and allies for social gatherings centered on queer issues and themes. We understand the importance of queer community, and our goal is to provide a safe space where people can find that sense of belonging right here in Corvallis.
If you need childcare for smaller children, please contact the Grandfolks Squad here: https://uufc.breezechms.com/form/8c8211

We have added a new page to the Fellowship website that describes the ministerial transition process that we are currently undertaking. You can find the new page at https://uucorvallis.org/ministerial-transition/. Please read through it!

If you have questions about the ministerial transition process that are not answered by the new page, please send them to comms@uucorvallis.org.

Things are moving quickly in the classroom wing and it’s time for us to do our part:
Here’s the general plan, organized in Phases:
Phase One – April 18-27 Interior painting. walls ceilings pipes
Phase Two – May Stain external plywood siding
Phase Three – June-July Replace doors, blinds, cabinets, final painting, install molding, update Room 7
Phase Four – July-August Move in! Return items from storage locations

PHASE ONE HELP NEEDED : Painting ceilings, walls, and pipes using roller and brush, some of which will require using ladders and a rolling scaffold. Please sign up for a 3 hour shift on the clipboards under the bulletin board in the Foyer. Friday April 18 to Sunday April 27 Mornings 9 AM – noon. Afternoons 1 – 4 PM.

Wolfgang Dengler
Volunteer Co-ordinator
Contact here

The Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion team invites you in exploring “Mountains Beyond Mountains” written by the award-winning literary journalist Tracy Kidder about the life and work of Dr. Paul Farmer. This is a not-to-be-missed story, especially for us today.

Join the conversation 7:15 PM, Monday, April 14th when we’ll share our reading experiences and responses. Contact Elona Meyer using the Breeze form below for more details and the Zoom link.

The Men’s Gathering for this Sunday, March 23rd, has been cancelled.

To update our Welcoming Congregation status, we need an affirmative nondiscrimination statement in our bylaws. The Sexuality and Gender Diversity Team proposed and the Board endorsed the following to the introduction to Article II. Membership:

Existing:
The Fellowship offers membership to all people who support its purposes, principles, and programs.

Proposed:
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis is committed to establishing, supporting, and maintaining a welcoming congregation that lives up to its highest ideals, a place where all can thrive. We strive to be a congregation that affirms all persons, including but not limited to those embracing differences in racial and cultural identity or background, sexual orientation, gender and its expression, religious background, marital status, family structure, age, mental and physical health and ability, political affiliation, and educational and socioeconomic status. We welcome all who accept our Congregational Covenant to share in the leadership, ministry, fellowship, worship, responsibilities, blessings, and joys of our congregation’s life.

The Fellowship offers membership to all people who support its purposes, principles, values and programs.

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Love it? Hate it? Somewhere in between? E-mail comments for the board’s consideration to secretary@uucorvallis.org by April 13, 2025, and plan to attend the annual meeting on May 18, 2025. A bylaw change requires a 3/4 majority vote of the members in attendance at the meeting.

Please join the Aging Successfully in Community team for a presentation on local resources for seniors and people with disabilities.
April 2, 3-4:30 PM
UUFC Sanctuary

Representatives from the Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments will share information about Aging & Disability Resource Connection, Rideline, Options Counseling, and volunteering.

They will provide a brief overview of services available, where to find more information, and share opportunities to volunteer.