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Have you submitted a photo of yourself to the Breeze directory? The Membership Team will set up a photo booth after the April 6 service in the Sanctuary and take photos of anyone who wants one for their Breeze profile.

Having a photo attached to your Breeze profile helps others in the Fellowship learn who you are and connect your name to your face.

You can read more about Breeze here: https://uucorvallis.org/breeze-account/.

In honor of Hanuman Jayanti, our Community Kirtan on Friday, April 11 will feature local kirtan artists Rainbow and Dhara Rose with a program celebrating the Hindu deity Hanuman, who represents courage, strength and self-discipline. The session will also include breath work and a guided meditation if time permits. We hope you’ll join us at 7-8:30 PM in the Sanctuary.

The Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion team invites you to join us in phoning, emailing, and/or writing our Representatives and Senators to enlist their support for Rumeysa Ozturk (and others!), an immigrant who was detained with complete disregard for her rights. It will be a glaring omission in our fight for justice if we allow those wrongfully detained to “disappear” from our consciousness! Our representatives need to hear from us. Need more information? Have questions? Contact Elona Meyer using this link.

You can find the contact info for your members of Congress here: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member.

This Sunday, April 6, please join in celebrating – with cake after service – members and friends with birthdays in April, May, & June. This is also an opportunity to let us know if you have a April – June birthday.

The Committee on Ministry invites all to our next “Transitions Talk” on April 6. We’ll touch base on as many questions as come up, such as “How are you taking care of yourself in these challenging times? How are you feeling about this ministerial transition? What do you need to know or understand better? How do we say goodbye – both minister and congregation members – as well as we can? What will help us stay strong and vital in our ministries during the transition time?

11:45 AM, in the Sanctuary.

You are always welcome to the weekly Tuesday coffee hour from 1:45 – 2:45 PM on Zoom, where we share joys and sorrows and catch up with each other. Rev. Jill facilitates the gathering, Mary Craven hosts the Zoom meeting. If you have any questions, contact Mary using this link:

To join the Zoom meeting, click this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5412313219

Three UU staff members with long interest and experience in yoga offer a workshop on the aims and benefits of yoga practice for these times. 2 – 4 PM, Sunday April 13, in the Sanctuary. Experience not required. Bring a mat if you have one, chairs are available, wear comfortable clothes. We’ll do some gentle poses, talk about yoga wisdom and philosophy and how yoga is for the mind most of all. With Jill McAllister, Jamie Petts, and Skyla King-Christison. RSVP to minister@uucorvallis.org.

We’re very happy to announce the addition of two new members to the Fellowship Administrative Staff. Sonia Chapman is our new Operations Manager: she’ll be in charge of office operations, data base management, supporting councils and teams, building use, records and more. Stephanie Haines is our new Business Manager: she’ll be doing the banking, bill pay and payroll, supporting the Financial Oversight Council, Stewardship team, budget management and more. They join Cameron McGrath, the Communication coordinator, to cover our administrative needs. We are so lucky! Please join in welcoming these new staff members. Look for more information about each in the April Monthly Journal, and on the Staff Page on the website.

The renovation project is moving ahead – many changes can be seen! Siding on the east wall of the classroom wing was replaced this week. The major water pipe project (digging a trench though the parking lot) is mostly complete and scheduled for inspection next week. Fellowship volunteers will begin painting new drywall very soon. Updates to furnishings in Room 7 are being planned, as are updates in the classroom bathrooms. The building is going to be so much safer for all of us – very soon. Thanks to everyone for your help and patience during this project.