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Sunday, December 10th, 11:45 AM in Room 9 at UUFC
Connect with other UU men, forge deeper relationships and share what’s currently moving in your life. Open to all folks who self-identify as men at UUFC. Discuss a meaningful topic in a small group.
Contact Jerry Buthman for more information.
Thank you to everyone who donated to the November Social Concerns. Together we raised $1,768.05 for the Corvallis Daytime Drop-in Center.
Folks often ask for the source of readings and comments in the Sunday services and sermons. Here are some from recent Sundays:
November 26 – Revs. Monica Jacobson-Tennessen and Jill McAllister – “Disguised As Our Life”
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer and Becoming Kin by Patty Krawec.
December 3 – Rev. Jill McAllister — “In Need of Awe”
Richard Rohr, Center for Action and Contemplation (can.org) from Preparing for Christmas: Daily Meditations for Advent, and Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life” by Dacher Keltner
Volunteers are needed to help plant trees in the islands of the Crystal Lake/Willamette Park parking lot. Sat 20 Jan, 10:00 AM to noon. To volunteer, email michael..hughes1951@gmail.com,
Subject Tree planting.
Visit the Climate Action Team page
If you are a member or friend of the Fellowship, you probably have a Breeze account! Create your own unique password to login to your Breeze. Create a Breeze Account
You can view our member directory, you can add a photo of yourself, you can update your contact information, and importantly, you can view your pledge and how much you have contributed towards fulfilling your pledge! It’s a powerful tool and we’d love for everyone to get signed up!
Next year, we’ll be asking everyone to login in to Breeze to review their pledges, so there’s no better time to get started and become more familiar with it.
Any questions or troubles getting signed in, email office@uucorvallis.org and we’ll see if we have the correct email on file for you.
Thanks to all who contributed to the UUFC Emergency Aid Fund on Giving Tuesday and after. UUFC members contributed almost $2000 to this fund, which is used to help other members who are in dire need of assistance to make it through housing, utility, medical, auto, transportation and other short-term crises. You have made a difference. Thank you!
~Holiday Fair Thanks! Many, many thanks to the more than 120 wonderful people who joined together to make our 2023 Holiday Fair a success – the planning team, advertising designer, sign makers, flyer distributors, greenery makers, bakers and candy makers, café cooks and kitchen staff, greeters, cashiers, furniture movers, and of course, the artisans. It was awesome!
~Thank you to Russ Karow, our Finance Council Chair, for all his work to help streamline, organize, and make our Fellowship investments and finances easier to navigate and understand.
We send love and support to Claire Montgomery, and sons Joe and Roy and their families, on the death of their husband / father/ grandfather Darius Adams, on Wednesday, December 7.
9:00 am to 12:30 pm in the UUFC Fellowship Hall
Saturday, January 6, 2024
Envisioning the New Year with Dream Board Making. A fun, creative morning in a supportive environment!
Please bring scissors labeled with your name.
If you wish to bring:
Magazines, stickers, special photos, your water bottle and a snack
$5 contribution to cover poster board, glue and art supplies
Led by Joyce Marvel-Benoist
This is a Connect Up event! Members can offer to host a Connect Up event with the purpose of gathering together and building relationships.
As people of conscience, how can we relate to the people who serve in our military, knowing the complex moral issues that they face? Guest speaker Logan Isaac brings his background as a veteran, theologian, and ethicist.
Logan Isaac will speak
Having a personal or professional agenda is often considered a negative thing in Unitarian Universalism. Yet, not having purpose can cause anguish. We begin wonder what we are doing here. Today we unwrap our agendas in a life well lived.
Guest speaker Rev. Mitra Rahnema is a lifelong Unitarian Universalist and graduate of Starr King School for the Ministry. She has offered ministry to congregations in Missouri, Michigan, and California. Mitra is editor of the 2017 book and UUA Common Read, “Centering: Navigating Race, Authenticity, and Power in Ministry.” She is dedicated to building vibrant and engaged anti-oppressive communities. Mitra lives in Portland, OR.
