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Thank You! Thank You!

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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.

Condolences

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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. 

Dream Boards 1/6

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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

Register now

This is a Connect Up event! Members can offer to host a Connect Up event with the purpose of gathering together and building relationships.

Upcoming Services

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  • Services This Month:

    February 15: Love

    What do we need to talk about in our Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on the day after Valentine’s Day? Come find out!

    Rev. Alex McGee will preach

    February 22: Shelter and Community Care

    For several decades, Corvallis has grappled with challenges of what it means to have safe housing for all and shelter accessible to those in need. This UU Fellowship has played a role in many ways. Come reflect on the history of the congregation’s collaboration with Unity Shelter, current local issues, and what might be possible in the future.

    Shawn Collins, Executive Director of Unity Shelter, will be our guest speaker. Shawn got his first look at the realities of homelessness and poverty in the Willamette Valley through his volunteer experiences at the South Corvallis Food Bank. After leaving HP in 2016, Shawn worked at United Way of Benton & Lincoln Counties, as the Program Manager for the Housing Opportunities Action Council (HOAC) through 2019. He was instrumental in securing the site that would become the Corvallis Men’s Shelter in 2017.

    March 1: Inspiration from our Partner Church in Transylvania

    Last Fall, several members of UUFC went to visit our Partner Church in Transylvania. Today they will share information, illumination, and inspiration: history of partner churches at UUFC; how they observed resilience in action; how Unitarianism there reflects Christian roots; and rituals that were transformative.

    Janet Throop, Linda Bruslind, Scott Bruslind, and Patricia Parcells will speak.

    Watch Past Services

Holiday Sing-A-Long Friday 12/22 at 5:30 PM

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After a three-year hiatus, we’re bringing back the Holiday Sing Along! All ages are invited to gather for this evening of singing together – traditional Christmas carols and songs, UU hymns and winter songs, and more. There are comfy pillows for kids to curl up on, a story time in addition to singing, a special appearance from our resident story-teller and R.E. Associate, Rachel Kohler, and treats for all! In the Fellowship Sanctuary on Friday, December 22 at 5:30 PM – Join us! 

Refugee In My Own Home: A UU Vigil for Gaza

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DRUUMM continues to partner with the Church of the Larger Fellowship, concerned religious professionals, Palestinian, Arabs, Southwest Asian/North African and Jewish members of our community on a weekly Vigil for Gaza. You can view our past vigils at youtube.com/@DRUUMM. Our vigils are open to all. You’re invited to the next one on December 3, 2023 at 3 PM. Register here and a Zoom link will be sent to you. 

Inquirers Series — Every Sunday

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Question Mark

A series of 9 hour-long sessions designed especially for newcomers seeking more information about UUism and the Fellowship AND open to all others who are interested. Sessions take place every Sunday at 11:45 AM Room 8. This week: On Worship and Liturgy with Rev. Jill McAllister 

Between Us (December 2023)

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December arrives, with its unique forms of busy-ness and expectations, and I invite you to give yourself time to contemplate this season from as many perspectives as you can. To contemplate means to observe deeply, with focused attention. Perhaps what I’m suggesting is something different – not merely to think about in order to categorize, but to feel – to know by feeling. Maybe ponder is a better word than contemplate. What is this season, for you? What makes a difference? Winter, darkness, lights, Christmas, Solstice, rain or snow, fog, solitude, celebrations, rest?

It is a season of holidays / holy days – each with particular insights to offer – Hannukah, Solstice, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Divali, and others. It is a season on this particular part of the earth – of rain and fog, sometimes of cold and ice, of geese and owls, of bare trees and mud, of creeks full and running fast. It is sadly, still, a season of struggle and strife, here and in so many other places. Of all these insights and occurrences, what nurtures you? What is hard for you? What helps you remember what you are part of?

There’s lots of talk about giving, of course – especially from those who depend on this season to make as much money as they can. “Give our things” they say, and we too easily believe that consumerism is a source of happiness. We know the limits of that habit. What if we could make this a season of generosity more than just of “giving”?

“In Need of Awe” 12/3/2023

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Without being aware of it, most of the time, we are deeply in need of experiences of awe to maintain our humanity. Experiences of awe are moments in which we understand how we are part of Life which is so much more than our ideas or our unique experiences. 

Rev. Jill McAllister