The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis
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The annual schedule for the lockbox code change has now been set: Feb. 15, May 15, Aug. 15, Nov. 1.If you currently have the lockbox code for your Team, Taskforce, or for some other reason to enter the building outside of open building hours and want to be on the quarterly email list to receive the updated code, please fill out the “Request to be Informed of Lockbox Code Change” form.
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.
Dave Eckert of the Canoe Family Project and the Corvallis Sustainability Coalition will speak about his experience building relationships with landcestral cultures, and how that has helped him to better understand and act in ways that bridge cultural divides. Like many of us, Dave grapples with avoiding cultural appropriation and cultural guilt. UUFC has been able to contribute to the Canoe Project through our Justice Outreach Fund.
Rev. Leslie Chartier will hold the worship space.
In these political times, joy may seem an impossible thing. But world religions throughout time have named joy as a human experience that wells up again and again. Let us explore how to honor it.
Rev. Alex McGee will preach and the drop-in choir welcomes all.
Anger and indignation may well up for us as we read the news. But spiritual teachers such as Howard Thurman have convincing arguments for why love is better for us and for everyone. Can we perhaps have compassion for our own anger?
Rev. Alex will preach and the choir will sing.
Samhain shares the ancient spiritual practice of remembering and paying respects to the ancestors who have died. This Samhain observance will focus on Remembering and Honoring our Ancestors, and on Communicating with Spirits. Everyone is invited to come in costume.
Diana Titus will coordinate this service and the band will play.
A memorial service for Kim Johansen will be Saturday, December 9 at 1:00. All are welcome. If you would like to contribute finger food for the reception, please contact Sandy Piper (718-650-0204 or skaypiper73@gmail.com).
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!