PROGRAMS AND EVENTS
What’s on this calendar?
Events for UUFC members and friends happening in the next 30 days
Open to community members
Drop-ins welcome
15
Jul
Common Read: On Repentance and Repair
* 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
*Social Hall, Social Hall Porch & Patio
Common Read: On Repentance and Repair
Jul 15, 2024
start time: 11:00 AM
end time: 12:30 PM
location: Social Hall, Social Hall Porch & Patio
description:
The 2023-34 UU Common Read is On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World (Beacon Press, 2022).
This Common Read offers a glimpse into one of our faith’s foundational sources, Judaism. Readers follow the author, Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, into a framework for making amends offered by the 12th century Jewish physician and scholar, Maimonides.
Written for people of any or no faith tradition, On Repentance and Repair introduces practices for accountability that can bring us into wholeness and make a difference in our personal, community, and national relationships.
This 4-part book discussion is offered as a brown bag lunch series, so bring your lunch and join us on the back deck for discussion.
Session 1: Meet Maimonides
Session 2: Repentance and Repair in Our Lives and Relationships
Workshop 3: Repentance and Repair in Our Covenanted Communities
Workshop 4: Repentance and Repair to Transform Our World
Contact Skyla King-Christison with questions or if you need assistance with the purchase of the book.
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15
Jul
Secure Housing & Food for All team meeting
* 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
*Library
Secure Housing & Food for All team meeting
Jul 15, 2024
start time: 11:45 AM
end time: 1:00 PM
location: Library
description:
Meeting to discuss needs of unhoused adults and children, what team might do and how UUFC members can be involved.
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15
Jul
Buddhist meditation
* 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
*Off Site
Buddhist meditation
Jul 15, 2024
start time: 3:30 PM
end time: 4:15 PM
location: Off Site
description:
Meditation, dharma teaching, and discussion. Beginners welcome.
Takes place at the Sangha Jewel Zen Center (next door) and on zoom
For more information and weekly zoom link, contact Mary Leigh Burke.
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16
Jul
Virtual Coffee Hour
* 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
*UUFC Zoom
Virtual Coffee Hour
Jul 16, 2024
start time: 1:30 PM
end time: 2:30 PM
location: UUFC Zoom
description:
Join us on Zoom for a weekly checking-in which includes sharing of joys and sorrows, plus the Compassion Prayer.
Contact: Mary Craven
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17
Jul
Choir Rehearsal
* 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
*Sanctuary
Choir Rehearsal
Jul 17, 2024
start time: 7:00 PM
end time: 8:00 PM
location: Sanctuary
description:
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17
Jul
Mindful Awareness
* 7:00 PM - 7:45 PM
*6A
Mindful Awareness
Jul 17, 2024
start time: 7:00 PM
end time: 7:45 PM
location: 6A
description: We gather together to build our attentional skills and to develop resources for resilience. There will be guided and independent practice portions, both suitable for beginner and experienced meditators.
more information
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18
Jul
South Beach Camping Trip
* 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
*Off Site
South Beach Camping Trip
Jul 18, 2024
start time: 12:00 AM
end time: 11:59 PM
location: Off Site
description: Thursday, July 18th – Sunday, July 21st. At South Beach State Park, Oregon.
Connect-up with other UUFC campers July 18 – 21. Participate in shared meals, group hikes, campfires, music, and other fun activities. Come for all of the weekend, or just a part.
More information and RSVP: https://uucorvallis.org/
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18
Jul
Interfaith Green Teams
* 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
*UUFC Zoom
Interfaith Green Teams
Jul 18, 2024
start time: 7:00 PM
end time: 8:30 PM
location: UUFC Zoom
description:
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20
Jul
Nerd Girls Science Sharing
* 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
*Room 7
Nerd Girls Science Sharing
Jul 20, 2024
start time: 10:30 AM
end time: 12:00 PM
location: Room 7
description:
Women and non-binary persons are invited to come and share science news articles or books. No science background is required. You do not have to bring anything except a desire to learn and a healthy curiosity. Topics depend on what people bring to share and requests from the group – they range from astronomy to zoology and everything in between.
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21
Jul
Sunday Service
* 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
*Kitchen, Sanctuary, Social Hall, UUFC Zoom
Sunday Service
Jul 21, 2024
start time: 10:00 AM
end time: 11:00 AM
location: Kitchen, Sanctuary, Social Hall, UUFC Zoom
description:
Sunday Worship Service in the sanctuary.
The service is also available on Zoom.
Go to uucorvallis.org for the Zoom link and more information about worship.
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21
Jul
Building and Grounds Tour
* 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
*Room 8
Building and Grounds Tour
Jul 21, 2024
start time: 11:45 AM
end time: 12:45 PM
location: Room 8
description: John Bailey will be offering a walking tour of our building and grounds. You will learn a bit about the history of how our campus developed into what it is today, and where to find all of the cool things that are happening at UUFC!
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21
Jul
Lemonade and Playground Feedback Hour
* 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
*RE Deck
Lemonade and Playground Feedback Hour
Jul 21, 2024
start time: 11:45 AM
end time: 12:45 PM
location: RE Deck
description: Your kids have been missing the playground and Skyla has been looking for feedback about your family's RE experience, so let's meet up on the playground for lemonade! The kids can play while parents share how the RE programs have been supporting their families and ways we could improve the experience when we are able to return to regular Sunday morning offerings for children and youth.
No need to register. Just come and play, sip, and share!
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21
Jul
Secure Housing and Food for All Monthly Meeting
* 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
*Library
Secure Housing and Food for All Monthly Meeting
Jul 21, 2024
start time: 11:45 AM
end time: 1:00 PM
location: Library
description:
Meeting with those working with our unhoused neighbors discussing what it happening, and how UUFC members could be supportive.
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21
Jul
Watch & Discuss
* 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
*Sanctuary
Watch & Discuss
Jul 21, 2024
start time: 11:45 AM
end time: 12:30 PM
location: Sanctuary
description: Sprout Film/Disc
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22
Jul
Common Read: On Repentance and Repair
* 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
*Social Hall, Social Hall Porch & Patio
Common Read: On Repentance and Repair
Jul 22, 2024
start time: 11:00 AM
end time: 12:30 PM
location: Social Hall, Social Hall Porch & Patio
description:
The 2023-34 UU Common Read is On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World (Beacon Press, 2022).
This Common Read offers a glimpse into one of our faith’s foundational sources, Judaism. Readers follow the author, Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, into a framework for making amends offered by the 12th century Jewish physician and scholar, Maimonides.
Written for people of any or no faith tradition, On Repentance and Repair introduces practices for accountability that can bring us into wholeness and make a difference in our personal, community, and national relationships.
This 4-part book discussion is offered as a brown bag lunch series, so bring your lunch and join us on the back deck for discussion.
Session 1: Meet Maimonides
Session 2: Repentance and Repair in Our Lives and Relationships
Workshop 3: Repentance and Repair in Our Covenanted Communities
Workshop 4: Repentance and Repair to Transform Our World
Contact Skyla King-Christison with questions or if you need assistance with the purchase of the book.
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22
Jul
Buddhist meditation
* 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
*Off Site
Buddhist meditation
Jul 22, 2024
start time: 3:30 PM
end time: 4:15 PM
location: Off Site
description:
Meditation, dharma teaching, and discussion. Beginners welcome.
Takes place at the Sangha Jewel Zen Center (next door) and on zoom
For more information and weekly zoom link, contact Mary Leigh Burke.
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22
Jul
Mid-Valley Health Care Advocates
* 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
*Social Hall
Mid-Valley Health Care Advocates
Jul 22, 2024
start time: 6:30 PM
end time: 9:00 PM
location: Social Hall
description: Meeting starts at 7:00 and ends at 8:30, but set up time is 6:30.
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23
Jul
Tech Help for Aging Successfully in Community
* 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
*Social Hall
Tech Help for Aging Successfully in Community
Jul 23, 2024
start time: 10:00 AM
end time: 11:30 AM
location: Social Hall
description: Tech Help ( PCs) for Aging Successfully in Community small group
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23
Jul
Virtual Coffee Hour
* 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
*UUFC Zoom
Virtual Coffee Hour
Jul 23, 2024
start time: 1:30 PM
end time: 2:30 PM
location: UUFC Zoom
description:
Join us on Zoom for a weekly checking-in which includes sharing of joys and sorrows, plus the Compassion Prayer.
Contact: Mary Craven
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24
Jul
Book Group
* 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
*Off Site
Book Group
Jul 24, 2024
start time: 7:00 PM
end time: 8:30 PM
location: Off Site
description: The UUFC Connect Up Book Group meets monthly on Zoom, January through October.
February's book is: The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
More information
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24
Jul
Choir Rehearsal
* 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
*Sanctuary
Choir Rehearsal
Jul 24, 2024
start time: 7:00 PM
end time: 8:00 PM
location: Sanctuary
description:
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24
Jul
Mindful Awareness
* 7:00 PM - 7:45 PM
*6A
Mindful Awareness
Jul 24, 2024
start time: 7:00 PM
end time: 7:45 PM
location: 6A
description: We gather together to build our attentional skills and to develop resources for resilience. There will be guided and independent practice portions, both suitable for beginner and experienced meditators.
more information
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25
Jul
Tech Help for Aging Successfully in Community
* 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
*Social Hall
Tech Help for Aging Successfully in Community
Jul 25, 2024
start time: 3:00 PM
end time: 4:30 PM
location: Social Hall
description: Tech help (Macs) for small group of Aging Successfully in Community
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26
Jul
Community Kirtan
* 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
*Room 7
Community Kirtan
Jul 26, 2024
start time: 7:00 PM
end time: 8:30 PM
location: Room 7
description:
Setup at 6:30pm; teardown by 9pm.
Kirtan is a very simple & powerful way to meditate. It’s effortless & joyful; the music does the work for you as you flow with the melody & rhythm.
The chants are sung in Sanskrit, and these ancient chants contain powerful renewing & transformative energy that helps us reconnect with the Divinity that resides within all of us.
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26
Jul
Kirtan With Ben Leinbach
* 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
*Sanctuary
Kirtan With Ben Leinbach
Jul 26, 2024
start time: 7:00 PM
end time: 8:30 PM
location: Sanctuary
description: Setup at 4:30pm; teardown by 10pm.
Ben Leinbach is a well-known kirtan artist from California.
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28
Jul
Sunday Service
* 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
*Kitchen, Sanctuary, Social Hall, UUFC Zoom
Sunday Service
Jul 28, 2024
start time: 10:00 AM
end time: 11:00 AM
location: Kitchen, Sanctuary, Social Hall, UUFC Zoom
description:
Sunday Worship Service in the sanctuary.
The service is also available on Zoom.
Go to uucorvallis.org for the Zoom link and more information about worship.
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28
Jul
Inquirers Series Lifespan Faith DEvelopment
* 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
*6A
Inquirers Series Lifespan Faith DEvelopment
Jul 28, 2024
start time: 11:45 AM
end time: 12:45 PM
location: 6A
description:
Dawn Dirks will share and answer questions about UUFC
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28
Jul
Men's Gathering
* 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM
*Room 9
Men's Gathering
Jul 28, 2024
start time: 11:45 AM
end time: 1:15 PM
location: Room 9
description:
Men's Gathering
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28
Jul
Family Baseball Night!
* 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
*6A
Family Baseball Night!
Jul 28, 2024
start time: 5:00 PM
end time: 9:00 PM
location: 6A
description:
Bring the whole family to the ballpark on July 28th and sit with your UU friends! This is a fun, laid-back place to get to know the other families in our community while your kids scream-sing along with Journey at the top of their lungs. If you're not a family, but you want to get to know our families, come sit with us! All are welcome!
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29
Jul
Common Read: On Repentance and Repair
* 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
*Social Hall, Social Hall Porch & Patio
Common Read: On Repentance and Repair
Jul 29, 2024
start time: 11:00 AM
end time: 12:30 PM
location: Social Hall, Social Hall Porch & Patio
description:
The 2023-34 UU Common Read is On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World (Beacon Press, 2022).
This Common Read offers a glimpse into one of our faith’s foundational sources, Judaism. Readers follow the author, Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, into a framework for making amends offered by the 12th century Jewish physician and scholar, Maimonides.
Written for people of any or no faith tradition, On Repentance and Repair introduces practices for accountability that can bring us into wholeness and make a difference in our personal, community, and national relationships.
This 4-part book discussion is offered as a brown bag lunch series, so bring your lunch and join us on the back deck for discussion.
Session 1: Meet Maimonides
Session 2: Repentance and Repair in Our Lives and Relationships
Workshop 3: Repentance and Repair in Our Covenanted Communities
Workshop 4: Repentance and Repair to Transform Our World
Contact Skyla King-Christison with questions or if you need assistance with the purchase of the book.
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29
Jul
Buddhist meditation
* 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
*Off Site
Buddhist meditation
Jul 29, 2024
start time: 3:30 PM
end time: 4:15 PM
location: Off Site
description:
Meditation, dharma teaching, and discussion. Beginners welcome.
Takes place at the Sangha Jewel Zen Center (next door) and on zoom
For more information and weekly zoom link, contact Mary Leigh Burke.
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30
Jul
Virtual Coffee Hour
* 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
*UUFC Zoom
Virtual Coffee Hour
Jul 30, 2024
start time: 1:30 PM
end time: 2:30 PM
location: UUFC Zoom
description:
Join us on Zoom for a weekly checking-in which includes sharing of joys and sorrows, plus the Compassion Prayer.
Contact: Mary Craven
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31
Jul
Choir Rehearsal
* 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
*Sanctuary
Choir Rehearsal
Jul 31, 2024
start time: 7:00 PM
end time: 8:00 PM
location: Sanctuary
description:
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31
Jul
Mindful Awareness
* 7:00 PM - 7:45 PM
*6A
Mindful Awareness
Jul 31, 2024
start time: 7:00 PM
end time: 7:45 PM
location: 6A
description: We gather together to build our attentional skills and to develop resources for resilience. There will be guided and independent practice portions, both suitable for beginner and experienced meditators.
more information
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2
Aug
Star Trek and UU-CANCELLED
* 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
*Room 7
Star Trek and UU-CANCELLED
Aug 2, 2024
start time: 6:30 PM
end time: 8:30 PM
location: Room 7
description:
Setup at 6pm; teardown by 9.
Star Trek and UU is a connect up event in which selected episodes of Star Trek related to social justice issues are viewed and discussed from a UU perspective.
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4
Aug
Sunday Service
* 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
*Kitchen, Sanctuary, Social Hall, UUFC Zoom
Sunday Service
Aug 4, 2024
start time: 10:00 AM
end time: 11:00 AM
location: Kitchen, Sanctuary, Social Hall, UUFC Zoom
description:
Sunday Worship Service in the sanctuary.
The service is also available on Zoom.
Go to uucorvallis.org for the Zoom link and more information about worship.
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4
Aug
Worship & Liturgical Year
* 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
*Room 8
Worship & Liturgical Year
Aug 4, 2024
start time: 11:45 AM
end time: 12:45 PM
location: Room 8
description: Learn about the flow of our Sunday worship, as well as what you can expect for events and holy days across the liturgical year with Rev. Jill McAllister.
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4
Aug
RE Volunteer Training
* 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
*Room 7
RE Volunteer Training
Aug 4, 2024
start time: 12:00 PM
end time: 2:00 PM
location: Room 7
description: Lunch will be provided. Please bring your own internet-connected device to the training, and review the relevant videos on our digital training platform in advance of our gathering. Contact Skyla with questions.
August 4th: Spirit Play Guide Training
August 11th: YRUU Training
August 18th: Nursery and Granfolks Training
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5
Aug
Common Read: On Repentance and Repair
* 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
*Social Hall, Social Hall Porch & Patio
Common Read: On Repentance and Repair
Aug 5, 2024
start time: 11:00 AM
end time: 12:30 PM
location: Social Hall, Social Hall Porch & Patio
description:
The 2023-34 UU Common Read is On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World (Beacon Press, 2022).
This Common Read offers a glimpse into one of our faith’s foundational sources, Judaism. Readers follow the author, Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, into a framework for making amends offered by the 12th century Jewish physician and scholar, Maimonides.
Written for people of any or no faith tradition, On Repentance and Repair introduces practices for accountability that can bring us into wholeness and make a difference in our personal, community, and national relationships.
This 4-part book discussion is offered as a brown bag lunch series, so bring your lunch and join us on the back deck for discussion.
Session 1: Meet Maimonides
Session 2: Repentance and Repair in Our Lives and Relationships
Workshop 3: Repentance and Repair in Our Covenanted Communities
Workshop 4: Repentance and Repair to Transform Our World
Contact Skyla King-Christison with questions or if you need assistance with the purchase of the book.
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5
Aug
Buddhist meditation
* 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
*Off Site
Buddhist meditation
Aug 5, 2024
start time: 3:30 PM
end time: 4:15 PM
location: Off Site
description:
Meditation, dharma teaching, and discussion. Beginners welcome.
Takes place at the Sangha Jewel Zen Center (next door) and on zoom
For more information and weekly zoom link, contact Mary Leigh Burke.
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6
Aug
Virtual Coffee Hour
* 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
*UUFC Zoom
Virtual Coffee Hour
Aug 6, 2024
start time: 1:30 PM
end time: 2:30 PM
location: UUFC Zoom
description:
Join us on Zoom for a weekly checking-in which includes sharing of joys and sorrows, plus the Compassion Prayer.
Contact: Mary Craven
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7
Aug
Aging Successfully in Community
* 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
*Social Hall
Aging Successfully in Community
Aug 7, 2024
start time: 7:00 PM
end time: 8:30 PM
location: Social Hall
description: You're in the hospital - how do you get out? Most of us will likely be hospitalized at some point in our lives - or you might be navigating care for your partner, or your parent(s). Join Amy Ayers, RN BSN, CCM for a presentation: Navigating hospital admissions, insurance rules, different levels of care outside the hospital and other community resources.
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7
Aug
Mindful Awareness
* 7:00 PM - 7:45 PM
*6A
Mindful Awareness
Aug 7, 2024
start time: 7:00 PM
end time: 7:45 PM
location: 6A
description: We gather together to build our attentional skills and to develop resources for resilience. There will be guided and independent practice portions, both suitable for beginner and experienced meditators.
more information
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7
Aug
Music Sharing Night
* 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
*6A
Music Sharing Night
Aug 7, 2024
start time: 7:00 PM
end time: 9:00 PM
location: 6A
description: Music Sharing Night is coming up! Bring your instruments and your voices to share music with the community, open-mic style. All musical acts are encouraged to participate.
Sign Up to Perform
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9
Aug
Community Kirtan
* 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
*Room 7
Community Kirtan
Aug 9, 2024
start time: 7:00 PM
end time: 8:30 PM
location: Room 7
description:
Setup at 6:30pm; teardown by 9pm.
Kirtan is a very simple & powerful way to meditate. It’s effortless & joyful; the music does the work for you as you flow with the melody & rhythm.
The chants are sung in Sanskrit, and these ancient chants contain powerful renewing & transformative energy that helps us reconnect with the Divinity that resides within all of us.
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11
Aug
Sunday Service
* 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
*Kitchen, Sanctuary, Social Hall, UUFC Zoom
Sunday Service
Aug 11, 2024
start time: 10:00 AM
end time: 11:00 AM
location: Kitchen, Sanctuary, Social Hall, UUFC Zoom
description:
Sunday Worship Service in the sanctuary.
The service is also available on Zoom.
Go to uucorvallis.org for the Zoom link and more information about worship.
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11
Aug
Justice & Community Action
* 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
*Room 8
Justice & Community Action
Aug 11, 2024
start time: 11:45 AM
end time: 12:45 PM
location: Room 8
description: Karen Josephson will share about the many small groups that are working toward a more just future here at UUFC, as well as other ways you can get connected with small groups for shared interests and fun.
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11
Aug
Men's Gathering
* 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM
*Room 9
Men's Gathering
Aug 11, 2024
start time: 11:45 AM
end time: 1:15 PM
location: Room 9
description:
Men
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12
Aug
Buddhist meditation
* 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
*Off Site
Buddhist meditation
Aug 12, 2024
start time: 3:30 PM
end time: 4:15 PM
location: Off Site
description:
Meditation, dharma teaching, and discussion. Beginners welcome.
Takes place at the Sangha Jewel Zen Center (next door) and on zoom
For more information and weekly zoom link, contact Mary Leigh Burke.
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13
Aug
Virtual Coffee Hour
* 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
*UUFC Zoom
Virtual Coffee Hour
Aug 13, 2024
start time: 1:30 PM
end time: 2:30 PM
location: UUFC Zoom
description:
Join us on Zoom for a weekly checking-in which includes sharing of joys and sorrows, plus the Compassion Prayer.
Contact: Mary Craven
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14
Aug
Choir Rehearsal
* 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
*Sanctuary
Choir Rehearsal
Aug 14, 2024
start time: 7:00 PM
end time: 8:00 PM
location: Sanctuary
description:
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14
Aug
Mindful Awareness
* 7:00 PM - 7:45 PM
*6A
Mindful Awareness
Aug 14, 2024
start time: 7:00 PM
end time: 7:45 PM
location: 6A
description: We gather together to build our attentional skills and to develop resources for resilience. There will be guided and independent practice portions, both suitable for beginner and experienced meditators.
more information
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ROOM USE CALENDAR
This calendar contains ALL of the events scheduled in our building, including many events that are closed such as rentals and internal meetings that are not for drop-ins. If you want to see events that are open to all, try the events calendar.
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SUNDAY SERVICES THIS MONTH
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July 7 – Service Canceled due to high temperatures
July 14 – “Imagine Peace” UUFC members / friends and Rev. Monica Jacobson-Tennessen
July 21 – “Housing, Shelter, and Deservedness” Guest Speaker Andrea Myhre
July 28 – Rev. Jennifer Ryu, UU minister in Eugene, OR (Pulpit Exchange with Rev. Jill McAllister)
Our Mission
Explore. Love. Act.
We gather as an inclusive religious community to search for meaning, build deep connections, and inspire action toward a better world for all.
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Quick Links
This Week
Announcements
Announcements
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Board of Directors Report for June 18
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South Corvallis Food Bank Needs Summer Help
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Sign Up For Music Sharing Night, 8/7
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Outreach Offerings In July
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Furniture Give-Away for Donation
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Mystery solar pump !
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Classroom Wing Renovation Progress Update
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UUFC Fiscal Insights – Fulfilling Your 2024-25 Pledge
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Support Groups for Parents and Parents of Adult Children
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UUA Common Read Book Group 7/15-8/5