The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis
Here’s an easy way to benefit the Fellowship. Link your Fred Meyers Rewards Card to the Fellowship and Fred Meyers donates back to the Fellowship. It’s easy and doesn’t cost you anything.
Instructions for how to link your card can be found at the link below:
We earned $20 last month. Let’s see what we can do next month!
We will meet at the Finley Wildlife Refuge office/Nature Store parking lot @ 9:45 AM and start hiking @10:00 AM. (26208 Finley Refuge Road, Corvallis.)
This hike features two loops: the Woodpecker Loop Trail AND the Mill Hill Loop Trail at Finley Wildlife Refuge, with the Tie Trail connecting them. As always, you can choose your own adventure and do what works for you. The Woodpecker Loop Trail is ADA accessible. Total hiking distance is approx. 5 miles. Total elevation gain is approx. 500 feet.
Directions: From Corvallis, drive south on 99W and turn right onto Finley Road. Go 3.8 miles to the Office/Nature Store parking lot. Or go south on Bellfountain Road to the west entrance of Finley Road, turn left and follow the signs to the Office/Nature Store.
NO DOGS allowed at the Refuge.
CARPOOLING IS ENCOURAGED.
BRING WATER.
(Priscilla Galasso will be at the UUFC parking lot at 9:00)
Local non-profit “Faith, Hope and Charity” will find evening sleeping rooms for unhoused singles, couples, and families in the local Corvallis area. Sign-up at 1st Christian Church (corner of Madison and 6th) between 4pm and 6pm for a warm place to sleep for the night.
Questions: Contact UUFC Secure Housing and Food for All team.
As of January 17, building permits had not been issued by the city. Demolition and asbestos abatement can proceed without permits, so the first step began last week with asbestos abatement of some flooring and drywall.
Demolition is expected to begin as early as January 22. Specific parts of floors, walls, and ceilings will be removed to install brackets, metal strapping and plywood panels. New concrete footings will be installed in one part of the foundation. Structural improvements for earthquake safety will proceed once permits have been issued. In addition, a fire safety water line will be installed, to supply a ceiling mounted sprinkler system, which will eventually be extended throughout our facilities. We will also have the two gas furnaces in that wing replaced with heat pumps. The gas water heater, which began leaking in early January, will be replaced as well. The project is expected to take 27 weeks followed by painting and moving furniture and other supplies back into the building by UUFC volunteers.
To return your holiday tree for us to plant, please do so as soon as possible, and definitely by Sun 18 Jan. Please leave your tree at the “bus stop” covered bench in the UUFC parking lot.
Do you feel compelled to do something helpful at the UUFC? Greeters are an integral part of Fellowship life as we help set the stage for this welcoming community.
If you would like to bring your authentic self onto this Team, please either speak to the staff at the Greeters Desk on Sunday or contact the Team lead via this announcement. Get on the volunteer list!
Join us for the this program presented by the Aging Successfully Together in Community team, on Feb. 5. Two die-hard DIY seniors will share their journey of recognizing their need for home, yard and personal assistance, with results of their research into what it takes to hire help legally and ethically. Four approaches will be discussed: government programs, licensed firms, becoming an “accidental employer”, or paying cash and accepting risks.
7 to 8:30PM
Dance Planet is a monthly opportunity to dance/move/listen together. This month’s Dance Planet will start with a special live-singing set by Johanna Beekman, flow into DJ’ed music from around the world and across the decades by DJ Geo, and end with more songs by Johanna. Admission to this family-friendly event is a suggested $5–$15 donation, but nobody is turned away for lack of funds. Proceeds go to local Earth-friendly causes.
Come to explore how we build community and find common ground across multiple social justice issues. What does rise, resist, love, and create mean to you in democracy?
Save the Date!
Monday, January 20th
Westminster House 101 NW 23rd Corvallis, 11 AM – 5 PM
UUFC became a member of Mid Valley Solidarity Coalition when it began soon after the 2017 Inauguration. It’s essential that we grow local community connections going forward into 2025. This is not just information. You and your input are needed, your thinking and experience, on how to respond, protect and thrive this year.
Thanks, Karen Josephson Democracy Action Team
Questions?
Email stearns_cm@yahoo.com
The pre-school has moved into the Social Hall and Kitchen on weekdays. 7:30 AM – 5 PM. They also use the foyer for coming and going.
So far, they’re feeling comfortable about how the space works for their program. And together we are still figuring out some of the details. One big detail for us to be aware of: Fellowship groups do not have access to the kitchen on weekdays or evenings, EXCEPT for Fellowship events that make reservations to use the Social Hall and Kitchen on weeknights. For those events, moving of furniture and kitchen equipment is needed on both ends of the event, and that requires orientation and communication. Again, during this temporary change in building use, Fellowship events do not have access to the kitchen except by reservation and with orientation. Thanks for your help with this! Some permits are still under review for the work in the classroom wing, however work will begin on January 13, starting with asbestos abatement.