weekly announcements

Holiday Tree change

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Update on the holiday trees for sale! SevenOaks Nursery said the 3-gallon Willamette Valley Ponderosa pine are disappointing as Holiday Trees, while the 3-gallon Douglas firs and 5-gallon Ponderosa pine look good. So… The 3-gallon Ponderosa pine option is replaced with the 5-gallon Ponderosa pine. The cost for the 3-gallon Douglas fir is $25, for the 5-gallon Ponderosa pine $30. Trees can be reserved using this form: https://forms.gle/E964qxccpYpRQzJw8 and they will be available on a first-come, first served basis at the Fellowship starting on Sunday, Nov. 30.

ETC Winter Get Together, 12/10

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Elders Thriving in Community is hosting a finger-food potluck, book / puzzle exchange, and time for getting to know your peers. Wednesday, December 10, 3-4:30 PM in the Social Hall. Please bring cookies, fruit or other easy snacks to share, and 1-3 books, puzzles, or games to trade.

Childcare is available!

Free childcare can usually be arranged for any Fellowship event by using this link 1-2 weeks prior to the event.

Poems and Readers needed for Worship – Register by 11/30

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Calling for poetry recommendations, submissions of original poetry, and readers for a poetry-centered Sunday worship service at the UU Fellowship of Corvallis. Readers will be reading aloud in front of the congregation during service. You can read your poem or someone else’s. We welcome all ages and voices that we don’t usually hear from. We anticipate a final selection of 10-12 poems. 

Rehearsal on Saturday 12/27
Service on Sunday 12/28

Theme: Endings & Beginnings

Deadline to submit: Sunday 11/30

Submission Form

Microshelter at the museum

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The Corvallis Museum is hosting an exhibit on homelessness. Step inside our Microshelter Exhibit for a rare opportunity to see what life is like in a tiny, transitional home. In partnership with Unity Shelter, this exhibit shows that while a roof and four walls provide safety and shelter, it’s far from luxurious. The exhibit offers a firsthand look at the challenges and realities faced by those experiencing homelessness. Explore the shelter and connect with the everyday realities of those without permanent homes.
On exhibit at the Corvallis museum, during museum hours, until early spring.
Learn about Unity Shelter and support their efforts!
https://bentoncountymuseums.org/exhibits/microshelters/

Queerly Beloved new meeting time

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Queerly Beloved is meeting at a new time – the first Sunday of each month, 11:45 AM – 1:45 PM, in room 6B. Please come for discussion and connection during the holiday season. Bring a craft to work on, if you like, as we talk, and a snack to share, if you are willing and able.

Queerly Beloved is a LGBTQIA+ connection group. Come share, listen, connect, create community. Allies, family members, and children are welcome!

Childcare is available!

Free childcare can usually be arranged for any Fellowship event by using this link 1-2 weeks prior to the event.

Fail Fest 2025 is coming on 12/29, register by 12/20

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WHAT: A celebration of the human urge to keep trying, and all the necessary failure along the way.

WHEN: December 29th from 5:30 to 8:30 (maybe earlier, but who knows?)

WHERE: The Social Hall

WHO: Any adults who needs to process the things that didn’t work out last year before moving on to plan with hope for the year ahead.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED: HERE by 12/20

There is no progress without failure. Yet, in our culture that is focused on sharing highlight reels, it’s easy to forget that there are no real overnight successes. The road to “what’s next” is littered with beautiful “almosts” and “not quites.” Before you start thinking about New Year’s resolutions, come share in a celebration of this past year’s failures that got you to where you are now. 

The evening will begin with a comfort food potluck to ease into togetherness and connection. When we’re feeling full and ready, we’ll reflect on a year’s worth of things that didn’t quite go our way, grieve the dreams that maybe we’re giving up on, and celebrate the new vision that is forming as a result of our failures. 

At this event, you can expect some tears, some laughs, and some dancing under disco lights. Best of all, you can expect to walk away with a deeper sense of community because vulnerable sharing and mutual support are an exceptional foundation for new friendships.

Don’t miss it! Come, let us celebrate you and your awesome, brave failures!

Opportunity for Work Cleaning Church Building

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Call for Bids for Cleaning Contract at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis

2945 NW Circle Blvd, Corvallis
Posted November 10, 2025 – open until filled
Contact – office@uucorvallis.org

We are inviting proposals for price and schedule to clean our church building.  The building includes a vinyl-floored sanctuary with free-standing chairs (~2500 sq ft), kitchen (vinyl), social hall (wood), lobby (masonry), six single bathrooms, and 15 other office, library or meeting rooms with carpet, wood or vinyl flooring. We need the building cleaned at the end of the week before our Sunday service and then again early in the week after Sunday service.

Memorial Service for Ron Wrolstad, 11/15

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Memorial Service for Ron Wrolstad

Saturday, November 15th at 2 PM

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the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis

Ron Wrolstad was a long time member of UUFC.  He and his wife Kathy raised their two daughters here.  Ron was known for his steady attendance, he played the piano, was a longtime member of a book club here, and contributed in many other ways. Ron died here in Corvallis on Saturday, October 11th, 2025 from complications related to Alzheimers disease. Members of the Fellowship have described him as leading an exceedingly meaningful life as a husband, father, grandfather, scientist, teacher, colleague, student mentor, bicyclist, story-teller, and good friend.

Recording

The recording of the service can be viewed below, or on YouTube at https://youtu.be/Zly12v7-73g. It will stay available on our UUFC website and UUFC YouTube page for future viewing.