Last Chance for Chalice Circle Popups!

There are two more chances for participating in a Chalice Circle experience this October: on Thursday, October 9 and/or Sunday, October 12. Signups are online via this Google Form (https://bit.ly/fall25chalice)

Want to find out more about chalice circles? Attend the next Inquirers Series featuring them on October 5, or read the FAQ at: https://uucorvallis.org/chalice-circles/.

Email: chalicecircles@uucorvallis.org

UUFC Women’s Retreat 2025 – deadline to register is 10/5

Please register by Oct. 5 for the Women’s Retreat –
“Right Here, Right Now: Peace through Practice” – We will share practices that may help you find peace in your center, peace in your connections, and peace in your community. At this time, Peace through Protest is a way to be in balance, even if we’re wobbly.

The Women’s Retreat will be held at the UUFC on Friday night Oct. 17 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm and from 9:00 am – 7:00 pm on Saturday, Oct. 18. On Saturday, lunch will be served at noon, and there will be program options that include participating at the No Kings protest at the county courthouse. The $55 fee for the retreat includes two meals on Saturday catered by Forks and Corks.

Please register using this form. https://uufc.breezechms.com/form/wr2025.
Payment can be made online or by check to the UUFC with “Women’s Retreat” in the memo line.
Volunteers, suggestions, and questions are welcome at womensretreat@uucorvallis.org.

LEGATO potluck, 10/8

Everyone is welcome to join the choir and band for a meal of laughter, goodwill and perhaps song! The Fall weather beckons a warm, cozy meal shared with others. The LEGATO potluck is Wednesday, October 8 at 6:30 PM. Come early if you can help set up tables. This is followed by rehearsal at 7:00 PM.

Bring a dish to share (please identify all ingredients), a serving utensil (if needed) AND YOUR OWN PLACE SETTING & WATER BOTTLE – this is a low-impact meal.

This is a Connect Up Event with the purpose of building community within the UUFC congregation.

Kirtan with Gina Sala and Friends, 10/10

Featuring Jeanette Kangas (tabla), Johanna Beekman (vox), David Campbell (trumpet) & friends.

Come feel your mind, body and heart relax and reconnect Friday, October 10, 7-8:30 PM in the UUFC’s Sanctuary as we immerse in world chants, meditative manra, groove and story with life-long chanter and long-term teacher and sound yogni Gina Salā and her wonderful band.

Let’s raise the vibration!

Democracy Action Team, Tuesdays & Thursdays

The DAT is proud to announce that letter writing is officially back! Join us in person on Tuesdays (in the UUFC library) and on Zoom (link HERE) on Thursdays – both at 5:30 pm. We’ll write to voters in Pennsylvania asking them to retain State Supreme Justices who oppose partisan gerrymandering and to Virginia to inform voters of issues that will help them understand the choices they face in the upcoming state election. We will also write to our legislators. We’ll have addresses and supplies on Tuesdays.

Contact Claire M. for information.

Information Session on Being a Sunday Service Reader, 10/11

Have you ever felt a calling to serve as a reader during Sunday Service? Please come learn more about this opportunity, October 11, Saturday, at 9:30 – 11 AM in the Sanctuary! You will have a chance to read from the pulpit and see how it feels. After attending this info session, any participant can let Rev. Alex know that they would like to be on a roster of readers to be asked to read in worship.

How to donate to the monthly Outreach Offering

Each month, the Fellowship gathers donations for a certain charitable cause. These are our Outreach Offerings. You can contribute to this month’s offering in a few ways:

  1. Give to the Sunday collection plate
  2. Donate online
  3. Donate to the refreshments during the social hour

The Social Concerns team donate an assortment of sweet and savory refreshments, including gluten-free and vegan choices, for our enjoyment at the social hour following Sunday worship. These items are purchased and prepared by the team to encourage donations to the Outreach Offering. Collection baskets are always found at the end of the refreshments table. The next time you’re eyeing something tasty on the table, consider putting a donation in the basket first to show how much you appreciate having that treat ready and waiting for you!

Teams & Councils Trick or Treat Resource Fair (register by 10/15)

“By their groups shall ye know them.” ~James Luther Adams

Let your group be known! It’s time to get registered for the 5th Annual Teams and Councils Trick or Treat event!

WHO: All UUFC teams, groups, and councils are invited to represent!

WHEN: October 26th, after the service

WHERE: Social hall, porch, and patio (under the market tents!)

DEADLINE to REGISTER: October 15th (earlier is helpful to our planning team!)

This event was born out of the RE Council’s understanding that we can only nurture a next generation of UUs when newcomers and whole families feel integrated into our wider Fellowship community enough to stay and take root here. Often, the missing first piece is simply knowing what’s available and how to join in.

Your participation in this event meets a 2-fold need by creating a joyful and lighthearted Fellowship experience in a time when our emotional and spiritual resources are feeling particularly taxed AND you are helping folx understand who we are and how they can expand their engagement with Fellowship life when they’re ready.

This isn’t just fun! It’s the sacred work of community building and memory making.

To participate, you must:

  • Register by October 15th
  • Have volunteers to work your table (costumes highly encouraged!)
  • Have signage to demonstrate what your team does and works on (photographs highly encouraged!)
  • Have individually wrapped treats to pass out

We would LOVE but don’t require participating teams to:

  • Have table decorations
  • Have a game or activity to generate engagement
  • Have a sign-up sheet for those who would like to volunteer or be added to your group’s mailing list (please only take this step if your team has the capacity to follow up with those who sign up for more information)

If you have any questions, please reach out to Skyla for help. We would love to see every group, team, and council join in the fun!