The Secure Housing and Food for All team invites you to attend a talk about current efforts to address homelessness in Benton County.
Wednesday, March 18, 6:30-8:00 PM at the Corvallis-Benton County Library (645 NW Monroe Ave).
weekly announcements
UUFC Auction Donations Needed
Our annual Services and Silent Auction is Saturday, May 16 and the theme this year is a garden party. Please join in our largest fundraiser by offering a fun service, event, or item. Do you have access to a getaway at the beach, in the mountains, or other vacation spot? These prized offerings always earn lots for our Fellowship.
Services are a wonderful and fun way to meet other UUFC members and build community. Do you have a skill, interest, or hobby that you would like to share with others? Some possibilities: bird watching; dance lessons; singing lessons; music performances; guitar or ukulele lessons; drawing or painting opportunities; clay crafting; knitting lessons; rafting on the river; dinner for 4-12; computer help; house or window cleaning; clutter reduction; woodlands hike; homemade dinners delivered; homemade artisan breads or preserves; custom scarf or journal; gift basket; wine tasting on your patio; camping; yard work; cooking classes; gardening help; trip to the beach; anything you love.
Did you downsize or maybe clean out your closets this year and have some special items that you no longer want or need, such as jewelry, furniture, or artwork that you would be willing to donate? Bonus points if your donation coordinates with this year’s theme!
The Services and Silent Auction is a fun party. You’ll definitely want to attend. Everything you donate and everything that’s purchased goes to help support the UUFC. Submit information about your donation(s) here, and the Fundraising Team will reach out. Thank you!
Kirtan with Kavita Kat Macmillan and Friends, 3/13
We are thrilled to welcome Kavita Kat Macmillan back to Corvallis to share a night of Kirtan and Sacred Chant!
This gathering offers a chance to arrive, ground, and release what no longer serves, while welcoming what is new and emerging through sound, breath, and voice. Through call-and-response and unison chanting, you’ll experience the healing vibration of mantra, the warmth of your own voice rising among others, and the steady presence of community around you.
Kirtan is a uniquely powerful way to sing in community — it lifts the collective vibration, opens the heart, and creates a palpable field of resonance and coherence among everyone present.
Friday, March 13 at 7 PM in the Sanctuary. Purchase tickets ahead of time at https://ticketstripe.com/corvallismarch2026.
Childcare is available!
Free childcare can usually be arranged for any Fellowship event by using this link 1-2 weeks prior to the event.
Join the Makita Team
Your UUFC lawn mowing team still needs one more person to complete our eight-person team for 2026. We have relatively quiet, state-of-the-art electric Makita lawn mowers and associated lawn trimmers and blowers. While mowing takes time (1-2 hours, once per month on your own schedule), it is a pleasant workout experience (1.5 to 2 mi of walking). The UUFC lawns are divided into front and back sections. We need a mower for the front section – less lawn but more maneuvering. If you have interest, please contact the team lead by filling out this form or talk with Russ Karow at the “Opportunity Awaits” event on Sunday. He may be at the Financial Oversight Council table with his money hat on but will answer grass questions as well. The grass will grow greener at the UUFC (or at least be tamed) with your participation on our mowing team. May the Makitas be with us all!
Opening to Opportunity – Stewardship Drive is Off and Running
As announced in the March UUFC journal, our 2026 Stewardship Drive has begun. All Sundays in March will provide opportunities to learn about the many contributions of both time and money that make the UUFC the resoundingly successful organization that it is and that will be needed to carry us into the future. March 8 will be “Opportunity Awaits” – an opportunity to celebrate and learn more about the many involvements of time available at the UUFC. March 15 will be a soft-launch of the pledge drive – information shared with member and friends encouraged to consider how they will be involved in Fellowship life in the coming year. March 22 will be the formal launch with the stewardship website “live” as well as in-person assistance for those desiring such. March 29 will be a history lesson on the UUFC – learn more about our past so we can plan our future together. Click here to view the stewardship drive announcement letter that contains more detail. Click here to sign up for one of the town halls on March 15, 16 or 22. Childcare is available for those making a request at least a week in advance. Opportunities await. Open yourself to them!
Global Partners 3/8
The Global Partners team is meeting this Sunday, March 8 at 1 PM in Room 3.
Our Global Partners Team meeting will de-brief the March 1, 2026 sermon, discuss the September 8, 2026 pilgrimage to Transylvania, consider other engagement with partners, and address our normal team agenda. Come join us as we build and strengthen our many relationships.
The Global Partners team promotes international understanding, social justice, global ethics, and liberal religion through partner church relationships between UUFC and the Unitarian congregation in Körispatak, Transylvania, Romania, the Community Center in Burundi, Africa, and elsewhere.
Contact Team lead Heather E for more information.
Childcare is available!
Free childcare can usually be arranged for any Fellowship event by using this link 1-2 weeks prior to the event.
Legato Potluck, 3/11
The LEGATO potluck is Wednesday, March 11 at 6:30 PM. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn from one another and celebrate our differences and commonalities. Come early if you can help set up tables.
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.
Childcare is available!
Free childcare can usually be arranged for any Fellowship event by using this link 1-2 weeks prior to the event.
UUA Reiterates Longstanding Condemnation of U.S. Military Action Against Iran
Press release from the Unitarian Universalist Association, February 28, 2026:
This morning, the United States, in coordination with the state of Israel, launched military attacks against Iran. According to news reports, the U.S. will undertake more military actions over the next several days.
The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) has long opposed any intervention into Iran by the U.S. military and supported the pursuit of diplomatic resolutions in the region that protect innocent life and global human rights. In 2008, Unitarian Universalists (UU) voted in favor of an Action of Immediate Witness that called upon UU congregations to urge Congress to prohibit an attack on Iran without specific congressional authorization and discourage an attack by an ally, and to urge Iran to cooperate with inspections of its nuclear program. Sadly, 18 years later, those calls remain even more relevant today.
In June 2025, the UUA reiterated its opposition to such military action. We do so again this morning, and every day these armed attacks continue. We and our member congregations will continue to work for a world where the shared values of pluralism and interdependence are realized, and where the inherent dignity and worthiness of all people are upheld.
Outreach Offerings for March
Our March Justice Outreach offering will support our Partner Congregations in Bozod Korispatak, Transylvania, which is in Romania and our Partner Congregation in Burundi, Africa. Our partnerships are 30 and 10 years old, respectively. In that time, we primarily supported the educational pursuits of students in both locations. The UUFC has inherited a commitment to global faith partners. As we consider the uneven local, national and worldwide terrain, it is incumbent upon us to evolve, to engage in collaborations of affection, respect, and trust with others, and to learn, support where asked, and innovate for our sake and for our children. The Global Partners Team is the group through which the UUFC can advance our UU principles of love and justice in the world.
Information about the Monthly Outreach Offering, as well as about UUFC Justice Teams, is posted on the bulletin board at the northeast corner of the Social Hall. Learn more about our Global Partners Team there.
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:
- Give to the Sunday collection basket
- Donate online
- Donate to the refreshments during the social hour
The Kitchen team donates 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 ends 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!
Save the Date: UUFC Services Auction, 5/16
Save the date for our annual Services Auction to be held Saturday, May 16. And be thinking about what service you can offer or items for the Silent Auction table. We need your donations and your purchases to make our largest fundraiser of the year successful.
Childcare is available!
Free childcare can usually be arranged for any Fellowship event by using this link 1-2 weeks prior to the event.