weekly announcements

9/13/2026 Ice Cream Social

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Registration is requested HERE

WHAT: Free ice cream, games, and community building

WHEN: Sunday, September 13th from 5–6:30 PM

WHERE: Fellowship lawn

WHY: Because it’s good to connect, play together, and eat frozen sugar!

All ages are invited to join us for a cold treat and meet ’n’ greet on the Fellowship lawn on Sunday, September 13th from 5 to 6:30 PM, hosted by the RE Council teams!

Have a casual chance to reconnect and start the new Fellowship year off right, and find out what’s coming up in RE for adults, families, children, and youth in the year ahead. Discuss your brilliant ideas with RE team leaders and Skyla. Catch up with old friends and maybe even meet your new Fellowship bestie over a sundae bar!

We’ll have gluten-free and vegan options available, as well as board games to share.

It would be super helpful in our planning if you would REGISTER HERE, but if you forget, please do come anyway!

See you there!

Help Needed Installing New Playset

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We need your help!

We have been kindly gifted a new-to-us playset for the RE and preschool playground. On Monday (Aug. 24) we’ll need assistance to take down and remove the old structure. On Tuesday we’ll be picking up and assembling the new structure. The timing for this is very fortunate because the preschool is closed this coming week. 

If you can help on either day, please show up at the Fellowship at 1pm on Monday Aug. 24 and/or 9am on Tuesday Aug. 25. Bring hammers, wrenches and work gloves.

Any help would be appreciated

Questions please contact Steve Ferrell or Brian Egan.

Once the old structure has been taken down, the wood will be stored in the northern part of our grounds next to the parking lot. Please help yourself if you would like.

Democracy Action Team Gathering, 8/16

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Meet once monthly during daylight hours to plan and support each other in reaching our goals to uphold and renew our democratic principles and to educate and enjoy ourselves along the way. Karen Josephson, contact.

11:45 AM in the Library.

We will chat and write letters. If you need materials, we are bringing both Letters and postcards. Stamps are available for all writers.

Vegan Potluck New Time. 6:30pm, 8/23

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To support our status as a Green Sanctuary, the Fellowship hosts a Community Vegan Potluck at 6:30 on the 4th Sunday of every month.
Everyone is Welcome! Join us in the Social Hall.

Bring a dish to share with others as we learn to eat in a more climate friendly way.
Include Plant foods: grains, beans, fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, herbs & spices.
Exclude Animal foods: no flesh, fluids, or unborn young.

Try it! You’ll like it!!
Need more info? Contact Ann Marchant.

UUFC Men’s Retreat Oct. 16-18 – Sign Up Now!

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Playing the Game of Life: How Do We Roll?
What have been our most meaningful experiences in the game of life? How have we responded to the curveballs that have come our way? What have we learned? That’s the focus of this year’s UU Men’s Retreat – the major things that have shaped how we play the game of life. We’ll share meaningful experiences and have fun together, too – what a concept!

Register ONLINE at https://uufc.breezechms.com/form/mensretreatregistration2026.

Join us at Camp Harlow near Eugene (only an hour’s drive from Corvallis). This is a great opportunity for those who identify as men to get to know each other better and build deeper connections. The fee for the retreat is on a sliding scale, based on what you can afford. (No refunds after Sept. 18.) Check out the flyer with details at this link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VvgYAbAf1d98fzJXBmlHnWhKSiNBdMnW/view?usp=sharing

More information: contact Alan Kirk <mensretreat@uucorvallis.org>

ETC (Elders Thriving in Community), 9/10

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GOAL SETTING & LIFESTYLE CONSIDERATIONS FOR RETIREMENT

“Enriching our retirement with thoughtful planning”
Thursday, Sept. 10 @ 3:00 – 4:30pm in the Sanctuary
With people living longer and in better health than our predecessors, we may have several active years in this phase of our lives. Whether you are already retired or thinking ahead, let’s give this some thought together as we face the openness and freedom that retirement can offer. It can be time to pursue interests that have been put off for years even if we don’t have so much spring in our step! A panel of fellow UUFC retirees will share their thoughts and experiences as they began this era of their lives. Open discussion to follow.

“Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.” – Rumi

Parking Lot Rummage Sale, 9/12

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Find items in your closets, attic, garage that you no longer need and donate them to the annual UUFC Parking Lot Rummage Sale. Pre-price the items at home (whole dollar amounts, thrift store pricing) and bring them between 8:00 – 8:45 AM to the UUFC parking lot. Display the items on tables there or ones you bring. Join with a friend or two to stay by the table and encourage sales. Send buyers to a central cashier. At 1:00 PM pack up any unsold items and take home or to a thrift store. It’s a win-win for you and the Fellowship. Encourage all your friends and neighbors to come.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: We need volunteers to post flyers in Corvallis, Albany, and Philomath no later than September 5, help set up and take down tables and cashier on September 12. Use this Sign Up Genius link to sign up now.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0444AEA72DA7F4CE9-64895823-uufc

Global Partner Team meeting, 8/9

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“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” – Mother Teresa

Together, we at the UUFC can make the ripples that touch many lives. It is through the Justice Council’s Global Partners Team that we take actions that can have a positive, worldwide effect. Come be a part. This month we will discuss a social event for the UUFC with an eye toward October.

The Global Partner Team will meet on Sunday 8/9 26 at 11:30 in the UUFC Library. Contact Team Lead, Heather E, for more information.

Heather E Breeze Contact Page

2026 UUFC Women’s Retreat Registration

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Registration for the 2026 UUFC Women’s Retreat is open! Please register by filling out the form at forms.gle/SJmvcftrZVraLS23A.

This year’s retreat will be at Camp Harlow in Eugene, OR from Oct. 2 – 4.  Due to generous donations from prior participants, UUFC is able to subsidize the cost to attend.  Please understand that prices may change in future years.  

Pricing

Regular pricing is $175, and Saturday Only pricing is $100.  Partial and full scholarships are available.

Deadline

Registration will close on September 7th – please register before then.  Reach out to womensretreat@uucorvallis.org with questions.

Carpooling is encouraged, however, the Women’s Retreat team will not be organizing carpool assignments.