The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis
Authentic Selves Workshop
Fifty allies and queer folks are needed to experience four successive workshop sessions centered around this year’s UU Common Read. Mark your calendars (7/15, 7/29, 8/12 and 8/26, 6:30 to 8:00pm) and order the book: Authentic Selves: Celebrating Trans and Nonbinary People and Their Families. Tell us you plan to participate by registering here: https://uufc.breezechms.com/form/a93a00
Join us for a screening of Farming While Black, an award-winning film about the rising generation of young black farmers, featuring Leah Penniman, author of the book, “Farming While Black.” Panel discussion following the showing.
Thursday, May 15, 2025, at 6:00 pm
Oregon State University LINC Building Rm 210 (near SW 26th & SW Jefferson)
Award winning Kontent Films feature length documentary
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqMM2bKFiV8
Moderated panel:
Mark Decena, director / writer/ producer, Kontent Films
Charlotte Epps, Leticia Carson Legacy Project, and Reciprocity Garden
David Barron, Cross-eyed Cricket Farms and Friends Agriculture Co-op
Free and free parking nearby
Co-sponsored by Benton County Master Gardener Association, Oregon State University Sustainability Double Degree Program; in collaboration with and support of Oregon State University Extension Service Master Gardener
Have you noticed that the name tag racks in the foyer are no longer overflowing? That’s because the Membership team and administrative staff are in the process of cleaning out old tags. We’re removing name tags of folks who have died (!) and folks we haven’t seen in years (this includes members we have not seen or heard from in years.) The removed name tags have not been destroyed! If you can’t find your name tag, please tell the Greeters or a staff member.
At least once a year, the admin staff reviews our database lists of members and friends, to update as needed and remove those we haven’t heard from. Fellowship policy states that if we haven’t heard from a member for 12 months or more (especially no record of participation in the pledge drive or other Fellowship activities) we remove them from “active” membership. This means we no longer include them in regular or special Fellowship communication, no longer count them as members in our annual report to the UUA, and no longer include them on membership lists for annual meetings, including voting. This is why we encourage all members to participate in the annual pledge drive, to let us know who is “here” and taking part in the life of the Fellowship. Note: attending the Fellowship does not make one a member! Membership requires orientation and signing the membership book.
At the 2024 UUA General Assembly the delegates passed an Action of Immediate Witness encouraging all UU congregations to engage in witness, education, organizing and advocacy in solidarity with Palestinians. In that spirit we will host a presentation from the group Corvallis Palestine Solidarity on Thursday, May 1st 5:30-7:30 PM in the Sanctuary.
Join us for this report and presentation from a recent volunteer solidarity trip to the West Bank. A local retired OSU Professor and community member will share his experiences and journey –intellectual, emotional and physical – from Corvallis to Bethlehem, Palestine.
Come open to learning new things, shedding old beliefs and asking important questions. We will have some items from Bethlehem for sale plus art from local community members as part of a fundraiser to support family businesses in the West Bank.
Social Hall, Kitchen: 5:30 pm Monthly Vegan Potluck – Everyone Welcome! Bring a dish to share with others who are learning to eat in a healthy, climate friendly way. Include Plants: grains, beans, fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, herbs & spices. Exclude: flesh, fluids, and unborn young. Try it! You’ll like it!! Need more info? call Ann Marchant
The UUFC Annual Meeting is happening on Sunday, May 18, 2025 at 12 noon in the Sanctuary after the service. Members may sign in following the service, and the meeting will commence at noon. All UUFC members are asked and encouraged to attend! The Annual Meeting is where members vote on Fellowship matters, such as election of the Board of Directors, affirming the annual budget, and changing the Bylaws. If you are a member of the Fellowship and want to participate in its democratic governance, this is the meeting to attend!
Members may choose to attend the meeting on Zoom, rather than in person. In-person attendance is greatly preferred, as Zoom can fail in multiple ways. Zoom attendees will vote using the polling tool built into Zoom. PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU ARE UNCOMFORTABLE USING ZOOM OR UNSURE IF YOU WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE ZOOM POLLING TOOL, PLEASE MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND IN PERSON.
Per the Fellowship Bylaws, one-fourth of current members must be present at the meeting to form a quorum. Motions pass on majority approval of those members present and voting, except for motions on ‘momentous issues’ as defined in Article III Section 5 of the Bylaws. Amending the Fellowship Bylaws is one such momentous issue, and will require a three-fourths majority of members present and voting to approve.
Some items that will be up for vote have already been announced. Read more about them through the links below.
Nominating Committee Slate for 2025-26
Affirmative Nondiscrimination Statement
Join us for our last scheduled event of this church year on Wednesday, May 14, 2025
5-7 PM
C3 (Corvallis Community Center)
2601 NW Tyler Ave. Corvallis
Bring:
We will provide beverages, conversation starters, & a review of the past year.
Please sign up for a three-hour painting shift(s) on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday April 25, 26, 27 or May 2, 3, 4.
We have just 16 days to paint everything three times (primer plus two finish coats)! Sign up sheets on foyer table or contact Wolfgang with your sign-up requests using the button below.
Our annual Services and Silent Auction is Saturday, June 28. 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.
Do you have a skill, interest, or hobby that you would like to share with others? Some possibilities:
Or maybe you have some special items that you no longer want or need, such as jewelry, furniture, or artwork that you would be willing to donate. Everything goes to help support the UUFC.
Please fill out our Auction Donation Form as soon as possible. You can access the online form using the button below. Paper forms will be available in the Fellowship foyer.
Please submit your offerings soon so the auction team has time to enter all items and services into our Auctria software, along with photos (jpg or png only. Auctria can’t accept PDF). We use Auctria to generate the live and silent auction catalogs and to track and record sales.
WHERE DO WE COME FROM – for 70+ years (the UUFC was established in 1954) our predecessors have provided the funds to allow our Fellowship to grow and thrive.
WHERE ARE WE – 100% of current Fellowship members and friends will complete their stewardship/pledge drive form before going to bed on Sunday April 20.
WHERE ARE TWO GOING – two “pledging units” among those who have submitted their pledges by bedtime on Sunday night April 20 will be going to a local eatery legend for breakfast or lunch – New Morning Bakery or Sharon’s Cafe (by virtue of having their names drawn in a virtual drawing).
Michael Hughes – our UUFC Treasurer – will do the random selection on Monday morning and notify prize winners. Please assure that your name is in this drawing by taking 3-4 minutes to complete your stewardship form by clicking the button below.
