The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis
NOTE the new time: 5:45 PM
Let’s create and nurture sustainable relations by enjoying a meal together. Join the choir and band for the potluck supper on Wednesday February 12 at 5:45 PM. Come early if you can help set up tables. Bring a dish to share (please identify all ingredients).
This is a Connect Up Event with the purpose of building community within the UUFC congregation.
The UUFC lawn mowing team has lost half of its eight members. WE NEED YOU! We have a state-of-the-art set of electric lawn mowers,lawn trimmers and blowers. Mowing takes 1-2 hours, once per month on your own schedule, and is a pleasant workout experience (1.5 to 2 mi of walking). The UUFC lawns are divided into front and back sections. We need mowers for both sections.
To learn more about this opportunity, please contact Russ Karow.
Thanks for your consideration!
Friday, March 7, 7-8:30 PM
Bhakti Heart Kirtan is heart-opening joyous chanting with Eugene’s award winning singer songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Laura Kemp and Len Seligman. Please join us for a joyous, uplifting gathering, chanting sacred sounds from diverse traditions. All are welcome, regardless of musical experience or spiritual background. We look forward to singing with you!
2945 Circle Blvd
$20 at the door; No one turned away for lack of funds.
Well-known, and loved, singer-songwriter Peter Mayer is coming to the Fellowship on Sunday, February 23. He’ll be with us for the Sunday service, which will include more than just a few songs. He’ll also be doing concerts at the Eugene UU congregation on Friday night Feb. 21 and at the Salem UU congregation on Saturday night Feb. 22. Plan now to join us on Sunday, and attend either of the other concerts as well.
We are aware that the new confines and acoustics of our Sunday morning building use are less than ideal, and for some, quite overstimulating. While we lack the space to create a quiet zone on Sunday mornings, we have constructed 2 Sensory Break kits, which will be stored in yellow bags — one will hang on the back of the rocking chair in the gallery of the sanctuary and the other will be in the Spirit Play cart in the social hall.
Any time you or your child need a quiet moment or support in recovering from overstimulation, you are invited to grab one of these bags for as long as you need. While some of these items have toy-like appeal, they have been carefully selected for the support of those with exceptional sensory needs. We ask that they not be used as sanctuary entertainment so that they are available when the need arises.
Each kit contains sound cancelling headphones that can be adjusted for adult and child fit, and a variety of items for visual and tactile distraction.
This is part of our ongoing effort to be more welcoming and inclusive, recognizing that a wide range of needs come with us into the Fellowship each week. If you would like to know more about these efforts, please contact Skyla King-Christison.
EDI, the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion justice team invites you! Love a good adventure story you just can’t put down? While engrossed in the events unfolding in “James,” by Percival Everett, you’ll explore the many risks facing James and Huck who somehow muster the courage to prevail in a perilous time of our shared history. It’s a compelling tale! Cozy up in comfort and join the conversation, 7 PM, Monday, February 10th when we’ll share our experiences and responses reading “James.”
Contact Elona for more details and the Zoom link.
PERSISTENCE IS POWER — Come to the 2025 NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet! NAACP is a local powerhouse continuing to do all they can for equity and inclusion in our community. The theme of this year’s Freedom Fund Banquet is “Persistence is Power.” Keynote Speaker: Winner of the National President’s Award, Sheley Seacrest, president of the King County NAACP in Seattle When: Feb. 22nd, No-host bar 5 PM/Appetizers; 6-9 PM Program with speakers and music Where: CH2M Hill Alumni Center, OSU Campus, Corvallis Details and registration: Freedom Fund Webpage; Linn Benton NAACP Branch #1118
Questions? Contact Elona Meyer
Mitzi Loftus is a Unitarian Universalist, a member of the UU Fellowship in Ashland, Oregon. She is coming to Corvallis to give a lecture on February 28 at 10:30 am. See link below: Mitsuko “Mitzi” Asai was not yet ten years old in the spring of 1942 when President Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066 sent 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry—about two-thirds of them US citizens—from their homes on the West Coast to inland prison camps. Mitzi and most of her family, who operated a fruit orchard in Hood River, Oregon, were incarcerated in California and Wyoming for most of World War II. Her talk about her family’s experience will illuminate the personal side of a dark chapter in US history. It’s the remarkable story of a transformation from thorns into blossoms, pain into healing.
This lecture will include American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation. Tickets are $5.
Is it time to start clearing your clutter? Are you thinking about downsizing but don’t know where to start? Join us on March 5 to explore common obstacles, discuss practical steps to reducing clutter and thriving with less.
Presented by the Aging Successfully in Community Team and professional organizer Christine Arundell.
3/5/2025 at 3-4:30 pm
From Fellowship member Mike Jager: I’m looking for a studio, one bedroom apartment, yurt, cabin, or cottage to rent, or lease on a long-term basis. If you have, or know anyone with a place that is available please reach out to Mike. Thanks