weekly announcements

Breeze

If you are a member or friend of the Fellowship, you probably have a Breeze account! Create your own unique password to login to your Breeze. Create a Breeze Account

You can view our member directory, you can add a photo of yourself, you can update your contact information, and importantly, you can view your pledge and how much you have contributed towards fulfilling your pledge! It’s a powerful tool and we’d love for everyone to get signed up!

Next year, we’ll be asking everyone to login in to Breeze to review their pledges, so there’s no better time to get started and become more familiar with it.

Any questions or troubles getting signed in, email office@uucorvallis.org and we’ll see if we have the correct email on file for you.

Giving Tuesday Emergency Aid Fund Appeal – A Success!

Thanks to all who contributed to the UUFC Emergency Aid Fund on Giving Tuesday and after. UUFC members contributed almost $2000 to this fund, which is used to help other members who are in dire need of assistance to make it through housing, utility, medical, auto, transportation and other short-term crises. You have made a difference. Thank you!

Thank You! Thank You!

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~Holiday Fair Thanks! Many, many thanks to the more than 120 wonderful people who joined together to make our 2023 Holiday Fair a success – the planning team, advertising designer, sign makers, flyer distributors, greenery makers, bakers and candy makers, café cooks and kitchen staff, greeters, cashiers, furniture movers, and of course, the artisans. It was awesome!

~Thank you to Russ Karow, our Finance Council Chair, for all his work to help streamline, organize, and make our Fellowship investments and finances easier to navigate and understand.

Condolences

We send love and support to Claire Montgomery, and sons Joe and Roy and their families, on the death of their husband / father/ grandfather Darius Adams, on Wednesday, December 7. 

Child Dedication 12/24

The members of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis ceremonially welcome babies and older children into this world, and into the community which holds them, offering our lifelong commitment to the nurture of each child. This dedication is a joyful ritual which affirms that each young soul is a gift, and which celebrates the covenant of family and community.

Contact Skyla by December 21st if you would like for your child to be dedicated during the morning service on Christmas Eve.

Dream Boards 1/6

9:00 am to 12:30 pm in the UUFC Fellowship Hall

Saturday, January 6, 2024

Envisioning the New Year with Dream Board Making. A fun, creative morning in a supportive environment!

Please bring scissors labeled with your name.

If you wish to bring:

Magazines, stickers, special photos, your water bottle and a snack

$5 contribution to cover poster board, glue and art supplies

Led by Joyce Marvel-Benoist

Register now

This is a Connect Up event! Members can offer to host a Connect Up event with the purpose of gathering together and building relationships.

Free Mental Health Film Screening 1/18 @6:30

The Religious Exploration Staff is aware that our children, youth, and young adults are facing an unprecedented mental health crisis and we acknowledge the lack of mental health resources available to families in our community. As such, we are elevating our commitment to educating ourselves and expanding our program’s capacity to hold space for children, parents, and caregivers to connect with one another in mutual support.

One of the first offerings we present in this a screening of What I Wish My Parents Knew, a film by Tell My Story, designed as a mental wellness tool to help parents better understand how to support the mental health of their children.

The event will be a two-part, 90-minute experience with a group viewing followed by a discussion facilitated by a licensed mental health professional. Pre-registration is requested.

This film is not available for general public streaming, but this event is open to the public. We ask that viewers be over 18. On-site childcare will be provided free of charge by a team of experienced and background-checked adults.

If you plan to attend, we recommend watching this talk by the creator of the film to prepare. PLEASE NOTE: themes of self-harm and suicide are present in both the talk and the film.

Direct questions to DRE@dreuucorvallis-org

Johansen Celebration of Life – Help Provide Refreshments 

A memorial service for Kim Johansen will be Saturday, December 9 at 1:00. All are welcome. If you would like to contribute finger food for the reception, please contact Sandy Piper (718-650-0204 or skaypiper73@gmail.com). 

Holiday Sing-A-Long Friday 12/22 at 5:30 PM

After a three-year hiatus, we’re bringing back the Holiday Sing Along! All ages are invited to gather for this evening of singing together – traditional Christmas carols and songs, UU hymns and winter songs, and more. There are comfy pillows for kids to curl up on, a story time in addition to singing, a special appearance from our resident story-teller and R.E. Associate, Rachel Kohler, and treats for all! In the Fellowship Sanctuary on Friday, December 22 at 5:30 PM – Join us! 

Refugee In My Own Home: A UU Vigil for Gaza

DRUUMM continues to partner with the Church of the Larger Fellowship, concerned religious professionals, Palestinian, Arabs, Southwest Asian/North African and Jewish members of our community on a weekly Vigil for Gaza. You can view our past vigils at youtube.com/@DRUUMM. Our vigils are open to all. You’re invited to the next one on December 3, 2023 at 3 PM. Register here and a Zoom link will be sent to you.