Film: Where Can We Live in Peace?, 5/18

Saturday, May 18, 3:00 – 4:30 pm

in the UUFC Social Hall

Award-winning Canadian film maker Judy Jackson brings the moving story of the ABBA House migrant shelter in Celaya, Mexico. Founded by Pastor Ignacio it helps tens of thousands of migrants, many of whom are women and children. They are fleeing violence, crime, climate change and corruption in Latin America, and are desperately searching for a place where they can bring up their children in safety. Watch preview.

Hosted by the Immigrant and Refugee Support Team, a part of our Justice Council.

UUFC Camp Out Discussion Meeting 3/24

Are you interested in camping? in camping with other UUFC members? Knowing about great places to go camping? Then please make plans to attend a discussion session on Sunday, March 24, at about 11:45 (following the service and coffee) tentatively schedule for room 9. We would like to plan some camping connect-ups for the summer and fall as well as a UUFC Group campout in August and would love your input!

“Successful Aging in Community” Kick-Off, 4/3

Wednesday, April 3, 3-5 pm in the Social Hall

Interested in joining with others who are moving along in age to adapt and thrive? This group is designed to keep us involved: addressing ways to adapt to inevitable changes at this stage of life while creating connections in this community. At this first gathering we will have fun and meaningful table conversations
and get to know one another better. Participants will be guided through a process of listing and prioritizing future topics in two areas: 

  1. Informative programs with guest speakers, and 
  2. Smaller group social activities like informal book groups, coffee klatches, puzzle or game sessions, and attending local cultural events.
    Come join us to create positive experiences for this time of life!

JUSTICE THEATRE PRESENTS: THE ROARING GIRL,3/29 and 3/30


By Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker
Adapted and directed by Britt Urey
To be performed Friday, March 29 and Saturday, March 30 at 7:30pm
Approximate run time – 120 minutes

CONTENT WARNINGS: Stage violence; discussions and depictions of sexism and transphobia; discussions of tobacco and alcohol use; classist rhetoric

Scandal! Sebastian Wengrave has taken up with that dashing miscreant, that gender-bending hooligan, the roaring girl herself, Moll Cutpurse! Or at least that’s what Sebastian wants their father to think, so that the actual object of their affection, Mary Fitzallard, looks better in comparison. Moll, being a good sport, is happy to lend a hand, especially if she gets to drink, smoke, fight, and otherwise engage in the sort of general shenaniganry that polite society frowns upon. Watch and be amazed as she outwits fashionable gallants, rival cutpurses, and hired muscle… none of which is actually all that difficult, but she looks cool doing it.

RESERVE TICKETS HERE

Tickets are general admission and free to reserve—when you reserve your ticket on this event page, you’ll be given the option to make a sliding-scale donation in the amount of your choice. Suggested donation is $15, with the ability to adjust that amount based on what you can afford. All donations go to support this year’s Justice Theatre beneficiary, the Mid-Willamette Trans Support Network.

About the company
Justice Theatre @ the UUFC is a community theatre venture aimed at staging small-scale productions with pay-what-you-will performances supporting social justice causes. Past beneficiaries have included the ACLU, the Corvallis Cold Weather Men’s Shelter, CARDV, and the Mid-Willamette Trans Support Network. Our mission is to create theatre that fosters discussion about the world around us, to make theatre that is completely open and accessible to audience members of any income level, and to use performance to generate donations for good causes. All auditions are free and open to the public. This audition is for an amateur, volunteer production. We are particularly eager to work with artists of color and other artists from marginalized communities.

About this year’s beneficiary
All proceeds from this production will be donated directly to Mid-Willamette Trans Support Network . From their website “The MWTSN is organized exclusively as a community-based, grassroots organization working to support the transgender, nonbinary, intersex, gender-nonconforming, and gender-ethnic minority communities, as well as their direct families, tribal relations, and kinship systems.”

RESERVE TICKETS HERE

Town Halls for Stewardship and Annual Meeting Prep

All members and contributing friends are invited, welcome and needed at our Town Halls to kick-off the Stewardship season at the Fellowship. Four different Town Halls are scheduled. Please sign up for at least one of them, using the links provided. The Fellowship is all of us, and our work together needs all of us!

Monday, April 1: The first Town Hall is designed primarily for the newest members of the Fellowship (since 2021), though all others are invited as well. We’ll meet in the Social Hall at 7 PM for wine, cheese, charcuterie and other refreshments, and conversation about Stewardship and upcoming bylaws changes.

April 1st Town Hall Sign Up

Tuesday, April 2: Zoom Town Hall – 7 PM You’ll have to bring your own refreshments – but we’ll be glad to see you on Zoom for conversation about the stewardship pledge drive and upcoming bylaws changes on the Annual Meeting agenda.

April 2nd Town Hall Sign Up

Thursday, April 4: Town Hall Supper with Indian Buffet – 6 PM in the Social Hall. Join us for a buffet supper with Indian specialties, and good conversation about the stewardship pledge drive and upcoming bylaws changes on the Annual Meeting agenda. (Space limited by the capacity of the Social Hall….)

April 4th Town Hall Sign Up

Sunday, April 7: Our stewardship pledge drive begins this day – Online pledging will be available beginning on Sunday afternoon. The Sunday service will include both light-hearted looks at stewardship and pledging in the context of our Covenant, plus information about pledges and the Fellowship budget in general. The Town Hall begins at 11:30 AM immediately after the service; enjoy a Brownie Sundae as we join for conversation.

April 7th Town Hall Sign Up

Reception for Rev. Rosemary Bray McNatt – Join Us, 3/24

All are invited to a reception for Rev. Rosemary Bray McNatt, President of Starr King School for the Ministry, a UU seminary. Come for refreshments and conversation, to learn about what’s happening in theological education for UU minister, and to help us welcome and thank her for joining us.

2 PM Sunday, March 24

Justice Council Newsletter

On February 2nd, 2024, the Justice Council gathered for a summit to present their current work and goals. This PDF newsletter contains updates about each team’s accomplishments and vision for the year ahead. Your pledges directly support the work of the Justice Council, allowing us to live out our mission of “inspiring action toward a better world for all.” Check it out, and consider how you can get involved!

Justice Council News PDF

 Whole Foods Plant-Based Potluck, 3/24

Join at 5:30pm in the Social Hall for a plant based potluck every 4th Sunday. No food shaming, please! – we are all exploring ways to support the health of each other, and our planet. For details see https://uucorvallis.org/connect-up/ for more info.

Love Mercy, Do Justice, Buy Coffee

Café Justo is the coop in Mexico where we buy the coffee that we serve in the Social Hall. It is also for sale after Sunday services. Not only do the growers get a fair price for their beans, but they own the roasting facility which enables them to have health insurance and a retirement program.


FRONTERA DE CRISTO AND CAFÉ JUSTO created the “Love Mercy, Do Justice” (Amar Misericordia, Hacer Justicia) initiative to provide coffee for migrant shelters across the southern border. Thousands of women and men each week are greeted with a cup of coffee, a meal, and vital medical attention when they are repatriated into Mexico. You can help support this effort with a donation to Love Mercy, Do Justice.

2,170 pounds of Café Justo were provided to migrant shelters through Love Mercy, Do Justice in 2023 and 2024.