weekly announcements

UUFC Fiscal Insights – Fulfilling Your 2024-25 Pledge

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First, our thanks to all who have committed to the ongoing success and growth of the UUFC through a pledge for its 2024-25 fiscal year. Together we are doing great things! It is not too late to make a pledge if you have not yet had the chance to do so. To make your pledge, visit the annual pledge drive page.

For those who have made a pledge, now is the time to ponder how you intend to fulfill your pledge. Some of you will have seen a version of this information via a direct email:

Pay By Check

Drop checks at church or mail to UUFC, 2945 NW Circle, Corvallis OR 97330. No need to read further.

Use Your Bank Bill Pay System

Be sure that the donation amount and beginning and end dates for these contributions are correct. Have checks mailed to UUFC, 2945 NW Circle Blvd, Corvallis OR 97330. No need to read further.

Pay Through an IRA

If you have an IRA and need to take a minimum required distribution, you can make such directly to the UUFC with tax advantage. Talk with your financial advisor about options.

Stock Donations

Some people make stock donations. If you need information about making stock donations, please ask Russ Karow.

Breeze Automatic Payment System

If you would like to pay using the Breeze automatic payment system and have not already set that up, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to Breeze, using the link in the “Members Area” at the bottom right of any page on the website.
  2. Click on Manage Recurring Giving button at mid-screen or in the left-hand column
  3. Use the “Stop this recurring gift” button to stop your 2023-24 pledge
  4. Add a new pledge
  5. Enter dollar amount and if possible, agree to cover the processing fee
  6. Select 2024-25 operation budget from drop down menu.
  7. Select frequency of the gift – one time, weekly, every two weeks, etc.
  8. You should see an option for using an existing account or you can add a new debit/credit or bank account Please note that some people have said they see a different screen setup when they go to Breeze. If you have issues with the system, let us know.

Additional Thoughts

If you are currently using the Breeze payment system but are comfortable using bill pay through your bank, please consider this option for the UUFC payment. It saves processing fees – neither you nor the UUFC have to pay these fees

If dealing with the breeze system seems overwhelming, please let us know and UUFC staff will deal with the system for you. We are happy to do so.

If you have any questions, send an email to the address below or call Russ Karow at 541-760-4770 (leave a message if I don’t answer) and we will find answers for you.

Thanks for your many contributions to the success of the UUFC. You are appreciated.

May your summer be amazing.

Contact email – businessmgr@uucorvallis.org Russ Karow on behalf of your UUFC Board, Financial Oversight Council and Staff

Music Sharing Night, 8/7

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Music Sharing Night! For the first time since before the pandemic, the UUFC will be hosting another Music Sharing Night! Bring your instruments and your voices to share music with the community, open-mic style. All musical acts are encouraged to participate. In the past we’ve had performers of all ages share a variety of styles and genres of music. You don’t have to be a professional musician. In fact, we’ve had people make their performance debut right here at UUFC. Perform as a solo act, or form a group. Original music is welcome and encouraged. Each act will have 10 minutes to perform.

More details about how to sign up to share your music coming in future weekly announcements. Hope to see you there!

David Servias

UUFC Director of Music

Recurring Meetings Expiring! Check the Calendar to and Renew if Needed

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If you have scheduled recurring events, many of them will expire at the end of June, so please double check and extend them if you need to.

Occasionally we find events on the calendar that have been recurring for a long time, but aren’t actually happening anymore. We are working to clean these off of the calendar.

To schedule new events, please visit the “Members Area” by scrolling to the bottom of any page on the website.

Here’s what it looks like:

Final Sunday for Supporting Flaming Chalice International

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Our outreach offerings for the month of June are supporting Flaming Chalice International, the non-profit organization founded by Rev. Fulgence Ndagijimana to support both Burundian Unitarian refugees and Unitarians within Burundi. Our contributions help support job training, scholarships, housing and food for refugees, social justice projects focused on women’s health and dignity, and maintaining clean water supplies in remote villages. The Fellowship has been part of this international partnership for more than ten years. Our support makes a difference in lives of many Burundians and in the health and growth of global UUism.

PS – Rev. Fulgence has changed his name, to better reflect his Burundian identity instead of the colonial Catholicism he was raised with. His new name is Mwibutsawineza F. Ndagijimanayburundi. He goes by Mwibutsa.

UUFC Building Project Phase One Coming Soon!

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The process of undertaking a building renovation and expansion project has taken us quite a few years, and a long and winding road. But we are getting close to starting the work! Phase One is the renovation of the classroom wing for safety and stability – to meet fire and earthquake codes – and to update/upgrade some of the windows, floors and walls. The estimated / hoped for start date is now September (still some questions to answer and city permit to be acquired). Our prep work is starting now. In order for renovations to be done on that wing, we have to EMPTY the building. (Move everything out. Everything.) That will be a big job.

Our first need is to find out who among us has and would be willing to lend storage space for 3-4 months – a rooms worth, perhaps, or some boxes. We’re looking for as much donated storage space as possible; then we’ll rent space only if needed. Do you have basement /garage / shed, or other space to share? Please contact Wolfgang Dengler, wolfdengler1@gmail.com.

And, get ready to sign up to help with moving, room by room, probably starting in July.

Imagine Peace – Upcoming Sunday Service

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What does PEACE mean to you? no war? Good relations with your neighbors? a life with enough for everyone? Would you like to be part of a Sunday service on July 14 to talk about what peace means to us now? The objective is to explore what might a world at peace look like in 2050? Whatever you think, your opinion is welcome to the conversation. Please let Rev. Jill McA know.

And an invitation to action: The prime minister of Israel, “an obstacle to peace”*, will speak to the US Congress on Wednesday July 24. As a sanction against that honor, a UU peace group invites you to join in continuing the discussion “IMAGINE PEACE” at the same time as the speech to Congress. UUFC member Bill Glassmire has more information.

*Win Without War says that Senator Chuck Schumer has called Benjamin Netanyahu “an obstacle to peace”.

Vegan Potluck, 6/23

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5:30 pm. in the Social Hall

Whole Food Plant Based Potluck (4th Sundays)

Join us for a potluck exploring how to eat more Whole Foods Plant Based meals. It’s new! It’s confusing! It’s good for our health and our planet. No experience needed, and No Food Shaming!

Whether you are a long-time plant-based eater, or have never heard of this before, you are welcome here. Let’s eat, laugh, and learn together. Children welcome.

Bring a dish to share, in which all ingredients are plants:  Plants: Grains, Beans, Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts & Seeds, Herbs & Spices. Not Plants: Animal flesh, fluids, and unborn young.

Need ideas for recipes?

https://www.forksoverknives.com/recipes/ Hosted by Ann Marchant.

San Miguel Social Justice Foundation, 6/23

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Many of us know a little about the UU congregation of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, because of our connections there through Nora Cohen and Donn Zellet, who are members of that congregation as well as the UUFC. The San Miguel congregation supports a Social Justice Foundation which is involved in a wide variety of justice projects in and around San Miguel. Would you like to know more about this work? Donn Zellet will present a video about it on Sunday, June 23, after the Sunday service, with time for questions and discussion. All are welcome.

Support Groups for Parents and Parents of Adult Children

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Parenting is hard, no matter your stage in life. It can be made needlessly harder if you’re doing it without a village. In an effort to create a scaffolding of support for families of every age, we would like to gauge interest in two distinct support spaces:

  1. A peer support group for parents of children and youth (with the possibility of breaking into sub groups by age) and
  2. a peer support group for parents of adult children.

If there is sufficient interest in either of these groups, we will start with a 3 month initial commitment. At the end of that time, we can assess whether the group would like to continue through the church year or consider making this a regular summer support group. These groups are intended to help parents in all phases of life strengthen their web of mutual support, not as a substitute for qualified mental health care. 

If you are interested in a parent support group, or a group for parents with adult children, please fill out one of the following surveys.

Fill out a Parent Support Group Interest Survey

Fill out a Parents With Adult Children Group Interest Survey

Please don’t hesitate to reach out to Skyla King-Christison if you have any questions!