weekly announcements

The UUFC Board wants YOU!

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Interested in serving on the Board of Directors for the UUFC? The Board works as a group to manage the affairs, property, policies, and financial health of the Fellowship, maintaining the mission and vision over time. As a board member, your efforts and leadership can help to sustain and grow our community. We are looking for members who are excited about being part of the future of the UUFC and are inspired by Principles and Congregational Covenant of Right Relations. For more information talk to one of the members of the Nominating Committee – John Bailey, Kris Egan, Jim Good, Steve Strauss, Heather Thomas – or visit the Board information table in the Social Hall after the Sunday service.

Lessons from Minneapolis

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This Tuesday, January 27 at 6:30 PM at First United Methodist Church of Corvallis. Come hear Rev. Heather and Rev. Alex share what they learned from organizers in Minneapolis so we can start preparing here.  Courage, creativity, and flexibility are key.  Strengthening neighborly relations matters. The church’s parking lot is accessible from NW Jackson. Enter the church using the front steps.

Social Hall & Kitchen Improvement Questionnaire

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The Building Enhancement team asks that everyone fill out their questionnaire about the Social Hall & Kitchen Improvement project. The questionnaire asks about a variety of uses and perceptions of the Social Hall and Kitchen, now and in the future. Your answers will help the team understand the range of thoughts and feelings the congregation holds about this project.

The questionnaire is available as a Google form accessed by clicking the button below.

Access the Questionnaire

This is the same questionnaire that was available on paper after worship service on Sunday, January 16.

Connect-Up Hiking Leader needed

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Greetings UUFC Walkers, Amblers, Plodders, and Hikers: Did you know that UUFC has a Connect-Up group for you? There is a little problem, though. It now lacks an organizer/leader. Jim Wagner started the most recent incarnation of this group at the start of the COVID epidemic and the varying group visited many area locations from Mary’s Peak to Mac Forest to Cascade Foothills. Jim is no longer able to lead hikes. Priscilla Galasso has done this nicely for a while but is also moving on. Jim is willing to help find and assist someone who can lead hikes. Organizing is just a matter of picking a location that fits likely weather and participants; Jim can particularly help with this. Your primary responsibility would then be a few hours, typically on the last Saturday of each month, enjoying both the personal connections and the marvelous places that are accessible by trail or path. If you, or several of you, can fill the role of hike leader and/or organizer, please contact Jim Wagner.

Community Kirtan, 1/23

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This Friday, January 23, please join us for Community Kirtan in Room 7, 7-8:30 pm. Community Kirtan happens on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of the month, and features talented kirtan singers from the community who lead us in sacred song. It’s a beautiful way to calm the mind after a busy week, a fun way to connect with the community, and … we have snacks!

Side with Love!

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Side with Love is the Organizing Strategy Team of the Unitarian Universalist Association.

30 Days of Love is their annual celebration that runs approximately from Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in January through Valentine’s Day in February with weekly offerings of spiritual nourishment, political grounding, and shared practices of faith and justice, including child and family activities. 

Find out more here: https://sidewithlove.org/30daysoflove.

Tamales for a Cause, 1/30

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Join us for an evening of community and learning! Discover how to make your own tamales! Materials and instruction provided. Participants will leave with ready-to-cook tamales. Suggested donation to support our immigrant neighbors $20-$50.

Friday, January 30, 5:30-7:30 PM in the Social Hall

Registration required: https://forms.gle/TyJEtKGHc4hFvCD89
Contact: Nancy K.

Childcare is available!

Free childcare can usually be arranged for any Fellowship event by using this link 1-2 weeks prior to the event.

UUFC Annual Meeting, 5/17

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Save The Date! The UUFC Annual Meeting will be Sunday May 17 at 12 noon after worship service. All members are needed to vote in our Fellowship elections for Board Officers, Directors, and Committee Chairs. All are invited to celebrate our accomplishments of the past year, review our financial health, and share in our future goals. (Last year’s meeting adjourned at 1:05 PM – short and sweet.) See you there!

Childcare is available!

Free childcare can usually be arranged for any Fellowship event by using this link 1-2 weeks prior to the event.

Social Hall Enhancement Project Update

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The UUFC Building Enhancement Team has begun discussions with Varitone Architects to begin planning the changes to the social hall and community kitchen. We are in information-gathering mode right now and will have a table in the social hall after Sunday worship service for the next 2-3 weeks. Please stop by, fill out a survey, give us your opinions and take a look at some sample plans for the space. We need your input in order to create a plan that works for everyone.

If you have questions please contact any member of the team that includes Nick Houtman, Russ Anderson, Carolyn Madsen, John Bailey, Michael Hughes, Wolfgang Dengler, Carl English-Young and Brian Egan