The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis
We have a big stash of cardboard piling up at the UU and time permitting, we can begin to cardboard and woodchip the Elmwood and Firwood areas near the street. This area of scraggly grass which is not a lawn is a drag to have to mow. Wood chips will reap big improvements both in aesthetics and ease of maintenance. Our mowing team volunteers will thank us!
Thank you for your attention and desire to help. We need many hands to make this effort sustainable! We hope to see you soon.
Registration is requested HERE
WHAT: Free ice cream, games, and quiet tables
WHEN: Sunday, August 24th at 7PM
WHERE: Fellowship lawn
WHY: Because it’s connecting to spend time playing together!
All ages are invited to join us for a cold treat and meet ‘n’ greet on the Fellowship lawn on Sunday, August 24th at 7 PM, hosted by the RE Council and teams!
Have a casual chance to welcome Rev. Alex, find out what’s coming up in RE for adults, families, children, and youth in the year ahead. Discuss your brilliant ideas with members of the RE Council and special teams. Catch up with old friends and maybe even meet your new Fellowship bestie over a sundae bar!
We’ll have gluten-free and vegan options available, as well as board games to share.
It would be super helpful in our planning if you would REGISTER HERE, but if you forget, please do come anyway!
See you there!
The August 2025 edition of the Monthly Journal will be published next weekend, August 9, so that Rev. Alex has time to contribute.
The annual Labor Day Tuna Roast returns! Join us on Monday, September 1 (Labor Day) for a potluck featuring delicious roasted tuna at Avery Park, in the Lions Shelter. All members of the Fellowship community are encouraged to attend.
For everyone’s health please refrain from wearing scented products to UUFC events.
FREE RUMMAGE from the classroom wing, located on the curb by the RE back steps and gate. Transportation help available for the free doors or the cabinet. Keep things out of the landfill by taking them home!
There are some extra tools, levels and knee pads left behind. There is also a large rolling platform with a pull cord which will be discarded soon. If these are yours, contact Wolfgang Dengler.
If you identify as a woman in a way that is significant for you, you are welcome to join us for our annual Women’s Retreat. It will be held at the UUFC on Friday night Oct. 17 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm and from 9:00 am – 7:00 pm on Saturday, Oct. 18. This year’s theme is “Right Here, Right Now: Peace through Practice”. We will share practices that may help you find peace in your center, peace in your connections, and peace in your community. The $55 fee for the retreat includes two meals on Saturday catered by Forks and Corks.
Please register using this form. https://uufc.breezechms.com/form/wr2025. The deadline for registration is Sunday, October 5!
Payment can be made online or by check to the UUFC with “Women’s Retreat” in the memo line.
Volunteers, suggestions, and questions are welcome at womensretreat@uucorvallis.org. Team facilitators are Heather Thomas, Kimi Mayo, and Priscilla Galasso.
Time to register for the annual Men’s Retreat, this year at Camp Harlow near Eugene (only an hour’s drive from Corvallis). We will gather there 5 PM Friday October 3 and end by 2 PM Sunday October 5. This is an opportunity for those who identify as men to develop and deepen relationships with other men at UUFC. Our theme this year is “Sharing the Story of Your Life Journey.”
Register ONLINE at https://uufc.breezechms.com/form/mensretreatregistration2025.
More information: contact Alan Kirk.
Rev. Alex McGee has started her interim ministry with the UUFC as of August 1, 2025. She now has a section on our Staff and Minister page, which includes her office hours and email address. Come greet Rev. Alex this Sunday!
Our Sunday Outreach offerings in August support Seeds for the Sol, a nonprofit, grassroots organization taking action now to remove the financial barriers to residential energy efficiency. Their neighbor-to-neighbor funding model mimics the natural cycles of planting, harvesting, and renewal, helping more households move toward net zero. This funding model addresses climate mitigation and adaptation, energy equity and outreach, and workforce development by making affordable housing more energy efficient.