The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis
The annual UUFC Holiday Fair is coming soon, and a favorite of many attendees is the Café. This year we’ll be serving soups, breads, and beverages.
Do you like to make soup, or bake scones or sweet breads? If so, please sign up at the Fellowship on Sundays, beginning on Oct. 27, or here:
Holiday Fair Soup Makers and Bakers Sign Up
Join us for an election evening gathering at the Fellowship beginning at 7 PM on Tuesday Nov. 5. Bring snacks to share if you can. We’ll listen to incoming election reports and mull it over together as we begin to get an idea of where things are heading.
Tentative plans are in place for more gatherings through the week. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 10 am – 1 PM will be open-house style gatherings – bring snacks or lunch if you like. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings will be hosted for various activities – a potluck supper on Wednesday, and at the very least shared conversation on Thursday and Friday.
And, on Sunday, Nov. 10 after the service, the Democracy Action Team will host a gathering to celebrate and strategize. All are welcome to any and all of these gatherings.
The children in RE will be making winter care kits for unhoused neighbors on November 17th.
We need gloves, hats, and HotHands for our kits before November 10th. Please consider donating new or gently used physical items or cash to help us purchase these items for our kits. Donations can be placed in the marked box outside of the RE office in Room 1.
Our goal is for every one of our 40 registered children and youth in RE to have a kit in their car ready to be handed to someone in need. Your generous donations will help us learn about and engage in community care.
Thank you in advance for supporting our RE programs!
Trick or Treat is Coming!
Don’t forget to wear your costumes to church on Sunday, October 27th for our 4th annual Teams and Councils Trick or Treat event! All ages are invited to gather treats while they learn about all the cool things happening in our teams and councils.
This year’s event will take place outside on the patio, and so will be weather dependent. Even if we get rained out, you are WELCOME to come in your Halloween finery! We want to see those costumes!
Come Friday, October 25, it may be a foggy and/or drizzly day for a drive up the valley, but with the company of UUFC friends, we should all feel warm and happy.
This time we’ll go to NAMASTE Vineyard at 5600 Van Well Road in Dallas, OR. If you haven’t been before, they have a large, lovingly-restored barn with a huge fireplace.
They’re open from 11 – 5 daily and have a FIVE WINE FLIGHT ($25). They also offer wine by the glass, ciders, beer and non-alcoholic drinks. They offer small plates (fruit & cheese, meat & cheese, or large charcuterie board) and they’re fine with us bringing our own food.
Wine Passport holders have a BOGO wine flight option. For everyone else, the tasting cost is waived with the purchase of a $50 bottle of wine.
We’ll meet at 11:30 at the UU parking lot to begin our Friday foray. Try to be arrive timely so we can hit the road promptly.
Let Heather E know by WEDNESDAY Oct 23rd. If our party is 8+, she will give them a call.
Hope to see you then!
Secure Housing and Food for all is meeting Sunday October 20 at 11:30 in the Library. We will make plans for a Spooky table at the UUFC Holiday event on 10/27 and talk about the what’s happening with the unhoused in Corvallis. We will also discuss a display in the Social Hall for December and January for the Social Concerns of CDDC – Corvallis Daytime Drop-In Center and US – Unity Shelter, two groups UUFC has been supporting for many years. Join us!
All architectural and engineering plans are currently being reviewed by city officials for permitting, which could take up to mid-December to be (hopefully) approved. Gerding construction plans to start onsite work January 20, 2025. Prior to that construction start, UUFC volunteers will prep the building from December 20th through 30th. Many hands hopefully will help in early January to move boxes and furniture out of the building into storage.
Wolfgang Dengler is the coordinator for volunteers. More information and requests for help with offsite storage and moving help will come in early December .
As Unitarian Universalists we are each free to believe what makes sense to us, and to keep learning and changing our minds as needed. Since folks aren’t attracted to this religious way for specific beliefs or creeds (though some come specifically for the lack of such), it follows that most folks, when asked, say that they come for “community.” But what do we mean when we say that? Does it come anywhere close to the poet Joy Harjo’s definition: “the songs, stories and poems which illuminate our experience and make possible healing, wholeness, goodness, and justice, over time and generations.” Could we grow into that kind of community? Given the state of the world, can we settle for anything less?
Come wrestle with age-old questions like:
~ Is there a god?
~Am I worthy of love? and
~Why the heck am I even here?
through popular music from artists like AJR, Billie Eilish, Myles Smith, and more.
We won’t give you answers to any of these questions, but we’ll deepen our connection with the sacred and with one another by wrestling with them together through the lens of pop culture. And who knows? Maybe we’ll even walk away with some new favorite songs!
Please note that this gathering is rated M for explicit language and mature themes.
Sundays 11/17-12/8 from 3-4 in Room 7.
Please register for this adult RE offering HERE!
A huge thank you to Tom Gabe for his help with installing gutter guard around the perimeter of the Fellowship building. He spent many hours over many days climbing on ladders and working on the roof in awkward positions to complete this preventive maintenance project. Tom also serves as a House Manager for Sunday worship services. Thanks for volunteering your time and energy for the Fellowship!