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  • This Week:

    “When Comfort Zone Principles Don’t Apply” 2/16/25

    Fellowship member Blaise Ntakarutimana (now Kevin Shimineza) joins Jill McAllister to tell about his journey as a UU refugee from Burundi, where he was active in a humanist organization and in the newly-established Unitarian congregation in Bujumbura, and was thinking about the possiblity of ministry. Then his life changed when he had to flee Burundi. He’ll talk this morning about his life as a new US citizen in these troubling times, and his hopes for what his experience can offer to others.

Services This Month

  • Feb. 2 “Where I’m From: Reflections on Black History” Rev. Jill McAllister
    Feb. 9 “What Do You Know?” Rev. Jill McAllister
    Feb. 16 “When Comfort Zone Principles Don’t Apply” Blaise Ntakarutimana (Kevin Shimineza)
    Feb. 23 Special Guest Peter Mayer – UU Singer / Songwriter

From the Minister

  • It’s our watch now.

    The writer Anne Applebaum calls what is happening in our country “regime change.”  That it has happened before in many times and places gives context but not comfort.  The question “what can we do?” feels both feeble and strong.  Like people before us, to the extent we can, we have to now figure out how to keep the flames of love and justice and compassion alive, within us and between us.

    This week our justice teams will gather to talk with one another and all who are interested in the conversations.  What work is emerging in the areas we already work in  —  for example immigration and refugee support, equity/diversity/inclusion, and climate action?  What new areas will need our support now?   What do we need to learn?  I hope you’ll be part of the conversation.

    Most of our shared values as Unitarian Universalists are at stake. We are the ones who have to carry the flame.  It is our watch now.  

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CALENDAR THIS WEEK

The “Events Calendar” has all of the events except for outside rentals and private meetings. If you want to see ALL the events including events not open to the public, try the ROOM USE CALENDAR.

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Feb

Connect Up Hike

* 9:45 AM - 12:00 PM

*Off Site

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Connect Up Hike

Feb 22, 2025


start time: 9:45 AM

end time: 12:00 PM

location: Off Site

description:

We will meet at 9:45 AM at the Lewisburg Saddle Trailhead along NW Sulphur Springs Road (Corvallis). We will start hiking at 10:00 AM. Our route will include portions of Road 600 (Patterson Road) and Road 650 in the OSU McDonald Research Forest. These are gravel forest roads. Hike distance is at 5.0 miles, elevation Gain is at 500 feet.

NO DOGS, PLEASE. CARPOOLING IS ENCOURAGED. (If you’d like to carpool from the UUFC lot, meet there at 9:30 a.m.) BRING WATER. Hiking Poles are suggested.

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Feb

Volunteer Cafe

* 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM

*Library

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Volunteer Cafe

Feb 23, 2025


start time: 8:45 AM

end time: 9:45 AM

location: Library

description: A monthly space for RE volunteers to enjoy a warm drink, connect with fellow volunteers, and share RE-related ideas with Skyla. Cappuccinos, lattes, hot chocolate, and tea will be available while we chat.

4th Sunday of each month in the library from 8:45 to 9:45.

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Feb

Sunday Service

* 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

*Kitchen, Sanctuary, Social Hall, UUFC Zoom

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Sunday Service

Feb 23, 2025


start time: 10:00 AM

end time: 11:00 AM

location: Kitchen, Sanctuary, Social Hall, UUFC Zoom

description:

Sunday Worship Service in the sanctuary.

The service is also available on Zoom.  

Go to uucorvallis.org for the Zoom link and more information about worship.




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23

Feb

Signatures Needed!

* 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

*Foyer

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Signatures Needed!

Feb 23, 2025


start time: 11:00 AM

end time: 12:00 PM

location: Foyer

description: ACLU is collecting signatures in support of a ballot measure to ensure "Equal Rights for All." A table will be set up in the Foyer

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Feb

Men's Gathering

* 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

*Sanctuary

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Men's Gathering

Feb 23, 2025


start time: 12:00 PM

end time: 1:30 PM

location: Sanctuary

description: Men's Gathering. Meet in the Gallery area of the Sanctuary.

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23

Feb

Vegan Potluck, WFPB

* 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

*Kitchen, Social Hall, Kitchen, Social Hall

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Vegan Potluck, WFPB

Feb 23, 2025


start time: 5:30 PM

end time: 7:30 PM

location: Kitchen, Social Hall, Kitchen, Social Hall

description:

Monthly Vegan Potluck - Everyone Welcome! Bring a dish to share with others who are learning to eat in a healthy, climate friendly way. Include grains, beans, fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, herbs & spices. Leave out the animal flesh, fluids, and unborn young.
Try it! You'll like it!
Need more info? call Ann Marchant

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Feb

Buddhist meditation

* 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM

*Off Site

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Buddhist meditation

Feb 24, 2025


start time: 3:30 PM

end time: 4:15 PM

location: Off Site

description:

Meditation, dharma teaching, and discussion.  Beginners welcome. 

Takes place at the Sangha Jewel Zen Center (next door) and on zoom

For more information and weekly zoom link, contact Mary Leigh Burke.

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24

Feb

Mid-Valley Health Care Advocates

* 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

*Social Hall

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Mid-Valley Health Care Advocates

Feb 24, 2025


start time: 7:00 PM

end time: 8:30 PM

location: Social Hall

description:

Mid-Valley Health Care Advocates is working to create Universal Health Care for all residents of Oregon... We are a 501C3 non-profit. These meetings are educational as well as informational. We always have a special guest speaker.

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Feb

Virtual Coffee Hour

* 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

*UUFC Zoom

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Virtual Coffee Hour

Feb 25, 2025


start time: 1:30 PM

end time: 2:30 PM

location: UUFC Zoom

description:

Join us on Zoom for a weekly checking-in which includes sharing of joys and sorrows, plus the Compassion Prayer.

 

Contact: Mary Craven

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Feb

Fellowship Care and Support Team Potluck and Meetingm

* 6:00 PM - 8:15 PM

*Social Hall

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Fellowship Care and Support Team Potluck and Meetingm

Feb 25, 2025


start time: 6:00 PM

end time: 8:15 PM

location: Social Hall

description:

FCST Meeting

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Feb

Rapid Response

* 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

*Social Hall

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Rapid Response

Feb 26, 2025


start time: 5:30 PM

end time: 6:30 PM

location: Social Hall

description: Preparing ourselves to respond to violations of immigrants' rights

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Feb

Choir Rehearsal

* 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

*Sanctuary

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Choir Rehearsal

Feb 26, 2025


start time: 7:00 PM

end time: 8:00 PM

location: Sanctuary

description:

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Feb

Mindful Awareness

* 7:00 PM - 7:45 PM

*UUFC Zoom

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Mindful Awareness

Feb 26, 2025


start time: 7:00 PM

end time: 7:45 PM

location: UUFC Zoom

description: We gather together to build our attentional skills and to develop resources for resilience. There will be guided and independent practice portions, both suitable for beginner and experienced meditators.

more information

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Feb

Community Kirtan

* 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

*Room 7

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Community Kirtan

Feb 28, 2025


start time: 7:00 PM

end time: 8:30 PM

location: Room 7

description:

Setup at 6:30pm; teardown by 9pm.

Kirtan is a very simple & powerful way to meditate. It’s effortless & joyful; the music does the work for you as you flow with the melody & rhythm.

The chants are sung in Sanskrit, and these ancient chants contain powerful renewing & transformative energy that helps us reconnect with the Divinity that resides within all of us.

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Feb

Community Kirtan

* 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

*Sanctuary

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Community Kirtan

Feb 28, 2025


start time: 7:00 PM

end time: 8:30 PM

location: Sanctuary

description: Community Kirtan is an evening of chanting presented by members of our Friday Satsang. We are fortunate to have several members who can lead chants, and community participation by singing & and playing rhythm instruments creates a vibrant evening full of positive energy.
We hope you come to offer a chant, play an instrument, sing along and make a joyful noise! Treats and conversation to follow the music.

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Faith Formation Toolkit

Maybe you’ve got an awesome minister (If you’re at UUFC, you do! ☑️), and a caring Religious Exploration team (Lucky you! You’ve got that too!☑️), and excellent friends and family support (I sure hope you do! ?). Did you know that even with all that, parents and grandparents are still a child’s first and most influential spiritual guides? Yes, YOU! You’re the biggest factor in your child’s spiritual growth and development. How cool (and maybe scary) is that?

In an effort to support families as they raise faithful and spiritually grounded children, we offer you the Family Faith Formation Toolkit with you! On the 4th Sunday of each month, I’ll be adding a new tool to our toolkit below. Each tool will come with resources and practical ideas for how to explore matters of the spirit with your family, and grow in confidence as a spiritual leader. As always, if you have immediate needs relating to your family’s faith formation, I’m available to chat. Just reach out to dre@uucorvallis.org to set up a time.

  1. Discussing the G-word (answering questions about God when you’re not sure yourself)
  2. Prayer as a Family Practice
  3. Meditation with the Kiddos
  4. Service with the Family
  5. Gratitude with the Kiddos
  6. Building a Family Lectionary
  7. A Family Sabbath Plan
  8. UP NEXT: Retreat

From the DRE

  • Sensory Break Kits

    We are aware that the new confines and acoustics of our Sunday morning building use are less than ideal, and for some, quite overstimulating. While we lack the space to create a quiet zone on Sunday mornings, we have constructed 2 Sensory Break kits, which will be stored in yellow bags — one will hang on the back of the rocking chair in the gallery of the sanctuary and the other will be in the Spirit Play cart in the social hall.

    Any time you or your child need a quiet moment or support in recovering from overstimulation, you are invited to grab one of these bags for as long as you need. While some of these items have toy-like appeal, they have been carefully selected for the support of those with exceptional sensory needs. We ask that they not be used as sanctuary entertainment so that they are available when the need arises.

    Each kit contains sound cancelling headphones that can be adjusted for adult and child fit, and a variety of items for visual and tactile distraction.

    This is part of our ongoing effort to be more welcoming and inclusive, recognizing that a wide range of needs come with us into the Fellowship each week. If you would like to know more about these efforts, please contact Skyla King-Christison.

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JUSTICE COUNCIL NEWS

  • Pride Party 2024, 6/29

    5-7 PM, Social Hall Pride is a joyful celebration of all of the beautiful identities of our LGBTQ+ community. The UUFC Sexuality and Gender Diversity Justice Team invites all UUFC friends to join us for… full post

    Pride Party 2024, 6/29

  • Queerly Beloved 5/19/24

    Sunday, May 19th in the UUFC Social Hall 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm This month, we’ll have a casual potluck and some icebreaker games, hosted by Ginny and Linda! Come and get to know your… full post

    Queerly Beloved 5/19/24

  • 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… full post

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

  • Faith-based climate action this week, 3/3/2024

    Good News Climate-action Opportunities Of Note Save the Date Democracy Action Team:  > First week of March: Letters will be ready.  VoteFwd.org. > Letter Writing: Sun 10 Mar, 1:45 PM, (after the Action Lunch), UUFC… full post

    Faith-based climate action this week, 3/3/2024

  • Spring Luncheon 3/30 – Cancelled

    This event has been cancelled. The Secure Housing and Food For All team and Ernest Cardona invite you to join us for a Spring Celebration Luncheon on Saturday, March 30th , 2024 at 1:00 p.m.… full post

    Spring Luncheon 3/30 – Cancelled

  • Justice Outreach for February

    Our outreach offerings in February will support Unity Shelter, a local non-profit organization which provides emergency shelter and transitional housing, plus wrap around services for people who are without safe housing or shelter. Unity Shelter’s… full post

    Justice Outreach for February

  • Secure Housing and Food for All

    The Secure Housing and Food for All team appreciates and thanks everyone who contributed money to We Care last month. If you are interested in working with We Care, please take a look at their… full post

    Secure Housing and Food for All

  • Justice Theatre Auditions

    Justice Theatre auditions are this Monday and Tuesday, January 29th and 30th, at 7pm in the social hall. No acting experience necessary! LGBTQ+ performers are particularly invited to audition. full post

  • EDI Book Discussion 1-29

    Monday, January 29th, 7:00 pm on Zoom. With the current controversy around the need for reparations, the UUA common read, On Repentance and Repair, Making Amends in an Unapologetic World, by Danya Ruttenberg offers us… full post

    EDI Book Discussion 1-29

  • Secure Housing and Food For All Meeting, 1/21

    The Secure Housing and Food for All Justice Team is meeting this Sunday 1/21 at 11:30 in the Gallery of the sanctuary. (okay to bring in coffee). Information about the Warming Centers open the past… full post

  • Difficult Conversations: The University’s Role in Restoring Civic Dialogue with Drs. Robert George and Cornel West

    Jan 22nd, 7-8:30 PM, at LaSells EDI would like to invite you to an opportunity to attend a special event at LaSells, focusing on civil discourse and “difficult conversations” —an area of deep concern for… full post

  • Action Lunch is Back! 3/10

    An Action Lunch is a light lunch provided by volunteers, after a Sunday service, usually to support some aspect of our justice and outreach work.  We haven’t had one in a long time, until now!… full post

    Action Lunch is Back! 3/10

  • Secure Housing and Food For All Meeting, 1/21

    The Secure Housing and Food for All Justice Team is meeting this Sunday 1/21 at 11:30 in the Gallery of the sanctuary. (okay to bring in coffee).  Information about the Warming Centers open the past… full post

    Secure Housing and Food For All Meeting, 1/21

  • EDI Book Discussion 1-29

    Monday, January 29th, 7:00 pm on Zoom. With the current controversy around the need for reparations, the UUA common read, On Repentance and Repair, Making Amends in an Unapologetic World, by Danya Ruttenberg offers us… full post

  • Faith-based climate action this week, 1/7/2024

    Good News Climate-action Opportunities Of Note Save the Date Climate Action Opportunities: We track (row 25) the number of clicks on the respond link for each suggested climate-action opportunity. The climate-action opportunity tracking results (an… full post

    Faith-based climate action this week, 1/7/2024

  • From the “Secure Housing and Food for All” Team

    We hope you all had a joyful holiday season. Thank you very much for sharing your time and effort to help the people of Corvallis who are struggling each day to survive by donating warm… full post

    From the “Secure Housing and Food for All” Team

  • Justice Outreach Offering in January – NAACP

    For the month of January our Justice Outreach offering will benefit the Linn Benton NAACP. The NAACP works to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate… full post

    Justice Outreach Offering in January – NAACP

  • Queerly Beloved 1/21

    Sunday, January 21st at 4:00 pm in Room 7 We meet monthly on the 3rd Sunday in the afternoon. Join LGBTQ+ folx and allies for social gatherings centered on queer issues and themes. We understand… full post

    Queerly Beloved 1/21

  • From the “Secure Housing and Food for All” Team

    We hope you all had a joyful holiday season. Thank you very much for sharing your time and effort to help the people of Corvallis who are struggling each day to survive by donating warm… full post

    From the “Secure Housing and Food for All” Team

  • Justice Outreach Offering in January – NAACP

    For the month of January our Justice Outreach offering will benefit the Linn Benton NAACP. The NAACP works to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate… full post

Justice Outreach Offering

  • The Corvallis Albany Branch of the NAACP works to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination, with a focus on our local Benton and Linn county communities.

    Find out more about the work of our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion team, EDI and their collaboration with the NAACP in a display in the foyer this month. Find out more about all of our UUFC Justice Teams on the bulletin board on the north end of the social hall.

Donations can be made in person on Sundays, or through the online collection basket.

WORSHIP COUNCIL NEWS

  • “When Comfort Zone Principles Don’t Apply” 2/16/25

    Fellowship member Blaise Ntakarutimana (now Kevin Shimineza) joins Jill McAllister to tell about his journey as a UU refugee from Burundi, where he was active in a humanist organization and in the newly-established Unitarian congregation… full post

  • “What Do You Know?” 2/9/25

    And how do you know you know it? But even more important is “what difference does it make? Martin Luther King Jr said “shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute… full post

  • Sunday Services This Month

    Feb. 2 “Where I’m From: Reflections on Black History” Rev. Jill McAllisterFeb. 9 “What Do You Know?” Rev. Jill McAllisterFeb. 16 “When Comfort Zone Principles Don’t Apply” Blaise Ntakarutimana (Kevin Shimineza)Feb. 23 Special Guest Peter… full post

  • “Where I’m From: Reflections on Black History” 2/2/25

    For me, Black History Month is a time for intentionality, for reflection, for learning. I consider it to be a responsibility – not an option. I am dedicated to the creation and sustaining of an… full post

  • “Deep Energies Of Life: Wisdom of Imbolc” 1/26/2025

    Here at the mid-point between Solstice and Equinox, here at the frontier of new assaults on freedom and democracy, here in the stirring of the season of new life, we can find wisdom and inspiration… full post

  • “The Most Dangerous Man In America” 1/19/25

    The list of current choices for this label is long – where do we begin? Sadly, it was used for a person who was dedicated to freedom, equity, and love, who helped shine more light… full post

  • “Janus: Looking Back and Ahead ” 1/12/25

    One the Roman calendar, the foundation for the Gregorian calendar we now use, every January was a crossroads between past and future – the end of the old year and the beginning of the new.… full post

  • Sunday Services This Month

    Jan. 5 “Why Religion Matters, Now” Rev. Jill McAllisterJan. 12 “Janus: Looking Back and Ahead” Rev. Jill McAllisterJan. 19 “The Most Dangerous Man in America” Rev. Jill McAllisterJan. 26 Wheel of the Year: Imbolc full post

    Sunday Services This Month

  • “Why Religion Matters, Now” 1/5/25

    Though arbitrary in many ways – calendars are human creations- the beginning of this new year feels momentous. Certainly we are called to continue to be present to the world in ever more careful and… full post

  • Holiday Brunch and Sharing 12/29/24

    We are between and amidst winter holidays – Christmas and Yule, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, New Year’s. There is quiet observing, celebrating, gathering, resting and contemplation. We’ll gather on this last December Sunday for short worship service… full post

  • “Stories of Christmas” 12/22/24

    From the first story – the birth story – have come millennia of stories about the origins of Christmas, the meanings of Christmas, the challenges and questions and problems with Christmas. Of Christmases past and… full post

  • “This Winter Season” 12/15/24

    Each season brings its gifts, and challenges. Here is the unique beauty of the Pacific Northwest in winter – green and fog and cold. Here are the holidays of light and joy. Here is the… full post

  • “And Also, Joy” 12/8/2024

    “We were made for joy and woe, and when this we rightly know, through the world we safely go” wrote William Blake. Join with the Fellowship Committee on Ministry this Sunday to consider this truth… full post

  • Blue Holidays Vesper Service, 12/16

    Are you feeling the tender ache of absence as the winter holidays approach? Or perhaps feeling lonely, anxious or depressed? Join us for an online Blue Holidays Vesper Service, followed by an optional time of… full post

    Blue Holidays Vesper Service, 12/16

  • Services in December

    Dec. 1 “Be Not Afraid” Rev. Jill McAllisterDec. 8 “Yes, Joy” Committee on MinistryDec. 15 “Wintering” UUFC Choir and ReadersDec. 16 Blue Holiday Vespers Susan Sanford and Rev. Leslie ChartierDec. 20 Winter Solstice Service Rev.… full post

  • “Be Not Afraid” 12/1/24

    We enter into the traditional “Christmas Season” in the Christian tradition, with the first Sunday in Advent, Dec. 1. Part of that story, of Mary the mother of Jesus, is a common teaching that is… full post

  • “Connection, Gratitude, and Responsibility” 11/24/2024

    The coming season is always a challenge, more and more each year. We find ourselves in-between in so many ways – between proclamations of peace and ongoing war, between holy days and (often mindless) accumulation,… full post

  • “Who Is My Neighbor?” 11/17/24

    One of the great teachings, of Jesus and others, is to try to love your neighbor as yourself. And as soon as it was taught, the questions began. Does that mean all my neighbors? Even… full post

  • “The Great Mystery” 11/10/24

    Let’s just say it has been an historic week. And we are still living. And we are wondering. And so much more. Many of us are devastated, are trying to make sense, are trying to… full post

  • Election Week Gatherings

    These are hard days for most of us, and yet we are still here, we are still connected. It is a time to center ourselves, to remember our sources of courage and strength, to  remember our… full post

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