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    “Trans Ancestors, Queer Descendants and a Liberating Present”   6/15/25

    UUFC’s Queerly Beloved group and Sexuality and Gender Diversity Justice Team host this Pride Month Sunday Service, and welcome guest preacher Rev. Lazarus Justice Jameson.  The service will include remembering some Fellowship history around LGBTQIA+ welcoming and justice work, and embodying our commitments to LBGTQIA+ welcoming and justice in these days of increased danger.  It will also include a blessing of chosen names and families.  Please join us!

Services This Month

  • Jun 1  “River of Life”  Skyla King-Christison and all

    Jun 8  “Who We Choose To Become”   Rev. Mwibutsawineza F. Ndagijimanayburundi

    Jun 15  “Trans Ancestors, Queer Descendants and a Liberating Present”   Rev. Lazarus Justice Jameson

    Jun 22   “Return to Love”   Rev. Jill McAllister

    June 29   “On Ministry”   Rev. Jill McAllister

From the Minister

  • It has been a particularly horrifying week in the USA. I will be taking to the streets this weekend along with many of you, because I can, and because I need to be surrounded by a feeling of shared resistance.  

    Often these days, I’m asked “what can UU’s do to counter the erosion of rights, the corruption, the misuses of power, and so many other things?”  Just like you, I wish I had an easy answer. If there were such an answer, we’d know it.  

    For myself, I think about where we are this way:  First, I need to stay aware.  Not consumed by information, but also not in denial.  I need to be ready to move — to change, to help, to respond – in ways I may not be able to imagine. I need to be courageous. I need to be clear about what my values are and what I’m willing to risk to keep them alive.  I think this is what love means now. What I’m willing to risk, to give up, to lose.  When I say I try to live with love at the center, love as the guide, it’s a serious commitment, not at all sentimental.  I don’t know if I’m up to it or if I’m capable, but I know I have to try. 

    And, we need to be helping, supporting and protecting those who are most at risk – especially refugees, immigrants, and trans people — in all the ways we can.  But you know all this as well as I do.  And knowing that helps me.  

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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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Jun

Sunday Service

* 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

*Kitchen, Sanctuary, Social Hall, UUFC Zoom

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Sunday Service

Jun 22, 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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22

Jun

Men's Gathering

* 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

*Sanctuary

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Men's Gathering

Jun 22, 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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22

Jun

Grounds Team Meeting

* 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM

*Social Hall Porch & Patio

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Grounds Team Meeting

Jun 22, 2025


start time: 12:45 PM

end time: 1:45 PM

location: Social Hall Porch & Patio

description: Figuring out a plan to maintain the current grounds and new plantings over the summer.

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23

Jun

Buddhist meditation

* 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM

*Off Site

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Buddhist meditation

Jun 23, 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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Jun

Online Coffee Hour

* 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

*UUFC Zoom

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Online Coffee Hour

Jun 24, 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 Metta Prayer.

 

Contact: Mary Craven 

Zoom Link

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Jun

Choir Rehearsal

* 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

*Sanctuary

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Choir Rehearsal

Jun 25, 2025


start time: 7:00 PM

end time: 8:00 PM

location: Sanctuary

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Jun

Mindful Awareness

* 7:00 PM - 7:45 PM

*UUFC Zoom

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Mindful Awareness

Jun 25, 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.

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Jun

Community Kirtan

* 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

*Sanctuary

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Community Kirtan

Jun 27, 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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R.E. COUNCIL NEWS

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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

  • RE Summer Newsletter

    Greetings, Families!

    We made it through another fabulous Fellowship year! 🙌 With some of your favorite RE activities on summer hiatus, you might be wondering what other opportunities are coming for children, youth, and families. Well, wonder no more!

    Grab your calendars and get ready for summer goodness you won’t want to miss!

    SUMMER EVENTS for FAMILIES

    6/8 Family Hike at Lewisburg Saddle, 1-2PM, register here

    6/23-27 Play to Your Values summer camp, 8:30 to 11:30 on the Fellowship Lawn

    6/29 Corvallis Knights Game, 5-8ish at Goss Stadium, register here

    7/6 Sunday Morning Kids’ Lemonade Stand, during and after the service

    7/13 Family Hike at Fitton Green, 1-2PM, register here

    8/3 Sunday Morning Sidewalk Chalk Values, during the service for kids

    8/10 Family Hike and Splash at Mary’s River Natural Area, 1-3PM register here

    8/16 Outdoor movie night and camping on the lawn, 9PM register here

    8/24 Ice Cream Social, 7PM on Fellowship Lawn, register here

    SUMMER EVENT for YOUTH

    8/24 Youth kickoff river float, noon to whenever, register here

    More information about our events can be found below, and info for all events  can be found at uucorvallis.org by clicking “News” in the menu bar and then selecting “RE Council” from the drop down menu.

    The second Sunday of each month, June through August, we’ll be hosting a family hike. We ask that families preregister so that we know who to wait for at the trailhead, and hikes with fewer than 2 registered families will be canceled via text.

    We’ll be starting with Lewisburg Saddle and a little visit to the spot my family calls Salamander Heaven because there are tons of salamanders to see. Then we’ll hit Fitton Green in July. We’ll wrap up the summer with a short walk followed by a splash in a bend in the river that has shallows for little humans and a deeper pool for our confident swimmers on the back side of Mary’s River Natural Area. 

    Exciting news! The youth will have a dedicated youth room in September and they’ve chosen a wild accent wall to paint themselves. We will begin painting this Sunday and continue on Sundays until the job is done. Please have youth arrive in clothes that can get paint on them.

    On the first Sunday of each month, we will have a multiage activity for the kids. In July, we’ll prepare a lemonade stand again to raise money for the charitable organization that the children vote to give to. In August, we’ll spend some time on the playground talking about our shared values and what they mean to us, and then sidewalk chalk the heck out of firwood entrance with 6 word statements about our values.

    If you’re nervous about having the kids in the sanctuary again, know that you’ll have relief on the first Sunday of each month!

    In addition to hikes and during-service activities, we have a couple of night time activities that are open to the entire congregation, and geared specifically toward families.

    On June 29th, we’ll have a ballpark night with the Knights. Buy a ticket and join us in section 2 so we can sing and cheer and eat junk together. Register for that event HERE.

    And on August 16th, we’re going to show the classic My Girl on an outdoor movie screen and you’re invited to camp on the lawn and show up to the service in your jammies the next day. Registration for the movie night with camping is HERE. You do not have to camp to come enjoy the movie!

    It’s been so much fun getting to know your children over the course of this last year. They are delightful in all the ways and it’s the biggest honor to get to spend time with them week after week and get to know their quirks and gifts. 

    Thank you for raising such amazing humans and for being committed to doing it in community!


    Before you go, some parents have requested to be contacted about RE happenings via text. Our church management software allows for that, but only once you’ve opted in. If you are interested in receiving things like this newsletter via text, please use this form to opt into that service. And please communicate with me about how it’s going if you opt in. Breeze can be a bit fussy, so this will be a new experiment. I’ll be counting on your feedback!
     
    And as always, if you’d like to stop receiving updates about Fellowship RE activities, email me and let me know.
     
    Happy June, Y’all! 

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JUSTICE COUNCIL NEWS

  • Know Your Rights Trainings, 4/28 and 5/6

    More than ever it’s important to know what your rights are and how to keep yourself, your friends, family and neighbors safe. Join us at Westminster House, 101 NW 23rd St, on April 28 and… full post

    Know Your Rights Trainings, 4/28 and 5/6

  • Hands Off Rally, 4/5

    Hands Off RallySaturday, April 5, at noonBenton County Courthouse120 NW 4th St., Corvallis We want our government to govern democratically so let’s make our voices heard again and again. Our message: Defy Autocracy! Defend the… full post

    Hands Off Rally, 4/5

  • Sign-Making Party, 3/30

    Sign-Making Party!Sunday, March 30, 1:30-3:00 PMWestminster House, McLean Room, 101 NW 23rd St, Corvallis. To make signs for the Hands Off Rally on April 5. We’ll make signs for the rally and for your yards… full post

    Sign-Making Party, 3/30

  • Health Care Delays, Denials, & Costs – Action Not Anger, 2/26

    Come listen to a panel hosted by Mid-Valley Health Care Advocates on Wednesday, February 26, 7-8:30 PM at the Corvallis-Benton public library or online by Zoom at bit.ly/3DY0x22. Find out how we can ensure high… full post

    Health Care Delays, Denials, & Costs – Action Not Anger, 2/26

  • 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

Justice Outreach Offering

  • Our June outreach offerings will once again support Flaming Chalice International, the non-profit organization founded by Rev. Fulgence Ndagijimana to support Unitarians in Burundi and Rwanda. This year our contributions will provide microloans for young entrepreneurs, supplies to make school attendance possible for young children, university scholarships, a community center for four villages, and more. The Fellowship has been part of this partnership for more than ten years. Our help makes a difference in lives of many Burundians and in the health and growth of global UUism.

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

WORSHIP COUNCIL NEWS

  • “Trans Ancestors, Queer Descendants and a Liberating Present”   6/15/25

    UUFC’s Queerly Beloved group and Sexuality and Gender Diversity Justice Team host this Pride Month Sunday Service, and welcome guest preacher Rev. Lazarus Justice Jameson.  The service will include remembering some Fellowship history around LGBTQIA+ welcoming… full post

  • “Who We Choose To Become” 6/8

    What kind of identity do we choose to embrace to meet the moments that life, events and circumstances throw at us?  It is not just to know who we are but to decide who we… full post

  • Jun 1  “River of Life”  Skyla King-Christison and all Jun 8  “Who We Choose To Become”   Rev. Mwibutsawineza F. Ndagijimanayburundi Jun 15  “Trans Ancestors, Queer Descendants and a Liberating Present”   Rev. Lazarus Justice Jameson Jun 22   “Return to Love”   Rev. Jill McAllister… full post

  • “River of Life” 6/1/25

    The ‘regular’ church year – or the church year as it corresponds to the school year –  is drawing to a close.  Once again it is time to reflect on and celebrate the gifts and responsibilities of… full post

  • “Art Works: Reflections on the First Year of PRAx”     5/25

    Join us to welcome to the Fellowship Peter Betjemann, the Executive Director of PRAx at OSU. The new Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts aims to spotlight intersections between the arts and all… full post

  • “In the Middle of a Gloria” 5/18

    The UUFC choir, under the direction of Steven Evans-Renteria, presents a service of beautiful music with readings and contemplation, to nurture us inside and out.  With the added artistry of Lauren Servias at the piano and… full post

  • “Still Growing Up” 5/11

    Parenting (from mothers, fathers, siblings, others) is an important part of the process we call “growing up,” though it is only one part, and perhaps not always the most important part.  If we have received good… full post

  • Sunday Services This Month

    May 4    “Grateful For The Winding Road”                           Rev. Jill McAllister May 11    “Still Growing Up”                                                      Rev. Jill McAllister May 18   “In the Middle of a Gloria”        Steven Evans-Renteria, Lauren Servias, UUFC Choir May 25    “Art Works: Reflections on the… full post

  • “Grateful For The Winding Road” 5/4

    We sing this every Sunday: “We are here together in this holy moment, and we’re grateful for the winding road that brought us to this place.”   They are lovely words, and they are more important than… full post

  • Beltane: Rhythms That Hold Us   4/27

    On the wheel of the year, Beltane comes between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice.  Spring is in full bloom, new growth is all around, and the days continue to lengthen.  The Earth calls us to… full post

  • An Earth Day Easter 4/20/25

    In ancient mythologies – for example in Zoroastrian, Hindu and Egytian stories -resurrections of various sorts are common.  Lots of people being killed and coming back to life. Perhaps this human need to imagine coming back… full post

  • “A Time For Girding” 4/13/25

    As a foundational story, the Exodus, in the Hebrew Bible, remains one of the most essential for us. It is part of “where we come from.”  Our current, modern understandings of social justice and right relations… full post

  • Poems for Hard Times 4/6/25

    In times such as these, poetry can be strong medicine for our wounds, our worries and our fears.  For me it has long been the most articulate language of religion.  A contemporary poet writes “it is a… full post

  • Sunday Services This Month

    April 6      Poems for Hard Times    Rev. Jill McAllister April 13    “A Time for Girding”     Rev. Jill McAllister                               April 20    An Earth Day Easter    Rev. Jill McAllister April 27    Wheel of the Year – Beltane       full post

  • Can We Still Laugh? 3/30/25

    Laughter is very important, perhaps even necessary, for human well-being, for the health of relationships and communities.  When times are hard it can be hard to laugh. And, laughter can have an edge – it can… full post

  • “From the Pandemic to Here, and Beyond…”   3/23/25

    We have only begun to articulate what changed for us during the pandemic.  To begin to tell those stories is important, even as or perhaps especially because we are in the midst of more and… full post

  • “You Are Invited” 3/16/25

    Where do we come from?  Among other things, from a long line of people who constituted, nurtured, and maintained a liberal religious community, from generation to generation.  “Community” is what so many people mention first when talking… full post

  • “Keeping the Flame Alive” 3/9/25

    Every week we light a chalice as a symbol of our liberal religious heritage and a reminder of our values and ideals – freedom, justice, peace and love. People before us have nurtured and maintained… full post

  • Sunday Services This Month

    Mar. 2  “The Long Legacy of Liberal Religion: What’s It Worth Now?” Rev. Jill McAllister Mar. 9  “Keeping the Flame Alive”  Rev. Jill McAllister Mar. 16  “You are Invited”  Rev. Jill McAllister Mar. 23  “What Was Lost?”  Rev. Jill McAllister Mar. 30  “Can… full post

  • The Long Legacy of Liberal Religion: What’s It Worth Now? 3/2/25

    Where do we come from? From a long line of reformers and innovators, courageous dissenters and broad-minded humanitarians, among others. The liberal religious tradition includes people in all times and places. It has never been… full post

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