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WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sunday Services

  • This Week:

    “Storm Warning,” 3/24/2024

    We welcome the Rev. Rosemary Bray McNatt as our preacher today. She is a long-time UU minister who serves as the President of one of our two main theological schools – Starr King School for the Ministry. Before she entered the UU ministry, Rev. McNatt was a writer /editor for the New York Times Book Review. Before going to Starr King she served as Senior Minister of the Fourth Universalist Society of the City of New York. Rev. McNatt has been voice of reason, challenge, wisdom and leadership within UUism for decades. Plan now to join us! You are invited to a reception for Rev. Rosemary Bray McNatt, after the Sunday Service, at 2 PM Come for refreshments and conversation, to learn about what’s happening in theological education for UU minister, and to help us welcome and thank her for joining us this Sunday. Let Rev. Jill McAllister know if you plan to attend.

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Services This Month

  • March 3 Love and Chaos: Invitations of the Spiritual Life, Rev. Jill McAllister

    March 10 “Who Killed Caesar?” We welcome Jacob King back to the Fellowship

    March 17 Wheel of the Year: Ostara All Ages Worship Service

    March 24 Guest Rev. Rosemary Bray McNatt, President of Starr King School for the Ministry

    March 31 Easter Sunday, Rev. Jill McAllister

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From the Minister

  • Daily Practice: A Weekly Reminder, 3/22/2024

    Along with trees and bushes and bulbs, the Fellowship seems to be in a season of blooming! Events and activities abound – so many ways to get together with others, to share in religious learning and growth, to increase justice and peace step by little step. New formats and methods for communication are emerging. The Fellowship calendar suddenly feels full, as do the Sanctuary and the foyer and the Social Hall on Sundays. Tables are multiplying in the foyer – that’s a sign of activity and of the need for folks to invite other folks to join them. (Tables can also sometimes feel like obstacles – we’ll need to take care in how we use them.) It’s also a season of cleaning up and cleaning out – including some moldy carpets and furniture. We’re in preparation for renovation of the meeting wing of the building – finally, and we’re preparing for Stewardship season and Earth Month. It can feel very energizing and exciting and a little overwhelming at the same time.

    Recently I found a prayer I wrote after a retreat of some sort, more than 15 years ago. It was like a gift to myself in this season of growth. May it be helpful to you as well.

    “In the swirling of paradox in this moment, acknowledging my conflicting needs and aims, let me gather all the love I know, and give thanks.

    May I hear the sound of today calling me, and may I never forget the call of all ages – may these calls from Life guide and steer me as I move.

    May the path on which I move be a path toward more justice and peace: may it be as clear as possible and filled with enough curves to keep me from certainty.

    As I move, may I be an instrument of the music at the heart of Life, ready and willing to be played and to melt into the song.”

    May I wake up into more and more gratitude for each day that is given to me and for all that it offers.”

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This Week at UUFC

  • UUFC Camp Out Discussion Meeting 3/24

    Are you interested in camping? in camping with other UUFC members? Knowing about great places to go camping? Then please make plans to attend a discussion session on Sunday, March 24, at about 11:45 (following… full post

  • Whole Foods Plant-Based Potluck, 3/24

    Join at 5:30pm in the Social Hall for a plant-based potluck every 4th Sunday. No food shaming, please! – we are all exploring ways to support the health of each other, and our planet. full post

  • JUSTICE THEATRE PRESENTS: THE ROARING GIRL,3/29 and 3/30

    By Thomas Middleton and Thomas DekkerAdapted and directed by Britt UreyTo be performed Friday, March 29 and Saturday, March 30 at 7:30pmApproximate run time – 120 minutes CONTENT WARNINGS: Stage violence; discussions and depictions of… full post

  • A Visit From Rev. Rosemary Bray McNatt, Starr King President, 3/24

    We’re looking forward to a visit on March 24 from the Rev. Rosemary Bray McNatt, a long-time UU minister who serves as the President of one of our two main theological schools – Starr King… full post

  • 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

  • Adopt A Highway, 3/30

    UUFC has been participating in the Adopt-A-Highway litter pick up program for over 30 years! The Adopt-A-Highway program provides an opportunity for volunteers to clean up litter and remove noxious weeds along state highways. Activities… full post

  • Men’s Gathering, Sunday

    Second and Fourth Sundays, 11:45 AM in Room 9 at UUFC Connect with other UU men, forge deeper relationships and share what’s currently moving in your life. Open to all folks who self-identify as men… full post


Announcements

  • Justice Council Newsletter

    On February 2nd, 2024, the Justice Council gathered for a summit to present their current work and goals. This PDF newsletter contains updates about each team’s accomplishments and vision for the year ahead. Your pledges…

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    Justice Council Newsletter
  • Love Mercy, Do Justice, Buy Coffee

    Café Justo is the coop in Mexico where we buy the coffee that we serve in the Social Hall. It is also for sale after Sunday services. Not only do the growers get a fair…

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    Love Mercy, Do Justice, Buy Coffee
  • Celebration of Life for Owen Bentley, 3/23

    We send love and good wishes to the family of Owen Bentley, a long-time Fellowship member, who died on March 5 in Portland. A Celebration of Life for Owen will be held at the Fellowship…

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    Celebration of Life for Owen Bentley, 3/23
  • Justice Outreach for March

    This month our Sunday Justice Outreach collections will support the work of the UUFC Democracy Action team, as they begin a new and more important than ever season of writing letters to encourage voting in…

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    Justice Outreach for March
  • What’s New on the Website?

    We’ve recently released a new set of website updates based on the feedback that we’ve gathered and many meetings and conversations we’ve had over the past several months. There was a significant overhaul of the…

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    What’s New on the Website?
  • Dial-a-Bus Volunteer Drivers Needed

    The Corvallis “Dial-a-Bus” service — part of Benton County Area Transit — provides transportation at little or no cost for local residents who, for whatever reason, are unable to drive themselves. These include some UUFC…

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    Dial-a-Bus Volunteer Drivers Needed
  • How to Request a Weekly Announcement

    If your group, team, or council would like to add something to the Weekly Announcements, there is a new form! The Weekly Announcements are updated on Friday each week. The Weekly Announcements are meant keep…

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    How to Request a Weekly Announcement

Plan Ahead

  • “Successful Aging in Community” Kick-Off, 4/3

    Wednesday, April 3, 3-5 pm in the Social Hall Interested in joining with others who are moving along in age to adapt and thrive? This group is designed to keep us involved: addressing ways to…

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    “Successful Aging in Community” Kick-Off, 4/3
  • Town Halls for Stewardship and Annual Meeting Prep

    All members and contributing friends are invited, welcome and needed at our Town Halls to kick-off the Stewardship season at the Fellowship. Four different Town Halls are scheduled. Please sign up for at least one…

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    Town Halls for Stewardship and Annual Meeting Prep
  • EDI Read and Discuss Event, 4/8

    EDI, The Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Team invites you to join us as we explore Evicted, by Matt Desmond. This compelling book examines the impact of eviction and poverty in general. Book Discussion 7-8:30 PM,…

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    EDI Read and Discuss Event, 4/8
  • Easter Sunday Kirtan with Johanna Beekman & Joss Jaffe, Easter Sunday, 3/31 at 7-8:30 PM

    Please contact Kitzie Stern for more information

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    Easter Sunday Kirtan with Johanna Beekman & Joss Jaffe, Easter Sunday, 3/31 at 7-8:30 PM
  • Spiritual Practices Part 2! 4/1 – 5/6 @6

    It’s almost time for the second block of the Spiritual Practices Workshop! You DO NOT NEED TO HAVE TAKEN PART 1 of the Spiritual Practices series to participate in and benefit from part 2 of…

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    Spiritual Practices Part 2! 4/1 – 5/6 @6
  • Tending Our Grief Circle

    Thursday, April 11th at 12:00 – 1:30 pm in the UUFC library We will gather together to share from our hearts about the griefs we are carrying and to witness one another. These may be…

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    Tending Our Grief Circle

Connect Up/Affinity Groups

  • Living with Migraines, 3/26

    Tuesday, March 26 from 6-7 pm in Room 7 Migraines are a neurological disorder that affect our lives in so many ways. Let’s get together and discuss our strategies and experiences with migraine. Please remember…

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    Living with Migraines, 3/26
  • ConnectUp Hike, 3/30

    We will do a 4 mile hike including part of Section 36 Loop Trail in MacDonald Forest. This trail section often has very early wild flowers. The full walk involves about 400′ of climb and…

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    ConnectUp Hike, 3/30

Text-Only Version

See past weekly announcements.

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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Mar

Wheel of the Year Reimagining Gathering

* 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

*Room 8

Wheel of the Year Reimagining Gathering

Mar 29, 2024


start time: 2:00 PM

end time: 3:00 PM

location: Room 8

description: All interested parties are invited to a conversation about the future of the Wheel of the Year service series. To receive the agenda in advance, please contact Skyla at dre@uucorvallis.org

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Mar

Justice Theatre: The Roaring Girl

* 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

*Sanctuary, Social Hall

Justice Theatre: The Roaring Girl

Mar 29, 2024


start time: 7:30 PM

end time: 9:30 PM

location: Sanctuary, Social Hall

description: Setup 5pm; teardown 10:30pm.

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Mar

Adopt-A-Highway

* 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

*Off Site

Adopt-A-Highway

Mar 30, 2024


start time: 9:00 AM

end time: 12:00 PM

location: Off Site

description: UUFC has been participating in the Adopt-A-Highway litter pick up program for over 30 years! The Adopt-A-Highway program provides an opportunity for volunteers to clean up litter and remove noxious weeds along state highways.
Join other enthusiastic volunteers on Saturday, March 30th 2024, from 9:00 – 12:00. Meet in the parking lot of Bimart on 53rd st.

Please RSVP at the link below.
https://uucorvallis.org/adopt-a-highway/

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Mar

Hiking Group

* 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM

*Off Site

Hiking Group

Mar 30, 2024


start time: 9:30 AM

end time: 12:00 PM

location: Off Site

description: On the last Saturday of the month, join Jim Wagner and UU friends for a hike.

Meet in the UUFC parking lot at 9:30 am.

More information

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Mar

Spring Celebration Luncheon

* 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

*Kitchen, Social Hall, Social Hall Porch & Patio

Spring Celebration Luncheon

Mar 30, 2024


start time: 1:00 PM

end time: 3:00 PM

location: Kitchen, Social Hall, Social Hall Porch & Patio

description: Spring celebration luncheon for everyone. Prepared by Ernest Cardona.

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Mar

Justice Theatre: The Roaring Girl

* 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

*Sanctuary, Social Hall

Justice Theatre: The Roaring Girl

Mar 30, 2024


start time: 7:30 PM

end time: 9:30 PM

location: Sanctuary, Social Hall

description: Setup 5pm; teardown 10:30pm.

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Mar

Sunday Service

* 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

*Kitchen, Sanctuary, Social Hall, UUFC Zoom

Sunday Service

Mar 31, 2024


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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Mar

UU Roots

* 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

*Room 8

UU Roots

Mar 31, 2024


start time: 11:45 AM

end time: 12:45 PM

location: Room 8

description: Join Skyla King-Christison for a brief overview of our UU Roots, and ask your lingering burning questions about how we "do church" at UUFC. 

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Mar

Kirtan with Joss Jaffe & Johanna Beekman

* 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

*Sanctuary

Kirtan with Joss Jaffe & Johanna Beekman

Mar 31, 2024


start time: 6:30 PM

end time: 8:00 PM

location: Sanctuary

description: Setup at 4pm; teardown by 9pm.

Joss Jaffee and Johanna Beekman present a devotional kirtan concert.

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Apr

Buddhist meditation

* 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM

*Off Site

Buddhist meditation

Apr 1, 2024


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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Apr

Spiritual Practices, Part 2

* 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

*Room 7

Spiritual Practices, Part 2

Apr 1, 2024


start time: 6:00 PM

end time: 7:00 PM

location: Room 7

description:

Part 2 of the Spiritual Practices Series is open to everyone, regardless of whether you participated in part 2. This is a 6-session series that helps participants develop regular disciplines of the spirit – practices that help us connect with the sacred. This series affirms religious diversity while seeking unity in our communal quest for meaning and wholeness. Each session offers a forum for learning, sharing, and growth that can enrich our personal faith journeys.

 

Join Skyla King-Christison on Monday evenings, April 1st to May 6th, from 6 to 7 pm in Room 7.

Please help us plan by registering HERE.

Session 1: worship and ritual
Session 2: discernment and devotional reading
Session 3: hospitality and belonging
Session 4: work and service
Session 5: retreat
Session 6: life as a spiritual practice

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Apr

Stewardship Town Hall

* 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM

*Social Hall, Kitchen

Stewardship Town Hall

Apr 1, 2024


start time: 7:00 PM

end time: 8:15 PM

location: Social Hall, Kitchen

description: Our first town hall to talk about both Stewardship and the May Annual meeting is designed primarily for our newest members, those who have joined in the past 3 years. Enjoy conversation with wine, cheese, and charcuterie.

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Apr

Virtual Coffee Hour

* 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

*UUFC Zoom

Virtual Coffee Hour

Apr 2, 2024


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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Apr

Aging Successfullly in Community

* 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

*Kitchen, Sanctuary, Social Hall

Aging Successfullly in Community

Apr 3, 2024


start time: 3:00 PM

end time: 5:00 PM

location: Kitchen, Sanctuary, Social Hall

description: Kick-Off meeting to begin programs for "Aging Successfully in Community"

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Apr

Choir Rehearsal

* 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

*Sanctuary

Choir Rehearsal

Apr 3, 2024


start time: 7:00 PM

end time: 8:00 PM

location: Sanctuary

description:

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Apr

Mindful Awareness

* 7:00 PM - 7:45 PM

*6A

Mindful Awareness

Apr 3, 2024


start time: 7:00 PM

end time: 7:45 PM

location: 6A

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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Apr

Town Hall

* 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

*Kitchen, Social Hall

Town Hall

Apr 4, 2024


start time: 6:00 PM

end time: 8:00 PM

location: Kitchen, Social Hall

description: Enjoy supper together as we share about Stewardship and the May Annual Meeting

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Apr

Star Trek and UU

* 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

*Room 7

Star Trek and UU

Apr 5, 2024


start time: 6:30 PM

end time: 8:30 PM

location: Room 7

description:

Setup at 6pm; teardown by 9.

Star Trek and UU is a connect up event in which selected episodes of Star Trek related to social justice issues are viewed and discussed from a UU perspective.

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R.E. COUNCIL NEWS

Current Events

See All RE Events


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. Up Next: Gratitude

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From the DRE

  • Easter in Spirit Play! It’s Complicated.

    It’s that time of year again when we wrestle with what to do with the kids for Easter. As Unitarian Universalist, this can be a most complicated occasion.

    For the new to UU, here’s an overview of the scene.

    First, as a pluralistic congregation, we’re not universally aligned with the Christian Easter narrative, so it doesn’t always feel like our holiday to celebrate. We’re certainly a religion of Christian lineage and we’re by no means anti-Easter. It’s just…delicate. And yet, parents and children alike have expressed a desire for an Easter egg hunt every year that I’ve been on staff, and by golly, we like to give our families what they desire when we can!

    We aim to be good stewards of the Earth, so there’s also the question of how to host the desired egg hunt in a way that aligns with our larger values, so without contributing more plastic eggs to the landfill. Add to that the amazing education Rachel Kohler provided around fair trade chocolate, and suddenly, even if we do have an egg hunt, what would we put in the eggs? Have I mentioned that it’s tricky? We want to live our values and host a joyous occasion at the same time!

    So where have we landed? I’m so glad you asked!

    We’ll be sharing the story of Ostara and the Hare in Spirit Play on Easter Sunday, and exploring some of the theories around how the Pagan and Christian cultures mingled in such a way that in modern America, we associate multicolored eggs with the Jesus story.

    Then, we’ll have an egg hunt on the playground during what is usually our “work time.” We’ve found colorful wooden eggs that we can use year after year. The children can keep what’s inside, and leave the eggs for next year, as a practice in reusing to lessen our environmental impact.

    It’s worth mentioning that there will be some plastic trinkets involved. Why? Because I’m not pulled toward the kind of performative environmentalism that might motivate us to send the perfectly usable trinkets we’ve inherited from previous generations to the landfill simply to look like we’re living our values. We have a fair amount of spring-related plastic items that our children will delight in, so we’re passing them out! We’re not planning on purchasing more when these are gone, but let’s give what we already own a full life before the landfill, shall we? We’ve also purchased some earth-friendly treasures to go in the eggs instead of chocolate.

    TL;DR We will learn about the Pagan and Christian origins of the occasion and enjoy an informed egg hunt that aligns with our larger UU values by decentering plastics, using up what we already have, and opting out of the chocolate.

    Hooray!

    If you’re the parent of a Spirit Play kiddo, you are most welcome to send them to RE with their Easter baskets for the activity, and paper sacks will be provided for those who arrive basket-free. 

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More from the DRE

JUSTICE COUNCIL NEWS

  • Film: Where Can We Live in Peace?

    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?
  • 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. Author david View all posts 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 Summit 2/2

    Februrary 2, 2024 7:00 pm in the UUFC Sanctuary An evening of appreciation and discussion as our UUFC Justice Teams present their work and goals, including a discussion of justice areas the Fellowship might consider… full post

    Justice Summit 2/2
  • CATweek 12/23/23

    Corvallis Carbon Offset Fund: At the end of service on Sun 17 Dec, Brian Lee talked to us about local carbon offsets available through the Corvallis Carbon Offset Fund (CCOF). We’ll share the video of… full post

    CATweek 12/23/23

Justice Outreach Offering

  • This month our Sunday Justice Outreach collections will support the work of the UUFC Democracy Action team, as they begin a new and more important than ever season of writing letters to encourage voting in swing states. The Democracy Action Team works with a national non-profit call Vote Forward. In the last cycle, Fellowship volunteers wrote and sent more than 20,000 letters. Stamps are more expensive now – our support with help.

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

WORSHIP COUNCIL NEWS

  • “Storm Warning,” 3/24/2024

    We welcome the Rev. Rosemary Bray McNatt as our preacher today. She is a long-time UU minister who serves as the President of one of our two main theological schools – Starr King School for… full post

  • Ostara, 3/17/2024

    As we look toward Ostara, a fleeting moment of balance in the Wheel of the Year, we pause to reflect on what it means to embrace the seasonality and impermanence of all things on the… full post

  • Sunday March 10, 2024 “Who Killed Caesar?” Jacob King

    Our world is increasingly becoming despotic. War, violence, and oppression is rampant; and the human condition continues to justify denying others agency. It is fitting then during the ‘Ides of March’ to analyze how people… full post

  • Sunday Services in March

    March 3 Love and Chaos: Invitations of the Spiritual Life, Rev. Jill McAllister March 10 “Who Killed Caesar?” We welcome Jacob King back to the Fellowship March 17 Wheel of the Year: Ostara All Ages… full post

    Sunday Services in March
  • Love and Chaos: Invitations of the Spiritual Life, 3/3/24

    What might it take for us to understand that the way things are, what the World includes, is not simply a problem or problems to be solved? That Life calls us to be present (and… full post

  • “Where Justice Begins,” 2/25/2024

    “Justice” has been named as a central value in Unitarian Universalism for generations. We are for it. We work for it. We work to understand it. And still, there is much to learn. Most often… full post

  • “Shared Ministry as Improv,” 2/18/2023

    So much is changing in our world, faith, and congregational lives. As we engage this changing reality, we need tools to help us meet the needs of this liminal time. Improvisation can provide us with… full post

  • “The Meeting of Two Giants: A Black History Month Reflection”

    They were two men of small physical stature, but Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, and Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh were both giants: religious giants, spiritual giants, moral giants. They met twice – both… full post

  • “The Meeting of Two Giants: A Black History Month Reflection” 2/11/2024

    They were two men of small physical stature, but Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, and Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh were both giants: religious giants, spiritual giants, moral giants. They met twice – both… full post

  • “Imbolc” – February 4, 2024, 10 AM

    This Sunday we observe and celebrate Imbolc (also known as Candlemas), the point on the Wheel of the Year halfway between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. The first hints of Spring are beginning… full post

  • Sunday Services in February

    February 4 – Wheel of the Year: Imbolc (Candlemas) Intergenerational Service February 11 – Rev. Jill McAllister “The Meeting of Two Giants: A Black History Month Reflection” February 18 – Rev. Jill McAllister with guest… full post

    Sunday Services in February
  • “The Endless Conversation,” 1/28/2024

    “The endless conversation” is another way to say “Life”, or “living life”, or “the religious life.” It is a recognition that living is not a problem to be solved or a solution to discover, but… full post

    “The Endless Conversation,” 1/28/2024
  • Intergenerational Friendships, 1/21/2024

    The RE Council invites us to explore the impact of developing friendships outside of our immediate age group in the 4th annual iGen January service. full post

    Intergenerational Friendships, 1/21/2024
  • Sunday Services in January

    January 7 – Rev. Jill McAllister – “To Build This Network of Trust” January 14– Cancelled Due to Weather and Ice January 21– Skyla King-Christisen and all – “Intergenerational Friendships” January 28 – Rev. Jill… full post

    Sunday Services in January
  • To Build This Network of Trust, 1/7/2024

    Our ideals and commitments as religious people call us to live in right relations with ourselves, others and Life.  We know this at some level, yet we still have much to learn about what right… full post

  • Winter Earth and A New Year Coming, 12/31/2023

    Seasons  make a difference in how we live, even if only a little. Winter has its gifts and challenges, and its particular Pacific Northwest offerings. It’s good to appreciate each season in its turn. And since our calendar… full post

  • “The Old Story in a New Way” 12/24/2023

    Join with Fellowship folks of all ages as we tell the story of Christmas again,  with with many of us acting it out as it’s told. We’ll sing familiar carols, light the Christmas candles, and… full post

  • Mid-Winter Dreams: A Yule Celebration

    All ages join together for this winter celebration of the longest night in story and song, followed by a sing-a-long of beloved songs from “Frozen”, because what better way to celebrate Winter?  full post

  • “A Season of Generosity” 12/10/2023

    There are plenty of ads, jingles, mailings, and conversations encouraging us to give at this time of year. But how is the giving of gifts related to generosity of spirit, a generous open heart and… full post

    “A Season of Generosity” 12/10/2023
  • “In Need of Awe” 12/3/2023

    Without being aware of it, most of the time, we are deeply in need of experiences of awe to maintain our humanity. Experiences of awe are moments in which we understand how we are part… full post

    “In Need of Awe” 12/3/2023

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