The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis
Join us for our last scheduled event of this church year on Wednesday, May 14, 2025
5-7 PM
C3 (Corvallis Community Center)
2601 NW Tyler Ave. Corvallis
Bring:
We will provide beverages, conversation starters, & a review of the past year.
Thank you to everyone who gave feedback on the proposed changes to Article II of our Bylaws! We have incorporated the feedback into the proposed change, which is included below. This proposed change to the Bylaws will be voted on by members at the Annual Meeting on May 18, 2025. A bylaw change such as this requires a 3/4 majority vote of the members in attendance at the meeting.
Existing Article II Membership:
The Fellowship offers membership to all people who support its purposes, principles, and programs.
Proposed Article II Membership:
The Fellowship offers membership to all people who support its values, principles, mission, and programs.
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis is committed to establishing, supporting, and maintaining a welcoming congregation that lives up to its highest ideals, a place where all can thrive. We strive to be a congregation that affirms all persons, including but not limited to those embracing differences in racial and cultural identity or background, sexual orientation, gender and its expression, religious background, marital status, family structure, age, mental and physical health and ability, political affiliation, educational achievement, and socioeconomic level. We welcome all who accept our Congregational Covenant of Right Relations to share in the leadership, ministry, fellowship, worship, responsibilities, blessings, and joys of our congregation’s life.
A change has been made to the slate of nominees for Fellowship leadership positions: Jamie Petts is nominated for Chair of the Personnel Committee, replacing Elona Meyer who has been (a fantastic) chair for many years.
The full, updated slate of nominees can be seen here: https://uucorvallis.org/nominating-committee-slate-for-2025-26/.
The Flower Ceremony has been celebrated in many ways in Unitarian and Unitarian Universalist congregations since it was created in the 1930’s in the Unitarian Congregation of Prague, Czech Republic, by Rev. Norbert Capek. To help create our ceremony this Sunday, please bring a flower – with enough stem to stand in a vase of water – for each member of your family or group.
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 May 6 from 5 – 7:30 pm. Hosted by Mid-Valley Solidarity Coalition using materials from the Civil Liberties Defense Center. www.CLDC.org Masks Optional. Questions, contact Karen J. using the button below.
In these days of growing authoritarianism and oligarchy in the United States, these days in which we are living, it is important to name both the dangers and our commitments. The values we hold in common are all at stake. Love, and Justice, Equity and Transformation, Pluralism, Interdependence and Generosity are all at stake. It is important to renew and restate our commitment to our Covenant of Right Relations, to being welcoming and affirming especially to those who are most in danger, to speak up and speak out against all threats to humans, to humanity, and to all of Life. When we gather on Sundays, let’s remember that it is to encourage and strengthen one another, and to comfort those in most need. We must maintain our dignity and humanity – our ability to laugh and sing and be joyful – at the same time that we become more vigilant and articulate about our values.
These are days when community deepens into creating safety and solidarity, and growing our skills for both.
These are the days of our lives! Can you hear the Earth calling? Can you hear the call of Love?
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 to life was always inspired by the facts of Spring, of the awakening of what has been asleep. For me, the life of the Earth, and our life on the Earth, has long been more important to consider than any particular religious perspective on resurrection.
Therefore, I will say again as I have said before, that for me Earth Day is much more important than Easter. Join us to consider how we need to awaken in this season, in this time on the Earth.
We’ll include the traditional Unitarian Flower Ceremony on this Sunday, as introduced in Prague in the 1930’s by Rev. Norbert Capek. Please bring at least one flower – with enough stem to add to a vase of water – for each person in your group or family, to help create the ceremony.
The members of the current UUFC Nominating Committee are pleased to submit the following slate of nominees for the 2025-26 Fellowship Year:
UUFC NOMINEES FOR ELECTED POSITIONS 2025
(Terms are for one year unless otherwise noted)
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President – Carl English-Young
Secretary – Priscilla Galasso
Treasurer – Michael Hughes
Board – John Larsen (2 year)
Board – Betty Shelley (2 year)
Board – Carolyn Madsen (2 year)
Board – John Bailey (2 year)
Board – Sheryl Stuart (2 year)
Board – Bonnie Morihara (2nd year of 2-year term)
PERSONNEL COMMITTEE CHAIR
Jamie Petts
COMMITTEE ON MINISTRY CHAIR
Mark Aron
FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT COUNCIL CHAIR
Scott Bruslind (3 year)
2026 NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Kris Egan
Jim Good
Kimi Mayo
Heather Thomas
Board member (appointed by the Board)
Join us for the monthly Connect Up Hike on Saturday, April 26 at 10:45 AM from the UUFC parking lot. This later time allows you to participate in Laughter Yoga first, if you like (and I like!). We will hike to Witham Hill Natural Area and do the Upper Loop trail (.9 miles), then walk back to the UUFC. This loop will be on some paved trails and sidewalks, and on some muddy trails in the Natural Area. Total distance: 2.5 miles; elevation gain: 300 ft.
Please RSVP using this Breeze form: https://uufc.breezechms.com/form/18156221.
