Three UU staff members with long interest and experience in yoga offer a workshop on the aims and benefits of yoga practice for these times. 2 – 4 PM, Sunday April 13, in the Sanctuary. Experience not required. With Jill McAllister, Jamie Petts and Skyla King-Christison.
Classroom Wing Renovation Update
The renovation project has had many surprises but Gerding Construction has kept us on schedule. Two important schedule items are coming up soon:
On Tuesday, March 11th there will be a big concrete truck blocking the parking lot entrance from about 11 AM to 2 PM. The parking lot will be accessible only through the exit ramp at that time.
From March 17th through the 30th the new water main line for the sprinkler system will be installed, and it runs right through the parking lot. There will be limited access to the lot during the time but the excavator will fill the ditch with gravel at the end of each workday so there will not be any open trenches during evening and weekends hours. Final paving of the ditch will be announced once the water line is tested and approved by city inspectors. The contractors promise to keep the area as safe as possible during the course of the parking lot work.
The big dumpster should be gone soon and replaced with a smaller unit, opening up parking spaces. Interior framing and demolition work should be completed by the end of March.
Thank you for your patience.
Brian Egan
LEGATO potluck 3/12
The LEGATO potluck is Wednesday March 12 at 5:45 PM. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn from one another and celebrate our differences and commonalities. Come early (5:20 PM) if you can help set up tables.
Bring a dish to share (please identify all ingredients).
This is a Connect Up Event with the purpose of building community within the UUFC congregation.
Stewardship Gatherings, 3/23, 3/26, 3/30
Our annual Stewardship Pledge Drive is coming soon. All Fellowship members and friends are invited to join in a Stewardship gathering, to talk together about how we all share in sustaining and nurturing the Fellowship. Mark your calendar for one of these events and RSVP with this form: https://uufc.breezechms.com/form/28f825.
Mon., March 17 – 7 PM – Dessert Gathering in the Sanctuary – New Members are especially invited
Thurs., March 20 – 2 PM – Nancy Kyle’s house
Sun., March 23 – Light Lunch after Sunday service – Sanctuary
Wed., March 26 – Noon – Salad Bar Lunch – Sanctuary
Sun., March 30 – Light Lunch after Sunday Service – Sanctuary
Caregiver Support Group
We are organizing a new support group for caregivers who are caring for people living with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, and other types of memory impairment. No matter whether you’re caring for a spouse, family member, or other loved one, our goal is to provide a safe, confidential space to support each other. This group is only for caregivers, not care receivers.
If you would like to join a group please sign up at our table in the foyer on Sunday. Dates & times will be determined when we know how many people will join us.
For more information, contact the organizers through the Breeze form at https://uufc.breezechms.com/form/uufc_cgs.
Let’s go to camp! Scholarships until 3/31
Camp is a formative experience for UU youth, and we want as many young people to have the chance to go as possible! As such, the UUFC Endowment Fund has set aside funds to supplement the cost of camp. PLEASE take advantage of these funds! You do not need to prove need to apply. We just want to get you to camp! Very often, these scholarship funds go unutilized, and we deeply want to use them up to create memories and connections for our youth.
$2,000 is available for Camp Blue Boat or Eliot camp attendance in 2025. Four $500 scholarships are available but higher amounts of funding may be possible if the $2,000 is not allocated in $500 lots. Please apply for UUFC scholarships HERE by March 31st, and know that additional scholarships are available from the regional organization HERE.
Early registration for Camp Blue Boat (rising 6th graders through seniors in high school) is open now, and the discount ends on March 17th. If we have youth attend, I will drive the group to Seattle to catch the bus with other youth to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, so please be sure to select that option unless your family plans to drive all the way to Coeur d’Alene.
Quilters Wanted!
Budgeting season means we’re looking ahead to next year’s RE programs and we’re dreaming big! A piece of our plan for the coming year involves a banner for each age group, on which they will write a word or phrase for what they learn each week, and we can enjoy watching the banner fill with new ideas and knowledge over the course of the year. If you have the skills and time to contribute to this dream, I would love to hear from you. I will supply the materials for willing quilters to piece together. If you can offer this gift of time to the RE program, call or email Skyla King-Christison for more information!
“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 communities around these goals for generations, often in times of struggle, like these times. In generations to come, we will be the ancestors who took up the struggle, who maintained the community, who kept the flame of the chalice alive. How do we become those ancestors?
With Rev. Jill McAllister
Outreach Offerings For March
Our monthly outreach offerings in March will support the work of the Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice, a state-wide collaboration of faith groups, which the Fellowship has partnered with for several years. IMIrJ’s mission is to accompany and equip communities and people of faith in Oregon to advance immigrant justice through the direct accompaniment of immigrants facing detention and deportation, policy advocacy at local, state, and national levels, and purposeful organizing. Through networks of relationships, we create a more just world for immigrants, migrants, and asylum seekers by taking immediate humanitarian action and long-term collective, intentional action.