The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis
You can still register for this 6-week, 9-session course with Jill McAllister. Two sessions will be in person (Sundays April 27 and June 1) and the rest will be online on Monday evenings. We’ll be reading from two paperback texts, available in local bookstores. Sign up using the button below.
You can read more about this class here: https://uucorvallis.org/world-religions-for-uus-4-27-6-9/.
WHERE DO WE COME FROM – for 70+ years (the UUFC was established in 1954) our predecessors have provided the funds to allow our Fellowship to grow and thrive.
WHERE ARE WE – 100% of current Fellowship members and friends will complete their stewardship/pledge drive form before going to bed on Sunday April 20.
WHERE ARE TWO GOING – two “pledging units” among those who have submitted their pledges by bedtime on Sunday night April 20 will be going to a local eatery legend for breakfast or lunch – New Morning Bakery or Sharon’s Cafe (by virtue of having their names drawn in a virtual drawing).
Michael Hughes – our UUFC Treasurer – will do the random selection on Monday morning and notify prize winners. Please assure that your name is in this drawing by taking 3-4 minutes to complete your stewardship form by clicking the button below.
Our annual Services and Silent Auction is Saturday, June 28. Please join in our largest fundraiser by offering a fun service, event, or item. Do you have access to a getaway at the beach, in the mountains, or other vacation spot? These prized offerings always earn lots for our Fellowship.
Do you have a skill, interest, or hobby that you would like to share with others? Some possibilities:
Or maybe you have some special items that you no longer want or need, such as jewelry, furniture, or artwork that you would be willing to donate. Everything goes to help support the UUFC.
Please fill out our Auction Donation Form as soon as possible. You can access the online form using the button below. Paper forms will be available in the Fellowship foyer.
Please submit your offerings soon so the auction team has time to enter all items and services into our Auctria software, along with photos (jpg or png only. Auctria can’t accept PDF). We use Auctria to generate the live and silent auction catalogs and to track and record sales.
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?
