Sip & Snack Sunday 6/9

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June 9th, 11:30 AM

Break out the sunscreen and join UU’s for an afternoon at BENEDITTO VINEYARD for wine tasting on their beautiful deck. Beneditto’s was a surprise winery last year and definitely worth visiting. They are west of Dallas just off Hwy 22 at 14020 Orchard Knob Road. They open at noon and it takes about 45 minutes to get there.

Bring food to share with the group and if you have a wine passport, the tasting is free. We will plan to leave UUFC after the service. You might consider carpooling. Please contact Heather E if you plan to attend so she can alert the Vineyard of our numbers. 

Hope to see you for a fun connect up outing.  Heather E

June Sunday Services

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June 2 “River of Life Ceremonies” – DRE Skyla King-Christisen and UUFC Youth

June 9 “The Shared World” – Rev. Jill McAllister

June 16 “Summer Solstice : Considering the Sun” – Rev. Jill McAllister

June 23 “She, They, and Me” – Rev. Jill McAllister

June 30 “Be Careful What You Worship” – Rev. Jill McAllister

Outreach Offerings in June

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Our outreach offerings for the month of June will once again support Flaming Chalice International, the non-profit organization founded by Rev. Fulgence Ndagijimana to support both Burundian Unitarian refugees and Unitarians within Burundi. Our contributions help support job training, scholarships, housing and food for refugees, social justice projects focused on women’s health and dignity, and maintaining clean water supplies in remote villages. The Fellowship has been part of this international partnership for more than ten years. Our support makes a difference in lives of many Burundians and in the health and growth of global UUism.

Between Us

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It is with great sadness that I share the news of the death of Louise Ferrell, who died on Tuesday May 28. Louise was the last of those who were founders or earliest members of the Fellowship; she was an active member and leader for more than sixty years. The Fellowship was deeply important to her; she nurtured and supported it, she took responsibility for its well-being and for the well-being of many other members. She painted more of the building than many others combined, and so much more.

Generations are shifting at the Fellowship. This is how it should be and how it must be. If we are lucky, the Fellowship and its values and commitments will outlive most of us, and will remain a gift and a resource to many, many people who will come after us. Those of us who are here now are recipients of the gifts of so many who came before us, and our job is to pass on the gift. In order to do that, we have to be present now, active now, taking care now, helping each other now.

Many people come to the Fellowship. Some stay a short while, some stay longer, some stay for their whole lives. Those who stay find sources of sustenance and purpose primarily by giving of themselves, by having a sense of responsibility for our shared goals and values. I can think of no greater source of fulfillment in life than to have been committed to something worthy of commitment. Louise was a model person in this way, for me and for many others. May we now become the bearers of her legacy.

Pride Day in Albany, 6/22

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June 22 is Pride Day in Albany—a big wonderful party with performers, information, advocacy. Joyce Marvel-Benoist and JF Benoist have been hosting a Support Booth each year on the lawn near the stage.
This booth makes space for people to come get a snack, relax and create some calm, ask for support, feel accepted.

We are looking for helpers that day for 2-3 hour shifts. You must be emotionally mature, and good at being present and calm and welcoming.

Contact Joyce at 808-756-2703 if you can be supportive all day that day.

UUFC Secure housing and Food for All

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Thanks to all for food and clothing for our unhoused neighbors. With Summer coming on SORT – the Street Out Reach Team – has need of food for those who cannot make it to the Corvallis Drop-in Center.

Here is a list – (please nothing that takes a microwave. Can make hot water or heat up small cans):

  • peanut butter
  • soup and stew preferably with pop top lids
  • juice boxes
  • canned fruit also with pop top lids
  • instant oatmeal
  • ramen noodles
  • cheese and cracker packets

Thank you for your support –and if you have an hour or more on weekends, Stone Soup needs volunteers. Stone Soup has been serving one hot meal every day for over 2 decades, for anyone who asks.

https://stonesoupcorvallis.org/

Gina Sala Kirtan & Workshop, Friday, 6/14, 6/15

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We are so happy to welcome global vocalist and long-term sound teacher Gina Salā back to Corvallis! Join us for a moving chant evening that will open your heart! Then, join us in a special workshop as Gina guides us in the yoga of sound, bhakti chant, medicine song and sound tantra, along with warmups, raga (Indian singing), refined mantra and medicine songs! All welcome, come to one or both events. Come experience the power and pleasure of your voice!

BUY TICKETS HERE!

About Gina Salā- Gina has been chanting since her early childhood ashram years living in a Hindu ashram. Her performance credits include Cirque du Soleil, the United Nations, festivals and ashrams and her repertoire spans 20 languages. Blessed with wonderful gurus throughout her life, Gina has led classes, workshops and international retreats for over 25 years in sound in bhakti chant, raga, mantra, sound for wellness, sound tantra and song. Her Awakening Voice Power of Love Sound School and other online offerings draw people from 4 continents. With warmth, humor and devotion, her passion is helping us sing ourselves awake to Who we are and the Love within.

www.ginasala.com

Instagram:ginasalamantramusic

Empty Bread Bags

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Empty bread bags make excellent dog-poo bags, and our test bag-exchange is off to a great start — on the supply side. Dog owners, please help yourself to bread bags from the white bucket tucked into the corner at the UUFC entrance. Others. please continue to repurpose your bread bags.

Fellowship Building Has a Sparkly Clean Look!

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Our Fellowship Building has a sparkly clean look after 21 adults and 3 children spent a Saturday morning washing all the windows inside and outside ; hand-cleaning the red chairs and bench seats and dust-cleaning the mobiles and high-up areas in the sanctuary; All throw pillows have been washed; Room 7 furniture vacuumed. Outside, all the playground equipment was pressure washed, all the rain gutters cleaned, painting projects completed, and the patio area weeded and improved.

Many thanks to Sair Wylie, Robert T Meyer, Jack Elder, Dianne Roth, Diane Weisner, Nancy Kyle, Lynn Evans, Allison Smith,Brian Egan, Kris Egan, Priscilla Galasso, Roberta Smith, Jill McAllister , C Giles, Thea Hart and Ursa, Lirael, and Perri Hart,Adrienne Kimmy, Laurie Reed, Tom Sattizahn, and Julie Halter.

Our community rocks !

Wolfgang Dengler and Nick Houtman, Building Stewards