Dream Boards 1/6

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9:00 am to 12:30 pm in the UUFC Fellowship Hall

Saturday, January 6, 2024

Envisioning the New Year with Dream Board Making. A fun, creative morning in a supportive environment!

Please bring scissors labeled with your name.

If you wish to bring:

Magazines, stickers, special photos, your water bottle and a snack

$5 contribution to cover poster board, glue and art supplies

Led by Joyce Marvel-Benoist

Register now

This is a Connect Up event! Members can offer to host a Connect Up event with the purpose of gathering together and building relationships.

Free Mental Health Film Screening 1/18 @6:30

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The Religious Exploration Staff is aware that our children, youth, and young adults are facing an unprecedented mental health crisis and we acknowledge the lack of mental health resources available to families in our community. As such, we are elevating our commitment to educating ourselves and expanding our program’s capacity to hold space for children, parents, and caregivers to connect with one another in mutual support.

One of the first offerings we present in this a screening of What I Wish My Parents Knew, a film by Tell My Story, designed as a mental wellness tool to help parents better understand how to support the mental health of their children.

The event will be a two-part, 90-minute experience with a group viewing followed by a discussion facilitated by a licensed mental health professional. Pre-registration is requested.

This film is not available for general public streaming, but this event is open to the public. We ask that viewers be over 18. On-site childcare will be provided free of charge by a team of experienced and background-checked adults.

If you plan to attend, we recommend watching this talk by the creator of the film to prepare. PLEASE NOTE: themes of self-harm and suicide are present in both the talk and the film.

Direct questions to DRE@dreuucorvallis-org

Upcoming Services

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  • Services This Month:

    September 7: Gathering the Waters and Beginning a New Congregational Year

    Bring water to pour into the common bowl as you name the qualities and commitments you bring for the year ahead.  We will commission the board and Interim Minister.  We will offer blessings to the guides who will work with children and youth this year and the sermon will reflect on the urgency of helping the world by raising the next generation with UU values.  

    Choir will be back, and Rev. Alex will preach.

    September 14:  What’s Wrong and Is It Me? 

    This sermon will be an exploration of times in life we are trying to fix something…but the best change will come from looking at a bigger picture.  Special reflections on the exciting new Mosaic curriculum this year.  

    Rev. Alex preaching.  

    September 21:  This service will be full of love and creativity, and the topic and speaker are still being arranged.

    September 28:  Balance and Loving Embrace of Imbalance.

    As the days and nights are nearly equal in length this week, we have a chance to reflect on the many meanings of balance.

    Rev. Alex preaching and the band will play.

    Watch Past Services

Holiday Sing-A-Long Friday 12/22 at 5:30 PM

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After a three-year hiatus, we’re bringing back the Holiday Sing Along! All ages are invited to gather for this evening of singing together – traditional Christmas carols and songs, UU hymns and winter songs, and more. There are comfy pillows for kids to curl up on, a story time in addition to singing, a special appearance from our resident story-teller and R.E. Associate, Rachel Kohler, and treats for all! In the Fellowship Sanctuary on Friday, December 22 at 5:30 PM – Join us! 

Refugee In My Own Home: A UU Vigil for Gaza

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DRUUMM continues to partner with the Church of the Larger Fellowship, concerned religious professionals, Palestinian, Arabs, Southwest Asian/North African and Jewish members of our community on a weekly Vigil for Gaza. You can view our past vigils at youtube.com/@DRUUMM. Our vigils are open to all. You’re invited to the next one on December 3, 2023 at 3 PM. Register here and a Zoom link will be sent to you. 

Inquirers Series — Every Sunday

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Question Mark

A series of 9 hour-long sessions designed especially for newcomers seeking more information about UUism and the Fellowship AND open to all others who are interested. Sessions take place every Sunday at 11:45 AM Room 8. This week: On Worship and Liturgy with Rev. Jill McAllister 

Between Us (December 2023)

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December arrives, with its unique forms of busy-ness and expectations, and I invite you to give yourself time to contemplate this season from as many perspectives as you can. To contemplate means to observe deeply, with focused attention. Perhaps what I’m suggesting is something different – not merely to think about in order to categorize, but to feel – to know by feeling. Maybe ponder is a better word than contemplate. What is this season, for you? What makes a difference? Winter, darkness, lights, Christmas, Solstice, rain or snow, fog, solitude, celebrations, rest?

It is a season of holidays / holy days – each with particular insights to offer – Hannukah, Solstice, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Divali, and others. It is a season on this particular part of the earth – of rain and fog, sometimes of cold and ice, of geese and owls, of bare trees and mud, of creeks full and running fast. It is sadly, still, a season of struggle and strife, here and in so many other places. Of all these insights and occurrences, what nurtures you? What is hard for you? What helps you remember what you are part of?

There’s lots of talk about giving, of course – especially from those who depend on this season to make as much money as they can. “Give our things” they say, and we too easily believe that consumerism is a source of happiness. We know the limits of that habit. What if we could make this a season of generosity more than just of “giving”?

“In Need of Awe” 12/3/2023

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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 of Life which is so much more than our ideas or our unique experiences. 

Rev. Jill McAllister

Plan Ahead: UUFC Justice Summit – February 2

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Plan ahead to join in 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 adding to our work. Coffee house-style music and refreshments as well!