The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis
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UUFC joins our Unitarian Universalist Association in honoring Transgender Remembrance Day on November 20, and a reading will be included in our service this Sunday. May we continue to do the work for safety and well-being of all people.
Read the press release from the UUA and 9 other faith groups here.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Evacuation Drill on November 2.
A number of issues were identified that need to be addressed to improve our overall plan.
Do you have expertise or interest in Emergency Preparedness at UUFC?
Please contact Wolfgang D. or Rev. Alex to join a team of 3-4 people to evaluate and revise the Evacuation Plan and address other important UUFC Safety Issues.
“The highest virtue among church greeters is their willingness to express human kindness… suggest, lead, guide, or do anything that is an extension of the human smile.” – Leslie Parrott, author
UU’s live out our faith through our service to others. True spiritual growth, in ourselves and in our Fellowship, arises, in part, through our connectedness with others. You are the smiling, welcoming face of the UUFC.
If you would like to join this Team, please contact anyone at the Greeter desk or contact the Heather E. at this link. We can all use a helping hand. See you Sunday!
Due to the conflict with the Holiday Fair, we are rescheduling the Fifth Annual Tree Planting with the City to a Saturday in January. Look for more info to come.
Rev. Ralph Roberts created a UU version of an Advent calendar, with little factoids about the influence that Unitarians and Universalists in history had on the winter holidays. We will once again be converting these tidbits into a daily Advent email series to land in your inbox every morning from December 1st through the 24th. You can register to be on that limited-run mailing list HERE by November 27th. Please note that, due to technological limitations, we will not be able to add any recipients to the list after the 27th.
Worship Web offers the following disclaimer about the Advent series: “Due to its temporal nature, many of the historic milestones in this Advent calendar aren’t necessarily recognized on the precise day that they’re celebrated (for example, Kwanzaa is recognized here on December 2nd instead of December 26th, and the December 12 image recognizes Clara Barton’s birthday (December 25, 1821). More than perfect historic accuracy, then, this Advent calendar is offered in the spirit of holding up and delighting in the ways that our Unitarian and Universalist ancestors had a foundational role in many of the winter holidays and the innumerable ways they’re celebrated by people everywhere.”
Thanksgiving will be here in two weeks; why not celebrate it with one hundred and more others at UUFC? Members, friends, family, and out-of –town guests are welcome. Instead of staying home and doing all the work and cooking, come here and do just a little work [if you are willing and able], a little cooking, and at little expense. Each family brings a dish (salad, bread, dessert, veggie side dish, vegetarian/vegan main dish, cranberries, potatoes/yams, stuffing, etc) or cooks one of the 4 turkeys (cost reimbursed); and helps with some task, (set-up or clean-up, or kitchen, or social hour). The suggested cost is $5.00/person to cover the turkey, beverages, appetizers, decorations, etc., but no one is turned away for lack of funds. Any surplus money will go to South Corvallis Food Bank.
We need to know how many tables and chairs to set up for dinner, so sign up after Sunday service (starting at 10 AM) on 11/9, 11/16, or 11/23, or call Rich, or sign up on Breeze, by Wednesday night, November 26, and also tell him what food you will probably bring, and if you are able to volunteer for a job.
Schedule on Thanksgiving:
10:30 a.m. Set up at UUFC.
4:30 p.m. Social hour at UUFC.
5:30 p.m. Turkey dinner with vegetarian/vegan alternatives. $5.00 suggested. Please RSVP.
7:30 p.m. Conversation, table games, and clean up. Please stay and mellow out, visit, or bring a favorite board game. Is anyone interested in doing charades?
HELP! As of the deadline for announcements, we still need a point person/leader/coordinator for two activities: Social Hour (preferably 2 or more people); and After-Dinner Activities. We also need 8-10 people to help Virgil and Rich set up Thursday morning (mostly moving tables and chairs), and put everything back in order after dinner.
Free childcare can usually be arranged for any Fellowship event by using this link 1-2 weeks prior to the event.
South Corvallis Food Bank is running a Special Thanksgiving Food Drive called “Turkey For The Table”. With an unprecedented number of families loosing access to Food assistance this November, let’s step up and make their Thanksgiving special.
Donate $30 or a Frozen Turkey to the South Corvallis Food Bank and say you are donating as part of the UU “Flock”. This enters the UU in a raffle to win a prize, which we will proudly display…somewhere.
Join us in this bleak season to give in kindness to our neighbors and occasion some thanks worth giving.
— UUFC Secure Food and Housing For All and Democracy Action Teams
Those who visited the Climate Action Team table at the UUFC Trick-or-Treat last Sunday and answered a bird question received a chance to win a bird suet feeder + 2 suet cakes.
The winning ticket number is CAT 97.
Two runner-up numbers, CAT 730 and CAT 30, were also drawn and will each receive 3 packets of hot chocolate mix.
Please contact cat@uucorvallis.org or Brian Lee by Nov. 16th to claim your prize.
The Holiday Fair team is looking for volunteers to help prepare for and run the event. We need help with various tasks leading up to the event, including baking goodies to donate to the event, posting flyers in Corvallis and nearby communities, organizing donated items for the recycled gifts room where children can shop for inexpensive items for themselves or gifts for family and friends, and making fresh greenery swags for people to hang on their doors. We also need a baked goods coordinator to accept and package/price baked goods on Friday and organize running the table on Saturday. And on the day of the event, we need volunteers to act as greeters, cashiers, musicians, and helpers to restore the sanctuary when the Holiday Fair is over.
The UUFC Holiday Fair is open to the public and is a great place to purchase unique handmade crafts as gifts for friends and family and yourself. The craft vendors retain most of the purchase price of their crafts, and a portion goes to the UUFC as one of our annual fund-raising events. If you are able to help, you’ll enjoy being part of a team that is working to support local craftspeople as well as the UUFC.
Sign up to help at one of the links below.
Volunteering Before the Holiday Fair
Volunteering During the Event
A document describing the different volunteering positions can be found here. Please reach out to holiday.fair@uucorvallis.org with questions.
Free childcare can usually be arranged for any Fellowship event by using this link 1-2 weeks prior to the event.
The number of Holiday Trees is limited this year. To reserve yours, please use the Order Form. Your reservation will be confirmed once payment is received and recorded. Payment can made be via Breeze to “Unpledged Donation” with note “Holiday Trees,” by check to UUFC with memo “Holiday Trees,” or by cash in an envelope marked with your name and “Holiday Trees.” The Breeze option is recommended because checks and cash will not be recorded until the Monday following receipt, and your tree will not be reserved until payment is recorded. The form will be updated daily to show trees still available. Unreserved trees will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
For more information on Holiday Trees, click here. Questions: treasurer@uucorvallis.org.