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Chalice Circles Signups for 2024-2025
Welcome to the church nurturing spirit and service – a liberal religious voice lighting a moral beacon in Central Missouri. In the spirit of courageous love, we forge a community of radical welcome and deep connection that moves us together to heal the world. We invite you to join us.
In her sermon “Loving What Is Mortal” on Jan. 12, 2025, Rev. Molly advocated for a culture of caring for our mortal bodies that rejects “a culture that loves bodies only for their utility, and their vulnerability, and that makes bodies disposable when they are not of use to capital and empire.”
Sunday at UUCC – Jan. 19, 2024
9 a.m. – Forum Discussion Group – Lower Level-Forum Room/Library
The Forum Discussion Group is an adult issues-and-answers discussion program that meets from 9 to 10 a.m. most Sundays from September through May.
On Jan. 19 Melissa Lewis, Ph.D., will speak about her role with the Cherokee from Tahlequah, Okla.
9 a.m. – Mindfulness Meditation – Fire Circle or Lower Level-Centering Room
Mindfulness Meditation takes place at 9 a.m. every Sunday. Beginners and experienced meditators are welcome. If the outside temperature is 55° F. or higher and weather permits, meditation will take place at the Fire Circle behind the church. Otherwise, meditation will be in the Lower Level-Centering Room. For more information, email Anna Lingo or Susan Pereira.
10:30 a.m. – Worship Service – Sanctuary
Martin Luther King Jr. Sunday – “Abolition is Care” – Rev. Dr. Molly Housh Gordon
Join us on this Martin Luther King Jr. Sunday to reflect on some contemporary voices in liberation organizing, particularly those that envision a future of collective care where needs are met fully, harms are addressed humanely, and carceral systems whither from disuse.
Order of Service for Jan. 19
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10:30 a.m. – Youth Religious Education – Lower Level
After a centering time in the Sanctuary at the beginning of worship, the children will go downstairs for a Service Sunday project. Free nursery care for infants to 3-year-olds will be available until 11:45 a.m. Read about our Youth Religious Education program.
11:30 a.m. – Coffee Hour – Greeting Area
Enjoy beverages and conversation in the Greeting Area.
Noon – LGBTQ Collective – Sanctuary
The first LGBTQ Collective meeting in December was a success. Those able to attend discussed ideas about what the group would like to do. Ideas centered around making the collective known within UUCC, advocacy, resource sharing, and collaboration with existing organizations and efforts within the local community. We invite those who identify within the LGBTQ community to attend the next meeting at noon Sunday, Jan. 19. We will plan to meet on the east side of the sanctuary. Please feel free to bring a snack (with an ingredient list) to share. Email Heidi Shearer with questions.
Noon – Junior High OWL – Lower Level-Forum Room/Library
7th-9th graders will gather for a session of Our Whole Lives (OWL), our comprehensive and inclusive sexuality education program. Led by trained facilitators, this program goes well beyond biology and covers topics such as gender identity, sexual orientation, consent, health relationships, body image, and more. The program fosters an open dialog where we see exploration of our sexuality as a healthy and holy aspect of what it means to be human.
4 to 6:15 p.m. – Loaves and Fishes Dinner – Ashley Street Center
Our Social Action Teamhttps://uucomo.org/social-action-team/ organizes volunteers to provide the evening meal at the Loaves and Fishes Soup Kitchen on the third Sunday each month. Click the button below to sign up to prepare food for this meal and/or to help set up, serve, and clean up.
Jan. 19 Loaves & Fishes Signup
Please submit receipts for all food items, and some or all of your expenses may be reimbursed by the church. Email the Church Administrator to obtain the church’s sales tax exemption certificate to use when purchasing food for Loaves and Fishes. Both the volunteers providing food and those who will serve and clean up are asked to be at the Ashley Street Center,1509 Ashley St. (view map) between 4 and 4:15 p.m. The meal will be served at 4:30 p.m. Cleanup is expected to be complete by about 6:15 p.m.
If you have questions, email Fred Young or Gregg Suhler of the Social Action Team.