2615 Shepard Blvd., Columbia, MO 65201-6132 • Phone: 573-442-5764
| Visitor Info |
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.
On Oct. 13, 2024, as our Jewish friends and neighbors marked the solemn holiday of Yom Kippur, we turned our attention to promise and repentance with an all-ages ritual of flowers and stones during a worship service titled “Keep the Circle Whole.”
Sunday at UUCC – Oct. 20, 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. each Sunday, September through May.
On Oct. 20, Bill Horner will present on Missouri politics. Bill is Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor in political science and past winner of the Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence. Bill is a member of UUCC, author of a book on conceal-carry gun laws in Missouri, and co-author of a book on the fight to end racial segregation at the University of Missouri.
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
“How to Have an Enemy” – Rev. Dr. Molly Housh Gordon
How do we think about care when it comes to those who do not and will not care for us, or who actively harm us? We’ll turn to the work of peace activist and Mennonite theologian Melissa Florer-Bixler to examine this question.
Order of Service for Oct. 20 (when available)
Livestream worship links – Zoom • Facebook
Submit Joys and Sorrows by 8:30 a.m. Sunday before worship:
Online Donation or Pledge Payment
Visitors participating in our online worship services are invited to fill out our Visitor Connection Card:
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 their classes. 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 – enjoy beverages and chat in the Greeting Area
4 to 6:15 p.m. – Loaves and Fishes Dinner – Ashley Street Center
Our Social Action Team organizes volunteers to provide the evening meal at the Loaves and Fishes Soup Kitchen on the third Sunday each month. Note that effective in April, the location has changed. Click the button below to sign up to prepare food for this meal and/or to help set up, serve, and clean up.
Oct. 20 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.