2615 Shepard Blvd., Columbia, MO 65201-6132 • Phone: 573-442-5764
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Worship and Religious Education – 9 and 11 a.m. Sunday
Free Nursery Care for Infants to 3-Year-Olds – 8:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Sunday
All Are Welcome • No Registration Required
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.
Dec. 6-8 – ‘Next Steps Weekend’
Our Building Task Force has arranged a “Next Steps
Weekend” with a UUA consultant Dec. 6-8, 2019 to
help determine our congregation’s readiness to
move forward with a Capital Campaign. Email
Patty Daus if you would like to participate.
Read more
Sunday at UUCC – Nov. 24, 2019
Worship Services at 9 and 11 a.m.
“Feasting Together” – Thanksgiving Sunday – Rev. Molly Housh Gordon & DRE Jamila Batchelder
Join us for our beloved Thanksgiving cornbread communion service, as we reflect upon the ways community is formed by giving and receiving blessing. We will create an altar of gratitude for the blessings of our earth and ask you to bring a fruit or vegetable to place on the altar. Then stay after the service to turn the collected bounty into something yummy for our evening Harvest Potluck!
The worship services will be multi-generational. Our youth choir, Pulchram Vocem, will perform at the 11 a.m. service. There will be no children’s religious education classes. Children will be with us for worship services. Please welcome them and their families. Free nursery care for infants to 3-year-olds will be available at 8:45 a.m.
NOTE – Nov. 24 will be the last Sunday when we will offer worship services at 9 and 11 a.m. Starting Sunday, Dec. 1, there will be only one worship service at 10:30 a.m. Read more.
To be posted when available — Order of Service • Announcements
Other Programs and Activities
9 to 10 a.m. – Children’s Religious Education – No Class on Nov. 24
Worship services at 9 and 11 a.m. will be multi-generational. There will be no children’s religious education classes. Children will be with us for worship services. Please welcome them and their families. Free nursery care for infants to 3-year-olds will be available at 8:45 a.m.
9 to 10 a.m. – Forum Adult Discussion – Lower Level-Library/Forum Room
The Thanksgiving week program will come from the Forum group, and the topic will be announced closer to Nov. 24. Read about Forum.
10:05 to 10:45 a.m. – Mindfulness Meditation – Centering Room, Schweitzer classroom or Fire Circle
Mindfulness Meditation takes place in the Centering Room or Schweitzer classroom – or, if the weather is suitable, outside around the Fire Circle. Meditators of all levels of experience are welcome. This is mainly silent meditation with some instruction, if needed, and with brief selected readings from eminent teachers. Email Peter Holmes for more information.
11 a.m. to noon – Children’s Religious Education – No classes on Nov. 24
Worship services at 9 and 11 a.m. will be multi-generational. There will be no children’s religious education classes. Children will be with us for worship services. Please welcome them and their families. Free nursery care for infants to 3-year-olds will be available at 8:45 a.m.
12:15 to 1 p.m. – Youth Choir Practice – Lower Level-Centering Room
Our youth choir, Pulchram Vocem, will be rehearsing each Sunday after the 11 a.m. service (or after the 10:30 a.m. service starting Dec. 1). The goal is for the youth choir to sing at intergenerational services, the first being the Thanksgiving service on Nov. 24. The children are eager to sing for you! For more information, email Music Director Jeremy Wagner.
12:30 to 2:30 p.m. – YRUU – Lower Level-YRUU Room
Members of YRUU, our high school youth group, will gather for their regular weekly meeting. Tentatively scheduled Nov. 17: Mural planning.
1:30 to 4 p.m. – Walk on the Wild Side – meet in church parking lot
The Green Sanctuary Team is sponsoring monthly walks on the fourth Sunday most months throughout the year to explore the beauty of local woods and creeks (Gans Creek, Three Creeks and Mark Twain National Forest). Meet at 1:30 p.m. in the church parking lot. Shrug off your civilized self for a short time and come with us into the peace of wild things. The walks are suitable for reasonably fit 10- to 70-year-olds. Children are very welcome. There will be plenty of stops along the way. For more information, contact Peter Holmes at 573-239-7789 or by email.
6 to 8 p.m. – Harvest Potluck – Greeting Area and Sanctuary
Join us to celebrate the abundance of the season with a Harvest Potluck Dinner highlighting the bounty of local agriculture. You are encouraged to bring a potluck dish made with local and/or seasonal ingredients.
This event will be family-friendly and will include entertainment for the whole congregation.