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• Ten new members join UUCC June 15, 2025
  Ten new members joined UUCC during a New Member Ingathering Ceremony during worship on June 15, 2025. In alphabetical order, they are: Carmen Clearwater, Katie Guinn, Amy Hoffman, Maha Libdeh, Jeremiah Long, Kristen Long, Tim Madsen, Trana Madsen, Sam Schick, and Carol Snively. Many thanks to Kim Wade for taking the following group photo and ...
• “Work That Reconnects” workshop planned July 4 weekend June 15, 2025
  Along with the book discussion of “Social Change Now” organized by our Finding our Way Forward Team, UUCC member Caya Tanski and her UU colleague Allison Wonderland invite you to a workshop of deep connection, reflection, community building and visioning called “The Work That Reconnects” (WTR) the weekend of July 4. It is deeply nourishing ...
• Social change activities planned in June-July June 5, 2025
  Finding Our Way Forward Team plans 3 activities in June-July Following up on our February “Empowered Resistance” workshop led by Jen Hofmann of Americans of Conscience, our Finding Our Way Forward (FOWF) Team is planning three activities centering on the book Social Change Now by Deepa Iyer: An online book study that began Sunday, June 8 (the ...
• Summer R.E. volunteers needed June 1, 2025
  Summer R.E. requires summer volunteers! We especially need volunteers because Jamila is taking some much needed vacation this summer. If every parent of a child who will be joining us this summer signs up to volunteer one to two times, we should have plenty of volunteers this summer. And here is a little secret: It is ...
• New wifi network name June 1, 2025
  UUCC has new network name – “Unitarian Universalist Wifi.” The password is unchanged and can be found on the password-protected Church Wifi page. You may need to have your device forget the old network names so it does not try to automatically connect to them. If you experience any problems with the wifi, please email the Church Administrator.
• “Sacred Songs in Sacred Places” June 1, 2025
  “Sacred Songs in Sacred Spaces” is a weekly round of community song circles at the places we love, co-presented by Compass Inc. and UUCC. The song circles started May 21 and will continue weekly from 7 to 8:15 p.m. at various locations Wednesdays starting May 21 from 7 to 8:15 p.m. They will be led by ...
• June messages from church leaders June 1, 2025
  Ruth Milledge, 2024-25 President This is my final newsletter column as president. I am grateful for the privilege of serving UUCC in this capacity. I have learned so much about our governance and operations. On July 1, I will pass the presidency to Kim Wade; I know she will be an extraordinarily competent president. On May 18, ...
• Planned Giving Work Group lauds Dr. Dorothy Watson June 1, 2025
  With deep gratitude and admiration, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia honors the late Dr. Dorothy Watson for her generous and compassionate bequest to the church. We celebrate her legacy in our newly formed Water Bearer’s Society, which recognizes those who plan for the future of our congregation with a legacy or estate gift of ...
• Social Action Team’s June report June 1, 2025
  Faith-to-Action The Faith-to-Action recipient for June 2025 is CoMo Bike Co-op. To support the community’s transportation needs, the CoMo Bike Co-op offers free bicycle repair and refurbished, low-cost bicycles for a suggested donation. Their target demographic is underserved adults with transportation needs for work, school, and basic activities of daily living. You will hear more about this worthy ...
• SIJT plans training event June 1, 2025
  The Sanctuary and Immigrant Justice Team (SIJT) is working on finding ways we can walk alongside our immigrant neighbors and friends. The Team is planning a bigger training event in order to educate all of us on ways we can be helpful and not cause further harm. The SIJT will also start holding some fundraising ...
• 2025-26 budget adopted, new board members elected May 18, 2025
  The 2025 Annual Congregational Meeting was held in the Sanctuary and via Zoom after worship at noon on Sunday, May 18, 2025. Business conducted at the meeting: The proposed 2025-26 operating budget was approved. (To protect the privacy of staff members, the linked version of the budget omits individual payroll details. Upon email request to the ...
• Our Board of Trustees issues public statement about our commitments in these times April 29, 2025
  Members of our Board of Trustees unanimously adopted the following public statement regarding our commitments in these times at their March meeting. The statement was circulated by email to church members and friends on April 29 and was published the same day on the editorial page of The Columbia Missourian. View a video version of ...
• 2025-26 Faith-to-Action nominations now open April 27, 2025
  The UUCC Social Action Team has opened nominations for Faith-to-Action collection recipients for September 2025 through August 2026. The team is requesting that nominations be submitted by July 1, 2025. If a full set of nominations has not been received by that time, the team will continue to consider nominations that come in later, but ...
• 40 Missouri UUs attended first-ever Advocacy Day in Jeff City April 27, 2025
  Forty UUs, including six from UUCC, gathered in Jefferson City on Wednesday, April 23, for the first-ever Missouri UU Advocacy Day. The group met at the Jefferson City UU Fellowship for relationship-building, training and lunch. After lunch they went to the Missouri State Capitol to talk with legislators about bodily autonomy, workers’ rights, and how maybe ...
• Stewardship campaign was a big success March 23, 2025
  Annual Giving Chair Christine Heath and Rev. Molly report that our stewardship campaign for the 2025-26 fiscal year was extremely successful. The total pledged exceeded the aggressive goal of a 9% increase over current year pledges, allowing us to increase our budget from $327,000 this year to more than $356,000 for the next fiscal year ...
• Bayside UU Family Camp July 6-12 March 1, 2025
  Looking for a great summer experience? Join us at Bayside UU Family Camp held at Wesley Woods Conference Center on the shores of Geneva Lake in Williams Bay, WI. This year camp will take place July 6-12. This special week includes adult workshops, activities for children, free time for family fun and relaxation, and intergenerational activities. For ...
• Grounds Team introduces Hamamelis vernalis February 1, 2025
  Have you met Hamamelis vernalis? …also known as Ozark Witch Hazel? Several of these woody shrubs live on our church grounds, one in front of the building and a few out back. Each year, they are the first of our native plants to bloom, even before spring arrives! On warmer winter days (January-March) they can ...
• Please park at Shepard school if you can January 3, 2025
  Have you noticed our parking lot and the street filling up quickly on Sunday mornings as our attendance increases? We are able to park in the Shepard Elementary School lot across the street from the church. If you have been attending for some years and are able to, please park there to help welcome newcomers with ...
• Please provide complete ingredients list for potlucks January 3, 2025
  Potlucks can be challenging and sometimes downright frustrating for those with food sensitivities and allergies. For many, checking a box indicating “gluten-free,” “vegan” or “nondairy” is not enough. For instance, one of our members is gluten-free but also sensitive to arrowroot and sorghum flour. Let’s support each other by completing an ingredient list for our food ...
• Living Our Love for Our Trans and Gender Expansive Siblings July 7, 2024
  By the Rev. Dottie Mathews When Rosie and I moved to Columbia in 2015, we were thoroughly delighted to find this vibrant, committed faith community to join, and it has been my honor to serve as your Affiliated Community Minister for these eight and a half years. For those who may not know, that role simply ...
• Help UUCC when you sell on EBay or Facebook February 23, 2024
  When you sell items on EBay or Facebook, you can now donate some or all of the proceeds to UUCC using the Paypal Giving Fund. You will need to select an option in EBay or Facebook to donate a percentage of sale proceeds to charity. When you do that, at the time you complete a sale ...
• Water Bearers Society is launched February 4, 2024
  The Planned Giving Work Group of the Stewardship Team has been busy this past year and has launched a renewed planned giving program at UUCC. During many past Founder’s Day celebrations, we have shared the story of how our founders hand-carried water to nourish the young trees on the site where they planned to build our ...
• Please feed our Food Barrel February 4, 2024
  Thanks to everyone who put non-perishable food items in the barrel at the upstairs elevator doors over the last few months. Joan and I took 90 pounds to the Food Bank Market on Jan. 26. The need continues. Please, everyone, continue to feed our barrel, which helps feed our neighbors, and maybe some of us. Steve Mudrick Social ...
• First Aid supplies now located in Sanctuary December 2, 2023
  Staff and volunteers successfully completed a CPR and AED course with the American Red Cross on Oct. 29, so we are feeling more prepared for any medical emergencies that may come our way. UUCC staff members have been working on creating a visible area for the supplies needed in these life-saving treatments. The photo at right ...
• Lock system for exterior doors has changed June 30, 2023
  In the past UUCC used a key system for exterior doors. We have now fully transitioned to an automatic lock system to make our church more secure. Each week, Church Administrator April Rodeghero will update the schedule so the exterior doors will unlock and lock for scheduled activities. Staff members, lay leaders and organizations that rent ...
• Rev. Dottie Mathews recognized for immigrant work November 6, 2022
  Dottie’s recognition certificate Click to enlarge During our Oct. 23, 2022 worship service, our Affiliated Community Minister, Rev. Dottie Mathews, was recognized for her past work as coordinator of the Congregational Accompaniment Project for Asylum Seekers (CAPAS), a program of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC). As part of the recognition, it was announced that the UUSC has ...
• Welcome to our meadow! October 29, 2022
  By the time you see this article, the backyard meadow at church is likely to have received its maintenance-mowing and may look like a blank space or a poor excuse for lawn. But, I hope you have seen, can imagine, or will see the wonderful plants that are still alive and well beneath the ground. There ...
• We love our trees! November 28, 2021
  The Grounds Team would like to introduce you to some of our trees and invite you to share your love of our trees and woods on the UUCC Facebook page. Shingle Oak – Wood from this oak can be split into thin sheets, which used to be made into shingles. White Oak – These oaks can live ...
• Easy text and online donations now available September 26, 2021
  We are excited to announce that we have launched a new system giving our members and friends the ability to give to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia by: Text message from your smartphone, or Online This new system has been arranged through the Breeze Church Management System, our new church database. It replaces our previous Paypal portal, ...
• UU Life Writers’ Group publishes its second anthology February 28, 2021
  The UU Life Writers’ Group is pleased to announce the publication of its second anthology, Stories, Just Stories. The stories are mini-memoirs about family, growing up, social activism, romance and pets. A big section of poetry is included. The anthology also contains tributes to those writers no longer with us. Copies are $8 and can be ...
• Fragrance sensitivity? We’ve got you (or at least your chair) covered! May 26, 2019
  On Sunday, March 24, the Accessibility and Inclusion Ministry (AIM) Team presented the lay-led service, “Living Up to Radical Welcome,” and made a small change in the sanctuary while we were at it. As we’ve heard a number of questions about this change, we thought it was about time we shed some light on it. If ...