Weekly News Update

General Church News

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

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Coming up Sunday
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Joys and sorrows
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Featured this Week

20 volunteers still needed for Loaves & Fishes this Sunday, March 17

Our Social Action Team still needs 20 volunteers to prepare food and to serve/clean up for our monthly turn to provide the evening Loaves & Fishes meal this Sunday, March 17, as follows:

  • 2 volunteers to bring 20 servings of a meat item (ham, chicken, beef, pork, etc.)
  • 6 volunteers to bring 20 servings of a rice or potato dish
  • 5 volunteers to bring 20 servings of a vegetable (broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, etc.)
  • 3 volunteers to bring 20 servings of cornbread
  • 1 volunteer to bring 2 pies, 20 servings of cake, or 40 cookies
  • 3 adults to set up, serve and clean up from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Please sign up by clicking this button:

March 17 Loaves & Fishes Signup

Food items should be delivered to Wilkes Boulevard United Methodist Church, 702 Wilkes Blvd., by 3:30 p.m. The adult volunteers who will serve and clean up are also asked to arrive by 3:30 p.m. Cleanup is usually finished by about 5:30 p.m.

If you have questions, email Diane Suhler of the Social Action Team.

Honduras Trivia Night scheduled at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 13

At 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 13, the first Trivia Night since 2019 will be held at church. Please come join us for a fun night with good food, 50-50 raffles, a silent auction, prizes and above all a chance to join with others to answer trivia questions. All proceeds will go toward our Honduras trip in March 2025 to build latrines and other needed projects as well as support of the health clinic in El Pital. Stay tuned for more details!

For more information or if you would like to get involved, please email Allie Gassmann.

Current Newsletter

In case you missed earlier announcements, the March issue of our monthly newsletter, The Searchlight, is available from a button link on the Current Newsletter page. The issue is also linked on the Newsletter Download page along with past issues.

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Coming up Sunday, March 17, 2024 

9 a.m. – Forum Discussion Group – Lower Level-Forum Room/Library

County Commissioner Janet Thompson will discuss Boone County government, particularly the mentally ill in the Boone County jail, as well as the distribution of ARPA funds. Read about Forum.

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 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

“In Praise of Meandering” – Kim Wade

Join Kim Wade on an audiovisual journey in praise of meandering with wanderings and wonderings from the Camino de Santiago, Grindstone Nature Area, and the flights of our very own imaginations.

Check the Home Page for the Order of Service
 Online worship links – Zoom • Facebook

Submit Joys and Sorrows by 8:30 a.m. Sunday before worship:

Joys and Sorrows Submission

Online Donation or Pledge Payment

Visitors participating in our online worship services are invited to fill out our Visitor Connection Card:

Visitor Connection Card

10:30 a.m. – Youth Religious Education – Regular Classes – 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 – Greeting Area

If there is no coffee made, please feel free to make some and clean up after. Join the Hospitality Team by emailing Church Administrator April Rodeghero, or sign up here for a Sunday.

Noon – YRUU – Lower Level-YRUU Room

Members of our YRUU high school youth group will gather for their regular weekly meeting.

3:30 p.m. – Loaves and Fishes – Wilkes Blvd. United Methodist Church

The Social Action Team needs volunteers to prepare servings of various dishes and other volunteers to serve the meal and clean up afterward. Volunteers, servers, and cleaners are asked to be at Wilkes Boulevard United Methodist Church by 3:30 p.m. Cleanup is usually finished by about 5:30 p.m. Please sign up here.

You can also support this effort by making a donation to the church specifying “Loaves and Fishes Fund.” For information, email Diane Suhler.

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Announcements

Rev. Molly to lead UUA General Assembly Sunday Service in June

Photo of Rev. Molly that
accompanied the UUA announcement

UUA President Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt has announced that Rev. Molly will lead the Sunday Service at General Assembly 2024, on Sunday, June 23 at noon Central Daylight Time.

The official announcement said, “A lifelong Unitarian Universalist from Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Rev. Molly Housh Gordon is the minister of the UU Church of Columbia, Missouri, where she is currently suing the state of Missouri for their unconstitutional abortion ban alongside 13 other multi-faith clergy co-plaintiffs. Molly is passionate about red-state UU ministry, community organizing, and mutual aid. In addition to her ministry and organizing work, Molly is a published essayist and poet completing a Doctor of Ministry in Creative Writing and Public Theology. Alongside her wonderful spouse, she is the delighted parent of two very fierce young children and one very chill old dog.”

Rev. Molly said, “I am extremely honored and delighted to share with you that UUA President Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt has invited me to be this year’s General Assembly Sunday Morning Preacher. This is a once-in-a-lifetime honor for UU ministers, and I have gladly accepted her invitation. General Assembly is online-only this year, so I will have the opportunity to showcase our staff members and some of the online worship skills we picked up during COVID. I will be preparing and prerecording the service this spring, and it will then be live-streamed by UU congregations across the country on Sunday, June 23.”

Help UUCC when you sell on EBay or Facebook

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 you can search for our church to designate it as the recipient. You’ll see several UU churches listed – select the one labeled “Unitarian Universalist Church.”

Thanks to Larry Lile and Church Administrator April Rodeghero for their work setting up this new giving option.

Intern Minister to be ordained June 8

George

Intern Minister George Grimm-Howell, whose internship with us ended Dec. 31, 2023, will be ordained as a Unitarian Universalist minister at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 8, 2024 at First Unitarian Church of St. Louis, 5007 Waterman Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63108.

The ordination service will be co-hosted by First Unitarian, George’s home church, and UUCC. All UUCC members are invited to attend. Upon ordination, George will at long last become “Rev. George.”

Columbia Room at the Inn now open year-round

Our community partner Room at the Inn has now opened year-round at its permanent location in the former VFW building on Ashley Street. Read more.

The organizers still rely on volunteer help to keep the shelter staffed and running smoothly. Maybe you want to grab a friend, look at your calendars, and sign up for some shifts together soon? It’s getting coooold, and the need will be great! Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0C49AFAA29ABF94-44559659-room#/

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What’s happening soon?

Weekly and bi-weekly recurring events

Gentle Yoga with Karen Dwyer – Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

Gentle Yoga takes place at the church from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Fridays and from 6 to 7:15 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays (except the first Thursday each month). Additional information is available from Karen Dwyer, or contact the church office. There will be no yoga on Nov. 2.

Crafting Group – 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesdays

The crafting group has resumed in-person meetings and now meets from 1 to 3 p.m. every Tuesday in the Greeting Area. The group is recruiting new members and can help with any projects you may have. Beginners are welcome, and there is no hard commitment – come when you can! For more information, email Bonnie Johnson.

Choir Rehearsals – 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays

Our choir rehearses in the Sanctuary from 7 to 8 p.m. every Wednesday. For more information, email Violet Vonder Haar, Director of Music Ministry.

Living Earth Meditation – 9 a.m. Saturdays starting April 6

Facilitated by Peter Holmes, PhD, and Tricia Straub. Meditation to awaken inter-connection with the earth, ourselves and each other. Sign up to attend by email.

 

Scheduled events coming soon

UUCC Writers Group – 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 16

The Writer’s Group meets from 10:30 a.m. to noon on the first and third Saturdays of the month to write and share at the church. For questions email Mary Herde.

Kaleidoscope Pagan Gathering – 4 p.m. Saturday, March 16 – at church

Kaleidoscope invites you to celebrate the rebirth of the Earth, bunnies and eggs and Nature courting. Celebrate all things new and joyful and wonderful. Gather with us as we celebrate Ostara, the spring equinox, at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 16 at the church. We will join in ritual, followed by a potluck and friendship. All are welcome, no matter what their personal paths.

Loaves and Fishes – 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, March 17 – Wilkes Blvd. United Methodist Church

The Social Action Team needs volunteers to prepare servings of various dishes and other volunteers to serve the meal and clean up afterward. Volunteers, servers, and cleaners are asked to be at Wilkes Boulevard United Methodist Church by 3:30 p.m. Cleanup is usually finished by about 5:30 p.m. Please sign up here.

You can also support this effort by making a donation to the church specifying “Loaves and Fishes Fund.” For information, email Diane Suhler.

Non-Toxic Masculinity Men’s Group – 7 p.m. Monday, March 18 – at church

The Non-Toxic Masculinity Group meets in person at church on the first and third Monday each month. For information, email Kevin Fritsche.

Board of Trustees – 7 p.m. Thursday, March 21

Our Board of Trustees meets at 7 p.m. on the third Thursday each month. Per church bylaws, church members are welcome to sit in on board meetings. For more information, see the Board Information page.

Men’s Group – 8:30 a.m. Saturday, March 23

The UUCC Men’s Group meets online via Zoom on the second, fourth, and fifth Saturdays of each month. For more information, contact Wiley Miller at 573-864-8574 or by email.

Milestones Circle – after worship Sunday, March 24

Older adulthood is a time to take stock of one’s journey and to affirm that which is of most importance. It can be a rich time in the lives of adults- a time when we are often open to new learning and discovery, a time of deepening friendships and relationships, a time of theological reflection as we explore questions of meaning and purpose.

The Milestones Circle is an open, drop-in small group for older adults to meet, share thoughts and concerns, and receive support and friendship in a UU setting. The group usually meets after worship on the fourth Sunday each month in the Centering Room on the lower level of the church. Bring a brown bag lunch and help explore the spirituality in your life!

For more information, contact the church office or Kathie Bergman at 573-999-3938 or by email.

Men’s Group – 8:30 a.m. Saturday, March 23

The UUCC Men’s Group meets online via Zoom on the second, fourth, and fifth Saturdays of each month. For more information, contact Wiley Miller at 573-864-8574 or by email.

Easter Brunch and Egg Hunt – noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 30

Join us for our annual Easter Brunch, a fundraiser for the high school youth group! Tickets are $7/person, $25/family. We will have a delicious meal, an egg hunt, and as always, will vote on who will don the bunny costume! Email DRE Jamila Batchelder if you plan to attend. We also welcome food donations to help us in the effort. We also welcome food donations to help us in the effort. Sign up here.

Honduras Trivia Night – 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 13

At 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 13, the first Trivia Night since 2019 will be held at church. Please come join us for a fun night with good food, 50-50 raffles, a silent auction, prizes and above all a chance to join with others to answer trivia questions. All proceeds will go toward our Honduras trip in March 2025 to build latrines and other needed projects as well as support of the health clinic in El Pital. Stay tuned for more details!

For more information or if you would like to get involved, please email Allie Gassmann.

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Joys and sorrows

You can read the Joys and sorrows shared with the congregation by clicking the link below. The page is also accessible from the Members/Friends drop-down menu. The Joys and Sorrows page is password-protected, so you must be logged in as a registered user of our site to see it. If you have not already registered, you can do so here.

Read Joys and Sorrows

You can submit joys and sorrows online by clicking this button:

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More activities

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