Last Saturday the youth group went out to help with a tree planting for the Nisqually Land Trust. We spent a morning (miraculously without much rain) all working together planting over a hundred native trees and shrubs in what had been an agricultural field. Afterward, the Land Trust staff took us all to the river […]
Leadership at OUUC
Our Leadership Development Team is gearing up to present a slate of candidates for 3 positions on our Board, and 3 on the Leadership Development Team (LDT) at the Spring Congregational Meeting. We opened our last meeting with these words from “Serving with Grace: Lay Leadership as a Spiritual Practice” by Erik Walker Wikstrom – […]
68 deg F or below!
Environmental Action Team’s November Challenge The generation of electricity is the second-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the US, primarily from natural gas and coal-fired plants. How can we stay warm and comfortable in the winter without wasting energy, money, and also reduce our contribution to greenhouse gases? Last week we spoke about lowering your thermostat […]
Correction: The Audubon Legacy
In last Sunday’s service, I spoke about the legacy of John James Audubon. Thanks to Ellizabeth Roderick for letting me know that I had confused two organizations with similar names. Although this confusion doesn’t change my basic message, there is enough confusion and misinformation in the world that I want to clarify and correct what […]
What Is ‘Just’?
This Fall we are exploring words from the new OUUC vision: a world that is loving, just and healthy. In October we delved into “Loving” from many perspectives. Next month, we’ll dive into “Healthy.” This month we’ll inquire about “Just, which we’ll begin In this Sunday’s service. You can catch it here. The definition of […]
