Correction: In last Sunday’s service, I said that the 8th principle was proposed to be added to the Unitarian Universalist 7 principles by Black Lives UU (BLUU). The 8th principle was developed and written by Paula Cole Jones and Bruce Pollack-Johnson, and they were to first to encourage the Unitarian Universalist Association to adopt it. […]
March-April 2021 Share the Plate Recipient: GRuB
by Sara Lewis Our Share the Plate Recipient for March and April will be GRuB, Garden Raised Bounty, a non-profit that has been promoting food security through gardening since 2001. You may have seen the GRuB farm on Elliot on your way to OUUC sometime; they are practically our neighbors. GRuB has expanded to include […]
Don’t Miss Upcoming All-Congregation Visioning Sessions
In early March, OUUC members are invited to take part in an online congregational visioning retreat, stretched across three sessions: Fri, March 5, 6:30 to 8:30 Sun, March 7, 1:30 to 4:00 Sun, March 14, 1:30 to 4:00. Over the course of these sessions, congregation-members will share stories and insights from the best of OUUC, […]
Bits and Pieces
I have a few things on my mind this week. First, I know that many of you are concerned about family and friends in Texas who have been affected by the storms there and the massive failure of the power and water infrastructure that we often take for granted. Our Unitarian Universalist Association and UU […]
Under the Fig Tree
by Sara Lewis There was a poem highlighted in this month’s Soul Matters packet that many of us enjoyed: To the Fig Tree on 9th and Christian by Ross Gay. You can see the author read the poem here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aT0A28IW7E One of the things that I really love about this poem is the delight in […]
