As I reflect on this month’s spiritual theme of beloved community, I find myself circling back to what prevents us from being in beloved community. There are personal or individual factors: pride, ego, experiences of hurt and trauma, what we have been taught and what has been reinforced. Even harder are the larger social and […]
Tech Tip: Renaming Yourself and Adding Pronouns on Zoom
There are many reasons you might need or want to edit your name when you’re in a Zoom meeting. Perhaps you want to include a family member’s name when they join you for Sunday service. Maybe you accidentally logged in with a partner’s account. Or, you might be trying to include your pronouns with your […]
Bringing Soul Matters Themes into Our Lives
We practice something called “theme-based ministry” here at OUUC, with a monthly theme that we receive from our subscription to Soul Matters. This month’s theme has been “Imagination”. One of the things I love about theme-based ministry is that it connects worship to small group ministry and to the children and youth ministries, helping to […]
Sunday Worship
What is it about Sunday mornings? Why do we gather and what is this thing we call worship? Some OUUC worship leaders will join me on Saturday afternoon to offer a workshop on Worship Arts where we’ll explore those questions and more. (Details and Zoom link are below!) That we gather on Sunday morning (rather […]
Tech Tip: Updating Zoom
Do you know whether you’re using the most recent version of Zoom? Do you know how to check? For this week’s Tech Tip, let’s walk through how to ensure your Zoom app is up to date. Zoom releases updates of its software on a weekly or near-weekly basis. Sometimes the updates consist of behind-the-scenes fixes […]
