Submitted by Chris Parke As part of the congregation’s process toward new, invigorating statements of Vision, Mission, and Ends, OUUC members and friends are invited to take part in an upcoming Cottage Meeting. What Is a Cottage Meeting? Check out this video from Board President James Trujillo to learn more about cottage meetings: What Can […]
Safe and Safer
One of the things I’ve learned during this COVID time is how different we humans are in our assessment and ability to risk. This is apparent in our response to the pandemic, which has asked us to do hard things for a really long time in order to protect our health and the health of […]
Beloved Community
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 […]
