As we move through these sweet days of Summer, we are looking ahead to Fall for back to school and back to church—or at least more church events. For the coming Fall, there are some things that will be the same and some things will be different, kind of like the rest of life these […]
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DRC Workshop
Communicate to Connect: A Workshop of Skills and Approaches for Productive Conversations to Preserve and Develop Connections Sunday April 7, 12-2 pm onsite (light lunch provided before) and online (using the same Zoom link as the worship service) Presented by the Thurston County Dispute Resolution Center and sponsored by the OUUC Healthy Congregations Team We live […]
Flexibility
As I sat down to write this week, I started by typing: What to expect at OUUC in the Fall. While I can make some guesses and we are planning because that’s what we do, the best I can offer is to expect the unexpected, expect to adapt and change, expect to pivot and be […]
Anti-Racist Reading Recommendations
We’ve had many anti-racist book studies this year, but if you didn’t have a chance to participate in them it’s not too late to add these books to your summer reading list! I have recommendations for all ages. For the youngest: Antiracist Baby, by Ibram X Kendi and Ashley Lukashevsky. A board book about anti-racism! […]
Vision, Mission, and Ends Explanation
OUUC MISSION Our spiritual principles affirm that we are a part of the infinite interconnected WEB of life. We: Welcome and Wonder Embrace and Empower Bridge and Become In crafting the MISSION statement, we had several primary goals: find words that reflected thoughts from the survey, cottage meetings and congregational break out rooms; write a […]
