We’ll come together in community on Saturday, August 13 from 1:00-3:00 pm to remember those we’ve lost during these last several years. This is a time to remember the people, pets, and even places we have lost to all causes during the pandemic and climate crisis. We will gather outside in the North parking lot […]
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Covid Guidance Update
While we all want to be done with Covid, it’s not quite done with us. In some places cases are on the rise with a new variant. In Thurston County, our cases and risk level have been up and down the past few months. The Health & Safety Task Force is still working hard to […]
July Services with OUUC
by Rev. Mary Gear In many Unitarian Universalist congregations, summer services are a bit different. It is a time for ministers and staff to have time away, so there are more guest speakers and lay-led services. Sometimes congregations with two services go to one service. Services may be more relaxed and experimental. In the past […]
The Same and Different: Looking Ahead to the 2022-2023 Church Year
by Rev. Mary Gear & Rev. Sara Lewis It’s a Spring practice in church life to begin planning for the next congregational year, and that’s what the OUUC staff has been doing. Even as we bring the current year to a close and look to a more relaxed schedule for the Summer, we’re looking ahead. […]
Summer As a Bridge
I have been thinking a lot this month about our spiritual theme of “bridge” and what it means as part of OUUC’s mission to “welcome and wonder, embrace and empower, bridge and become.” As I wrote at the beginning of the month, bridges are about tension. Yes, they connect, which is often lovely, and they […]
