The global production of food is responsible for a third of all planet-heating gases emitted by human activity, with the use of animals for meat causing twice the pollution of producing plant-based foods. This includes clearing forests for livestock grazing and methane production from cows and sheep. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas. Like limiting […]
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Growing Community
Last Sunday we began OUUC’s first Spring Stewardship Drive. The annual request to financially support OUUC changed from Fall to Spring this year when the congregation votes to change the fiscal year to July through June. We are in a short 6-month budget term to make this transition. OUUC has undergone many changes these last […]
Reopening OUUC
It’s not just the trees and flowers that are opening right now. With COVID levels coming down in Olympia and Thurston County, many places are opening, including OUUC. Starting this Sunday, March 20, we will welcome whoever chooses to attend worship in the Sanctuary, no reservation is needed. We will continue to require masks […]
Human Rights. Again and Again and Again.
Human Rights. Again and again and again. Perhaps your heart is heavy, too, with all the ways human rights are under attack right now. Of course, protecting human rights is an on-going struggle, but lately it seems to be especially so. The news from Ukraine is grim and dire. So many lives have been lost […]
March-April Share the Plate Recipient: Olympia Mutual Aid Partners (OlyMAP)
The mission of Olympia Mutual Aid Partners (OlyMAP) is to support the right of all people to have a safe and warm place to call home. They center the voices of unhoused and marginalized peoples and challenge systems of oppression. They build bridges between housed and unhoused community members through engagement and education. And they […]
