I will be away on sabbatical from July 5-September 1, and then again Feb-April next year. What does that mean? Well, a sabbatical is a time away from regular work, supported by the congregation, for study and renewal. As part of my contract with OUUC, I’m eligible for sabbatical every five years, and I last […]
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“Circle ‘Round”… It’s Almost Time!
Next week is the annual Unitarian Universalist Association’s General Assembly (GA), when UUs from around the world gather to worship, learn, and act together. I will be attending as will Sara, Darlene, and Jo from the OUUC staff, and some OUUC congregants will attend, too. This year’s GA theme is based on hymn #155 in […]
Help Us Imagine a New OUUC Logo!
For years OUUC has enjoyed our beautiful current logo designed by Martha Guilfoyle. Now, with a brand new outlook in the form of a revitalized Mission, Vision, and Ends — plus a website redesign in progress — it’s a great time to reinvent our logo and create something that reflects where we’re going! Calling All […]
Being A Loving Community
The new OUUC vision is “a loving, just and healthy world.” We seek to live out our mission in the larger world and within our own community. Today’s Spark has two ways that we do this in our ministry together and to each other. First, Wendy Tanner writes about Caring Friends, one of the ways that […]
Be Alive
Across the globe, many of the etymological roots of the word ‘play’ locate it in the visceral: ludere in Latin refers to leaping fishes and fluttering birds. The Anglo-Saxon lâcan means to move like a ship on the waves, or to tremble like a flame. The Sanskrit kridati also, as in Germanic languages, describes the […]
