Each June Unitarian Universalists from around the world gather to worship, learn and act together at General Assembly (GA). This tradition has been happening since 1962, the year after the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) was formed. This year’s GA will be held on June 23-27 with the theme of “Circle ‘Round for Justice-Healing-Courage.” Although […]
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Becoming Human
The spiritual theme for this month is “Becoming.” It’s a timely theme for Spring as those of us in the Northern Hemisphere enjoy the return of the light and watch seeds and sprouts become plants and bushes, and flowers bloom. It is also a theme that reflects where OUUC is now as we reimagine […]
Proposed Vision, Mission, and Ends
Vision A loving, just, and healthy world Mission Our spiritual principles affirm that we are a part of the infinite interconnected WEB of life. At OUUC 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, […]
BBB – It’s a Wrap!
This year our annual Books, Beans, and Brownies couldn’t happen as usual, so Rev. Carol McKinley called together a group of interested folks to envision an alternative. Mo Canny arrived with a brilliant plan, joined by Susan Dodson and Susan’s prior experience selling online. We’d take the book sale online this year! The challenge was […]
Five Commitments to Yourself
By Sara Lewis The spiritual theme for March has been “Commitment” Many folks who engaged with this theme this month found this exercise from the theme packet meaningful: Five Commitments to Yourself It’s hard to imagine keeping commitments to others if we can’t keep commitments to ourselves. In fact, many say it is loyalty to […]