“Welcoming Growth” with Rev. Mary Gear Congregational scholars say that there are five ways that a congregation can grow. What would it mean to welcome growth?

“Weaving Waters,” led by Regional Leaders and Pacific Western Region Congregational Life Staff Embodied, engaging, multi-gen worship service focusing on a parable of interdependence and unity. Waters cascade together, while maintaining their individual sources, combining to bring nutrients, gifts, and give life to something much larger. A story of interweaving while also affirming one’s essence […]

“Power and Empower” - Rev. Mary Gear The OUUC mission calls us to empower, which we can’t consider without talking about power. What do our principles, beliefs, and values say about power and what it means to empower?    

“The Power of Lamentation” – Rev. Mary Gear How do we begin to make sense of two years of a global pandemic and so much loss?  Part of making meaning is to feel the feelings as we experience them, to welcome their power to transform. Together we hold space for the power of lamentation, opening […]

The Empowerment Controversy” - Rev. Mary Gear The history of the Unitarian Universalist Association includes “The Empowerment Controversy” of 1969 which divided the community amidst racial tension.  What happened back then and how does it affect where we are today? Online Worship