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Image Description: Rev. Mary Gear at the pulpit, wearing a patterned, white stole and chalice necklace, gesturing to the congregation during a Sunday Service

“The Sacredness of the Flesh” with Rev. Sara Lewis

Sunday, January 22, 2023

On this 50th Anniversary of the Roe v Wade decision, and in the face of current threats to both reproductive justice and trans-rights, we will explore the sacredness of all bodies and a call for justice, love, and care for every body.

“On Power” with Rev. Mary Gear

Sunday, January 15, 2023

We explore the spiritual theme of “power” on this weekend when we celebrate what life and work of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“Waste-Free Lifestyle” with Rylee Uhrich

Sunday, January 8, 2023

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“Christmas Morning Celebration” with Rev. Mary Gear

Sunday, December 25, 2022

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“Room at the Inn”

Sunday, December 25, 2022

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“Refuge in the Dark” with Rev. Mary Gear

Sunday, December 18, 2022

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“A Rose in the Wintertime” with Victoria Poling

Sunday, December 11, 2022

In the season of long nights and short days, we’ll reflect on the wondrous and ordinary miracles of peace and refuge that welcome us to come home to ourselves.

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“On Refuge” with Rev. Mary Gear

Sunday, December 4, 2022

In this month of holidays and holy days, we explore the spiritual theme of refuge.  What does it mean to offer refuge–to ourselves and each other?  Where do we find refuge?

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“Lessons from Gate A-4” with Rev. Mary Gear

Sunday, November 27, 2022

In her poem “Gate A-4”, Arab-American poet Naomi Shihab Nye shares an account of distress, compassion and community as she is called to interpret Arabic for a fearful traveler at an airport. As many of us take to the highways, airways and railways this November and December, the PWR Staff has put together a worship service that touches on the themes of the poem, and questions such as Who are we called to care for? When do we answer the call to serve? Where might we be surprised by grace?

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“A Different Thanksgiving Story” with Rev. Mary Gear

Sunday, November 20, 2022

As we enter a time of holidays and holy days, how do we reconcile a story of Thanksgiving that is false and harmful?  What might we do to restore meaning to this time?  What accountability does our faith call us to?

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“Can We Sing the Darkness to Light?”

Sunday, November 13, 2022

A music service led by OUUC Music Director Troy Fisher.

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“On Accountability” with Rev. Mary Gear

Sunday, November 6, 2022

We explore the spiritual theme of accountability.  What does it mean and what could it mean if we focus on calling in instead of calling out?

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“We Are One” with Rev. Summer Albayati and Rev. Carol McKinley

Sunday, October 30, 2022

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“Reflections on Covenant” with Rev. Mary Gear

Sunday, October 23, 2022

What does covenant mean to you?  OUUC congregants of all ages reflect on the monthly spiritual theme of covenant and what it means in their lives. 

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“When Love Comes to Visit: A Quilted Covenant” with Victoria Poling

Sunday, October 16, 2022

Our UU response to the religious question “How are we to live?” is to make a covenant: a sacred promise to one another about how we stay in relationship, care about each other, and work together in good faith. As we go about the work of covenanting, it can be useful to hold an image in front of us and step into it, trying on a vision of how that covenant might look and feel. Today we’ll invite in the story of a mysterious guest and a quilt and listen for that sacred promise.

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“Celebrating Our Differences” with Rev. Mary Gear

Sunday, October 9, 2022

We are different and we are one.  We explore this paradox and how we bridge differences in a world that seems divided. This service includes music and a sermon requested by Atley and Sheila Ralston in honor of their OUUC annual auction purchases. 

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“On Covenant” with Rev. Mary Gear

Sunday, October 2, 2022

This month we explore covenant, a foundation of Unitarian Universalism.  As we enter into a period of revisiting our OUUC covenant, let’s build our covenanting knowledge and muscles.

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“Head, Heart, and Hands: How we Inform, Form, and Transform in Faith Community” with Rev. Sara Lewis.

Sunday, September 25, 2022

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Decorative image of pine tree canopy with text that reads: Welcoming the Breath with Rev Mary Gear. September 18, 2022 at 10 a.m.
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“Welcoming the Breath” with Rev. Mary Gear

Sunday, September 18, 2022

Breathing is what keeps us alive.  Our breath is always with us, a place of grounding and life itself. We explore the power of breath and breathing together.

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Ingathering and Water Communion

Sunday, September 11, 2022

We begin a new congregational year with our annual ritual of water communion.  We return home to ourselves and to our spiritual community as we begin once again.

What is the meaning of your water?

Click here to view a graphic set including some of the responses and reflections from congregants at Ingathering and Water Communion.

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