In our shared worship, we touch wellsprings of hope and joy as we deepen our connection with ourselves, one another, the wider world, and the spirit of life and love.
Worship nourishes us by welcoming us as we are, and encouraging us to be all we might be. Together, we celebrate life and share our search for meaning as we wrestle with our individual struggles and the struggles of the world. Worship challenges us to move from complacency to commitment, from fear to love, from despair to hope. It transforms us, and inspires us to transform the world.
Worship services are held every Sunday at 10 AM.
You are welcome to join us online (links below) or onsite at OUUC.
Our spiritual theme for March is Equity.
Next Sunday, March 24, 2024:
“Orthopathy: Right Suffering in The Great Unraveling” with Peter Jabin & Rev. Mary Gear
If we are to know anything of resilience or hope as humanity collectively collides with the climate crisis, it is essential that we remember the central importance of grief for the human soul and recover the lost art of grieving. Moreover, we need to expand the embrace of our compassion such that the more-than-human becomes fully grievable. This service will be a meditation, in poetry and reflection, on these ideas, and will provide a global context for the afternoon’s grief workshop.
Speaker Bio: Peter Jabin, M.Div., LMHC is a pastoral psychotherapist and spiritual director in private practice in Seattle, where he lives in the Eastlake neighborhood with his canine companion, Thatcher. He received his M.Div. from University of Chicago, after which he studied at The Center for Religion and Psychotherapy of Chicago. Peter is a Diaconal Minister in the Pacific Northwest Conference of the United Methodist Church and is appointed to First UMC Seattle. Peter has trained in the facilitation of grief rituals with Francis Weller, Therese Charvet, Laurence Cole, and others. He is committed to nurturing the communal work of grief as a means of freeing us to live more deeply and joyfully.
There will be no immediate after-service forum at 11:30, but please note this afternoon event:
Introduction to Grief Ritual workshop on Sunday, March 24, 1:30 – 4:30pm at OUUC. This will be led by Peter Jabin, a spiritual director and grief counselor, and therapist Siena Tenisci. This is an opportunity to practice how we transform grief in all areas of our life and world. For more information and to register, visit the website: https://www.ouuc.org/grief-workshop-3-24/
Last Sunday, March 17, 2024: “Good Enough” with Rev. Sara Lewis
You have two options to attend OUUC Sunday Morning Service online:
Join us on Zoom to interact with the community
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Or watch the LiveStream on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/@OlyUUC
Sharing from the Heart
Do you have something that you’d like to share with the congregation during our Sharing from the Heart ritual? This might be an event in your life or a transition of some kind. If so, please submit this request by 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening for inclusion in the Sunday service. If received after that, we will share it the next Sunday.
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