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Thursday Evening Spiritual Practice 7:00 pmOur Thursday evening spiritual practice this week will be a blessing of the animals. Bring your furry loved ones--live, imaginary & stuffies-- and join Rev. Mary and Emi Allen. There will be music by Dio Lewis and Troy Fisher. This will be a time for remembering the pets we’ve lost and blessing those in our lives now. All ages and all species are welcome! Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 810 5132 5520 Passcode: 690200 | Do you want to influence the future of OUUC?Make your voice heard! Cottage Meetings build on what was learned from the Vision, Mission, and Ends surveys. When you participate in a Cottage Meeting you share your thoughts on our best future, and you hear other perspectives. All comments will be recorded and considered as we continue to define what the future OUUC Vision, Mission, and Ends will be. This is important work; the new Vision, Mission, and Ends will help us focus our efforts within our community and in the world. We need your ideas and your desires to create this future. Cottage Meetings are scheduled now through the end of the month. Sign up here! | Mark Your CalendarsAll-Congregation Vision-Mission-Ends meetings! One of the final steps in our VME project is a series of three meetings, an opportunity for all OUUC members and friends jointly to discuss and integrate the information gathered in the surveys and cottage meetings. The meetings will be held Friday, March 5, 6:30 - 8:30 pm, and Sunday, March 7, 1:30 - 4:00 pm, and Sunday, March 14, 1:30 - 4:00 pm. We hope you will attend ALL three meetings; in each meeting, the work builds on what has previously been accomplished. Please plan on being there! |
Thursday Evening Spiritual Practice 7:00 pm
Our Thursday evening spiritual practice this week will be a blessing of the animals. Bring your furry loved ones--live, imaginary & stuffies-- and join Rev. Mary and Emi Allen. There will be music by Dio Lewis and Troy Fisher. This will be a time for remembering the pets we’ve lost and blessing those in our lives now. All ages and all species are welcome!
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81051325520?pwd=NjdXM25OMThVRytydWtQQ0lJZmtMQT09
Meeting ID: 810 5132 5520
Passcode: 690200
Do you want to influence the future of OUUC?
Make your voice heard! Cottage Meetings build on what was learned from the Vision, Mission, and Ends surveys. When you participate in a Cottage Meeting you share your thoughts on our best future, and you hear other perspectives. All comments will be recorded and considered as we continue to define what the future OUUC Vision, Mission, and Ends will be. This is important work; the new Vision, Mission, and Ends will help us focus our efforts within our community and in the world. We need your ideas and your desires to create this future. Cottage Meetings are scheduled now through the end of the month. Sign up here!
Mark Your Calendars
All-Congregation Vision-Mission-Ends meetings!
One of the final steps in our VME project is a series of three meetings, an opportunity for all OUUC members and friends jointly to discuss and integrate the information gathered in the surveys and cottage meetings.
The meetings will be held Friday, March 5, 6:30 - 8:30 pm, and Sunday, March 7, 1:30 - 4:00 pm, and Sunday, March 14, 1:30 - 4:00 pm. We hope you will attend ALL three meetings; in each meeting, the work builds on what has previously been accomplished. Please plan on being there!
New Member Class
New Member Class, Saturdays 2:00 - 3:30 pm, March 6, 13, 20.
Are you interested in becoming a member of OUUC, or just interested in knowing more about how things work around here? Join us for this 3-session class led by Rev. Mary Gear, our Director of Community and Faith Development, Sara Lewis, and congregational leaders. Register here.
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Full Moon MeditationAre you curious about Buddhist meditation or mindfulness? A new spiritual practice offering is open to anyone interested in practicing silent meditation in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh's Engaged Buddhism. Join us for an evening meditation and reading. We'll sit together on the full moon(s) each month, with our first one being on Saturday, February 27, 7:00 – 8:00 pm on Zoom (for now). Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85349276621?pwd=QU4vSm90eDhTMnc2b1NXNGZBbWNidz09
Meeting ID: 853 4927 6621
Passcode: 648090 | Books, Brownies & Beans - VIRTUAL for 2021!In line with OUUC’s Vision, Mission, and Ends (VME), the stalwart Books, Brownies & Beans (BBB) committee will not let a pandemic get in the way of efforts to raise money for non-profit organizations serving our houseless neighbors. Volunteers have been working to collect, sort and enter thousands of books for the 2021 Virtual BBB Online Sale. MARK YOUR CALENDARS: · March 15-20 (Monday to Saturday) – BBB ONLINE STORE will be open! We will supply the link on ouuc.org soon. Browse the online store for thousands of wonderful titles. No brownies, no beans, just Books, CDs, and DVDs. Let’s go shopping for good. · March 27 (Saturday) PICK UP DAY –COVID-safe pick up of your purchases in the OUUC parking lot. More details and a link to the store coming soon. We look forward to “seeing you” there! | Auction Help WantedOur annual auction is coming up April 17-25 this year and your help is wanted! Just like last year, this year’s auction will be all online, and we need to add some folks to our team to help with procurement. Do you like to send emails, talk on the phone, or generally connect with others in our congregation? Do you like to brainstorm ideas about creative new auction items? Great! Contact Melanie Ransom to learn more. How else can you help? Start thinking about items you could donate, like dinners, artwork, services, and events. We don’t know how the pandemic will affect our gatherings this year, so think in terms of things that could be outdoors, with masks and physical distancing in place. We’ll provide more guidance on that very soon. Let’s all look forward to some great fun! |
Full Moon Meditation
Are you curious about Buddhist meditation or mindfulness? A new spiritual practice offering is open to anyone interested in practicing silent meditation in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh's Engaged Buddhism. Join us for an evening meditation and reading. We'll sit together on the full moon(s) each month, with our first one being on Saturday, February 27, 7:00 – 8:00 pm on Zoom (for now).
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85349276621?pwd=QU4vSm90eDhTMnc2b1NXNGZBbWNidz09
Meeting ID: 853 4927 6621
Passcode: 648090
Books, Brownies & Beans - VIRTUAL for 2021!
In line with OUUC’s Vision, Mission, and Ends (VME), the stalwart Books, Brownies & Beans (BBB) committee will not let a pandemic get in the way of efforts to raise money for non-profit organizations serving our houseless neighbors. Volunteers have been working to collect, sort and enter thousands of books for the 2021 Virtual BBB Online Sale.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS:
· March 15-20 (Monday to Saturday) – BBB ONLINE STORE will be open! We will supply the link on ouuc.org soon. Browse the online store for thousands of wonderful titles. No brownies, no beans, just Books, CDs, and DVDs. Let’s go shopping for good.
· March 27 (Saturday) PICK UP DAY –COVID-safe pick up of your purchases in the OUUC parking lot.
More details and a link to the store coming soon. We look forward to “seeing you” there!
Auction Help Wanted
Our annual auction is coming up April 17-25 this year and your help is wanted! Just like last year, this year’s auction will be all online, and we need to add some folks to our team to help with procurement. Do you like to send emails, talk on the phone, or generally connect with others in our congregation? Do you like to brainstorm ideas about creative new auction items? Great! Contact Melanie Ransom to learn more. How else can you help? Start thinking about items you could donate, like dinners, artwork, services, and events. We don’t know how the pandemic will affect our gatherings this year, so think in terms of things that could be outdoors, with masks and physical distancing in place. We’ll provide more guidance on that very soon. Let’s all look forward to some great fun!
New LGBTQ Group
A new LGBTQ group will begin meeting in February on the first Sunday of each month, 2:30-3:30 pm, and the 3rd Tuesday of each month 7:00 – 8:00 pm. Join us for support and fellowship.
Sunday meeting:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83367371382
Meeting ID: 833 6737 1382
Tuesday meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83016576318?pwd=Vkd1Mk5mWjlpK0lycGtGUS9PamlFZz09
Meeting ID: 830 1657 6318
Passcode: 169371
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UU Common Read Discussion Tuesdays February 23 and March 2, 7:00 pm. The 2020-21 UUA Common Read is Breathe: A Letter to My Sons by Imani Perry. Breathe reflects on race, racism, and the hope that one’s child will be wholly known and valued by society. It is “an unforgettable lesson in Black resistance and resilience.” The New York Times calls Breathe “an elixir of history, ancestry and compassion, which, together, become instruction…a parent’s unflinching demand, born of inherited trauma and love, for her children’s right simply to be possible.” Carol McKinley will facilitate these discussions. Register here. | Anti-Racist Small Group MinistryWhat do we do in this era of white supremacy? If you want to join us on the road to freedom with action, reflection, and theory, join this small group ministry. In our hearts, we may feel that knowing isn’t quite enough. Together we will begin to grow the energy, capacity, and skills we need to do the life long work of racial solidarity. Join Emi Allen and Anne Hundley, imperfect local racial justice organizers and members of OUUC, beginning in January and going through May. You are welcome as you are, accessibility is important to us. Queer and Trans friendly. Intersectional. Third Saturdays, 4:00 - 6:00 pm & First Saturdays, 4:00 - 4:45 pm. Register here. | Holidays and Holy Days ConnectionsFebruary 16: Mardi Gras Mardi Gras is a party before the season of Lent begins. Suggested video. February 17: Ash Wednesday/Lent Begins Lent is the season leading up to Easter and is often marked as a time of careful sacrifice and reflection on the themes of the life of Jesus. The children’s class learned more about these holidays on February 14. |
UU Common Read Discussion
Anti-Racist Small Group Ministry
What do we do in this era of white supremacy? If you want to join us on the road to freedom with action, reflection, and theory, join this small group ministry. In our hearts, we may feel that knowing isn’t quite enough. Together we will begin to grow the energy, capacity, and skills we need to do the life long work of racial solidarity. Join Emi Allen and Anne Hundley, imperfect local racial justice organizers and members of OUUC, beginning in January and going through May. You are welcome as you are, accessibility is important to us. Queer and Trans friendly. Intersectional. Third Saturdays, 4:00 - 6:00 pm & First Saturdays, 4:00 - 4:45 pm. Register here.
Holidays and Holy Days Connections
February 16: Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras is a party before the season of Lent begins. Suggested video.
February 17: Ash Wednesday/Lent Begins
Lent is the season leading up to Easter and is often marked as a time of careful sacrifice and reflection on the themes of the life of Jesus. The children’s class learned more about these holidays on February 14.
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