Worship Service August 9, one online service at 10:00 am
"To Everything a Season" – Victoria Poling
This is a season to embrace a commitment to anti-racism and anti-oppression work. As an entire church we can speak with one strong voice. Let this be a time when we begin a spiritual practice of justice-making, coming together creatively to learn and to serve one another with grace.
Victoria Poling recently completed her Master of Divinity at Seattle University and is a UU Ministerial Aspirant. Her ministry of creative healing includes spiritual direction, outdoor rite of passage journeys, preaching, and spiritual deepening workshops for sustaining long-term justice work. She lives in Seattle and is a member of Quimper UU Fellowship in Port Townsend, WA.
Join us for Online Worship.
Listen to sermons here. See recordings of online services here.
From Rev. Mary - “Different Voices”
This Summer we have been blessed with many different voices leading worship. I so enjoy hearing the many perspectives, stories, and experiences of our guest speakers. Having guests is one way to broaden our minds and open our hearts. If you attended the service last Sunday, you experienced a magnificent story and reflection from CB Beale, whose identities and life experience are quite different from mine--- and what a beautiful service! One of the gifts of this time is that leaders like CB can join us virtually.
I am also grateful that we are able to support the religious leaders who are in formation. Read more....  |  |  |
Pathways to Engagement at OUUCThis has been a hard year, and at the same time we’ve done a remarkably resilient pivot to online life at OUUC. I want to pause to acknowledge the losses, anxieties, and griefs of this year. And I want to extend my deep appreciation for everyone who has come together in a spirit of trying new things and offering grace to one another.
As we continue to care for ourselves and our world, this coming year will be online again. While online life has its challenges, I’m excited for the framework we have planned to keep us all engaged and resourced for another season of being together in spirit but not in body. Read more.... | Happenings on the Homelessness Front OUUC members and friends continue to support the operation of Hope Village at Westminster Presbyterian Church by providing occasional meals and donations of supplies and other needed items. We also support the resident of the tiny house we built, one of eight onsite, as he pursues options for work and more independent living (including the possibility of building his own house with Habitat for Humanity). Read more about things going on at the village, including the exciting news of the arrival of three new guests and lists of ways people can volunteer to help in the latest issue of the Hope Village. Read more.... | A Few Words from OUUC's Parish NurseOur Parish Nurse, Ann Yeo, recently bid on the Forest Bathing event in our annual auction, and she participated last week with Annie Cubberly as her guide. It was not just a walk in the woods; it was an intentional, meditative experience. Forest bathing has been defined as the practice of spending time in forested areas for the purpose of enhancing health, wellness, and happiness. It includes literally inhaling the forest atmosphere, which is rich in volatile substances emitted by trees, called phytoncides. Read more.... |
Pathways to Engagement at OUUC
This has been a hard year, and at the same time we’ve done a remarkably resilient pivot to online life at OUUC. I want to pause to acknowledge the losses, anxieties, and griefs of this year. And I want to extend my deep appreciation for everyone who has come together in a spirit of trying new things and offering grace to one another.
As we continue to care for ourselves and our world, this coming year will be online again. While online life has its challenges, I’m excited for the framework we have planned to keep us all engaged and resourced for another season of being together in spirit but not in body. Read more....
Happenings on the Homelessness Front
A Few Words from OUUC's Parish Nurse
Our Parish Nurse, Ann Yeo, recently bid on the Forest Bathing event in our annual auction, and she participated last week with Annie Cubberly as her guide. It was not just a walk in the woods; it was an intentional, meditative experience.
Forest bathing has been defined as the practice of spending time in forested areas for the purpose of enhancing health, wellness, and happiness. It includes literally inhaling the forest atmosphere, which is rich in volatile substances emitted by trees, called phytoncides. Read more....  |  |  |
Buy Books and Support OUUCBrowsers Bookshop owner and OUUC friend Andrea Griffith reports that Browsers has moved the special OUUC bookshelf — full of titles from the two UUA publishing imprints, Beacon Press and Skinner House — to the main floor of the shop, which is again open for “purposeful browsing.” Best of all, remember that Browsers donates to OUUC, giving a full 30% of the price of any of those UUA titles, PLUS a generous 10% of anything else you purchase when you say “It’s for OUUC” when you check out (gift cards excluded). So you can support your reading habit, OUUC, and a great local business all at the same time. | Practice Creating GraphicsJoin Rev. Kari to learn and practice creating graphics using the super-easy program Canva. Drop-in class, Tuesdays at 10:00 am. Join us to learn, practice, and share our images. Canva is good for making posters, slides, and social media promotional graphics. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85838593484?pwd=Y0xlSGdlV2pxZXJkQlhxellUYUorZz09 Meeting ID: 858 3859 3484 Password: 900621 | Craft Time!Connection and Community Building with crafts! Join Sara for Monday "Crafternoons." Bring whatever craft you want or focus on the highlighted craft of the day (contact Sara if you need help getting supplies). We'll craft and chat and build community.
Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 831 3596 6844 |
Buy Books and Support OUUC
Browsers Bookshop owner and OUUC friend Andrea Griffith reports that Browsers has moved the special OUUC bookshelf — full of titles from the two UUA publishing imprints, Beacon Press and Skinner House — to the main floor of the shop, which is again open for “purposeful browsing.” Best of all, remember that Browsers donates to OUUC, giving a full 30% of the price of any of those UUA titles, PLUS a generous 10% of anything else you purchase when you say “It’s for OUUC” when you check out (gift cards excluded). So you can support your reading habit, OUUC, and a great local business all at the same time.
Practice Creating Graphics
Join Rev. Kari to learn and practice creating graphics using the super-easy program Canva. Drop-in class, Tuesdays at 10:00 am. Join us to learn, practice, and share our images. Canva is good for making posters, slides, and social media promotional graphics.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85838593484?pwd=Y0xlSGdlV2pxZXJkQlhxellUYUorZz09
Meeting ID: 858 3859 3484
Password: 900621
Craft Time!
Connection and Community Building with crafts! Join Sara for Monday "Crafternoons." Bring whatever craft you want or focus on the highlighted craft of the day (contact Sara if you need help getting supplies). We'll craft and chat and build community.
August 17, 3:00 - 4:30 pm, the featured craft are sock monkeys
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83135966844?pwd=cWdpUUFITGVBdXF5VVMyQXpKVUJCdz09
Meeting ID: 831 3596 6844
Password: Crafty
Quick Notes
Teen to Adult Reading for the Revolution: join Sara for a discussion of "How to Be An Anti-Racist" by Ibram X Kendi on Monday, September 14 at 5:30 pm. Register.
Here is another film/discussion suggestion from The Environmental Action Team - Hidden Pacific. Sign up. It is a 40 minute documentary about Marine Sanctuaries. You must log on to the link above and sign up for the movie. The presentation time is fixed: August 13 at 4:30 pm. There is no charge. The film has not been shown publicly as yet, so we have not reviewed it. The trailer looks pretty good.
Read This Week in Religious Education here.
We gather to begin another church year with the ritual of water communion on September 13. Since we will not be co-mingling our water in person, let’s share images of our water adventures this Summer, even if it is from our kitchen tap. Please send your photos to communitylife@ouuc.org. We’ll share our images during our water communion service on September 13.
You can access an archive of Thursday evening services and Mid-week meditations here. The Thursday evening services will resume on August 27.
See a list of online meetings that you might attend here.
Ways to Give - Did you know you can donate to OUUC by text message? Just text "OUUC" and "amount" to 73256. You can also donate online by visiting our secure online giving page.
