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Community Dinner on Thursday!We’ll be setting up for the BBB Book Sale, and volunteers will be fed at the Community Dinner as well. All are welcome, whether you helped set up or not, but volunteers for setting up are much appreciated! Hauling books begins at 4:00 pm, volunteer here. We also really need help with set up and clean up for dinner. If you can help with that please volunteer here.
Dinner this week will be pizza and salad bar.
Following dinner will be:
6:30 pm Children's AntiRacism Class (Nursery) 6:30 pm Our Whole Lives Class (Youth Room) 7:00 pm Spiritual Practices (The Commons) | Thursday Evening Spiritual Practice - online and in-personJoin Rev. Mary Gear, Rev. Carol McKinley, and Troy Fisher at 7:00 pm for spiritual practice. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87438786949?pwd=ZFd4MFJiUGY4eS9KNVpmOVNnMm9BUT09 Meeting ID: 874 3878 6949 Passcode: 297714 | Forum on Article II, Sunday at 11:30 amJoin Rev. Mary and Rev. Sara this Sunday, after worship, for a forum on the proposed changes to Article II of the UUA bylaws. This is the article that contains the 7 Principles and the 6 Sources. We’ll discuss the changes and what comes next this week. You can also participate in an Article II Study Commission Feedback Session. See the announcement (In the Larger Community section) below. |
Community Dinner on Thursday!
We’ll be setting up for the BBB Book Sale, and volunteers will be fed at the Community Dinner as well. All are welcome, whether you helped set up or not, but volunteers for setting up are much appreciated! Hauling books begins at 4:00 pm, volunteer here. We also really need help with set up and clean up for dinner. If you can help with that please volunteer here.
Dinner this week will be pizza and salad bar.
Following dinner will be:
6:30 pm Children's AntiRacism Class (Nursery)
6:30 pm Our Whole Lives Class (Youth Room)
7:00 pm Spiritual Practices (The Commons)
Thursday Evening Spiritual Practice - online and in-person
Join Rev. Mary Gear, Rev. Carol McKinley, and Troy Fisher at 7:00 pm for spiritual practice.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87438786949?pwd=ZFd4MFJiUGY4eS9KNVpmOVNnMm9BUT09
Meeting ID: 874 3878 6949
Passcode: 297714
Forum on Article II, Sunday at 11:30 am
Join Rev. Mary and Rev. Sara this Sunday, after worship, for a forum on the proposed changes to Article II of the UUA bylaws. This is the article that contains the 7 Principles and the 6 Sources. We’ll discuss the changes and what comes next this week.
You can also participate in an Article II Study Commission Feedback Session. See the announcement (In the Larger Community section) below.
Come one, come all to Books, Brownies, & Beans this Saturday, November 5, 9:00 am-4:00 pm!
Check out our new Featured Books section on your right as you enter the Sanctuary where we've gathered newer book releases, books of regional interest, and books that promote our UU vision for a loving, just, and healthy world. Regular prices from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. From 1:00-3:00 pm, all remaining books are half-price; from 3:00-4:00 pm, fill a bag for $5. Please spread the word to family, neighbors, and friends! Find out more here.
A BB&B Volunteer Appreciation Presale will be held on Friday, November 4 from 4:00-6:00 pm. You are welcome to attend this exclusive event if you are volunteering your time to help the sale in any way - including making a special effort to gather book donations or encouraging your friends and family to attend the sale. You are also welcome if you are more comfortable in a smaller, always masked group of attendees.
Can’t attend the sale on November 5 but still want to support great local nonprofits? You can donate here, knowing your money will support Pizza Klatch, FORKids Weekend Backpack program, and the Thurston Climate Action Team.
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Drop In Study Circle, Tuesday, November 1, 6:30 pmJoin Rev Sara and others for a discussion circle on the theme of the month, which is “Accountability” for the month of November.
This is a drop-in group, held each month on the 1st Tuesday, for anyone interested in exploring the theme of the month.
Register here.
Or just join us on Zoom:
Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82020912455
Meeting ID: 820 2091 2455 One tap mobile +12532158782,,82020912455# US (Tacoma) +16694449171,,82020912455# US | Building the World We Dream AboutThursday evenings 6:30-8:30 November 10 - May 18. A Unitarian Universalist program that seeks to interrupt the workings of racism and transform how people from different racial/ethnic groups understand and relate to one another. The program creates opportunities for participants to practice dreaming our world otherwise, and then commit to new, intentional ways of being. As Unitarian Universalists, we hope developing antiracist, antioppressive, and multicultural habits and skills will lead us to build the multicultural world of beloved community we dream about. Read more and register. | Defund Fear Workshop and Study/Action CircleDefund Fear Study/Action Circle facilitated by Anne Hundley. First Saturdays, 1:00-3:00 pm (November 5, December 3, January 7, February 4, March 4, April 1, May 6, June 3 on Zoom. Please come on into the expansive UUA curriculum for last year’s Common Read! It offers ways to integrate ideas into authentic, impactful steps or practices. More info on the book here. Register here. |
Drop In Study Circle, Tuesday, November 1, 6:30 pm
Join Rev Sara and others for a discussion circle on the theme of the month, which is “Accountability” for the month of November.
This is a drop-in group, held each month on the 1st Tuesday, for anyone interested in exploring the theme of the month.
Register here.
Or just join us on Zoom:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82020912455
Meeting ID: 820 2091 2455
One tap mobile
+12532158782,,82020912455# US (Tacoma)
+16694449171,,82020912455# US
Building the World We Dream About
Thursday evenings 6:30-8:30 November 10 - May 18.
A Unitarian Universalist program that seeks to interrupt the workings of racism and transform how people from different racial/ethnic groups understand and relate to one another. The program creates opportunities for participants to practice dreaming our world otherwise, and then commit to new, intentional ways of being. As Unitarian Universalists, we hope developing antiracist, antioppressive, and multicultural habits and skills will lead us to build the multicultural world of beloved community we dream about. Read more and register.
Defund Fear Workshop and Study/Action Circle
Defund Fear Study/Action Circle facilitated by Anne Hundley. First Saturdays, 1:00-3:00 pm (November 5, December 3, January 7, February 4, March 4, April 1, May 6, June 3 on Zoom.
Please come on into the expansive UUA curriculum for last year’s Common Read! It offers ways to integrate ideas into authentic, impactful steps or practices. More info on the book here.
Register here.
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Dead Batteries and Fluorescent Bulb Collection Sunday!Dead Batteries and Fluorescent Bulb Collection Sunday! | Thanksgiving Potluck! | OUUC Women's Book Group We have been meeting every other month since 2003 - to discuss worthy books, as well as to grow and nurture friendships. We are exploring the feasibility of hybrid meetings versus continuing only via Zoom. We are open to new members. If you are interested, please contact Ann Yeo. |
Dead Batteries and Fluorescent Bulb Collection Sunday!
Dead Batteries and Fluorescent Bulb Collection Sunday!
It's the first Sunday of the month, so bring your dead batteries and fluorescent bulbs in to be properly recycled or disposed of. A service of your OUUC Environmental Action Team.
Thanksgiving Potluck!
OUUC Women's Book Group
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