With your generous support, OUUC’s HOLIDAY ONLINE BOOK SALE raised over $6,000 for Help US Move In, a nonprofit helping Thurston County families with children escape homelessness. Many thanks to our shoppers, everyone that donated books, and to our many wonderful volunteers who made this special sale possible: • Martha Guilfoyle got us off to […]
A Few Words from OUUC’s Parish Nurse
Our Parish Nurse, Ann Yeo (who was musing about the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday), recently did a Google search on the subject of gratitude. That search explored the many benefits of practicing gratitude – benefits for our physical, mental and emotional, social, and spiritual health – and Ann decided to share some of that information with […]
Leadership at OUUC
Our Leadership Development Team is gearing up to present a slate of candidates for 3 positions on our Board, and 3 on the Leadership Development Team (LDT) at the Spring Congregational Meeting. We opened our last meeting with these words from “Serving with Grace: Lay Leadership as a Spiritual Practice” by Erik Walker Wikstrom – […]
68 deg F or below!
Environmental Action Team’s November Challenge The generation of electricity is the second-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the US, primarily from natural gas and coal-fired plants. How can we stay warm and comfortable in the winter without wasting energy, money, and also reduce our contribution to greenhouse gases? Last week we spoke about lowering your thermostat […]
Environmental Action Team’s November Challenge is: 68 deg F or below!
As explained in last week’s Update, your OUUC Environmental Action Team has dropped the Environmental Challenge contest. However! We are still going to have monthly challenges for you to consider to reduce your impact on the climate. This month we challenge you to look at home heating! The generation of electricity is the second-largest source […]