Consider the following: Globally, about 8% of greenhouse gases are from food that is wasted. In the US, food waste creates more greenhouse gases than the airline industry. One-third of the food grown for people in the US is never consumed. 37% of the food waste happens in the home – that comes to about […]
Stewardship Drive
Thankful to be Together is the theme of our Stewardship Drive this Fall. It is wonderful to provide stewardship pathways for people to support OUUC because we are grateful for all that OUUC does for our lives. We want to sustain OUUC through our generous pledges of support. Our congregation is certainly worthy of our […]
October Challenge
We’re coming to the end of September and our “Reduce Your Fossil Fuel Footprint” Challenge! We hope you have downloaded the spreadsheet and kept track of home and transportation energy use. If you haven’t, there’s still time to send in your scores by October 8! Our October Challenge is: Reduce Food Waste! Consider the following: […]
COVID-19 and Church Activities
Have you wondered how the OUUC staff decide what to do about congregational activities as the COVID epidemic waxes and wanes? The Health and Safety Task Force, the OUUC staff, and the Board have adopted a system that defines the risk of disease transmission each week. For each of the five risk categories, a spreadsheet […]
Sunday Services Coming Up
This past Sunday was our first outdoor service at OUUC, and it was such a success! Thank you to all who made it happen, from Steve Tilly who cleared the parking lot and Memorial Garden area to Jen Sabel and Sheila Arendt who were greeters, and Beth Johnson who represented the Pastoral care Team and […]
