by Sara Lewis It’s been quite a crazy ride for our kids, this last year and a half with Covid. And now, even as cases are still rising, the latest change is that the kids are going back to school. Most of our OUUC families have the kids going back to in-person classes, with the […]
Ingathering – In All the Ways
This past Sunday we celebrated the beginning of another congregational year with our Water Communion ritual. It was the first OUUC outdoor service. It was the first time a larger group had gathered for worship at OUUC in 18 months. And it begins my third year of serving as your minister. The Tech Team was […]
“What I Did During My Summer Break”
Ah, a classic writing prompt for the back to school season, and also appropriate for me this year as I’ve been away from OUUC for the last two months. I was taking part one of a sabbatical (part two will be this winter). A sabbatical (from the same root as “sabbath”, another time of rest) […]
Ingathering
This Fall we will mark our congregational ingathering as OUUC has done for many years and as Unitarian Universalist churches all around the country do so. This year feels both the same and different. Last September we were still sheltering at home, waiting for vaccines, looking at a year of Zoom. This year, many […]
Disaster Relief with UUSC
The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, or UUSC, is doing relief work in Haiti and Afghanistan as well as in response to Ida. Donations are always welcome. Articles for background: Afghanistan: U.S. Has Historic Responsibility to Evacuate and Welcome Afghan Refugees 5 Ways to Take Action for Afghan Refugees DONATE HERE: https://donate.uusc.org/give/188649/#!/donation/checkout Haiti: UUSC Statement on […]