by Sara Lewis There was a poem highlighted in this month’s Soul Matters packet that many of us enjoyed: To the Fig Tree on 9th and Christian by Ross Gay. You can see the author read the poem here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aT0A28IW7E One of the things that I really love about this poem is the delight in […]
Tech Tip: Four Ways to Join a Zoom Meeting
Did you know there’s more than one way to join a Zoom meeting? We are almost a year into using Zoom as our primary mode of attending Sunday church services, meetings, social groups, birthdays, anniversaries, poetry slams, game nights, and more. In the beginning, you might have learned one primary way of accessing a Zoom meeting […]
A Time for Rest – and UULent!
This year we are doing a curriculum with the children called “Holidays and Holy Days”. I picked this program because I had noticed that the calendar hanging on my wall was still on March, even though it was July! With the pandemic, time just got … mushy. How do we mark the passage of time? […]
Come, Come, Whoever You Are
Yesterday was Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent in the Christian calendar, the 40 days that lead up to Easter Sunday. Lent recognizes the 40 days that Jesus wandered in the desert after he was baptized by John the Baptist and before he started his ministry. The story says that, in those days wandering in […]
Vision/Mission/Ends Project: Introducing Cottage Meetings!
Submitted by Chris Parke As part of the congregation’s process toward new, invigorating statements of Vision, Mission, and Ends, OUUC members and friends are invited to take part in an upcoming Cottage Meeting. What Is a Cottage Meeting? Check out this video from Board President James Trujillo to learn more about cottage meetings: What Can […]
