Last Sunday we welcomed a guest into our virtual pulpit who provided a historical perspective on Christianity and our Unitarian, Universalist, and Unitarian Universalist (UU) heritage. Rev. Dr. Jay Atkinson is a retired UU minister and resident historian at Starr King School for the ministry who offered a sermon titled “How Jesus and the Universalists […]
April Spiritual Theme: Wonder
This year we have been using words from the new OUUC vision and mission as our monthly spiritual themes. This month we begin another W-E-B with the spiritual theme of “Wonder.” (“Embrace” and “Bridge” are coming up.) The word “wonder” comes from the Old English “wundrain” which means to be astonished, admire, make wonderful, magnify. […]
Putting Our Money Where Our Values Lie
Each year we at OUUC direct a significant portion of our resources to groups outside the congregation through programs like Share the Plate, Books, Brownies and Beans, and the annual auction’s Raise the Paddle. The activities of these groups in the greater community reflect our values and advance OUUC’s vision, mission and goals well beyond […]
March Spiritual Theme: Become
This month we’ve been exploring the theme of become, a word from the OUUC mission to wonder and welcome, embrace and empower, bridge and become. We started the month with Rev. Carol’s McKinley’s message about the Equal Rights Amendment and women’s rights, titled “Are We There Yet?” No, but perhaps becoming. The Stewardship Drive kicked-off […]
Growing Community
Last Sunday we began OUUC’s first Spring Stewardship Drive. The annual request to financially support OUUC changed from Fall to Spring this year when the congregation votes to change the fiscal year to July through June. We are in a short 6-month budget term to make this transition. OUUC has undergone many changes these last […]
