The new OUUC vision is “a loving, just and healthy world.” We seek to live out our mission in the larger world and within our own community. Today’s Spark has two ways that we do this in our ministry together and to each other. First, Wendy Tanner writes about Caring Friends, one of the ways that […]
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Religious Education Summer Camps
Summer is almost here! It feels like we are starting to cautiously re-engage with more in-person events right now, while also still needing to feel safe and make the decision that is right for our families. I imagine this summer will be a patchwork quilt of home-based and community-based activity, with some hanging out time […]
Be Alive
Across the globe, many of the etymological roots of the word ‘play’ locate it in the visceral: ludere in Latin refers to leaping fishes and fluttering birds. The Anglo-Saxon lâcan means to move like a ship on the waves, or to tremble like a flame. The Sanskrit kridati also, as in Germanic languages, describes the […]
Watch: Justice Innovation and Racial Equity in Thurston County – Online Community Forum
This online forum was held May 26, 2021 Thurston County is now home to several innovative justice programs. In this forum, you will hear about these programs’ progress, their plans for the future, and how the programs may affect the significant disparity in Thurston County’s minority arrest and incarceration rates. A question-and-answer session will […]
A Few Words from OUUC’s Parish Nurse
Our Parish Nurse, Ann Yeo, summarizes key information and recommendations from the May 26 Letter to the Community by the Thurston County Health Officer, Dr. Abdelmalek: · We still have significant COVID-19 transmission in our county; the majority of our population is not yet vaccinated; therefore, most people should still be wearing masks. Because it […]
