At the Board Q&A session on March 21, the Calendar Evaluation Committee shared a recommendation to shift the OUUC fiscal year (FY) from the calendar year to July 1 to June 30. About 70 people participated and thoughtful exploration and consideration resulted in a general endorsement for the recommendation and appreciation for the work of […]
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What’s Advocacy?
Last Fall, those who participated in OUUC‘s Faith in Action Visioning gave input for the FIA Leadership Council to create a matrix to help organize and structure the congregation’s justice efforts. The Council created an OUUC Justice Matrix that looks like this: The matrix has three areas of focus and three modalities to address the […]
Five Commitments to Yourself
By Sara Lewis The spiritual theme for March has been “Commitment” Many folks who engaged with this theme this month found this exercise from the theme packet meaningful: Five Commitments to Yourself It’s hard to imagine keeping commitments to others if we can’t keep commitments to ourselves. In fact, many say it is loyalty to […]
Tech Tip: Saving Links from Zoom Meetings
At Sunday morning worship on Zoom, we usually kick off the service by taking inventory of who else’s video boxes we can see, listening to Troy’s opening music, and greeting one another in the chat. The Tech Team also shares some important links–links to the order of service, weekly announcements, and helpful information for visitors. […]
Commitment
This past week the County Commissioners declared racism a crisis in Thurston County. You can find the story here. This has been a year for some of us that has heightened our awareness of systemic racism, which is the ways that racism is maintained and supported by laws, organizations, policies and practices. Learning that almost […]