On March 30, 2025, Rev. Mary Gear, Rev. Sara Lewis, and Rev. Nancy Reid McKee hosted a forum sharing a variety of resources and tips on how to support transgender and nonbinary individuals and communities. See also, the preceding worship service honoring Transgender Day of Visibility. Below are links to all of the resources mentioned […]
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Celebration of Life for Gale Blomstrom
On Saturday, April 13, 2024, the family and friends of Gale Blomstrom were welcomed for a Celebration of Life service at 2 PM, both onsite in the OUUC Sanctuary and on Zoom. A reception followed for those onsite. The Order of Service and YouTube video are embedded below.
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 […]
Learning Right Relations Gathering
This Sunday’s Learning Right Relations Gathering (October 23, 1:00-4:00 pm) will host a presentation by Charlene Krise. Charlene will present the history of the Squaxin Island Tribe, including the many 1,000s of years of history here in the Budd Bay / Steh-Chass (Deschutes) River watershed. She’ll speak about their culture, traditional ecological knowledge, and the […]
OUUC to be Recognized by Quixote Communities
The Olympia Unitarian Universalist Congregation was one of the founding faith communities for Camp Quixote. Many of you who were at OUUC in the early 2010s helped shelter, feed, and care for vulnerable community members in the church parking lot. Since then, Quixote Villages has provided tiny homes to more than 100 people. OUUC will […]