Minister

Last Spring, this congregation developed a new Vision, Mission and Ends (or Goals) to help map our way forward.   The new OUUC vision is for a loving, just, and healthy world.    The new OUUC mission says:   Our spiritual principles affirm the worth and dignity of every person, and that we are part of […]

This past Sunday we celebrated the beginning of another congregational year with our Water Communion ritual. It was the first OUUC outdoor service. It was the first time a larger group had gathered for worship at OUUC in 18 months. And it begins my third year of serving as your minister.  The Tech Team was […]

This Fall we will mark our congregational ingathering as OUUC has done for many years and as Unitarian Universalist churches all around the country do so. This year feels both the same and different.   Last September we were still sheltering at home, waiting for vaccines, looking at a year of Zoom. This year, many […]

We’ll gather in all the ways that we can on September 12 to begin another congregational program year together! School begins, the rain begins, the church year begins, again. As has been the tradition at OUUC and many UU congregations, we mark our ingathering with a water communion; we mingle water from our summer activities, and we build community once more. On Sunday, September 12 at […]

Last Sunday’s service with Rev. Erin Walter was a wonderful reminder to find joy in hard times.  If you missed the service or want to watch it again, you can find it here, complete with her original song, “The World’s on Fire (And We Still Fall in Love.)”    This week, I made a recording to […]