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 […]
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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 […]
Reopening OUUC
It’s not just the trees and flowers that are opening right now. With COVID levels coming down in Olympia and Thurston County, many places are opening, including OUUC. Starting this Sunday, March 20, we will welcome whoever chooses to attend worship in the Sanctuary, no reservation is needed. We will continue to require masks […]
Human Rights. Again and Again and Again.
Human Rights. Again and again and again. Perhaps your heart is heavy, too, with all the ways human rights are under attack right now. Of course, protecting human rights is an on-going struggle, but lately it seems to be especially so. The news from Ukraine is grim and dire. So many lives have been lost […]
Unitarian Universalist Efforts for Racial Justice
This past Sunday, I spoke about the history of Unitarians, Universalists and Unitarian Universalists in the work for racial justice. You can access the service recording here. In the service, I mentioned two great resources about the “empowerment controversy” of 1968-1970, which divided the new denomination and caused many black UUs to leave.The first is […]
