OUUC Weekly Update
October 31, 2023
Thursday Dinner
This Friday is National Sandwich Day and we will celebrate this Thursday with a dinner honoring sandwiches (and soup and salad too)
All are invited for dinner at 5:30 pm.
Volunteers for set up and clean up are needed, contact Rev Sara is you can help.
Following dinner this week we will have the children’s Lessons of Loss class, the Buddhist Sangha, and the Parents Group.
Interested in Membership?
We are offering a gathering twice a month for those interested in knowing more about Unitarian Universalism, OUUC, and membership at OUUC. Gatherings are all on Saturdays, 10:00-11:30 am. For more information, reach out to Rev Sara Lewis.
Schedule of Gatherings:
11/4: Worship and the Liturgical Year
11/18: Faith Development for All
Register here.
Storytelling Show
Come join us on Saturday, November 4 for Life without Notes, An OUUC storytelling show. All tellers are OUUC members who will have completed a two-week workshop on storytelling sponsored by the Adult Faith Development Committee. Come support them with the grace and love that are the hallmarks of our congregation. 1:00 pm in the sanctuary.
Admission is free, and there are no tickets. We look forward to seeing you.
Parents Group
This Thursday, 6:30-7:30 pm.
Join Rev Sara and other parents for the November meeting with a discussion focus on "How do we craft meaningful and intentional holidays?"
Meeting will be multiplatform both in person and on Zoom, and childcare will be provided.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85470798310
Meeting ID: 854 7079 8310
Nature Group
Anissa and Rev. Sara are hosting an all ages Nature Group to meet on the 2nd Saturday of each month for an outdoor excursion.
This month, join us at Kennedy Creek Nature Trail on November 11 at 9:00 am. This is a fairly accessible, flat, and short trail to view the salmon runs.
Preparing for Take-Off
Sunday, November 5, 2:00-4:00 pm.
This short workshop is to help us responsibly leave behind enough information for the people we love the most when we die. They will be dealing with grief. The crucial information we provide will help them immensely in the work that must be done after we die. There is no limit to the number of people taking the workshop, but please use the sign up genius so I know how many are attending.
Partner Church Sunday is November 19
Partnerships between UU congregations and Unitarians overseas go back to 1921 following the devastation of churches during the First World War. Although Eastern European countries did not see as much destruction as had occurred on the Western Front, they were still scarred by the horrors of combat. The goals of promoting peace, unity, and the Unitarian heritage were major motivations for Gabriel Csiki, the Hungarian Unitarian minister, who founded the partner church program. Sadly, the global economic depression at the end of that decade ended these partnerships. Briefly resurrected after the Second World War, they were again interrupted by the official repression of Nicolae Ceaucescu, and the shadow of Cold War politics, and church activity was a target of repression. After the fall of the Ceaucescu regime in 1989, the idea was again resurrected with the advent of the UUA Partner Church Council. The mission of the UUPCC was to foster and support partner relationships between UU congregations and individuals in the United States and Canada. These partnerships benefited both partners by improving cultural understanding and supporting communities helping to develop individual, religious, educational, and economic opportunities. (By Rhys Dovey)
Seeking Book Box Fosters
Newcomer Buddies
Members and long-time OUUC friends sought to be “Newcomer Buddies” this year and help newcomers navigate and find themselves welcome and engaged here at OUUC. Buddies will be matched with a newcomer and meet with them about 3 times, help find answers to questions, introduce newcomers to others, and generally help ease new people in to our community. Interested? Reach out to Rev Sara for more information.
A loving, just, and healthy world.