OUUC Weekly Update
March 5, 2024
Daylight Savings Time: Sunday March 10—It’s Pajama Sunday!
March 10th is the day we move our clocks forward one hour--sadly losing an hour of sleep!
To make our morning a little easier and have a little extra fun, that means it's "wear your jammies to church" Sunday. Colorful, comfy robes and slippers are welcome, in addition to jammies (fit for public viewing, please. We’ll be as comfy in the sanctuary as everyone joining from home online!
Stewardship Drive has Launched!
Thank you to all who participated in the Stewardship Launch on Thursday. If you missed the after-dinner stories and music, you can find the recording on the OUUC YouTube channel HERE.
The Stewardship Drive is off to a great start with 61 pledgers committing to $215,404.
To make your pledge, visit the Stewardship table in the Commons after Sunday services or visit the website HERE.
Faith in Action Forum: Transgender Welcome and Inclusion
Sunday March 10, 11:30 am, following the worship service
In person and on zoom
Join Rev. Sara and Isaac Jennings for this forum exploring welcome, inclusion, support, and justice for transgender and nonbinary folks. We want to answer your questions, and would appreciate having some questions in advance.
Please use this form to let us
know what you would like to have answered at this forum.
Thursday Dinner
This week’s dinner will be a Salad Spectacular (all kinds of fun and delicious salads). Everyone is invited for food and fellowship at 5:30pm.
We do need volunteers to help with cooking, set up, and clean up.
If you can help, please contact Rev. Sara.
Buddhist Sangha Mini Meditation Retreat
Saturday March 9, 9am-3pm
This retreat is open to all and will consist of several different meditation modalities, including silent, loving-kindness and walking. In addition, we will have a live talk on spring renewal from local Buddhist Nun Kelsang Jima and recorded talk from Ayya Jitindriya, a monastic trained in the Theravada Forest tradition.
Spread the word!
Please bring own lunch.
RSVP or direct questions to Curt Hill.
Parent Group this Thursday!
Thursday March 7, 6:30 pm
Join us for support and community each month on the 1st Thursday of the month. We focus on a different parenting topic each month.
March's topic: Gender. How does gender affect our parenting and how do we parent our kids for greater gender justice?
We meet in person and on zoom. If you would like, join us on Zoom HERE.
Questions, email Rev. Sara.
Question Box Service is back!
What are your burning questions and your deepest wonderings?
Question Box Service will be held this Sunday, March 10.
The UU Common Read: On Repentance and Repair
Facilitated by Rev. Sara Lewis
The new UU Common Read, On Repentance and Repair by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (Beacon Press, 2022), provides a fresh, transformative perspective on how we make ourselves accountable to others.
Read more and
Being with Grief: An Introduction to Grief Ritual
Sunday March 24, 1:30-4:30 pm
Please join us as we activate, explore and honor the many threads of grief that affect us all ~ personal, societal, ancestral and planetary. We will create an opportunity to open into our sorrows and to find joy in community through writing, reflection and ritual.*
Facilitated by Grief Mentors Peter Jabin, M.Div. LMHC Siena Tenisci, MA, LMHCA
There is no cost to attend. Details about what to bring will be sent on registration.
*Suggested reading: The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller, whose work informs this workshop.
Are you a lonely single senior?
Would you like to get out more but your hiking days are over? Are you living alone or with people decades younger than yourself? Would you rather get together in person with friends than friend people on social media?
If so, here’s your chance. Janet Spencer and Woody Moore are offering an OUUC Single Seniors Social Group.
If this appeals to you, contact Janet or Woody here. Share your day and time preferences, your frequency of meetings, and any ideas you have about agendas or no agenda get togethers.
Prayers from the Heart
Thursday March 28, 6:45 pm
Rev. Sara hosts this prayer practice on the 4th Thursday of each month. Come to pray together, to drop stones and light candles, to give voice to all that is in your heart.
Not sure about prayer? Not a problem, we are a welcoming and inclusive group and approach prayer in an inter-spiritual and expansive way.
Travel that Changes Lives
Fridays starting March 29, 6:30-8:30 pm
The travel class is back!
Covid-19 ended travel for many and thus canceled our class. Many have been traveling again and have stories and reflections to share with us all.
Read more, see a full schedule of presentations and
Interdependent Web of Life: A Class for Kids ages 5-10
Thursdays April 4th to May 23rd, 6:30-7:30
One of our Unitarian Universalist values and principles is Interdependence, and we know that we humans are part of the web of life, not separate from it.
Read more and
Doors, Doors, Doors!
Just a friendly reminder to close all internal doors and pull on all external doors to double check they are locked before leaving.
The workroom is now an office space!
Now that the front workroom has become Rosie’s office space, the room will be for staff and volunteer use only to protect confidentiality.
If you need to enter the workroom during office hours (T-Th 10-2 and Sun 8-1), please check in with Rosie at the window.
OUUC's Equity Library is for All Ages!
Everyone is welcome at the Equity Library which is in the hall across from Rev. Mary’s office and open whenever OUUC is open.
Find age-appropriate books on social justice topics for all levels, with an easy and speedy check out system.
Questions, contact Joann Young.