OUUC Weekly Update
February 27, 2024
Take A Leap of Faith: Stewardship Launch Party
Everyone is invited to:
Take a Leap of Faith on Thursday, February 29!
The usual Thursday Community Dinner will be hosted by the OUUC Board of Trustees at 5:30. Soup, salad and homemade breads will be served. Following the dinner, at 6:30 PM, there will be a special presentation of music and storytelling about faith, risk and OUUC. While the dinner will be onsite, everyone can join the presentation, onsite or online.
Topic: Stewardship Launch Party Time: Feb 29, 2024 06:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84788247987?pwd=THJoNGJ4bTc5UzBWUzB4N1JQUDU4Zz09
Meeting ID: 847 8824 7987 Passcode: 652986
This Leap Day celebration is the official launch of the 2024-25 Stewardship Pledge Drive. Come Support All that We Love at OUUC!
OUUC on Facebook: Help Raise Our Profile!
Did you know that OUUC has a Facebook page where upcoming events, news, and more are shared?
Facebook is a great place to find out about local events. However, we need help to make sure our organization gets publicized!
The more you interact with our Facebook posts, the more publicity OUUC gets!
How to help:
Visit our OUUC Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/OlyUUC and make sure you’ve clicked “Like” at the top of the page to follow our posts.
Then find a few posts to interact with: by clicking “Like,” leaving a comment, or sharing to your own Facebook page.
The more you use Facebook, the more easy and fun it becomes! If you can, visit our Facebook page directly once a week to engage with posts.
New to UU/Seekers Class: Campus tour and Congregational History
Saturday March 2 at 10 am
All who are new to UU or to OUUC are welcome at these classes (one or all of the series). For those interested in becoming members of OUUC this class is required. This class is offered both in person and on zoom.
This week's topic is: Campus Tour and Congregational History.
For questions or more information contact Rev. Sara.
Meditation Demystified with Ann Yeo
Saturdays March 2nd and 16, 1-2:30pm
Are you interested in meditation? Have you, perhaps, tried some form of meditation previously, and just could not “get into it,” but you want to try again? Maybe you, like Ann, would be more satisfied with a simple, non-mystical approach, rather than one of the traditional methods like Buddhist or Transcendental meditation.
Question Box Service
What are your burning questions and your deepest wonderings?
Back by popular demand, Rev. Mary will offer another Question Box service on Sunday, March 10, where she ponders your deepest questions and wonderings.
Send your theological, philosophical or spiritual questions to Rev. Mary here.
Parent Group: Next week Thursday March 7
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 to, join us on Zoom here.
Questions, email Rev. Sara.
Buddhism without Beliefs Class with Bill Arensmeyer starts March 7
Thursdays in March 4:30-5:30 pm
Stephen Batchelor reminds us that the Buddha was not a mystic who claimed privileged, esoteric knowledge of the universe, but a man who challenged us to understand the nature of anguish, let go of its origins, and bring into being a way of life that is available to us all.
Read more and
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.
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. This Common Read offers a glimpse into Judaism, one of our faith’s foundational sources, as we follow Rabbi Ruttenberg’s dive into prescriptions on accountability offered by the 12th century Jewish physician and scholar, Maimonides.
Read more and
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. Presentations will be more than a typical “travelog,” and will highlight how the journey expanded presenter’s perspective to enrich understanding of ourselves, the world, and how this and relates to our UU values.
See a full schedule of presentations and
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.
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.
March comes in like a lion this Sunday! Bring in your dead batteries and fluorescent bulbs and the OUUC Environmental Action Team will see that they are recycled or safely disposed. Thanks for doing your part to conserve resources! Look for our table in the Commons for information on other environmental issues EAT is working on.
OUUC’s address changed as of January 1, 2024. OUUC’s new address is 2306 East End St NW. The City of Olympia directed us to make this change. This is due to the regulations regarding emergency access. If you use an automated bill-paying service for your pledge payments (your financial institution sends OUUC a check on your behalf), you will need to update the address.
Remember to check out the Equity Library in the Religious Education hall and across from Reverend Mary’s office. It's open anytime OUUC is open.
Safety Reminder: Please lock and remove valuables from your vehicles.
Ways to Give - Did you know you can donate to OUUC by text message? Just text "OUUC" and "amount" to 73256. You can also donate online by visiting our secure online giving page.