OUUC Weekly Update
February 25, 2025
You should have a packet in your mailbox with a pledge card, letter and giving chart. If that hasn’t reached you yet, we’ll be in the commons with more copies after each service, and you can find all of the packet materials plus additional info including next year’s budget on the OUUC website at:
https://www.ouuc.org/give/stewardship/
You’ll also find Pledge Here buttons on the web that will take you right into OUUC’s tracking of pledges on Realm.
Questions? Reach out to Sharon Love or Jennifer Sabel. Contact info for either is available on Realm, or you can request it here.
Action Hour Actions For This Week
There will be no more onsite action hours between services. Please do the actions at home.
You can access them here.
Community Dinner: Buddha Bowls
Thursday, February 27
5:30 pm
This week the Thursday Dinner is being prepared by our Leadership Development Committee and the Generation XYZ Group, and the menu plan is Buddha Bowls.
All are welcome for food and fellowship.
Poetry Writing Class
Led by Christine Colyar
Tuesdays 3/4, 3/11, 3/18, 3/25
10am-12pm
Discover the power of poetry to inspire and sustain us in this engaging Poetry Writing Workshop. Writers of all skill levels are warmly welcome.
Death Cafe at OUUC
Monday, March 3
4 pm
Join us for our monthly Death Cafes at OUUC, supported through Pastoral Care & Adult Faith Development and facilitated by Jenee Wolfram, certified End of Life Doula. Death Cafes are not a grief support group but an informal, death positive, group-led space for conversations about all things death and dying. This is a drop-in program. All are welcome! Let’s normalize conversations around death and dying, bringing this long taboo topic out into the light. And, did I mention THERE WILL BE TEA & CAKE!?!
After-Dinner Events
Protest Song Jam - Thursday 2/27, 6:30 pm
In times of trial and tribulation, coming together to play and sing always lifts spirits and provides energy for positive action. Bring an instrument or your voice (or both!) to jam out and lift each other up.Youth Group - Thursday 2/27, 6:30 pm
All Youth in Middle and High School are welcome at Youth Group. This month we are exploring the theme of Inclusion.
Forum on Discerning Right Actions
Sunday, March 2
12:15 pm
All are welcome to join Rev Sara for a forum to practice reflection and discernment that can help us each decide what actions are right for us in these times. How do we decide what kind of events or actions we will take part in? How do we decide what tactics are in alignment with our values? These questions and more will be explored.
New UU/New Member Class
Sundays, beginning March 2
2 pm
This class is for everyone interested in becoming a member of OUUC or simply interested in learning more about OUUC, and will be offered every Sunday 2pm from March to May. March topics: 3/2 UU History, Values, and the UUA 3/9 OUUC History and Grounds, 3/16 Faith in Action, 3/23 Worship, 3/30 Faith Development
National Boycotts In Support of DEI
Join in National boycotts called against companies that have slashed their DEI programs with this new administration.
The boycott schedule is:
Feb 28th total boycott, buy nothing, spend nothing.
March 7-14th Boycott Amazon.
March 21-28 Boycott Nestle.
April 7-14 Boycott Walmart.
April 18 Economic Blackout #2.
April 21-28 Boycott General Mills.
This Sunday: Bulbs and Batteries Collection!
Sunday, March 2
Welcome to March! The OUUC Environmental Action Team will be ready to take your dead fluorescent bulbs and batteries this Sunday.
Look for our table in the Commons and also check out any of the informational materials we have about environmental issues in this Legislative session. Let the light shine on!
Spiritual Practice Mini Retreat on the Practice of Trust
Saturday, March 8
10 am
Join us for two hours of spiritual practice in community as we explore the theme of Trust. Register here.
February Faith in Action Opportunities
There are so many ways to show up, speak out, or lend support for our values in the world this month.
Find many of them organized here.
Tickets on sale for May 17 Carrie Newcomer Events! Also Seeking Volunteers and Visitor Hosts!
Volunteers welcome! Like last year, it will take many hearts and many hands to make the weekend a success. We'll need volunteers to help with planning, spreading the word, space setup, greeting and welcoming, serving coffee and tea, providing snacks, ticket taking, driving, and more. Introverted or extroverted, available that weekend or not, there's room for you on the team supporting Carrie's visit!
Seeking hosts for overnight guests! Many of Carrie's fans travel for her shows, and we expect to have several folks come from out of town for the weekend. If you would be interested in opening up your home to a guest (or a few) for one or two nights (May 16 and/or 17), we'd love to connect. OUUC will collect fees from guests to help cover the financial costs of Carrie's visit... and stipends will be available to hosts, to help hosts cover the extra expenses of having guests in your home. Host/guest matches will be made thoughtfully, considering everyone's needs. This is great way to support OUUC while meeting new people and building community!
Questions? Need support with tickets? Want to volunteer or learn more about hosting? Contact Liz Clement.
