OUUC Weekly Update
June 10, 2025
Community Dinner: That's a Wrap
Thursday 5:30 pm June 12
This is our final community dinner before summer break and the menu will be "That's a Wrap" with wrap sandwiches. All are welcome for food and fellowship at 5:30pm. If you can help cook or set up, starting at 3:30 or 4:30pm, please email Rev Sara at dcfd@ouuc.org
All Ages Neighborhood Games
Thursday 6:30 pm June 12
Everyone of all ages is invited to celebrate our final Thursday dinner before summer break with outdoor neighborhood games, a firepit, and smores following dinner. Bring a simple outdoor game if you like, or we will have classics like marbles, hopscotch, and more.
Join OUUC members at the "No Kings" rally
Saturday 11:00 am June 14
Look for OUUC members Rev Mary and Rev Sara wearing our yellow shirts, meeting at the state capitol campus near the WWII monument. Wear your yellow shirt! Don't have one? Order one now!
Window Washing Party
Saturday 8:00 am June 14
Help the light shine in at OUUC! Join our volunteer work party with building and grounds to clean our gorgeous windows and help beautify our space. All supplies provided. Two opportunities to participate on June 14th 8:00 am - 10:00 am and June 28th 9:00 am - 11:00 am. Contact Marie at Sexton@ouuc.org with any questions.
Generation XYZ Lunch
Sunday 12:15 pm June 15
All between the ages of 18-50ish are welcome for the monthly lunch at 12:15pm in one of the classrooms. Look for Kedo Baye with any questions.
Join OUUC Partner GRuB in celebrating Juneteenth
Thursday June 19
Come join GRuB's Growing Home Collective to celebrate Juneteenth, the day that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved Black people in 1865 in the United States. Our Juneteenth is a community celebration that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved Black people in 1865 in the United States. Activities include a history timeline, art and storytelling, a farm procession with songs and music, and culminates with a feast to celebrate community ancestral foodways on the land. Join our family friendly gathering to learn, grow, and connect! Hosted by GRuB's Growing Home Collective, which celebrate and uplift Black wisdom, community, healing, ancestral food knowledge and culture on the land. Juneteenth is American history! The event is open to people of all backgrounds and we welcome Black and ADOS youth, veterans and alumni of GRuB's programs. This event takes place outside, so dress for the weather. Email kerensa@goodgrub.org for any questions or special accommodations.
Volunteers Needed:
Setup team: Working with the Lead, help with space setup, outdoor kitchen areas, trash and activity stations; move tables and chairs, put up easels, benches, ability to lift items.
Decorations team: Working with Decor Lead, place easels, posters, artwork and put out frames on tables. assemble greenery if necessary and decorate tables
Welcome Table crew: With Lead, setup table under tent, put out signup sheets, staff table and confirm registration. (seated role)
Food support team: With the Food Lead, Heat dishes for serving, time and bring out for meal, prep day off dishes, place dishes in serving bowls, list food ingredients and post on chalkboards. (standing and walking role)
Frying Team: Setup outdoor frying station, fry 2 versions of hush puppies; empty oil, cleanup station. (seated or standing role)
Food Service/Bussing Team: Setup food serving area under tent, prep/light chafing dishes, bring out food, bus tables, serve dishes and monitor portions. (standing and walking role)
Parking Team: With Lead, setup - 3 signs & cones out. Welcome cars as they pull into E. Lot and Bing Ct., and when full, redirect to 20th Ave. Make sure guests don't park in neighbors areas, driveways, the corner store lot or in the cul-de-sac. (Standing role)
Cleanup team: With Cleanup Lead, moving things back into the farmhouse, putting away chairs and tables. Taking down decorations and putting them back into the tubs. (standing and walking role)
General Assembly 2025: Would you like to be a delegate?
Online June 18 - 22
General Assembly is the annual gathering and business meeting of the Unitarian Universalist Association, this year held in Baltimore and online June 18-22. All congregations send voting delegates to GA to vote on the business of the association. If you are a member of OUUC and interested in representing OUUC in this way please contact Rev Sara. Learn more about GA here.
Help remove invasives on the grounds
Saturday June 28 10:00 am
Join the Environmental Action Team for invasives removal on the OUUC grounds. We will meet on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays from 10am-noon, starting June 28 through September. Bring water, sunscreen, garden gloves and weeding utensils.
Contact John Crutcher for more information at olywash@gmail.com
Nature Group at Tolmie State Park
Saturday June 28 9:00 am
All are welcome to join Rev Sara and Anissa for nature and gentle walking Tolmie State Park. A Discover Pass is needed for parking. RSVP to Rev Sara
Pride Parade
Save the date to march with OUUC in the Capitol City Pride Parade. Wear your yellow "Side with Love" T Shirts! (Don't have one? Order one now!) RSVP to Rev Sara at dcfd@ouuc.org
Forming a 2nd One Parish One Prisoner Team
On June 1st we heard testimonials from members of our One Parish One Prisoner team, and many were inspired to want to create a 2nd team and be matched with an incarcerated friend for support and mutual transformation. If you are interested in joiining this team, please contact Rev Sara at dcfd@ouuc.org
Co-coordinators for the OUUC Book Group sought
Seeking Facilitators for Soul Matters Groups Next Year
OUUC Side with Love Shirt
Get ready to represent OUUC and Side with Love at gatherings and justice events by ordering your yellow T-Shirt now!
Join a New Team: The Story Finders
Do you love to take photos, interview people, or write? We are forming a new team, sort of a cross between the yearbook committee and the student newspaper, to help find and share the stories of what we are doing at OUUC. Contact Rev Sara at dcfd@ouuc.org if you are interested in joining this new team.
OUUC Book Nook Online Used Book Store benefitting local non-profits
Shop Book Nook to Fight Food Insecurity
OUUC’s new Book Nook online used book store for all Olympia-area shoppers is NOW OPEN ‘24/7’ on an ongoing basis at www.books-ouuc.com. Shop & pay online, then pick up your paid orders in Olympia. All proceeds will be lovingly passed on to theThurston County Food Bank, where our support is needed to keep the shelves stocked and the lights on! New items are added to Book Nook frequently, as community book donations are received. So, visit Book Nook often for great reading, viewing, and gift ideas - and let's help feed some families! For more information about shopping at and donating books for Book Nook check out its OUUC webpage and Book Nook's FAQ page.
"Our Whole Lives" for 4th-6th Grade: Summer Camp
July 7 - 11 Mon - Fri
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Our Whole Lives is a holistic and developmentally appropriate sexuality education program. We are offering the program for 4th-6th grade this summer as a week long summer camp.
Pay what you can program, registration is open now. Register here.
"Chalice Camp: Democracy Kids" for kids ages 5-11
July 14 - 18 Mon - Fri
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
We will explore how we can live in community based on shared values of mutual care, inclusion, and democratic decision-making. Each day in camp there will be opportunities for: arts and crafts, movement and music, snacks, meditation, stories and outdoor play.Pay what you can program, registration is open now. Register here.
Resiliency Retreat for Youth in Middle and High School
July 28 - 30 Mon - Wed
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
In a world that can be stressful, with so many calls for action, how do we tend to our own well-being, mental health, spirit, and energy? In this retreat youth will rest, have fun, and learn tools for resiliency. Highlights will include meditation, self-care workshops, and a closing fire pit night.
Pay what you can program, registration is open now. Register here
Parent Group at Percival Landing Playground
Parents and caregivers of kids of any age are invited to attend the parent group for community building and mutual support. This month we meet at Percival Landing Playground.
Nature Group at McClane Creek
All ages are welcome to join Rev Sara and Anissa for nature and gentle walking at McClane Creek nature trail. A Discover Pass is required for parking here. RSVP to Rev Sara at dcfd@ouuc.org
