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Worship at 10:45 am | After-Service Forum at 12:15 pm
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The remodeled kitchen at OUUC is up and running well! Due to your generosity, the kitchen has a new, larger, electric range and a commercial dishwasher. The range is well used for Thursday Community Dinners and on Saturday by the mutual aid group, Oly Food Not Bombs, who prepares hot meals for those who are houseless. This appliance, along with the new electric hot water heater, makes OUUC’s building fully powered by electricity.
The new dishwasher is next to a single residential dishwasher and does most of the dishes for Thursday evenings and Sunday mornings. The commercial dishwasher works very differently than a residential dishwasher and requires different prep for the dishes. Some training is required and it’s easy to learn. Just reach out to OUUC’s new Facilities Manager, Jaydin Huber, or volunteer, Kedo Baye.
Thank you for your generosity to help OUUC live our mission and live as lightly as possible on the Earth.
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Office Closures & Staff Away | None this week - Happy October! | | | Set Your Clocks Back One Hour! | |
Don't forget: Daylight Saving Time ends this Sunday! Set your clocks back one hour Saturday night so you arrive at the right time for worship.
| | | Tea with Rev. Mary (and cookies!) | |
In this time of transition, come chat with Rev. Mary. When we’re onsite at OUUC, she’ll provide tea and cookies. When we’re online, please bring your own!
You can drop in to share stories about OUUC and our time together and share feelings about this change.
If you would like an appointment with Rev. Mary, please contact her by email at minister@ouuc.org
Teas at OUUC:
December 5, Saturday at 10 am
Teas on Zoom (BYOT!):
November 4, Wednesday at 1 pm
November 18, Wednesday at 5:30 pm
December 15, Tuesday at 4 pm
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86375795970?pwd=N5g3F8028aj4vCe0ihYa3KcgMsGvUn.1
Meeting ID: 863 7579 5970
Passcode: 662302
| | | Unofficial Unitarian Universalist Campers, (UUUC) | Did you know that there is a group of OUUC Congregants who enjoy the fellowship of “camping” together? Some of us have RVs, others have tents, and some people participate while staying in state park cabins or yurts. All UUs (and Friends) are welcome to join us. We are not an “official” OUUC activity, hence our name, UUU Campers. Our intention is to not have our trips conflict with major, official, OUUC events. We usually plan two trips each year: a spring trip east of the Cascades, and a fall trip on the west side. In addition, some of us camp together in smaller groups, at other times. An outing is currently being planned for May. A limited number of campsites are still available at this time. If you would like to be added to the mailing list, or have any questions about UUUC, you may send a message to Rich Kalman via his email address as listed in Realm. | | | |
OUUC Resistance Lab will meet November 10 at 6:00 pm to talk about election protection efforts from the midterms and how the outcome can lead to social justice policies.
In addition, on December 8 at 6:00 pm we will meet to discuss the book by Sarah Longwell, How to Eat an Elephant: One Voter at a Time that outlines a roadmap for building a pro-democracy coalition.
| | | Help Wanted with Shelter Meals | Help OUUC serve those in need. Every 3rd and 4th Wednesday a group of generous volunteers bring a main dish and/or side dish to (feed 10 to 12) for the dinner of the 53 adults at the Unity Commons Adult Shelter. If you are able to help once, twice, or regularly, please contact Whitney Godby. | | | Volunteers Needed to Bring Sunday Flowers | Flowers add beauty to our Sunday services! Anne Radford will be coordinating Sunday flowers. If you would like to bring a floral arrangement you can sign up HERE, or contact Anne. | | | |
The Healthy Congregation Team will conduct a listening circle October 29, 6:30, Classroom 3 and you're invited!
The primary purpose of a listening circle is to create a structured, safe, and equitable space where participants can speak honestly and listen deeply without interruption, debate, or pressure to problem-solve.
In this time of transition at OUUC, we will ask participants for their thoughts about these questions:
- What do we want OUUC to be?
- What are the important conversations we should be having?
We will capture the ideas you bring to be shared with Rev. Mary and the OUUC Board.
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Pastoral Care is a Ministry of loving presence and support. The Pastoral Care Team extends the care of the congregation to those who are in special need. We listen to provide supportive, one-to-one care to members and friends of OUUC. The Pastoral Care Team members are representatives of the Minister, and are invited to join by the Minister. Questions? Reach out to pastoralcare@ouuc.org
| | | Share the Plate (STP) Program - Applicants invited to apply | |
Each year OUUC invites community nonprofit organizations that serve the South Sound area (Lewis, Mason and Thurston counties) to apply online to the Share the Plate program. Bi-monthly awards are made to six organizations that align with Unitarian Universalist Core Values, with an emphasis on racial, economic, and climate justice. The amount of the grants typically total $3,000 - $4,000. The deadline for applications is October 31, 2026. More details and the application can be found at
https://www.ouuc.org/give/share-the-plate/stp-guidelines-and-application/ .
If you know of any deserving non-profit organizations that fit the criteria and might be interested in applying, please forward this information to them. We will be accepting online applications soon, but they can better understand the process and requirements and even download the application now. The application is very straightforward and not lengthy.
-Bob Brennand
| | | Register for the 11/07 Immigrant Accompaniment Volunteer Training in Olympia |
You are invited to register for AGUA's next Immigrant Accompaniment Volunteer Training
Saturday, November 7th, 9:30am to 1pm (we ask you to arrive ten minutes early)
Olympia location to be announced after registration and will not be open to non-registrants.
In a time of fear and uncertainty, AGUA: the Accompaniment Group for Unity and Action provides transportation, resources, and support—because no one should face these experiences alone. We stand with our immigrant neighbors!
AGUA volunteers accompany and provide transportation for our immigrant community members going to court hearings, ICE check-ins, & other appointments in Seattle & Tukwila & Tacoma. We typically work in pairs to support accompaniments. At this moment in time, we are without capacity to coordinate visits with local detained community members at the NW ICE Processing Center (NWIPC) in Tacoma. Some of our volunteers are still visiting detainees and witnessing court hearings. We hope to continue supporting Vecinos Unidos in accompanying/transporting local family members to visit their detained loved ones, albeit through plexiglass.
We need volunteers from Thurston, Mason and Lewis counties to drive community members from their homes to Seattle and/or Tukwila. We also need volunteers with conversational Spanish to commit at least one day per month to this shared work. Most accompaniments take place on weekdays. If you are not available on weekdays, consider supporting local family visits with detained loved ones in the NWIPC, which has visiting hours 7 days/week.
To join AGUA, we require that you attend an in-person training. Our next training will be Saturday, Nov. 7th, 2026 from 9:30am to 1pm, location TBA in Olympia. Registrants must give at least one full weekday each month to our accompaniment work. We hope to offer another training in early 2027.
We are part of a growing community mobilizing to protect and defend the rights and lives of our immigrant neighbors. JOIN US!
Please send questions to agua.of.oly@gmail.com
REGISTER HERE
AGUA Accompaniment Training Facilitators: Jean Eberhardt, Lourdes (Alfie) Alvarado, Marilyn Gilman, Holley Rauen, Anne Fischel (we are all volunteers!)
| | | Faith in Action Resources | | | Volunteer Opportunities and Resources | | | Community Kitchen
Looking for volunteers to work in the Community Kitchen serving dinner to those in need in the community. The kitchen is located at 808 5th Ave SE, Olympia, WA 98506, in the Salvation Army building. Parking is behind the Eagles parking lot on 4th Street just off Plum St. We prepare salad, fruit, dessert and bread for dinner on Wednesday evenings and serve that dinner. We especially need support during the summer when folks take vacation. You can join us regularly or on a fill-in basis. Please consider serving members of our community. For more information to join the team please contact Meliz Maatta. | | Help with Coffee Crew!
Our coffee hours are only possible through the help of volunteers who make the coffee, set everything up, and wash the dishes after. Please sign up to help! | Unity Commons
Help OUUC serve those in need. Every 3rd and 4th Wednesday a group of generous volunteers bring a main dish and/or side dish to (feed 10 to 12) for the dinner of the 53 adults at the Unity Commons Adult Shelter. If you are able to help once, twice, or regularly, please contact Whitney Godby. | | |
Tiny Little News Show
In this week's episode hear about our upcoming events, including our election night gathering.
| | | Support OUUC With Your Purchases | | | | | There’s a new way to support OUUC! Hosted by a worker-owned business founded by two of our congregants, the new online OUUC Store features over a quarter-million products from hundreds of small and medium businesses nationwide. We have new books, plants and gardening equipment, pet supplies, and so much more, all available 24/7. Every time you shop at Little Red General Store and use discount code OUUC, you save 5% on your purchase and another 5% goes directly to support OUUC. | | | Would you like an official OUUC mug with a lid? These are the kind that are allowed in the sanctuary now.Order from Zazzle to get your very own! | | The Yellow OUUC Side with Love Shirt! Get ready to represent OUUC and Side with Love at gatherings and justice events. Order your yellow T-Shirt here! | | | | | |
OUUC Gatherings Happening This Week | | | | |
Nia Dance
Thursdays
9:00 am
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Thursdays from 9-10am in classrooms 3 & 4. If you are not on the contact list, please text Kristy to be added.
Recommended: water bottles, comfortable clothing, and dressing in layers
Optional: shoes and yoga mats.
To find out more, click here.
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Register Now for Trans Inclusion in Congregations Class
Wednesday
October 28
6:00 pm
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More than just a "trans 101", this is a class about culture change and how our UU congregations can become more truly inclusive, as well as exploration of gender and gender justice.
A combination of videos and discussion, this class will be facilitated by Rev Mary and Rev Sara, on Zoom. Register HERE
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Community Dinner: Fall Foods
Thursday
October 29
5:30 pm
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All are welcome at our weekly community dinner. This week's menu will be fall foods. Following dinner we will have the OUUC meditation group, a listening circle, and all ages pumpkin carving (bring your own pumpkin).
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Registration Now Open for Thurs Evening Children's Classes
Thursday
October 29
6:30 pm
| | In the Love, Grief, and Action program kids will explore climate change and eco-grief in developmentally appropriate ways. What do we love in nature? What stories about our place in nature have we inherited? How can we feel our feelings and face the predicaments of today? With ritual, story, and social emotional skills we will build the resilience to face hard things. Learn more and register HERE | | | | |
Halloween Trunk and Treat
Saturday
October 31
2:00 pm
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Please join us for a fun celebration of Halloween and to create a fun offering for our neighbors around OUUC. We will host a Trunk and Treat where people park their cars in the OUUC lot, decorate them for the holiday, and hand out treats to young trick or treaters. To make this a success we need a good number of cars to participate. Please RSVP to Rev Sara at dcfd@ouuc.org
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Family Pancake Breakfast
Sunday
November 1
10:15 am
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All families are welcome to join us for food and fellowship at the monthly Pancake Breakfast held on the 1st Sunday of each month, between worship services.
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New UU Class: How and Why We Worship
Sunday
November 1
2:00 pm
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All who are interested in knowing more about OUUC or becoming a member are welcome at our New UU/New Member class that will be meeting on Sundays 2pm-3:30pm at OUUC. This week's topic will be how how and why we worship, with Rev Mary.
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Death Cafe
Monday November 2
4:30 pm
| | Ready to talk about death?! Join us as we talk, share, listen, and learn from one another in a death positive space. Death Cafe will be resuming in November, and will continue on the first Monday of each month. All are welcome! Bring a friend! This is a monthly drop in program and no registration is required. Join us November 2nd from 4:30pm-6:00pm at OUUC. Death Cafe is hosted by Jenée Jenkins-Wolfram, certified end of life doula. If you have any questions, you can contact her directly. | | | | |
Sit and Stitch
Tuesday
November 3
6:30 pm
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All are welcome to join members of the sewing ministry for a sewing circle on the first Tuesday of each month. Bring your knitting, sewing, embroidery, or other hand work and join us for time to sit, stitch (and chat) together.
Learn more HERE.
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Election Night Gathering
Tuesday November 3
5:30 pm
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All are welcome to be in community together on election night. We will have space at OUUC for watching the news together, space for quiet contemplation, and space for being social. Snacks and tea and cocoa provided. Bring your own dinner if you like.
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L.U.S.H.
Every Tuesday
4:30 pm
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Lady Unitarian Social Hour is a group that meets Tuesdays from 4:30 to 6ish for fellowship and conversation at various establishments around Olympia, Tumwater, and Lacey. We welcome anyone who identifies as a woman. Although most of us have a little gray in our hair, any age over 21 is welcome.
November 3
Cynara Restaurant & Lounge
500 Columbia St NW, Olympia, WA 98501
(360) 764-7326
MENU
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P.U.G.s (Powerful Unitarian Gals)
Wednesdays
10:00 am
| | Looking for connection and conversation? P.U.G.s is a welcoming weekly gathering for people who identify as women, meeting Wednesdays from 10:00-11:30 a.m. in the Youth Room. No RSVP, membership, or commitment required. New members are always welcome! For more information about the group, click HERE | | | | |
Potted Redwood and Sequoia Sale
Saturday
November 7 10:00 am
| | Come join us for our potted Redwood and Sequoia Sale in OUUC's parking lot! | | | | |
Book Group Reading: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
Thursday
November 12 6:30 pm
| | All are welcome to join the OUUC Book Group for discussion of fiction each month. Contact Frances Tanaka for more information. | | | | |
Monthly Chronic Illness Support Group on Zoom
Wednesday
November 18
5:00 pm
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This group will be a space for sharing and support for anyone coping with chronic illness or disability, facilitated by Rev Sara and members of the pastoral care team. We will meet on zoom on the 3rd Wed of each month, 5pm. Email Rev Sara at dcfd@ouuc.org with questions. There is an optional book to accompany this group, Tend to Your Spirit: Mindful Living with Chronic Illness, by Julianne Lepp and Florence Caplow, available in the Commons or you can order one from the UUA bookstore. Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88574998830
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Song Circle with Jeff Goates
Thursday
November 19
6:30 pm
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Join us for a song circle every third Thursday at 6:30. All instruments, voices, and abilities are welcome. Bring a song or two to share with the group. Everyone is invited, even if you just want to listen.
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Holiday Bouquet Making
Thursday
December 3 6:30 pm
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Join the FUUN team after dinner on Thursday to create a festive holiday bouquet in a coffee mug. We'll have winter greens and several mugs. Or, bring your silly Santa mug to fill with holiday cheer!
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Olympia Peace Vigil
Every Friday
4:30 pm
| | Join The Olympia Fellowship of Reconciliation, The Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice, and other peaceful and welcoming individuals who gather downtown every Friday and continue standing together to advocate for a permanent ceasefire, an arms embargo, and peace & justice for Palestine. The vigil begins at 4:30pm at the intersection of 4th & Water street every Friday. | | | | |
Faith Forward Online Class
Wednesdays, October 28 -
December 9
5:00 pm
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ONLINE UU HISTORY SERIES - OPEN TO ALL!
Wednesdays, October 28 - December 9 (no class November 25)
5-6 PM PT / 6-7 PM MT / 7-8 PM CT / 8-9 PM ET
Meets on Zoom, link provided when you register
This interactive series approaches history through compelling stories and personalities, and invites participants to translate history into our contemporary religious life and practice. Each session offers a forum for learning, sharing, and growth that can enrich our faith journeys.
If you took this class with us in the past, consider joining us again! It's gone through an overhaul in recent years to better reflect our commitment to equity and justice. In our exploration of Unitarian Universalist history, we seek to recognize its complexity, present the fullness of historical figures including some unpleasant and untold truths, and acknowledge when our ancestors’ actions and beliefs are not in alignment with our contemporary Unitarian Universalist thought and practice.
Fee: $25 per person.
For more information or to register, email Faith Forward Coordinator Betty-Jeanne Rueters-Ward. Deadline to register is Wednesday, October 14.
bruetersward@dallasuu.org
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March and Sing for Peace and Hope
Wednesday
November 4
12:00 pm
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Gather and Pray in St. John | San Juan Episcopal Church parking lot (Corner of 19th and Washington)
March and Sing down Capitol Way
End and Pray in United Churches parking lot (Corner of 11th and Capitol Way)
United Churches sanctuary open for prayers following the march
HOSTED BY CONCERNED CLERGY, COORDINATED BY UNITED CHURCHES AND ST. JOHN | SAN JUAN
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Annual Holiday Bazaar
Saturday
November 14
10:00 am
| | Announcing the PFLAG 5th Annual Holiday Bazaar @ Westminster Presbyterian Church. | | | |
Transgender Day of Remembrance
Friday
November 20
7:00 pm
| | As we live our values of inclusion, dignity, and justice, we invite members and friends to attend the Transgender Day of Remembrance gathering on November 20. Together, we will honor transgender lives lost to violence and suicide and recommit ourselves to creating a safer, more compassionate world for all. | | | | |
Click the image below to download a copy of the monthly events flyer. | |
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Phone (360) 634-2005
Address
2306 East End St NW
Olympia, WA 98502
Sunday Worship
9:00am (in-person only)
10:45am (in-person and online)
Office Hours
Sundays 8:00 am - 2:00 pm
Mondays 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Tuesdays 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Wednesdays 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Thursdays 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
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