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Join Us Online!
Worship at 10:45 am | After-Service Forum at 12:15 pm
Join on Zoom
Interact with the community and access live captions.
Meeting ID: 873 210 124 | Passcode: 2306
Watch on Youtube
View the live stream or watch anytime after.
Join by Phone
Dial +1 (253) 205-0468 to listen to the service audio-only.
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Office Closures & Staff Away | |
Chloe Meyer will be out of town Thursday, October 8 through Thursday, October 15
Office Closed: Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Mon Oct 12th
| | | New Coordinator Needed For Unity Commons Shelter Meals | |
For many years Jo Ann Young has been coordinating OUUC cooks to bring meals once a month to the Unity Commons Shelter. She now needs to retire from this effort and would love to hand the project to a new coordinator. Is this the service opportunity you've been looking for? You can chat with Jo Ann to learn more about the project.
| | | OUUC Personal Record Forms | |
Reverend Mary and the Pastoral Care Team would like to remind congregants that a Personal Care and Support Record form is available on the OUUC website.
To find the form online, log into OUUC and locate Connect at the top of the home page. Scroll down to Congregational Care where the Personal Care and Support Record will be an option on the right. Finally, click Personal Care and Support Record fillable.
Hard copies of this form are also available in the Commons and may be turned into the office when completed.
PCT members will be available after services to answer questions. Look for the green stoles and smiling faces.
The information you provide us on the form will allow us to better assist you in times of need and will also let us know your end of life wishes.
Forms become PDFs and will be added to the member’s Realm personal profile, which is private, Only Reverend Mary and Reverend Sara will have access to them.
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Join the Environmental Action Team (EAT)! The EAT team works to educate, advocate, and empower members of OUUC to act NOW for the ongoing survival of diverse life on the planet. They are seeking volunteers for collection and sorting of plastics, removing invasive plants on OUUC grounds, and attending meetings at DNR. Reach out to Wendy Steffensen (wsteffensen@gmail.com) for more information.
| | | 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
| | | 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 Jo Ann Young. | | | 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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Nia Dance returns for its fall session! 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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New UU Class: Who We Are at OUUC
Sundays
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 the history of OUUC and the buildings and grounds.
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Sit and Stitch
Tuesday
October 6
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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Register Now for Trans Inclusion in Congregations Class
Wednesday
October 7
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: Polenta
Thursday
October 8
5:30 pm
| | All are welcome at our weekly community dinner. This week's menu will be Polenta. Following dinner we will have the OUUC meditation group, the children's "Love, Grief, and Action" class, the OUUC Book Group, and the book discussion group for "Emergent Strategy" | | | | |
Registration Now Open for Thurs Evening Children's Classes
Thursday
October 8
| | 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 | | | | |
Book Group: Reading Crow Talk by Eileen Garvin
Thursday
October 8
6:30 pm
| | All are welcome to join the OUUC Book Group for discussion of fiction each month. Contact Frances Tanaka for more information. | | | | |
Fall Gathering at Rutledge Farms
Saturday
October 10
2:00 pm
| | All ages are welcome to join us for a fire pit at Rutledge Farms, a chance for us all to enjoy some fall fun (corn maze, etc). There is an admissions cost to get into Rutledge, if this is a financial barrier contact Rev Sara for assistance: dcfd@ouuc.org | | | | |
Learn About the Library Levy
Sunday
October 11
12:15 pm
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Our forum on October 11th will bring guest speakers to talk about the Library Levy that will be on our upcoming ballots. Join us to learn more.
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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.
October 13
La Taquirta Esquirta
430 Legion Way SE
Olympia
(Happy Hour menu, 2:00-5:00)
MENU
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Song Circle with Jeff Goates
Thursday
October 15
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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Monthly Chronic Illness Support Group on Zoom
Wednesday
October 21
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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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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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. | | | | |
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. | | | | |
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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. | | | | |
Week Without Driving Walk Audit Opportunity
Tuesday
October 6
4:00 pm
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Week Without Driving was started in 2021 by Anna Zivarts at Disability Rights Washington to bring attention to the barriers nondrivers experience in accessing their communities. This year, the Week Without Driving will be October 1-8th. You can find several opportunities to participate through Intercity Transit’s Walk N Roll program. People First of Thurston County will also be leading a walk audit in Lacey on October 6th at 4pm. After gathering at the shelter at William Bush Park, People First members will lead a walk across intersections in this area to highlight what infrastructure is working well and what could be improved to make transportation safer for nondrivers.
https://weekwithoutdriving.org/participate/
https://bcc.intercitytransit.com/node/149641
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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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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)
Summer 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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