Spiritually Alive, Joyfully Inclusive, Committed to Justice

Involving children in acts of service is a primary goal of our Sunday School program.
As we celebrate this Mother’s day, we celebrate the mothering love that we have known in you and in others; and the mothering love we will give to others as instruments of your grace.

Creator God, morning has broken like the first morning, blackbird has spoken and been joined by warblers and wrens. We do praise you for their singing and for this new day. We praise you for the sweetness of the wet garden…… We are grateful for this time of Worship and Work as we tend [...]

Read this Wisconsin State Journal about long time member of ORUCC, Scott Sneve, who upon his death in 2012, made sure his home would continue to serve disabled people in the Madison area.
We have several volunteer opportunities emerging through our Southwest Housing Partnership

Each spring we have a day of worship and work, in which we move from the sanctuary to the garden(s) to celebrate God’s creation, build community, eat good food and work hard! Here are a few pictures from this event. Many thanks to Barb Olsen, who organized the work portion of the day; and the [...]

This is another in our occasional series of profiles on church members

May 8, 2013 By ORUCC
The positive energy of this “cracking open and springing forth” is in Biblical language a Pentecost experience.

A Light Breather by Theodore Roethke
The spirit moves,
Yet stays;
Stirs as a blossom stirs,
Still wet from its bud-sheath,
Slowly unfolding,
Turning in the light with its tendrils;
Plays as a minnow plays,
Tethered to a limp weed, swinging,
Tail around, nosing in and out of the current,
Its shadows loose, a watery finger;
Moves, like the snail,
Still inward,
Taking and embracing its surroundings,
Never wishing itself away,
Unafraid of what it is,
A music in a hood,
A small thing,
Singing.

Caught Between Two Words We welcomed the Rev. David Moyer, Conference Minister of the Wisconsin Conference of the UCC, as our preacher on Sunday, May 12. His sermon was a part of our Mission 4.1.Earth emphasis and was titled, “Caught Between Two Words.” Click on the title in red just above these words to hear [...]
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