Religious Exploration (RE)
Day of Service (in part) by marching around the sanctuary and
learning about the weekly vigils hosted by our congregation.
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Some things remain the same: Isabel R. and Jyl S. continue to provide exceptional care in our nursery (Jyl even assists in our classroom when she can!). Our students are still sung out every Sunday after the Story for All Ages. And we continue to explore themes in tandem with adult worship.
You might have noticed, though, one difference in particular: our program has grown ever so slightly. This is true in both our nursery as well as our classroom. It’s exciting and the energy in the room is catching! Together, we’ve explored how we are a people of vision through guided meditation; reimagined our classroom as a sanctuary by making craft stained glass; delved into our own |
memories to write poems; immersed ourselves in UU history and investigated the mystery within scientific discovery by learning the story of Lewis Latimer and making circuit boards; considered the possibilities of our own futures in the light of multicultural stories of miraculous births; and most recently, practiced our trust in each other with a blindfolded partner walk in our outdoor play area.
We’ve also been lucky enough to have some tremendous volunteers helping both during and outside of class time. Big thanks to Chrissy E., Karen S., Darlene S., Linda P., Fern C., Len R., Emlen S., Leslie F., and Kaiyon F. If you are interested in volunteer opportunities, talk to Julie R when she comes on board. Posted: 08/15/2022 |
| Looking Ahead: October — |
OWL (Human Sexuality Curriculum for 7th-9th Graders)
Planned to Start in October: Spread the Word!
OWL (Our Whole Lives) is a celebrated UU curriculum about human sexuality and healthy relationships. There are versions of it for people of all ages, but the classical age group is students in 7th-9th grades. We have trained facilitators, including Jessica H and our new Intern Minister Shaie Dively as well as Rev. McKinley and other congregation members, who will be presenting this curriculum during the 2022-2023 school year, as part of our RE offering for this age group. We hope this cohort could evolve into a Coming of Age group the following year, and a Youth Group after that - a progression that has worked very nicely in the past.
We expect to start the curriculum sometime in October, probably on Sunday afternoons or evenings (tentatively 3-5pm), and probably for 2-3 Sundays each month (skipping holiday weekends). If you are the parent of a student of around this age, and think they might be interested in attending (whether in-person or hybrid), please contact Bruce if you have a child that might be interested. If you know of any friends, neighbors, acquaintances, etc., with kids of this age, please consider asking if their kid/s might be interested in joining the group. This is a great way to build our RE program and our congregation! If you have any questions, contact Bruce or Rev. McKinley!
Bridging Ceremony for Our Graduating Youth: 2018
All Souls Day Celebration
Bridging Ceremony for Our Graduating Youth: 2010
