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In September, I met with seven individual class teams made up of the 41 volunteers in the Religious Education program. During these meetings, I witnessed again and again how much our RE volunteers are committed to our children and to passing on Unitarian Universalism using their varied and unique gifts. I am so thankful to … Continue reading The Sweet Spot of Volunteering
Last chance to sign up for these ARE classes: Chalice Circle via videoconference once a month. Join a Chalice Circle from the comfort of your home. Begins Oct 2nd and meets first Wednesdays from 7pm-9pm. Facilitated by Robin Pugh Living the 8th Principle Monthly meeting that explores participant’s personal journey with racism and helps to … Continue reading Last Chance to Sign up for ARE classes
Welcome back to those families that I haven’t seen this summer. Our intergenerational water ingathering service is on September 8 at 10am. Please bring a small amount of water from your home or a place you visited this summer. Our full Religious education program begins on September 15. Here is what each class will be … Continue reading Welcome Back: Children’s RE for 2019-2020
The Adult Learning Committee has been hard at work creating a great fall lineup of adult learning classes. Some of the classes coming up include: Several yearlong racial justice and spiritual deepening courses; A six session class on Transgender inclusion in congregations for people that are committed to transformation; Rev. Sue Goodwin will be teaching … Continue reading Adult Learning Classes – Fall 2019
UUCWC adopted the 8th Principle last June. In so doing, we covenanted and affirmed to journey toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions that accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions. I’ll admit that last summer, as I was planning the children’s Religious … Continue reading 2019-20 Religious Education Plan for Transformation
The 8th-9th grade Coming of Age (“COA”) class went on their heritage trip to Boston with Scott Umlauf and Scott Drew at the end of April. Coming of Age is a Unitarian Universalist rite of passage that celebrates the transition from childhood into the teen and adult years within the Unitarian Universalist tradition. During the … Continue reading Coming of Age Heritage Trip
Teacher Appreciation Brunch and Brainstorm What do you need to raise a UU child? Sun April 7 Brunch: 12:30- 1:15 Brainstorm: 1:15 -2:45 Here’s a chance for kids and parents to feast and to reflect on Family ministry at UUCWC. We want to support parents as guides for their child/ren’s spiritual journey. Kids will have … Continue reading Upcoming Events in Children’s and Adult RE
Temperatures may be below freezing but I know that many parents are considering their children’s summer plans. I’d like to highlight several UU summer camps and conferences that UUCWC children love attending. These longer UU immersion experiences are excellent ways to solidify a child’s Unitarian Universalist identity build lifelong friends with other UU children and … Continue reading UU Summer Camps and Conferences
Full Circle: Fifteen Ways to Grow Lifelong UUs, written by well-known religious educator Katie Tweedie Erslev (Covey), is based on surveys and interviews with lifelong Unitarian Universalists. As part of our goal of being intentional about raising UU children, I thought I’d share the fifteen suggestions Katie made in her book. If you’d like to … Continue reading Growing Lifelong UUs
One of my goals this year is to give parents more tools to raise Unitarian Universalist children. An important way to do this is to integrate Unitarian Universalism into home life so that a full week faith is practiced instead of just on Sunday morning. Ours is a faith where we live our values. Children … Continue reading Tools to Raise UU Children
