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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
by Scott Umlauf, Re Teacher (Coming of Age) The weekend before Thanksgiving a team of Youth Group and Coming of Age students embarked on a trip to New York City for a Youth Service project on homelessness and food insecurity. Leaving by train on Friday afternoon, the group, with two chaperones in tow, navigated the … Continue reading Youth Service Trip
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
by Robin Pugh, Director of Lifespan Religious Education Welcome back to those families that I haven’t seen this summer. Our full Religious Education (“RE”) program begins on Sunday, September 16. The RE teachers and I have planned an exciting year for UUCWC’s children. Here is what each class will be studying: First Service (9 am … Continue reading Welcome Back! This Year’s Children’s RE Program
This month I am completing my 3-year term as Vice President of the Liberal Religious Educators Association (“LREDA”), the professional organization for UU Religious Educators. Recently, I’ve been thinking about how this experience changed and developed me as a leader. For one, I got accustomed to leading when I am out of my comfort zone. … Continue reading What It Means to Be a Leader
by Jen Rehbein, Sabbatical Team When our Lifespan Religious Education Direction, Robin Pugh, let me know that she was planning a sabbatical leave this year, I felt a mix of emotions. First and most important, I was very glad for her. I am proud that our community here at UUCWC takes the well-being and professional … Continue reading What Happens When Our DLRE is Away
Every other year, the 4th – 5th grade religious education class studies the Jewish and Christian Bible for a full year. This year is a Bible year. Some UU adults wonder why we teach the Bible in religious education. They may have a negative bias toward the Bible because of what they’ve experienced about it … Continue reading Why Do We Teach the Bible in Religious Education?
