RE Mission
Our religious education program works
to create an accepting environment that empowers children and youth to explore their spirituality, celebrate diversity, and live our Unitarian Universalist values.
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Family Ministry
We believe that families play a vital role in furthering this empowerment to explore and live our UU values. We are excited to support our families by offering ideas from the UUA's Tapestry of Faith program as well as graces and thought provoking questions related to the topics introduced during Sunday religious education classes. We hope you find this new initiative enjoyable and spiritually fulfilling for your whole family.
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In RE Next Week
Our children and youth will learn about Passover Seder, explore transformation, continue making music, begin preparations for a worship service and explore Easter around the world.
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RE Committee
Wil Rivers, Chair
Todd Moe, Council Liaison
David Bradford
Arthur Freeheart
Sally Hoose
Esther Katz
Rhonda Rodriguez
Anna Sorensen
Jenn Whittaker
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For the Week of April 2, 2017
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A Table Grace:
Help us to keep our ears to the earth and our eyes in the stars.
Amen.
~ Steve Myrvang
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A Chalice Lighting:
As the first hint of green begins to peek through the barren ground
As that little sprig grows into a healthy stem
As that stem grows into a stalk and forms a bud
As that bud slowly opens with each new day
To form a yellow daffodil
Let us be, like that first hint of green, renewed by the warm of the sun's rays
And ready to emerge with a new energy, ready to face the day.
We light this chalice to bring a glimmer of that warmth into our space.
By Jennifer McGlothin
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Spirit Play heard the story of Passover, of how Moses lead the Hebrews out of Egypt and escape from the Pharaoh.
Family Discussion - During a shared meal, talk if you have had a time in your life when you have felt trapped and someone helped you.
Family Reading - Learn more about Passover by reading "Miriam's Cup: A Passover Story" available via library loan
here.
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Our Caring Community
explored personal transformation. They heard a story, created some personal goals and participated in teambuilding games.
Family Discussion - Over a shared meal, discuss goals you have set and how it felt when you reached or didn't reach it.
Parental Ideas - Click
here to learn some simple habits that will transform your parenting.
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Maker Space continued making music. They will learned about improvisational pyramid and continued to practice for their performance scheduled for Sunday, April 23 during worship.
Family Discussion - During a shared meal, discuss different ways of being creative, for example in writing, with artwork, in movement or dance, with music, with problem-solving, with imaginative ideas. Identify ways these gifts of creativity benefit your family, your community, and the web of life.
Recycled Instruments - Click
here to view a high school group who made music from recycled materials.
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Coming of Age
prepared for their fundraising luncheon as well as well took special orders for T-shirts as part of their efforts to travel to Boston.
Family Discussion - Over a shared meal, discuss where in the world you like to travel and why.
Boston and UU's - Click
here to read about three UU churches in Boston. Two of which we will visit.
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Family Discussion - During a shared meal, discuss what are your favorite ways to celebrate a memorable occasion.
Worship Explained - The youth were asked "How is giving a worship service spiritually fulfilling?". Click
here to learn more about the different components of worship.
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If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Carol Zimmerman at
dre@uucantonny.org or 315-386-2498.
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