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Religious Education News
Unitarian Universalist Church of Canton

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.
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 enjoyable and spiritually fulfilling for you and your whole family.
In RE Next Week
Our children and youth will participate in a faith filled fun day. Weather permitting we may go outside. C heck for details on our Facebook Page and website .
RE Committee
Wil Rivers, Chair  
Anna Sorensen,       Council Liaison
Cara Coffin
Jeff Frank
Arthur Freeheart
Shelby Hunkins
Esther Katz
Ashley Nadean Clover
Ron Tavernier
Jenn Whittaker
Jim Williams
For the Week of February 17, 2019
A Table Grace:
Of all the gifts in all the world,
for love we are grateful.
Of all the gifts in all the world,
for helping hands we are grateful.
Of all the gifts in all the world,
for food we are grateful.
May we remember that the best gifts don't arrive wrapped in paper or bows.
For love, helping hands, food and so much more including...
(participants state non-tangibles aloud here).
We are grateful.
Amen and May it be so.
By  Amy Kindred
A Chalice Lighting:
May the light we now kindle inspire us
to use our powers to heal and not harm,
to help and not hinder,
to bless and not to curse,
and to serve you, Spirit of freedom.
~ Passover Haggadah
May the following deepen and inspire your faith during the week ahead.

Contemplation Topic
During a shared meal with family or friends or as part of a contemplative practice, ponder the following: What treasures or miraculous surprises have you given away recently?

No More Deaths  - Our religious education classes explored this project and a  Social Action Shared Offering will be taken  on Sunday, February 24, 2019. No More Deaths is a humanitarian organization that grew from a coalition community and faith groups including the UU Church of Tucson.

Sewn in Protest: Chilean Arpilleras from the 1970s and '80 -  As part of a larger project called Forging Memory: Chilean Art and Politics, the exhibition Sewn in Protest showcases Chilean patchwork tapestries called arpilleras, which were among the earliest expressions of political protest during the brutal dictatorship that ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990.  Exhibitions at SLU Richard F. Brush Art Gallery and the SUNY Potsdam Gibson Art Gallery.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Carol Zimmerman at dre@uucantonny.org or 315-386-2498.