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This month we’re exploring the many ways our UU faith invites us to become “A People of Healing.”

Our sessions are centered around five of these lessons or “healing invitations.” It invites and calls us to:

Lesson A. Don’t Run Away from the Hard Work of Healing!

Lesson B. Let Gratitude Heal You

Lesson C. Listen Before You Try to Help and Heal Others (2nd Principle)

Lesson D. Heal by Telling the Truth...of Thanksgiving (Anti-Racism, 4th and 8th UU Principles)

Lesson E. Find Ways to Comfort Yourself.

WELCOME

UU Friend

Theme Angle for this week:

Our faith reminds us that healing takes work. After a fight with someone, it’s easy to never want to see that person again. We’d rather ignore or run away from the mess. This is true whether we are the ones who did the harm or got harmed.

It takes courage, commitment and skill to successfully travel the path of healing.

So what’s one of the ways our faith guides us into becoming a people of healing? It tells us,

“Don’t run away from the hard work of healing!”

Religious Education Virtual Classes K-12th

Parents, please watch this video for the month of October.

This month we’re exploring the many ways our UU faith invites us to become “A People of Healing.” Our sessions are centered around five of these lessons or “healing invitations.”

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Ms. Trish &

Ms. Jeanay's

K-5th Grade Lesson

Hello Parents!

During the Explore It time that was focused on how we heal from fighting with friends, we acted out skits about fights. Ask your child if they played a role in a skit and what it was like. Find out if there are skills they would like to try the next time they get in a fight with a friend. View lists of skills at https://kidshelpline.com.au/teens/issues/fights-friends.

UU’s learn that conflict is a part of life, it’s the actions afterwards that can heal.

This month’s Soul Matters commissioned song by Lea Morris, “I Can Heal” would be a good one to learn and share with your family around getting feelings hurt.

Tune in Sundays at 11 a.m. for Sunday School!

Engaging the Children: Have you ever had a fight with a friend. How did that make you feel? How did it end up?

Each month, one session will feature the music-based Mindful Moments created by our partner, Lea Morris.

“Reasons friends fight. Friends can fight for many different reasons. These include: Feeling excluded Misunderstanding Changes in priorities Different interests Personality clash...etc.

If you need a sample, check out the first five minutes of this video: “Time Out! No Fighting/No Biting”

Getting ready for the Drive Thru Trunk or Treat & Food Drive!

Calendar Connections

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Interfaith Connections:

● All Saints Day (Christian) - Nov. 1 (more here)

● All Souls Day - Nov. 2 (more here and here)

● Samhain (Wiccan) - Oct. 31 - Nov. 1 [more]

● Diwali: Festival of Lights (Hindu) - begins Nov. 14

National Holidays & Cultural:

● Native American Heritage Month

● Alzheimer's Awareness Month

● Dia de Los Muertos/Day of the Dead - Oct.31 - Nov. 2

● Carol Mosely Braun became the 1st African American woman elected to the US Senate - Nov. 3, 1992

● U.S. Elections - Nov. 3, 2020

● James Weldon Johnson & J. Rosamond Johnson composed "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" - Nov. 6, 1900

● Birthday of Dorothy Day - Nov. 8 (1897)

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Friend Jeanay Johnson here. I am the Religious Education & Communications Coordinator at UUSP. This newsletter is put together by myself using family based resources from SoulMatters and many more.

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