Religious Education News- March 2020

Sunnyhill RE Newsletter

March 2020

Sunday Morning at Sunnyhill*

Religious Education PreK-8th Grade Classroom Reminders

10:10-11:10 am

Kids start in the service before heading to their classrooms.

PreK-Kindergarten: Rainbow Room, Downstairs

1st-3rd Grade: Main Room, Downstairs

4th-5th Grade: Choir Room, Main Floor

6th-8th Grade: Red Oak Room, Main Floor

Chalice Club and RE Snack directly follows the classes and takes place in the main room, downstairs. Each family shares responsibility for bringing snack, providing supervision during "Chalice Club", and helping in an RE Classroom. To sign up, click here. Instructions can be found here: Snack and Chalice Club

Youth Group 11:30-12:30

*This Schedule will remain for the month of March. On April 19 we will start our 2 service pilot program (details below)

Two Service Pilot Program: April 19- May 17

From April 19 - May 17 Sunnyhill will be experimenting with a two service model. This impacts all Sunday morning activities, services, meetings, and classes.

For the 5-Week Pilot Program, the Sunday morning schedule will look as follows:

9:00 - 9:50 am First Worship Service and Religious Education

Children will start in the service with their parents. After the "Children's Story", RE Children will go to the class of their choice.

10:00 - 11:00 am Middle Hour

Adult Discussion Groups, Parent Groups, and Youth Group meet

Chalice Club and Snack for Children

11:15am - 12:05pm Second Worship Service and Religious Education

Children will start in the service with their parents. After the "Children's Story", RE Children will go to the class of their choice.

RE: Choice

The upcoming two service pilot program offers Sunnyhill a unique opportunity to engage in a new and innovative way to approach Religious Education for Children.

Introducing... RE: Choice!

RE: Choice empowers our children to make informed decisions about how they want to spend their Sunday mornings and encourages community building across generations.

Each Sunday morning, children will spend their time in one of the following areas:

Creativity in Action- Hands on Activities and Social Justice/Community Service Projects, all ages

Reflection Room- Spiritual Practices and Quiet Sensory Activities, all ages

Story and Spirit- Story and Discussion, all ages welcome but focus on younger elementary

PreK-K- Typical PreK-K RE Class

Youth Group- High School Youth Group

Worship Service- Remain in the Sanctuary

To learn more about the RE Choice Program and to ask questions, I will have an information session on Sunday, March 29, following the service.

Spring Children's Choir

Back by popular demand! Children, ages 5-12, are invited to participate in a Spring Children's Choir which will perform at the April 19th 11:15am service (this will be the first Sunday of the 2-service experiment). This will also be our Earth Day service, and our repertoire will reflect that.

Rehearsals will start Sunday, March 15th and continue every Sunday through April 12th. We will have a final rehearsal at 10:45am before the service on April 19th. Please pass along your interest and any questions to Mary Pratt ( mewitzig@gmail.com, text 412-638-6318)

Registration is OPEN for the UU College of Social Justice / Sunnyhill ACTIVATE: West Virginia Trip!

Activate: West Virginia has all of the information and registration link.

March Events (all family friendly!)

Friday, March 20 Plant-Based Potluck, 7pm

Saturday, March 28 Service Auction *Nursery Care and Kids Pizza Party for Children, Youth are invited to assist with the children's activities or join the auction at a special youth rate.

Bringing Religious Education Home

Family Fun

Build a Kite! You can make one for under $1 out of a plastic garbage bag, two dowels, tape and string. Here are the instructions: Video Instructions For a group, we recommend making some premeasured templates so the children can use them as a guide to cut their bag to the right shape, instead of measuring it. Reflect on how the building of the kite teaches you the wisdom of careful following of instructions.

Book To Read Together

The Wisdom of your Body: I am Jazz (for Transgender Day of Visibility Mar 31)

Video

“The story of a transgender child based on the real-life experience of Jazz Jennings, who has become a spokesperson for transkids everywhere.” - Amazon

For You

The Wisdom of Play

Spotify Playlist "Wisdom"

from Soul Matters Sharing Circle

Parent Portal

Looking for RE Links? The Sunnyhill website has been updated with lots of information about RE right at your fingertips! Check it out here: RE Parent Portal

Whether it is RE Registration, RE Snack sign up, or a link to this newsletter- it can all be found on that page!

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