Volume XLIII | April 7, 2019

April 2019

Your monthly Religious Education news & updates

Upcoming youth activities and events as well as information for members who want to know what is going on in the youth program. (If you do not want to receive these monthly updates you may unsubscribe at the bottom of this email. It will not affect your regular newsletter subscription.)

Youth Religious Education Sunday Topics Everyone starts in the sanctuary for the worship service. On days with religious education classes the children will leave after the Time to Gather with their teachers and go to their classrooms. Our theme for April is WHOLENESS. The weekly topics will be: April 7 - Widening the Circle (service for all ages, no RE classes) April 14 - You are Enough: the practice of Embracing Yourself. April 21 - Making Something New for Easter and Earth Day: the practice of Rising from the Ashes. (service for all ages, no RE classes) April 28 - Wholeness: "Be all Your Slices!" - the practice of Sharing All of You with the World Each week we will provide parent and family resources relating to the theme and/or topic. (see further below for more resources on Wholeness)

Sunday, April 21 @ 10:40 We will have an Easter Egg hunt in the prairie at DuPage UU Church between the two services.   Children and youth will be released by age and ability.

Traveling Chalice Would you like to take the Traveling Chalice home with you for a week? You can sign up by clicking here. There are still a few weeks that remain available.

A Blessing for You & Your Home You do not have to be everything to everyone, dear one. You need only be who you are right now. There is wholeness in every part of who you are. There is fullness in every moment you are in. You do not have to be enough by yourself. May you take comfort and find peace in that truth.

Resources for WHOLENESS These resources support parents as they live out and engage our themes with their children. Playing off our monthly theme question of “What does it mean to be a people of Wholeness?”, we invite parents to ask “What does it mean to be a parent of Wholeness” or “What does it mean to be a family of Wholeness?” Each month we will provide a list of table topics which are questions based on the monthly theme that will open up discussion during meal times, family time or just time of contemplation. The first half of the questions are at a higher age level and life maturity. The second half of the list of questions (in blue text) are kid friendly. You can find the WHOLENESS Table Topics here . Print them out and have them available or cut the questions into strips and place them in a table topic jar. During the service on April 7th, Steve talked about needing books that have main characters with disabilities but not necessarily having the focus on the story or main issue at hand having to do with the disability. This link will take you to a blog that contains thirty five books for children or youth that fit this category. The series mentioned during the service by Sean Stockdale and Alex Strick, Max the Champion can be found here .

You can contact Steve Cooper C.R.E., Director of Religious Education at dre@dupageuuchurch.org or the Youth Religious Education Committee at yre@duuc.org