Children, Youth And Families Weekly Newsletter

CHILDREN, YOUTH

AND FAMILIES

WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

March 26, 2024

On Easter, we'd love to have your Childcare and Learning Center aged children join us for some Easter surprises.

Last Sunday, we dyed eggs as a symbol of new life. Using natural dyes is a further reminder of the miracle of new life.

Since natural dyes are not as concentrated as chemical dyes, the eggs are sitting in the church refrigerator all week. Join us on Easter and take a beautiful egg from the Coffee Hour table.

Cooking the Eggs

We started out by hard boiling 120 eggs on Saturday! They cooled in the fridge overnight.

Paprika

Paprika is made from various kinds of red peppers that are dried and powdered. About a half jar boiled for 30 minutes in water and vinegar. Then it cooled overnight.

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Red Cabbage

Two whole heads of red cabbage were boiled in water and vinegar. The eggs bathing in this dye are supposed to turn blue! We'll see on Sunday.

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Turmeric

Those little things that look like slugs are turmeric root. About half a jar of the powdered form was also boiled in water with vinegar to make the egg dye.

Dyeing the Eggs

Kids of all ages drew on their eggs with white crayon, and then gently placed the eggs in the dye vats. We can't wait to see the dyed eggs on Easter. How deep will the colors be?

What color will the egg shells be where people drew on their eggs with white crayon?

EVENTS

YOUTH GROUP

Stay tuned for April events.

LEARNING CENTER CURRICULUM

Continuing with A JOYFUL PATH

March 31 - Easter Sunday Surprises

April 07 - Spring Nature Crafting And Ritual Preparation

April 14 - Spring Ritual And Celebration

April 21 - Infinite Well Of Love Within

April 28 - My Locations

SIDE DOOR: A PLACE FOR

MIDDLE SCHOOLERS

SIDE DOOR IS THE PLACE TO BE ON FRIDAY AFTERNOONS FROM 2:15-5:00pm!

If you have a middle schooler, we'd love to have them join us for supervised recreation, connection and fun.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

Side Door follows the Montclair snow and emergency closings.

When the Montclair schools are closed, SIDE DOOR is closed.

DATES FOR THE REST OF THE 23/24 PROGRAM YEAR

There will be no Side Door this Friday, March 29, in honor of Good Friday.

4/05, 19, 26

TENTATIVE MAY DATES - 5/03, 10, 17

Want to donate to the operation of Side Door?

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SEE YOU ALL ON SUNDAY,

❤️Patty ❤️

Questions? Comments? Please email Patty Dow, Program Coordinator for Children and Youth, at pdow@unioncong.org or call on

my direct land line –

973-447-4593