RE Weekly Newsletter  June: Family

FIND US ON INSTAGRAM Follow us here! PARENT RESOURCES Learn more about Soul Matters curriculum guides . JOIN OUR RE FACEBOOK PAGE Here . With things how they are, how are we taking the time to be in gratitude? Give yourself a reminder to be thankful. Create a sign that reads "I am grateful for this moment." Then put it somewhere you look often, such as your fridge, alarm clock, or desk. This way, you'll have lots of reminders to direct your day towards gratitude. WELCOME UU Friend This month of June marks the beginning of summer. The Summer Solstice is in a week. With Florida heat rising to its peak and our hurricane season brewing, what are you doing to stay in the now? Friend Summer Camps filled up quicker than dry sponges in a bucket of water and summer bridge programs are all virtual this year. Movie theaters, theme parks and restaurants are opening back up at 50% capacity. Everyone is uncertain of what is next. This is the time to have faith. What is faith but a definition until it is tested in uncertain circumstances? How can you practice your faith in your day to day with your family? How does your youth define what faith means to them?

Caring & Connected Newsletter We are continuing to send out the e-newsletter  “Caring & Connected”  to help sustain our UUSP community during uncertain times. Click  here  to read it and learn “how can I help?” and "how can I stay connected?” during the church closure.  -  Sharon Winters , from the Communications Team

Religious Education Virtual Classes K-12th

Ms. Jeanay & Ms. Trish Sabbath Space Family Worship Week Two The family chalice gives parents a great opportunity for parents to explain to their children what this project is all about. The chalice represents our UU faith and, in a nutshell, bringing our UU faith into our homes is what this is all about. Instead of going to church, we are building and bringing church into our homes! It’s also a reminder that church isn’t just a place we go to but a place and community we carry wherever we go. The altar table or sacred corner can be explained as holding and helping us remember what is important, nourishing and sacred in our lives. Ms. Trish's Last Sunday of May Lesson May 31st Lesson Ms. Jeanay's Last Sunday of May Lesson May 31st Lesson Subscribe to our RE YouTube Page!! RE Classes K-12th Grade - YouTube Hello and Welcome! Please take the time to sit and follow the lessons with your children and youth. There are many activities you all can do right at home. Read more www.youtube.com Week 2: Creating Connections to Others in Our Chalice Home Item One: Preparing to Add Your Giving Bowl Your Giving “Bowl” doesn’t have to be a bowl. It can be piggy bank you already have, a piggy bank you make, a giving jar or even an offering shoe-box. The point is to find or create a meaningful container to put money into each week for an organization or effort your family cares about. Our worship service will invite your children to go and find your offering bowl/box/bank. So if you want to get creative and make your own, you will need to carve out some time beforehand. Another Task Before Your Sabbath worship: Discuss who the recipient of your family offering will be. If a monetary offering is not an option for your family, you might think of a way to give to and support the recipient(s) in creative ways like: ● a letter of encouragement, ● a chalk drawing of encouragement on a sidewalk, ● or a special greeting to folks on a walk (with physical distance, of course!) Instead of putting money in your giving bowl/box, just write these intentions on slips of paper and put them into the container. Song about Sharing Click below for the video of the week Ms. Trish & Ms. Jeanay Sabbath Space Week 2 Lesson Item Two: The Gratitudes and Grace ritual is similar to a “Joys and Sorrows” ritual which some congregations practice during the service. Instead of candles, we invite your family to take turns dropping rocks into a bowl or glass of water. By using the elements of rock and water, the Chalice Home echoes the solidity and fluidity of our gratitudes and grace that we experience.

Calendar Connections

In the  United States ,  Flag Day  is celebrated on June 14. It commemorates the adoption of the  flag of the United States  on June 14, 1777 by  resolution  of the  Second Continental Congress . [1]  The Flag Resolution, passed on June 14, 1777, stated: "Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation."  June 14th - Flag Day In 1916,  President Woodrow Wilson  issued a proclamation that officially established June 14 as Flag Day; on August 3, 1949, National Flag Day was established by an  Act of Congress . Source

"With all of the changes to this year’s Pride lineup, many are left wondering how these virtual events will maintain their support of small LGBTQ+ owned businesses, like restaurants, bars, and brick-and-mortar stores, as well as LGBTQ+ focused nonprofits, many of whom heavily rely on the revenue spike in June to keep their doors open and services running. June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month, and in the past 50 years, it has grown into a massive money-making machine with an estimated 1,500 Pride events globally. It's become a month when big businesses can show their support for the community and their employees. It's also an opportunity to win over the support of LGBTQ+ consumers by shelling out millions on Pride-related ads, sponsorships and merchandise. In June 2019, New York hosted World Pride, which honored the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. Those events maxed out the city's hotel capacity in June, and while an official report has not been published on how much money the events made for businesses in the city, it's estimated to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars." Pride Month How LGBTQ+ Pride Has Changed Over The Years As It Goes Virtual "But due to the global Covid-19 pandemic, June 2020 is looking much different. Most Pride organizers have pivoted to virtual platforms. InterPride, the overseeing body for World Pride, is co-producing an international virtual event called Global Pride, which will hit each time zone with new content, performances and speeches made for and by the countries within that time zone. This is a first for Pride organizers, so many weren't exactly sure what a virtual Pride would look like, especially when discussing ads and sponsorships. Despite hardships, many big corporate donors are still thinking of creative ways to be involved.  But in the past decade, some members of the LGBTQ+ community are disturbed that many Pride events have focused too much on sponsorships and not enough on LGBTQ+ rights. Organizations like the Reclaim Pride Coalition are trying to make sure these corporations are really walking the walk for the LGBTQ+ community, not just using Pride as a marketing opportunity." Sourced from CNBC

Inspirational Stories

Featuring Stephanie Epstein and  Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center  music therapist Mary Kauffman at  University of Miami/Holtz Children's Pediatric Residency  — with  UHealth Jackson Children's Care . Source Sign up to learn how to play! Music for Kids with Ukulele Kids "In a typical dressing change on the burn unit, the child is surrounded by adults in masks, gloves, hats, and robes. Only mom or dad are there that they recognize. Everybody else looks strange and scary and they crowd around the bed. But there are also two ladies, one of them is singing with a guitar and the other is playing along on a paddle drum. They make it playful, they refocus the child’s attention from the wound to the music and voice. At times the pain will become severe and the child will scream or pull away, but with redirection and changing up the music, the music therapists are able to reengage him, so the nurses can finish their job and change the dressing. Music therapy in burn care is very intense but also very effective!"

Helpful Resources For Youth

Please review this website for your local food locations for Pinellas County Schools. Click on the flyers above to be redirected to the links provided. Schools are providing food pick ups during the summer time! Times of pick-ups have changed so please review the link to see the new times!

Unitarian Universalist Church of St. Petersburg is not affiliated nor a sponsor of the community events posted on our UUSP RE e-newsletters. The information is derived from PeachJar.com, The Parent's Guide Magazine and City of St. Petersburg Events page, PlayLargo.com and various applications for family engagement strictly for informational purposes only. The information posted is not for profit or for monetary gain unless specified to contribute to a fundraiser in whereas the donations are to UU and/or UUA affiliates such as UUSC. If you have any questions or concerns about this statement, reply to this email. Stay Connected! Friend Jeanay Johnson here. I am the Religious Education Coordinator at UUSP. This newsletter is put together by myself using family based resources from SoulMatters and many more. If you have any submissions for the RE weekly newsletter, please submit your information to email  me  by noon every Tuesday to have it posted to the newsletter for Friday's e-print.If you have any submissions for the RE weekly newsletter, please submit your information to email  the Editor  by noon every Tuesday to have it posted to the newsletter for Friday's e-print.

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