Category: Committee for Children and Youth

New Adult Learning Classes for Jan. and Feb.

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We have great new classes coming up in Adult Learning in January and February. Registration is at https://www.uucwc.org/learning/adult-learning-classes/. A Survey of World Religions Learn about and experience different Faith traditions each month including: Christianity in the black church tradition, Hinduism, Islam and Buddhism. Faith visits will be combined with the 6th-7th grade Neighboring Faiths class. … Continue reading New Adult Learning Classes for Jan. and Feb.

Sharing Meals and Saying Grace

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Saying thanks together at meal times is a spiritual practice that allows families to pause for a moment, feel connected with each other and have a moment of reverence for something larger during their busy day. Unitarian Universalist author, Betsy Hill Williams shared her thoughts about starting a practice of saying grace in her home: … Continue reading Sharing Meals and Saying Grace

Religion in Life: Girls “class” running again, starting November 10!

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by Charlie Groth “Religion in Life: Girls” (RIL) is the UUA religious award program designed for Girl Scouts at the younger girl (4th through 8th grade) and older girl (7th through 12th grade) levels. Any girl in grades 4 through 12, whether or not she’s a registered Girl Scout or even a UU, can complete … Continue reading Religion in Life: Girls “class” running again, starting November 10!

2019-20 Religious Education Plan for Transformation

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UUCWC adopted the 8th Principle last June. In so doing, we covenanted and affirmed to journey toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions that accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions. I’ll admit that last summer, as I was planning the children’s Religious … Continue reading 2019-20 Religious Education Plan for Transformation

Coming of Age Heritage Trip

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The 8th-9th grade Coming of Age (“COA”) class went on their heritage trip to Boston with Scott Umlauf and Scott Drew at the end of April. Coming of Age is a Unitarian Universalist rite of passage that celebrates the transition from childhood into the teen and adult years within the Unitarian Universalist tradition. During the … Continue reading Coming of Age Heritage Trip

UU Summer Camps and Conferences

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Temperatures may be below freezing but I know that many parents are considering their children’s summer plans. I’d like to highlight several UU summer camps and conferences that UUCWC children love attending. These longer UU immersion experiences are excellent ways to solidify a child’s Unitarian Universalist identity build lifelong friends with other UU children and … Continue reading UU Summer Camps and Conferences

Youth Service Trip

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by Scott Umlauf, Re Teacher (Coming of Age) The weekend before Thanksgiving a team of Youth Group and Coming of Age students embarked on a trip to New York City for a Youth Service project on homelessness and food insecurity. Leaving by train on Friday afternoon, the group, with two chaperones in tow, navigated the … Continue reading Youth Service Trip

Growing Lifelong UUs

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Full Circle: Fifteen Ways to Grow Lifelong UUs, written by well-known religious educator Katie Tweedie Erslev (Covey), is based on surveys and interviews with lifelong Unitarian Universalists. As part of our goal of being intentional about raising UU children, I thought I’d share the fifteen suggestions Katie made in her book. If you’d like to … Continue reading Growing Lifelong UUs