May 15 UU Tampa RE

We Are Many, We Are One (Age 4 – 6)
Lesson: We Give Flowers to Friends (Hawaiian Lei Day)

Goals:
• To celebrate the beauty of nature.
• To associate the giving of flowers – a practice common to many cultures – with affection and friendship.

Moral Tales (Age 7 - 10)
Lesson: Courage

Goals:
• Give participants an opportunity to share acts of goodness that they have done (or witnessed);
• Provide a forum for children to hear peers share stories about courage and articulate their own
• Encourage participants to imagine themselves feeling more courageous in a situation that they are concerned about
• Help participants understand courage as an act of goodness
• Guide participants' understanding of the role of conscience and compassion in inspiring one to act with courage.
• Strengthen participants' connection to and sense of responsibility to their faith community.

Riddle & Mystery (Age 11 – 16)
Lesson: Life as Mystery

• Pose the Big Question "Can we ever solve life's mystery?" and explore Unitarian Universalist responses
• Re-examine Big Questions from previous sessions
• Present mystery as an essential part of human life
• Show how answers generate new questions
• Demonstrate Unitarian Universalist joy in mystery, as well as our need to explore it.

Worship story: The Story of Zacchaeus, Luke 19: 1 – 9

After RE & worship please stay for our Parents Potluck Picnic on the playground. The “PPP” takes place on the 3rd Sunday of each month. All birthdays of that month are celebrated with a cake!