I am so excited about this Sunday!
Our day will begin at 11am in the small dome with a Children's Chapel focused on Independence Day. Then we will embark on a top secret mission to the sanctuary for our very own 4th of july parade during worship service! And, oh, it gets better...we will have...KAZOOS! We will wave peace flags and American flags and we will play "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" written by Unitarian Julia Ward Howe on our kazoos. (Parents, perhaps you can hum this to your child every night between now and Sunday?)
We will march to the front of the sanctuary where I will introduce us and say a few words about Unitarian Universalism and the Declaration of Independence. Then we will march out playing our kazoos.
AND THEN...
We will march over to the playground for a 4th of July party with games and cupcakes and watermelon and bubbles and prizes and fun, fun, fun!
Now, that sounds like a pretty awesome day at church to me.
See you this Sunday!
Peace and Love,
Katie
Director of Religious Education
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Saturday, June 25, 2011
June 26 RE: Ethical Eating - Making Trail Mix!!!
Tomorrow's summer Religious Education program will focus on "What is Ethical Eating?" For our activity we will make trail mix and hand decorated trail mix bags.
We will discuss the Unitarian Universalist Statement of Conscience on Ethical Eating, which was passed yesterday at the General Assembly in North Carolina.
The three-page statement calls on UUs to “eat ethically” by becoming aware of the ways that our food choices affect our health and the planet’s health. It makes references to industrial farming, condemns mistreatment of animals and workers in food production, encourages a diet based more on plants than animals, and invites all of us to seek out and advocate for food that is raised responsibly.
It invites congregations to work for “food justice” so that everyone can have “adequate, nutritious food.”
We will discuss the Unitarian Universalist Statement of Conscience on Ethical Eating, which was passed yesterday at the General Assembly in North Carolina.
The three-page statement calls on UUs to “eat ethically” by becoming aware of the ways that our food choices affect our health and the planet’s health. It makes references to industrial farming, condemns mistreatment of animals and workers in food production, encourages a diet based more on plants than animals, and invites all of us to seek out and advocate for food that is raised responsibly.
It invites congregations to work for “food justice” so that everyone can have “adequate, nutritious food.”
Monday, June 20, 2011
Happy Summer 2011!
During the summer (June 12 - Sept. 4) children and youth ages 4 - 17 are invited to attend fun, community building activities in the small dome from 11:00 – 12:00 each Sunday.
Activities will include:
Making Father’s Day gifts
Cooking as a Spiritual Practice
Chalice Art
Playground Games
Chalice Fire Day
Movies with a UU Message
Independence Day Party
Gardening as a Spiritual Practice
UU Faith in Action projects
The 2011/2012 Religious Education program year begins on
Sunday, September 11th
with our annual Water Communion worship service for all ages.
Registration and Orientation for 2011/2012 RE classes is
Sunday, September 18th.
For more information contact Katie Culbert, Director of Religious Education for Children and Youth, at KatieCulbert@verizon.net or
813-951-5680.
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