Happy December! I hope you all are having a good week -- and staying warm!
We have Age-Based Religious Education Classes this Sunday, December 8th. Children will be invited to start in worship and depart together after the story downstairs to class. The full slate of Age-Based RE classes is offered during the 11:00am service. All Ages Children's Chapel RE Lesson is offered during the 9:00am service.
The full RE calendar can be found here: RE Calendar for the Year (This will soon be on the website, stay tuned!) This is the last Curriculum Sunday until the new year! The next three Sundays (December 15, 22, & 29) will be Multigenerational Worship.
9:00am Children's Chapel: This week for All Ages Lesson during the 9:00am service, we will be reading a story called "Milo's Museum" and talking about justice and equity in how we tell our stories and what stories get represented in museums. Then, we'll have an opportunity to build our own cardboard museums!
11:00am Classes:
Nursery care and free play will always be available for children 0 - 3 years old during both services.
UU Koalas (Preschool-Kindergarten Class): Preschoolers and kindergarteners are doing a Spirit Play-Style Curriculum about UU values called Chalice Children. Each week features a storybook, reflection time, and open play. This week's story is about winter holidays in different religious traditions and will feature a craft.
The Cosmos (Elementary School Class, Grades 1 - 3): This class will be doing a UU values curriculum centered around the stories from Superheroes this year! This week's lesson is about Spiderman and the things we are responsible for.
The Hierarchy of King Bob (Upper Elementary School Class, Grades 4 - 6): This year, this class will be doing our Building Bridges program in which they learn about the religious and spiritual traditions of our neighbors and have a chance to reflect on their own values. This week's lesson will be about Christianity.
Junior High Youth Group (Grades 7 - 8): This group will be completing the last few lessons of the Building Bridges program. This week's lesson is about Mormonism and Evangelical Christianity.
Additionally, we will have the playground open again from 10:00 - 11:00am between the services for families and kids to play together.
And we invite you to mark your calendars for a Children's Holiday Party on December 21st from 4:30 - 6:30pm. Find more information and register your kid, here!
If you haven't already, you may register your child for RE here: