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This Week in Religious Education

What is happening for children, youth, and families at OUUC

This Week inReligious EducationWhat is happening for children, youth, and familiesat OUUC

Family Chapel This Sunday

This Sunday will be the first offering of a new program we are introducing this year: monthly Family Chapels. The intention is to create a worship experience for all ages, and give families a shared experience that they can take home with them: hymns, rituals, spiritual practices, and even practical hands on elements.


Chapel will have some whole group time, and also include "worship stations" that families can move around and visit and experience. This month's theme is Covenant, so families will be exploring their underlying values, practicing listening skills with one another, creating a chalice they can take home for family chalice lightings, and/or writing a family covenant.


Chapel will begin right at 11:00, so come straight back to Classroom 4 rather than beginning in the sanctuary. All ages begin together, and then the Middle School group will exit to go write their own group covenant, and the pre-K kids will have the option to exit to their Spirit Play class for work time (or may stay with their families, whichever is right for them).


While this experience is designed for families, no child will be turned away who attends alone and we will have volunteers in the classroom. So if parents need or want to be in the main worship service, we can work with that as well.


Sign-in sheets will be located in the RE hallway this week.

High School Group Planning Meeting, 12:30-2pm

All High School Youth are invited for Pizza and Planning with the DRE this Sunday, 12:30. We will be choosing and calendaring youth group activities, so come have your ideas and your voice heard!
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Families and Youth and the Search Process

The Ministerial Search Committee wants families and youth to know how they can connect with the search process. Right now the committee is gathering input from the congregation - and that includes everyone, of all ages!



Mark your calendars for youth and family cottage meetings with the Search Committee:

  • Middle School Group meeting September 23rd, 11am
  • High School Group meeting September 23rd, 12:30pm
  • Family meeting, childcare provided, September 30 12:30pm. Register for this meeting here.
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Generational Mixer and Happy Hour

September 22, 5:00 – 7:00 pm!


All ages and generations are invited for a fun event that will highlight that although there are differences between generations (how we dance, what technology we like to use, etc) we can have lots of fun together. Join us for: Generational Dance Off, Trivia Challenge, Prizes, Finger Foods, and Lots of Fun!

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Owning Your Religious Past for Parents Class

Sundays 9:30-10:30am, October 7, 14, 21


As parents, you are a huge influence on the faith development and religious education of your children. Many Unitarian Universalist parents approach this role and the task of crafting their family's faith practices at home with mixed feelings, however.


Did you grow up in a different faith? Have you processed your experiences and feelings from your own religious childhood and set intentions of what you want to carry forward into your family life now?


Are you co-parenting with others who grew up in a different faith or who have very different feelings about faith now? How can you bring these faith histories together for an intentional family practice now?


Or perhaps you grew up unchurched, and now want to craft something different for your family.


This class will help parents reflect back on their own religious past in order to better move forward into a new faith future for their families.



Register Here

Sunday and Every Day: Taking It Home

Last week's service was for All Ages, featuring our annual Water Ritual. The story was "The Water Bearer's Garden (similar to that in this video), and had the take away message that "in one way or another, we are all cracked pots. When we work together, even our flaws can become strengths."


What are you bringing to our community? What do you perceive as "flaws" that you bring? How could those flaws be, in fact, an unexpected gift to the community?

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Looking Ahead, Sunday September 23rd

On Sunday September 23rd our Director of Religious Education, Sara Lewis, will be away from OUUC. Our staff teacher, Anisa, and the volunteer team will still create great programming:


9:15 - Spirit Play for Pre-5th grade, "The Flaming Chalice Lesson"

11:00 - Spirit Play for PreK, "The Flaming Chalice Lesson"

11:00- Labyrinth Learning for 1st-5th grade, creating the classroom covenant

11:00- Middle School Group for 6th-8th grade, meeting with the Ministerial Search Committee

12:30- High School Group meeting with the Ministerial Search Committee

Event Information

Our Whole Lives for 7th-8th Grades Parent Orientation (Mandatory)

Our Whole Lives is a comprehensive, holistic, values-based sexuality education program. Learn more at: https://www.uua.org/re/owl


This year the 7th-8th grade program will be offered on Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30pm. It is a school-year long program. All 7th and 8th graders (or the homeschooled equivalent) are welcome, whether or not they attend OUUC or are Unitarian Universalists. Class size is limited to 16 participants, email olydre@gmail.com to reserve a spot.


Parents or legal guardians must attend the mandatory Parent Orientation or make arrangements in advance to meet with our Director of Religious Education, Sara Lewis, for a make-up orientation. Dinner will be provided, youth do not need to attend. Contact Sara if you need to arrange childcare.

When?

Wednesday, Sep 19, 2018, 06:30 PM

Where?

Olympia Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Division Street Northwest, Olympia, WA, USA

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Youth Group Plans for 2018-2019

What is going on for our Middle and High School youth this year?


Learn more here.

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UUA Regional and District Youth Events

Middle School CON: September 28-30. Registration Has Closed


High School Fall CON: October 26-28 Registration is open


High School Chaplain Training: November 16-18


High School Leadership Development Training: November 16-18 Applications Being Accepted Now


High School Spring CON: April 5-7, 2019

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Registration for 2018-2019 Children and Youth Programs

It's that time again! Time to register for the next program year!


For children 5th grade and younger register here.


For youth 6th grade and older register here.

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Yours in Faith,

Sara Lewis, credentialed religious educator, master level

Director of Lifespan Religious Education


Summer Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 10-1pm. Available by appointment Tuesday-Sunday. Monday is my sabbath day, and I will not answer phone or email as I engage this spiritual discipline of pausing.


olydre@gmail.com or dre@ouuc.org

360-786-6383 x. 102