This Week in Religious Education

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

Supplies Still Needed For Our Service Project

The kids are doing their spring service project right now, which this year they chose to focus on Healthcare. There are two aspects of the overall service project that need supply donations:

By This Sunday, May 19th:

sandwich size zip lock bags
1st Aid supplies such as:
band aids
disinfectant
blister and foot care items
chapstick
sunblock
Oral Hygiene items such as:
toothbrushes
tooth paste
dental floss

By Sunday June 2nd:

Snack donations for volunteers at the Olympia Free Clinic:
Individually wrapped non-perishable snacks, such as:
granola bars
crackers
cookies
sparkling waters

Look for our collection bins in the Commons and the RE Entry Hallway!

This Sunday May 19th, 2019

9:15

Nursery Care
Spirit Play for All Ages: The Promises Lesson (a lesson about our 7 Principles)

11:00

Nursery Care
Spirit Play for PreK: The Promises Lesson (a lesson about our 7 Principles)
Labyrinth Learning for 1st-5th grades: The Spring Service Project, this week learning about Dorothea Dix and packing 1st aid kits to donate to EGYHOP
Middle School Group, learning about Indigenous and Native American spiritual traditions

12:30

High School Youth Group, reflection, evaluating this last year, planning for next

Sunday and Every Day: Taking It Home

We continued the spring service project last Sunday, and heard from local Dr Samantha Ritchie about the Olympia Free Clinic and how emergency rooms operate.

Discuss it at home:

1. What is "medicine" anyway? How do we take good care of people in our society, and how are we failing to take care of one another?

2. Our 1st Unitarian Universalist Principle is 'The Inherent Worth and Dignity of All People". How does that Principle relate to the topic of medicine and health care?

Faith in Action:

Gather up some supplies for the children's supply drive! They will be building little 1st Aid and Oral Hygiene Kits, and also are collecting snacks to donate to the Olympia Free Clinic to help feed hungry volunteers there.

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Chalice Camp Registration is Open Now

Chalice Camp is our week long day camp, for ages 5-10. It's a fun week of friendship, songs, crafts, and learning about earth care and social justice. Registration is now open!

https://www.ouuc.org/education/chalice-camp/

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Summer Religious Education Volunteers Needed

The children have chosen the "Maker Space" program for the summer, so each Sunday from June to September we need volunteer "Guest Makers" to demonstrate a hobby, skill, or craft. Do you knit? Make Robots? Upcycle plastic bags into useful items? Please share your skills and enthusiasms with the kids! Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0e4ba4a82da31-summer2

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Applications Now Accepted for OWL Facilitators

Our Whole Lives (known affectionately as "OWL") is our sexuality education program, designed jointly by the UUA and the United Churches.

If you are interested in becoming a trained OWL facilitator, applications are now being accepted. Contact Sara at dre@ouuc.org to apply.

We are particularly in need of facilitators for the elementary grades, but all applications are welcome.

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Save the Date: Middle School Conference

Rising 6th-8th graders, save the date for the annual Puget Sound Unitarian Universalist Middle School Conference: September 27-29

You can learn more about Middle School CON here

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Please Give Us Your Feedback!

Please help us reflect and evaluate on our children and youth programs. Respondents will be entered to Win a Prize!

Fill out the (short) form here: https://www.ouuc.org/education/children-and-youth/2019-children-and-youth-program-evaluation/

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RE Clean Up Party

Many hands make light labor! Let's all pitch in to clean up and re-organize the religious education classrooms and storage spaces!

Saturday June 15th, 10am-3pm

Come for some or all of the day, all help is appreciated and welcome.

Not registered yet for this year's RE programs? It only takes a couple minutes!

If you have not already done so, please take some time this week to complete the registration form for the new program year.

Children's Registration

Youth Registration

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Yours in Faith,

Sara Lewis, credentialed religious educator, master level

Director of Lifespan Religious Education

Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 10am-2pm

Available by appointment: Saturday through Thursday

Sabbath Day (when I will not check email or respond to calls): Friday

olydre@gmail.com or dre@ouuc.org

360-786-6383 x. 102