This Week in Religious Education

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

The RE Sign In Clipboard has moved ....

Have you noticed that the cart with the clipboard is not next to the sanctuary doors anymore? We are trying to make the sign-in process more integrated for visiting families, and so the clipboard for ALL children to sign in is now on the Welcome kiosk.

Watch this short video to see where you need to go now to sign your children in for Religious Education classes on a Sunday morning!

This Sunday's Classes

For the summer months, we will only have nursery care for the 9:15 service.

At the 11:00 service, there will be nursery care and the Maker Space class for preschool to 5th grade. Each Sunday features a Guest Maker from the congregation and then time for hands on making, tinkering, crafting, and having fun.

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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Laundry Help Needed

We need a volunteer to take the slip covers off the sofas and foot stools in the Youth Room and launder them, then return them clean.

To volunteer, please contact Sara.

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2nd Sunday Lunch and "2nd Hour" Activities

Mark your calendars! On September 9th our 2nd Sunday Lunch returns!

You can sign up to help make the lunch happen here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0e4ba4a82da31-2ndsunday1

We'll eat together after the 2nd service, then at 12:45 there will be a Soul Matters Sharing Circle on the theme of Vision AND a Buildings and Grounds work party on the grounds. All ages welcome in the work party, please bring gloves and dress for work!

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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

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!

If you haven't already completed the Survey, please take some time this week to do so! Youth can complete this survey from their point of view. The Search Committee will be closing the survey on Friday of this week, do it now!

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

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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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Important Dates for Youth

Middle School CON: September 28-30. Registration is open

High School Fall CON: October 26-28

High School Chaplain Training: November 16-18

High School Leadership Development Training: November 16-18

High School Spring CON: April 5-7, 2019

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Marker and Pen Recycling

Our Chalice Camp children are leading a new recycling program at OUUC: markers, pens, and mechanical pencils. Look for the recycling box in the RE entry area, and bring in used up markers for recycling (through Terra Cycle)

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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