Religious Education News Unitarian Universalist Church of Canton
RE Mission Our religious education program works to create an accepting environment that empowers children and youth to explore their spirituality, celebrate diversity, and live our Unitarian Universalist values.
Family Ministry
We believe that families play a vital role in furthering this empowerment to explore and live our UU values. We are excited to support our families by offering ideas from the UUA's Tapestry of Faith program as well as graces and thought provoking questions related to the topics introduced during Sunday religious education classes. We hope you find this new initiative enjoyable and spiritually fulfilling for your whole family.
In RE Next Week
Our children and youth will be participating in Summer with Seuss. We will be reading "The Butter Battle" and making butter.
Check out the church website and our Facebook page for details.
RE Committee
Wil Rivers, Chair
Anna Sorensen, Council Liaison
Jeff Frank Arthur Freeheart Shelby Hunkins
Esther Katz Ashley Nadean Clover
Ron Tavernier
Jenn Whittaker
For the Week of July 1, 2018
A Table Grace:
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
For this we give thanks.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, adapted
Chalice Lighting:
I seek the wonder of a child, a child who sees delightfully, now clowns in cloud, now gold in sun-imaginations true and free.
~ "I Seek the Spirit of a Child," Hymn 338 in Singing the Living Tradition
Please consider utilizing these ideas to deepen and inspire your faith during the week.
Contemplation Topic - During a shared meal with family or friends or as part of a contemplative practice, ponder the question - How and when do you use your imagination?
Freeze and Melt Game: Players pretend to do or be something, moving slowly at first. Gradually, they increase their pace and make their movements more dramatic, until the leader calls "Freeze!" This is the signal for players to stop moving. They stay still and hold the frozen position until the leader calls "Melt!" Players then do a new action. Try pretending to be the wind, a lion, a flower, the rain, very tall, a fish, a mountain, the moon, or a rainbow, and be creative in your movements or actions.
Our Whole Lives - Why does our faith offer sexuality education? Read an article by our own OWL facilitators.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Carol Zimmerman at
dre@uucantonny.org or
