What a
great, sunny weekend we’re already having!
ANNOUNCEMENT:
1. CHILDREN’S CHOIR: Hello families of young
singers! Liz Bucklew and Lisa Maynard are putting together a children’s choir
again for a couple of upcoming services.
·
March 10: The choir
will join speaker/singer Nick Page in one song at this multigenerational
service.
·
March 31: The choir
will sing something special for Betsy’s official installation as our Director
of Religious Exploration – note that this is Easter Sunday.
We hope your elementary or middle school child would like to
participate! We’ll rehearse from 12 to 12:30 on March 3, 17, and 24. Please try
to make all three rehearsals, but if you can’t, we’ll have sound files so you
can practice at home. We’ll also have a short rehearsal around 10 am on March
10 and 31. Please let Lisa (l.maynard@comcast.net) or Liz (liz.bucklew@becu.org) know if your child is interested. Thank you!
THIS
WEEK:
Story Time: This week our children will share a story and snack together.
Please let the teachers in the class know if your child has a food allergy.
Spirit Play: This
week’s story is “My Many Colored Days,” a Yellow promise story, which is our 5th
principle – yearn to accept and learn about ourselves and others. This story is
all about feelings – exploring the full range of our feelings, and accepting
them all as part of us.
Kindergarten through Second Grade: “Wonderful Welcome”: This
week’s class in the Wonderful Welcome
curriculum is about the “The Gift of Invitation.” The Wonder Box has a goblet
in it, which will be used to teach the kids about the Jewish tradition of
placing a goblet on an empty seat at the Passover Seder table at Passover to
welcome an unknown guest. After hearing a story about how this is referred to
as inviting “Elijah” (a prophet), everyone will look for pictures to make a
collage of other ways that we can communicate an invitation.
Third through Fifth Grades: “Love Will Guide Us”:
We’re shifting to a new
curriculum for this class. Windows and
Mirrors was not at the best level for this group of kids. Our new
curriculum is called “Love Will Guide Us.” In these lessons, we’ll learn to
seek guidance in life through the lens of our Unitarian Universalist Sources,
with an emphasis on love. Together we will ask questions such as, “Where did we
come from?” What is our relationship to the Earth and other creatures?” “How
can we respond with love, even in bad situations?” “What happens when you die?”
In
this week’s session, “ Love is Like a Seed,” the class will talk about love as
an unseen, guiding force unfolding in the universe, and learn about the six
Sources of our UU faith.
Middle School: “Riddle and Mystery”: This
week’s lesson in the Riddle and Mystery
curriculum is titled “Out of Nothing.” This week’s big question is “How did
life begin?” Last week the class thought about God’s existence from a
perspective of faith and belief. This week they apply science to the question
of how life began. The kids will talk about the scientific method, the theory
of evolution, and where they stand on the origin of life.
High School: “Our Name is Earl”:
This week the high school
class will talk about obsession. In this episode of “My Name is Earl,” they’ll
see how Earl allows his goals or his path to interfere with his life and the
lives of others. While it’s wonderful to have dreams and goals (as we discussed
in the last session), it’s sad when they take over our lives and we lose sight
of everything else.
Youth Group
will meet in the Social Hall from 7:00pm to 8:30pm, primarily focusing on the
upcoming morning service for March 3rd. Shelby and Suki will be
advising this week.
See
you Sunday!
Betsy
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