Family Information for Sunday, March 31, 2013

Hello Friends and Families of Westside!

What a beautiful spring weekend! And we have great things planned for our time together tomorrow at Westside. 

THIS WEEK, EASTER SUNDAY:

Installation -- I am being installed as your Director of Religious Exploration tomorrow morning! In this ceremony, we will join in covenant with one another for the benefit of our children and youth. I look forward to solidifying that agreement with you!

Children’s Chapel – Once we sing the children out, they will all go to the social hall together, where I will lead them in a children’s worship. We’ll talk about Easter traditions, and we’ll have a chocolate communion.

We’ll also decorate spring bags for Nickelsville. When the kids divide into younger and older groups for egg hunts, the older group will also be hunting for toiletry items that we will put into the spring bags. I will deliver these tomorrow after church to the Nickelsville community. (Families are welcome to join me – I have one family coming.)

NURSERY AND STORY TIME – These will both be open tomorrow for your little ones!

YOUTH GROUP – Will meet with Shelby and Cole from 7:00-8:30!

UPDATES:

·      The middle school group had a fantastic Fun Night social last night! We had a great turnout, ate pizza, played games, and got wired on sugar. Or is that just regular middle school energy? Ask your middle schooler about the milk carton project for the White Center Food Bank!

·      In April we will have Children’s Chapels on the 14^th and 21^st (spring break weekends for Seattle Public Schools).

·      Our K-5 classes are starting a social action project with Heifer International, and our middle school class is developing their own social justice project (thus the White Center Food Bank connection).

·      In May I will work with all of our classes to grow our awareness of our partnership church in Transylvania, culminating in an exchange of videos between us. We are working with East Shore Unitarian for this.

·      June 2^nd is our last day of RE classes for this year, and June 9^th is RE Celebration Sunday – all of our children and youth will participate in this service. June 16^th is the first Sunday of our summer program.

·      Our youth have formed a new Youth Adult Committee (YAC), which will meet soon to continue to grow plans for upcoming projects and trips.

See you tomorrow!

Betsy