Family Information for Sunday, April 21st

Hello Friends and Families of Westside!

We have a Children’s Chapel this Sunday, and I am looking forward to seeing everyone there! We’ll actually start calling this a Chalice Chapel again (this was the term used last year). The Chalice Chapel is a worship experience designed for our children and youth together. Once we sing the children out from the service upstairs, our children and youth from preschool through 12^th grade will meet together in the social hall. Our high school youth have been helping, and the younger kids have loved it!

On Chalice Chapel days, the nursery and the Story Time class are both open. If your 4-5 year old child needs a smaller group environment, he/she is welcome in the Story Time class downstairs.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

BAND SIGN-UP IN SOCIAL HALL: Rehearsals on Sunday mornings from 9:15-10:00am. Don’t forget to check out the band options for your youth!

Our Uke Band is for 4^th through 12^th graders. We will be singing to ukulele accompaniment that several band members will play. We’ll also need some hand drum and percussion players.

Our Youth Band is for middle and high school students who already play an instrument. Once we form, we’ll establish who’s doing what, and our genre of choice.

Each band will rehearse twice a month – every other week. Youth are welcome to be involved in both bands if they’d like! This Sunday our Youth Band will meet at 9:15 in the social hall.

THIS WEEK:

Chalice Chapel – Once we sing the children out, they will all go to the social hall together, where Lorelei Amato and I will lead them in a children/youth worship. 

This week we are talking about our Transylvania partnership church (Romania). We’ll watch a video of children from Transylvania captured by Marilyn Mayers from East Shore Unitarian when she visited there recently, and she will be joining us this week.

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

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

To talk with your child or youth about what’s happening in RE, check our blog at www.wsuureligiousexploration.blogspot.com.

See you Sunday!

Betsy