tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85135559539536854802024-03-19T00:56:44.903-07:00Westside UU Congregation Religious Exploration Betsy Lowryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01578430659619104274noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8513555953953685480.post-7830346903651409432013-08-24T22:01:00.001-07:002013-08-24T22:05:16.228-07:00Family Information for Sunday, August 25, 2013<br />
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<span style="border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Contrary to what the eNews said, this week is not a multi-gen service and there will be a class downstairs! Not just any class however, we have a special session this Sunday regarding animal adoption. <span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>Regina Brennan and Joe Nabbefeld will be leading this awesome session with heartwarming adoption tales, some engaging “animal” songs, and some intriguing discussion set to clarify the misconceptions of pet adoption. <span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></span></div>
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Programs: </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">We are less than a month away from the start of our
fall RE program, and we have open spots on our teaching teams from toddler age
to grade five. If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity,
or if you have an idea about someone we might invite for this opportunity,
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<b><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Middle School Con Registration: </span></b><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Families of middle schoolers – Fall Con registration is open! <span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">September 27-29</span></span>, Vashon Island. I encourage you to register in August to get the cheaper rate. Please make a copy of your registration for Betsy so she has accurate medical information. She will be attending Fall Con with our middle schoolers. Also, contact her directly if you have any questions (Betsy Lowry, <a gdf-obfuscated-mailto="9XsRVqjwNeYJ" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8513555953953685480" style="border: 0px; color: #6611cc; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">dre@wsuu.org</span></a>, <a href="" style="border: 0px; color: #1155cc; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" value="+14102742018"><span style="border: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">410-274-2018</span></a>). </span></div>
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We are offering two OWL classes this year, our Junior High OWL for 7<sup>th</sup>
and 8<sup>th</sup> graders, and our elementary OWL for 4<sup>th</sup> and 5<sup>th</sup>
graders. The Junior High class will likely begin in October and end in April,
meeting from 5-6:30 on Sunday evenings. The elementary class has eight
sessions, and will be offered starting in January. OWL is a significantly
important experience for our children and youth, and requires a serious
commitment on the part of families. We look forward to rich experiences with
bonding and community building, trustbuilding, and learning in our OWL
adventures this year. Attend an information session to learn more, and see
Betsy Lowry (</span><a href="mailto:dre@wsuu.org"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">dre@wsuu.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">)
if you have any questions. Elementary OWL information sessions will be offered
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August 25: 12:15-1:00 in the Library on the 3<sup>rd</sup> floor<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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September 8: 12:15-1:00 in the Library on the 3<sup>rd</sup> floor<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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of Age Program:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Coming
of Age (COA) is a program that marks the transition from childhood to young
adult. UU’s generally emphasize four areas in the COA experience: pairing youth
with adult mentors; discussions and retreats that emphasize self-awareness and
confidence-building; service to the church and community; and a culminating
affirmation ceremony. We are offering a COA program this year for any high
schoolers from grades 9-11 who have not yet had this experience. Our class will
start and end with retreats, and will meet on Sunday mornings every other week.
We have a teaching team in place who is planning the curriculum and experiences
for this program, and we invite youth and families to an information meeting on
September 15<sup>th</sup> from 6-7 p.m. See Betsy Lowry (</span><a href="mailto:dre@wsuu.org"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">dre@wsuu.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">) if you have any questions. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Our annual RE teacher training session will be offered on Saturday, September 7<sup>th</sup>
this year, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. New and veteran teachers, please put this date
on your calendar! Our alternate date for anyone who is not able to attend on
the 7<sup>th</sup>, is Saturday September 14<sup>th</sup> from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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are in the process of creating a dedicated space for our youth to gather,
connect, learn, share, powwow, congregate, meditate, and otherwise make their
own. So far, it is not the beautiful or cozy place they deserve. YOU can help!
We are looking for the following items, let us know if you have, or have a line
on, any of the following: <i>Please remember to only offer items in excellent
condition. (Would you send it to Goodwill or post it on Craigslist? Only
Craigslist worthy will do!</i>). If you are, or can provide, a resource for
these items, please contact Lorelei Amato at </span><a href="mailto:whosthere@loreleiamato.com"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">whosthere@loreleiamato.com</span></a><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 10pt;">. </span><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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getting-to-know-you sleepover to kick off the year is happening September 6-7
at the church! We’ll start at 6pm, and we’ll wrap up at noon on Saturday.
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are willing to do some serious painting in our youth room! Join the fun on
Saturday, September 7 from 12-3, after our sleepover. Contact Betsy or Shelby
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Betsy Lowryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01578430659619104274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8513555953953685480.post-83071924883027515142013-08-24T22:00:00.001-07:002013-08-24T22:00:28.753-07:00Family Information for Sunday, August 18, 2013<br />
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<span style="border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hey Friends and Family of Westside,</span></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br />
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<span style="border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Can you believe this week we are only a month out till the last program? Not only that, this Sunday will be our last multi-generational service for this summer. I just can’t believe how fast summer has flown by!</span></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br />
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<span style="border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">However do not despair; we still have four great Sundays coming up. Starting with our multi-generational service this week!</span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A brief summary of the service:</span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Congregation Member, Keo Capestany, will share lessons we can all learn from this story of what is different between us, and the assumptions we form. All ages will appreciate Keo’s masterful storytelling and the reflections we gain from the concept of “walking a mile” in another’s shoes.” <span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As some of you may know this means no classes downstairs this week. However our nursery will still be open during this time to kids ranging from six weeks to four years old. I know how some kids get restless during the service (no matter what age!), in order to combat this we have grab bags available and pens and papers in every pew.</span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I personally recommend all families and kids to come and experience this kid-friendly version of a very thoughtful and important message.</span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Have a good weekend, hope to see you all on Sunday!</span></span></div>
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Betsy Lowryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01578430659619104274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8513555953953685480.post-75744984525654294452013-08-14T08:23:00.000-07:002013-08-14T08:23:02.810-07:00Family Information for Sunday, August 11, 2013<br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Hey Families and Friends of Westside,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">How is everyone doing on this hot week? Hopefully not melting yet, I know how we Seattleites have a very narrow window of a comfortable temperature zone (can I get a 70 to 75 anyone?). And well clearly this weather has no idea how to take a hint.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Unfortunately this is not due to change, however the silver lining? We have an exceptionally fun Sunday planned for the kids! Kevin Lane-Cummings, Shannon Day, and your kids (ages 5-12) will be exploring the science, art, and magic of rainbows. Rain or shine -- or both! -- there will be lots of color in the social hall. As you might expect, there will be prisms and several different renditions of "Over the Rainbow," but did you ever think you could hear a rainbow? Come and find out!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">For kids younger than five (but older than six months please!), we have our lovely Nursery open. As always I highly encourage teens and young adults to come join us for our service, or if they want, help out with the kids downstairs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">This Sunday we do need a little extra help from the families of the 5-12 group. We currently don’t have enough incandescent flashlights, so if each family could bring one that would be just lovely. Along the same lines if anyone could lend a glass prism that would be fabulous!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Thanks guys, hope to see you Sunday!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Hope everyone is well and enjoying this refreshing cool Friday. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Lucky for the kids they will get to continue the music theme set up by last week’s service. This week our guest speaker will be Carmen Ficarra, and our teacher will be Julie Forkasdi. Carmen and his friend Greg Canote will be playing some old-time music on the fiddle, guitar, and ukelele. There will be interactive songs, and the kids will even have an opportunity to freestyle it and make music that speaks to them as well!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">As always the Nursery will be open to kids aged six months to four years. On the opposite side of the spectrum we encourage all teens/young adults to join us for the service, or if they want to, help out with the kids.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Just a quick recap from two weeks ago, I’m trying to set up a more efficient way to sign the kids out. So if you guys would come to the stage (it will be enclosed) to pick them up and sign them out, that would be incredible. For parents who think their kid(s) are old enough to sign out, please come see me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Have a great weekend and hope to see you on Sunday!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">"In this multigenerational service, congregation member John Britt, along with the beat of our Westside drummers, will remind us of some simple life lessons from the drum circle in this all-percussion service. Both the individual impulse and the united beat of community fill the cycles of our human experience. In this service, our youngest and our eldest community members will experience joyful rhythms and diverse rhythms together, from different cultures."</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Middle School Con Registration: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Families of middle schoolers – Fall Con registration is open! <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1654786566" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">September 27-29</span></span>, Vashon Island. The registration form is attached here. I encourage you to register in August to get the cheaper rate. Please make a copy of your registration for Betsy so she has accurate medical information. She will be attending Fall Con with our middle schoolers. Also, contact her directly if you have any questions (Betsy Lowry, <a href="mailto:dre@wsuu.org" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">dre@wsuu.org</span></a>, <a href="tel:410-274-2018" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" value="+14102742018"><span style="color: #0066cc;">410-274-2018</span></a>). </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Teaching and Advising in our RE Programs: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">We like to say that our children are our future. Well, Westside is making beautiful contributions to the future, as we help our children and youth to navigate their hearts, their self-confidence, their faith development, and their social justice sensibilities. Our children and youth come eagerly to our <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1654786567" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Sunday</span></span> classes, to our special events and youth groups, and multigenerational worship and other activities. They blossom – from infant and active toddler size to middle and high school youth – in the safe and nurturing environments of our RE classes and programs. They grow and learn by being in relationship with their adult teachers. WE NEED TEACHERS! We want to offer our best to these precious gems of our community. Come talk with anyone on the RE Council, or anyone who has taught before to learn more about the connections you will make with other teachers and the difference you can make in kids’ lives. Let Betsy Lowry (</span><a href="mailto:dre@wsuu.org" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #0066cc;">dre@wsuu.org</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="tel:410-274-2018" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" value="+14102742018"><span style="color: #0066cc;">410-274-2018</span></a>) or Julie Forkasdi, RE Council Chair (</span><a href="mailto:julieforkasdi@email.com" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #0066cc;">julieforkasdi@email.com</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">) know of your interest to contribute to our RE ministry.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">OWL Update:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> We are offering two OWL classes this year, our Junior High OWL for 7<sup>th</sup> and 8<sup>th</sup> graders, and our elementary OWL for 4<sup>th</sup> and 5<sup>th</sup>graders. The Junior High class will likely begin in October and end in April, meeting early <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1654786568" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Sunday</span></span> evenings. The elementary class has eight sessions, and the time of year will be determined with the teaching team and parent input. OWL is a significantly important experience for our children and youth, and requires a serious commitment on the part of families. We look forward to rich experiences with bonding and community building, trustbuilding, and learning in our OWL adventures this year. We now have solid teaching teams in place, and we will offer informational meetings for families in August. See Betsy Lowry (</span><a href="mailto:dre@wsuu.org" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #0066cc;">dre@wsuu.org</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">) if you have any questions.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Coming of Age Program:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> Coming of Age (COA) is a program that marks the transition from childhood to young adult. UU’s generally emphasize four areas in the COA experience: pairing youth with adult mentors; discussions and retreats that emphasize self-awareness and confidence-building; service to the church and community; and a culminating affirmation ceremony. We are offering a COA program this year for any high schoolers from grades 9-11 who have not yet had this experience. Our class will start and end with retreats, and will meet <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1654786569" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Sunday</span></span> mornings every other week. We have a teaching team in place who is planning the curriculum and experiences for this program, and we will invite youth and families to an information meeting in August. See Betsy Lowry (</span><a href="mailto:dre@wsuu.org" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #0066cc;">dre@wsuu.org</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">) if you have any questions. </span> </div>
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Betsy Lowryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01578430659619104274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8513555953953685480.post-78712677170318596602013-07-26T16:10:00.003-07:002013-07-26T16:10:41.560-07:00Family Information for Sunday, July 21, 2013<br />
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Good evening everyone, hope you all had a fantastic week. And if not, well at least it's the weekend!</div>
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Speaking of, we have a great Sunday session for the kids group (ages 5-12). Tom Townsend and Amy Hance-Brancati will be teaching about an organization called Wild Burro Rescue, which as the name implies rescues wild burros (aka donkeys) from Death Valley National Park. Our own Tom worked for them for two years, where he was deeply impacted by the burros' gentle nature and intelligence. His lesson for Sunday is to relay his passion for the organization and the animal through a cool PowerPoint, art, and some games!</div>
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For kids aged 6 weeks to 4 years the Nursery will be open. All teens are encouraged to come, and can either help out downstairs (for service hours!!), or enjoy the service. This weeks service we'll hear from Marcus Green about finding heroism in an ordinary man's extraordinary actions, rather than an extraordinary man's (think Superman, Black Widow, Capitan America) unrealistic actions. Should be quite interesting!</div>
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Betsy Lowryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01578430659619104274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8513555953953685480.post-69793131891105006992013-07-26T16:10:00.000-07:002013-07-26T16:10:09.351-07:00Family Information for Sunday, July 14, 2013<br />
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<span style="border: 0px; font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hey everyone this week is going to be super fun! Thomas Terence and Jeanette Hitch are going to lead our multi-age (usually 5-12) group in some adrenaline pumping and teambuilding games!! Through the games and Thomas and Jeanette's guidance they will learn more about the Unitarian values of acceptance, support, and feeling love from the community just the way you are. <span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <wbr></wbr> <wbr></wbr> <wbr></wbr> <wbr></wbr> <wbr></wbr> </span></span></span></span></div>
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Betsy Lowryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01578430659619104274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8513555953953685480.post-37444354652136656312013-07-26T16:08:00.004-07:002013-07-26T16:08:57.288-07:00Family Information for Sunday, July 7, 2013<br />
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Hello Families and Friends of Westside!</div>
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Betsy Lowryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01578430659619104274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8513555953953685480.post-74394163137891734052013-07-26T16:08:00.000-07:002013-07-26T16:08:00.085-07:00Family Information for Sunday, June 30, 2013<br />
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Hello Families and Friends of Westside!</div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We have a super fun class planned this week for our kids ages 5-12. Keo Capestany will be our guest speaker, to share the story of Plumitas about a purebred canary that could not sing, and how it was that we discovered its reason for not being able to do it. We're going to learn about why dogs and cows do not have to learn their "language," and we're going to learn about why Cuna natives from Panama do not want to be called "Cuna" anymore!! Lots of interesting things to talk about, connected to several of our core UU principles!</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Just a reminder that our Nursery is open for children ages 6 weeks to 4 years old. Our older middle and our high school youth are invited to enjoy our service. This week we'll hear from Peg, our Board President Joe Rettenmaier, and Lewis Brancati and Henry Bennett about their General Assembly experience in Louisville. </span></div>
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Betsy Lowryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01578430659619104274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8513555953953685480.post-75480004869617585982013-06-22T14:19:00.003-07:002013-06-22T14:19:30.475-07:00Family Information for Sunday, June 23, 2013
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;">Hello
Friends and Families of Westside!</span></div>
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summer, and happy summer solstice to all of you! Such a beautiful time of year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">We are in
the second week of our summer program at Westside, and Mackenzie Murphy (our RE
Summer Coordinator) and I are happy to invite your children to enjoy our fun
morning class each Sunday. Children ages 5-12 are invited to engage with guest
speakers from our congregation who are sharing what they are passionate about
as Unitarian Universalists. Our summer line-up includes music and arts, Seal
Sitters, gardening, and celebration. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Tomorrow,
Julie Forkasdi and Mackenzie Murphy will celebrate the summer solstice with our
kids, singing and doing sun salutations. Tomorrow is a good day to wear
comfortable clothing for our yoga together!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Nursery is open for little ones ages six weeks to 4 years old. Middle and high
school youth can help Julie and Mackenzie with their class, or enjoy the
service. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Just a
reminder that there is no regular Youth Group meeting on Sunday evenings in the
summer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I am
enjoying GA in Louisville this week, meeting UUs of all ages from all over the
country!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Betsy</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Thank
You! </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Thank you to all who participated
in our beautiful RE Celebration Service last Sunday, and thank you to all who
received it with such warmth! It’s a gift to work in a community where our
children and youth are so cherished and beloved! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Teaching and Advising in our RE Programs: </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">We are filling our rosters with fabulous teaching teams for
next year, and we invite YOU to consider the possibility of playing a role in
bringing our rich Religious Exploration ministry to life! In addition to
joining a teaching team, there are other opportunities to support our varied RE
activities through the year. Bring all of your curiosity and questions and
interest to Betsy (</span><a href="mailto:dre@wsuu.org"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">dre@wsuu.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">) or Julie Forkasdi, RE Council Chair
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Westside’s
Summer RE Program: </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">June 16<sup>th</sup>
will be the first Sunday of our RE Summer Program! As with last year, we will
offer an engaging multi-age class for children ages 5—12 in the Social Hall.
Each week we’ll have a guest speaker share a topic they are passionate about,
linked to our seven UU Principles. Our RE teacher each week will lead our kids
through the rituals of chalice lighting, check-in, community building,
energizers, and wrap-up, and we’ll have music, art, and movement activities
infused. The Nursery will be open for children from 6 weeks to age 4, and youth
over the age of 12 are invited to participate in the service (unless they have
arranged with the Summer RE Coordinator to assist with the RE class). Check our
RE blog for updates on our topics and activities each week! (</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.wsuureligiousexploration.blogspot.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">www.wsuureligiousexploration.blogspot.com</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Mackenzie
Murphy, Summer RE Coordinator:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Please welcome Mackenzie Murphy,
our RE Summer Coordinator for 2013!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mackenzie will join Betsy Lowry, our DRE, and a team of dedicated RE
volunteers to coordinate WSUU’s summer RE program from June 9<sup>th</sup>
through September 8<sup>th</sup>. You’ll see her greeting families on Sunday
morning, and ensuring that our littlest Nursery babies through our high school
youth are welcomed and included in engaging weekly sessions. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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for two families. She adores her jobs and even more so, the kids she works
with. Mackenzie has dedicated her time to children and youth as a camp counselor,
babysitter, and nanny for the past nine years. Watching them flourish is
something she’s deeply passionate about. Mackenzie will continue to follow this
passion as either an au pair or an assistant ESL teacher abroad next spring. <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8513555953953685480" name="_GoBack"></a>She is very excited about this new position and getting to
know the Westside community where her parents, Patti Hooper and Larry Murphy,
are members. Feel free to approach her at any time with questions or concerns,
or just to say hi!<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looking Forward to Fall:</span></span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> As we ease into our summer schedules,
we can relax knowing that fabulous programs will be offered next fall as a part
of Westside’s ministry for children and youth. In July, families will hear more
about orientations and information sessions for OWL offerings (including our
year-long junior high OWL class for 7<sup>th</sup> and 8<sup>th</sup> graders),
Coming of Age (offered for all of our high schoolers who have not yet been
through a COA class), and our middle and high school youth groups. Our RE
program will offer music and art opportunities for kids of all ages, and multigenerational
events for families. And our middle and high school youth have fall Cons to
attend!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Hello Friends and Families of Westside!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Just posting some details for you to know for our RE
Celebration service this week – a very cool mulitigenerational service you won’t
want to miss! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">First, the Nursery will be open with Julie Vance and Lewis
Brancati. Our Story Time class for toddlers is closed for the summer, and our
Story Time teachers will join us in the service on Sunday. Parents of toddlers
are welcome to keep them in the service, or take them to the Nursery (or to try
a little of both!). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Second, we will need time on Sunday morning before the
service for final rehearsals, reviewing the flow of the service, and sound
checks. If your child is in the Uke or the Youth Band, please have them at the
church by 8:45 to tune their instrument and prepare for our 9:00 rehearsal. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Our Children’s Choir will meet in the Fireside Room at 9:45
a.m. for rehearsal. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">If your child is participating in the service with a
speaking role, please arrive by 9:45 for a review of their parts, and a sound
check. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Finally, if you have any questions about the Bridging
Ceremony, please don’t hesitate to contact me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">This will be fun!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">See you Sunday,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Betsy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">This week is RE Celebration Sunday, which is a multigenerational
service, and I am posting this message early so you will know why to plan to
attend!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">One very important reason to attend is that we’ll have our
annual <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bridging Ceremony</b> during this
service, to honor the milestone transitions our kids are making. This year we
don’t have any seniors bridging from high school, but we will recognize our
preschoolers who are moving into kindergarten; our elementary kids moving into
middle school (including those entering a middle school environment as a 5<sup>th</sup>
grader); and our 8<sup>th</sup> graders moving into high school. And we want to
cherish these kids and let them know we’re standing with them through these
transitions! No preparation is necessary – just be there!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">During this service we’ll also hear <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">music</b> from our children’s choir, our Ukulele Band, and our Youth
Band. The bands have been fun, and a beautiful experience – a learning
experience! It was an opportunity on those early Sunday mornings, to bring our
children and youth together in community, to foster the bonds between them, and
to empower them as music makers in our worship. And a starting point for me in
learning about the challenges and possibilities! No matter the ultimate sound
they make on Sunday – this will be fun!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">We will recognize and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">appreciate
our loving and dedicated teachers</b>, advisors, and RE program friends who
have stood by our children by preparing beautiful lessons for them week after
week, building caring relationships, and attending to their spiritual
development. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">And through our worship experience, we’ll get a glimpse into the
minds, hearts, and activities of our children and youth through their speaking,
and through images from our RE year. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">I look forward to this beautiful celebration in worship with you
on <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Sunday!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">With love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Betsy</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;">Hello Friends and Families of Westside!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">The next two weeks are special Sundays for us as we close out
our RE year. Please read below to know what’s coming! This week our children
will have celebrations in all classes, with food. If your child has a food
allergy you would like to highlight, please tell the greeters when you first
arrive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Note, the RE Council is cancelling Date Night for this evening
since we didn’t get any takers this time around. We’ll likely offer this again in
the fall. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">You won’t want to miss next Sunday, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">June 9<sup>th</sup></b>—our RE Celebration Sunday! We’ll honor
milestone transitions our kids are making; our bands will play; we’ll see some
video and pictures of our RE program in action; kids will share their RE experience
as part of our worship; and we’ll recognize our fabulous teachers!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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finish, and we need as much participation as possible! Both the Uke and the
Youth Bands will meet three more times before they play in the service next
Sunday, June 9<sup>th</sup>. After June 9<sup>th</sup>, we’ll take a break for
the summer and we’ll regroup with a plan for the fall. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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June 2<sup>nd</sup>, both bands will meet in the preschool room behind the
Social Hall from 9:15-10:00. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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8<sup>th</sup> from 4-5 p.m. both bands will meet in the Sanctuary for a short
rehearsal and sound check to ensure we can mic them effectively. We’ll also review
how to transition for the service the next day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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June 9<sup>th</sup> we need all band members to be ready to rehearse with the
sound system by 9:15. I encourage you to arrive closer to 9:00 for set-up. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is tomorrow, June 2<sup>nd</sup> from 12-12:30 in the Fireside Room. The choir
will sing next Sunday, June 9<sup>th</sup>.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">
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<b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">THIS WEEK:</span></b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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week is our last Story Time class for the year. Next week is a
multigenerational service, and parents may want to keep their toddlers in the
Sanctuary through the service. The Nursery will be open next week and through
the summer for infants and children up to age 4.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Spirit Play class will enjoy a story with their celebration activities.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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classes will celebrate the closing of our RE year with reflection, food, and
fun!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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This is our last Youth Group meeting for the year! Youth Group will get
together periodically through the summer, and next week’s overnight (June 7-8)
will close out the year. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Taking It Home, Session 15: The Gift Of Ourselves</span></h1>
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<em style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Be here now.</span></em></div>
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<em style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">— Ram Dass (Richard Alpert)</span></em></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">IN TODAY'S SESSION... The children explored the intangible gift of ourselves. They heard a story, "Maya's Questions," in which a young girl learns to be herself, to pay attention to what is going on around her, and to be kind. When we are present and attentive and our true selves, we are best able to respond to others authentically and kindly. Children learned the phrase, "Be here now" as a short way to remember what Maya learned.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">EXPLORE THE TOPIC TOGETHER. Talk about... It is easy for adults as well as children to become distracted, to lose their sense of grounding, to be in a rush and not pay attention to what is going on around them. Talk about the situations and places where each member of the family feels most calm, most themselves, most able to pay attention to their environment and the people in it. Talk about situations where it is hard to simply "be here now."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">FAMILY DISCOVERY</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Try being present together by meditating as a family. Even young children can sit still for about a minute. Gather the family and have everyone agree to sit in silence for at least one minute. If you have meditation chimes, use them to begin and end the meditation. You may wish to use the phrase, "be here now" as a silent mantra. As your family increases its experience with sitting quietly, you may try increasing the time spent in meditation.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mealtime is a different opportunity to be attentive and present with each other. Think about how family members can "be here now" at meals.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Taking It Home, Session 15: What to Believe</span></h1>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't believe everything you think. — Bumper sticker</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Talk about the quote. Have you ever seen it on a bumper sticker? What kind of people do you think have bumper stickers saying that? Would UUs use a bumper sticker like this?</span></div>
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<strong style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">WHAT WE DID TODAY</span></strong></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today's Big Question asks, "How can I know what to believe?" We began with a story that led not to new beliefs but to new big questions. We saw that big questions grow out of our experiences. We said that mystery and big questions are among the reasons that religion exists. We made some art that came from deep inside us and saw that everybody has different art ideas, just the way everybody has different beliefs. In WCUU, a group of private detectives searched for help in knowing what to believe. In WIT Time, we thought about our favorite places, at this time in our lives, where we look for help shaping our beliefs.</span></div>
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<strong style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">FAMILY BELIEFS</span></strong></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In <em style="font-style: italic;">UU World</em> magazine of Spring 2008, a father talks about sharing his beliefs with his seven-year-old son. The son had asked about Heaven and death. His father said he believed that when people die they live on in the memories of other people, but not in Heaven. The son replied this way, "I'll believe what you believe for now, and when I grow up I'll make up my own mind." Talk about this story. Is that how most UU kids decide on their beliefs? Is that the way it is in your family? What age do you think most kids are when they start to develop their own responses to the big questions?</span></div>
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<strong style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">BUILD A FAMILY BELIEF TREE</span></strong></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Use a piece of poster paper and some markers to create a family belief tree. Draw a traditional tree diagram if you like, using horizontal and vertical lines to show all the generations descended from somebody who lived long ago. Write the names of all the family members you know, along with their religions and their core beliefs if you know them. One might have been a Buddhist, for example, or a Roman Catholic, or a UU. Or draw a realistic tree, and hang tags with names and beliefs from the branches of that. The point is to have fun with the drawing and get an idea of some of the most important beliefs held by members of your extended family.</span></div>
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<strong style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SHARED SEARCH</span></strong></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Visit a place you have never been that can help you decide what to believe. Maybe it is a library, or a museum, or a different Unitarian Universalist congregation.</span></div>
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<strong style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PHOTO CHALLENGE</span></strong></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photograph something that represents a belief of yours. Share the photo and belief with someone.</span></div>
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<strong style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">FAMILY FAITH IN ACTION — ACTING ON A BELIEF</span></strong></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Think about something your whole family believes related to the Unitarian Universalist Principles, then act on it. Maybe you will choose belief in "acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth." How can your family act upon this belief? Can you participate together in a program at your congregation? If the Riddle and Mystery group will design a worship service, could family members help? Maybe it's as simple as inviting someone you don't know well from your congregation to lunch and listening to their story. Beliefs are more meaningful when you act on them.</span></div>
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week</b> we will wrap up our May focus on our partner church in Romania with a
visit with Marilyn Mayer from East Shore. Marilyn shared a video she created of
our partner church community, and she is joining us this week to capture video
to take back to Romania to show them who we are. We will visit each class for
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summer program begins, and our kids will enjoy end-of-year celebrations. We
will return to the sanctuary before the service ends to participate in our
annual Flower Communion. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Our bands will play; we’ll honor milestone transitions our kids are making;
we’ll see some video and pictures of our RE program in action; kids will share
their RE experience as part of our worship; and we’ll recognize our fabulous
teachers!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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holiday weekend.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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NIGHT JUNE 1, 6-9pm</span></b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">:
The RE Council is sponsoring a date night for our WSUU parents to raise funds
for two of our youth and a sponsor to attend General Assembly in Louisville
this June. Your school-age children (ages 5-12) can have a fun night together
in the social hall while parents go out for a nice dinner! $25 per child, $35
for two or more kids. RSVP to Kim Frappier (</span><a href="mailto:kimberly.frappier@gmail.com"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">kimberly.frappier@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">To all families of
young singers! We are reconvening the kids’ choir to sing for RE Celebration
Sunday on June 9th. We rehearsed on May 5<sup>th</sup> and we’ll meet again on
June 2<sup>nd</sup> from 12:00-12:30 in the Fireside Room. Contact Lisa Maynard
(<span style="mso-field-code: "HYPERLINK \0022mailto\:l\.maynard\@comcast\.net\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022";"><u><span style="color: #1155cc; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">l.maynard@comcast.net</span></u></span>)
or Liz Bucklew (<span style="mso-field-code: "HYPERLINK \0022mailto\:liz\.bucklew\@becu\.org\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022";"><u><span style="color: #1155cc; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">liz.bucklew@becu.org</span></u></span>)
if you have any questions or if you would like to add your child to this choir.</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“Wonderful Welcome”:</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This week’s session is about the wonderful gift of ourselves.
Children will learn that the best gift to give others is to be truly present to
them. This isn’t referring to our physical selves, or to giving away
possessions, but rather the intangible positive qualities we can all give
through love and caring. When a friend is talking to us, the effort we make to
be attentive is the intangible gift of ourselves. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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classes to capture video clips that we’ll share with our partner church
community in Transylvania. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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School: “Riddle and Mystery”:</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our middle school session will focus
this week on the big question, “How can I know what to believe?” Our commonly
used Welcome: A Unitarian Universalist Primer book from 2009 makes the
statement, “We teach children that all big questions have many answers, and
that it is their duty to search responsibly for the answer that feel right to
them.” In our session, middle schoolers will talk about what it feels like
inside when an answer feels right to them individually. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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school class this week. The next and final class for the year is next week,
June 2<sup>nd</sup>. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times-Roman; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Taking It Home, Session 14: The Gift Of Spirit</h1>
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IN TODAY'S SESSION... The children explored the intangible gift of spirit. They learned about ways they can give and receive this gift with others in our religious education group, in their congregation, and in the larger Unitarian Universalist faith community. The children experienced a ritual of sharing joys and concerns that illustrated one way we give and receive the gift of spirit. They sang together and made a chalice to bring the gift of spirit home.</div>
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Spend some arts-and-crafts time together making individual "spirit posters." Give each family member a blank sheet of poster board or heavy paper, a photo of themselves, magazines to cut up, a glue stick, scissors, markers and stickers. You may like to title each poster, "The Gift of (Name's) Spirit." Invite each person to glue their own picture to their poster and add images that represent who they are, what they care about, and what they believe.</div>
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Try sharing your joys and concerns as a family at home. You will need some stones and a partially filled bowl of water. Have each member of the family hold a stone while they think about their joys and concerns. Then invite family members to drop a stone in the bowl as they share their joys and/or concerns aloud or speak them silently to themselves. Affirm each new stone by saying together, "We accept the gift of (name's) spirit." See how each added stone makes the water in the bowl rise, symbolizing how when each person shares their spirit and others accept it, our sharing of spirit grows.</div>
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Taking It Home, Session 9: Love of Learning</h1>
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The reward of the young scientist is the emotional thrill of being the first person in the history of the world to see something or to understand something. Nothing can compare with that experience... The reward of the old scientist is the sense of having seen a vague sketch grow into a masterly landscape. — Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, astronomer, accepting the Henry Norris Russell Prize from the American Astronomical Society</div>
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<strong style="font-weight: bold;">IN TODAY'S SESSION... </strong>the children learned about the fifth Unitarian Universalist Source, in child-friendly words "the use of reason and the discoveries of science." We heard a story about Cecilia Payne, a Unitarian Universalist and the first professional astronomer. We conducted simple experiments to observe gravity and to investigate why sunsets are orange. Children learned that scientific investigation of falling objects or sunsets does not reduce their beauty or mystery, yet helps us understand our world.</div>
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<strong style="font-weight: bold;">EXPLORE THE TOPIC TOGETHER. Talk about... </strong>your own love of learning. We continue to learn new things all the time. Cecilia Payne faced challenges as a woman interested in a scientific field (astronomy) which did not yet exist, and yet she persevered. Discuss with your family a time you made a commitment to lifelong learning. Talk about something new you learned—in school, or not—and what that was like. How did you feel about school? What did you most enjoy doing in school? Why? Share with your child why you believe it's important that we learn and discover.</div>
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<strong style="font-weight: bold;">EXTEND THE TOPIC TOGETHER. </strong>Learn about and track the <a href="http://hubblesite.org/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #552200; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Hubble telescope</a> (hubblesite.org/) on a website that includes downloadable photographs. Another online resource is <a href="http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #552200; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Astronomy magazine</a>(www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx) ; take note of the special editions.</div>
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Books your family might enjoy include:</div>
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<li style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;"><em style="font-style: italic;">A Child's Introduction to the Night Sky: The Story of the Stars, Planets, and Constellations — and How You Can Find Them in the Sky</em> by Michael Driscoll (Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2004)</li>
<li style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;"><em style="font-style: italic;">Astronomy</em> by Kristen Lippincott (DK Eyewitness Books, 2008)</li>
<li style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;"><em style="font-style: italic;">The Stars: A New Way To See Them</em> by H. A. Rey (Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008)</li>
<li style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;"><em style="font-style: italic;">Maybe Yes, Maybe No</em> by Dan Barker (Prometheus Books, 1993). In this child's introduction to healthy skepticism and critical thinking, the ten-year-old heroine, Andrea, is "always asking questions," writes Barker, because she thinks you should prove the truth.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;"><em style="font-style: italic;">Humanism, What's That?</em> by Helen Bennett (Prometheus Books, 2005). "This small volume holds out the hope and openness of Humanism in a form that can help young people confront Fundamentalist approaches to religion with confidence," writes Rev. William Sinkford, former President of the UUA.</li>
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<strong style="font-weight: bold;">Family Discovery. </strong>The science experiment that shows why the sky is blue, but the sunset is red would be easy to replicate at home. Download Session 9, Activity 3, Blue Sky, Red Sunset from the <a href="http://www.uua.org/religiouseducation/curricula/tapestryfaith/index.shtml" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #552200; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Tapestry of Faith website</a> (www.uua.org/religiouseducation/curricula/tapestryfaith/index.shtml) .</div>
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<strong style="font-weight: bold;">A Family Ritual. </strong>Every week, take time to observe the night sky. Note the position of the Big Dipper and locate the North Star. Keep a log. The cold winter months are the best time of year to view these constellations.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science... It was the experience of mystery, even if mixed with fear, that engendered religion. A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, of the manifestations of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty—it is this knowledge and this emotion that constitute the truly religious attitude. In this sense, and in this alone, I am a deeply religious man. — Albert Einstein</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Talk about the quote. Do you agree with it? Are you religious in the same way Albert Einstein said he was? When you look at the stars at night, do you have an appreciative sense of wonder and mystery?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today's Big Question asks, "Will we ever solve life's mystery?" We reviewed UU responses to some of the other Big Questions we have asked in Riddle and Mystery. We saw UUs have many responses to mystery, but mystery will never be completely "solved." Our story showed that questions lead to more questions, and that exploring mystery can lead to more mystery. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If your family had a mystery tool kit, what would you put in it? Maybe someone knows a lot about science, and knowledge could go in it. Maybe others are very familiar with UU Sources, and our Sources could go in the tool kit. Someone who likes to dance or sing might have tools for celebrating mystery. What else? You decide.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When is the last time someone in your family said: "I don't know. It's a mystery to me." What is the biggest mystery your family has talked about in the last week? Did you solve the mystery? Will you ever solve it?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What are some of your own or your family's favorite mystery books, films or television shows? What about your friends'? If you have a favorite mystery book or movie, share it with a friend or family member. If you really love mysteries, start a mystery book club at your school or congregation.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Travel to a mysterious place. Maybe it will be a haunted house. Maybe it will be a place where most people do not think about mystery—but you do.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photograph a mystery or try just the opposite: Photograph something that has no mystery to it at all. Can you think of such a thing? Before you answer "yes," remember some of the Big Questions you have talked about—like where things come from, and what they are. Now see if you can find something that has no mystery at all.</span></div>
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Betsy Lowryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01578430659619104274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8513555953953685480.post-55356654253635051722013-05-18T10:59:00.001-07:002013-05-18T10:59:13.504-07:00Family Information for Sunday, May 19th
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special guests tomorrow, including two children and two young adults, who
recently visited our partner village in Romania. All of our RE classes will
spend half of their time in their classrooms, and half of their time in the
social hall for this event. Come join the fun! Our guests will also share a
Story for All Ages in the service.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ministry Conversation:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> We have a
special opportunity to meet with our Regional UU Youth Coordinator, Jennica
Davis, next Wednesday, May 22<sup>nd</sup>. She lives in Arizona, but will be
in Seattle that week and agreed to be available to us that afternoon. Come join
an informative conversation from 5:00—6:30pm in the Fireside Room, where she
will share information about local, regional and national opportunities and
events for high school youth. She will also help us to shape our youth programs
for next year. All youth, their families, and anyone who is interested in
supporting our youth programs are welcome to join! Contact Betsy with
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SCHOOL OVERNIGHT:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> June 7-8 (Fri-Sat) our high school youth will have
an overnight in the church! See Shelby Greiner or Henry Bennett for more
information.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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NIGHT JUNE 1, 6-9pm</span></b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">:
The RE Council is sponsoring a date night for our WSUU parents to raise funds
for two of our youth and a sponsor to attend General Assembly in Louisville
this June. Your school-age children (ages 5-12) can have a fun night together
in the social hall while parents go out for a nice dinner! $25 per child, $35
for two or more kids. RSVP to Kim Frappier (</span><a href="mailto:kimberly.frappier@gmail.com"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">kimberly.frappier@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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meet in the preschool classroom again this week. The Uke Band meets next week,
May 26th.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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SCHOOL: </span></b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">I think
everyone is up to speed on our middle school happenings for now! If you have
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</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">To all families of
young singers! We are reconvening the kids’ choir to sing for RE Celebration
Sunday on June 9th. We rehearsed on May 5<sup>th</sup> and we’ll meet again on
June 2<sup>nd</sup> from 12:00-12:30 in the Fireside Room. Contact Lisa Maynard
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or Liz Bucklew (<span style="mso-field-code: "HYPERLINK \0022mailto\:liz\.bucklew\@becu\.org\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022";"><u><span style="color: #1155cc; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">liz.bucklew@becu.org</span></u></span>)
if you have any questions or if you would like to add your child to this choir.</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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JUSTICE PROJECTS IN RE: Thank you for wonderful support of our K-5<sup>th</sup>
grade Heifer International project! </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Last Sunday our card sales added
$263 to our collection! Also, you can continue to send extra change from around
the house with your children to their classes on Sundays. This week you’ll hear
more about the middle school class and their work with the White Center Food
Bank. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the social hall with our special guests who will share experiences from their
recent trip to Romania and our partner village. Back in their classroom, this
week’s story is called “Butterfly Friends,” which is a Green Promise story –
“grow by exploring what is true and right.” In this story, three butterflies
make friends with red clover, who is not afraid of their differences. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“Wonderful Welcome”:</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our K-2 class will start in the social hall with our special
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session will focus on the gift of spirit, which we give and receive as members
of a faith community when we worship together, celebrate together, and support
and comfort one another. At its best, a Unitarian Universalist faith community
nourishes all members with affirmation of their spirit and acceptance of their
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in their classroom, this Sunday’s session will focus on our fifth Source, which
“…counsels us to heed the guidance of reason and the results of science…,”
through Unitarian Universalist Cecelia Payne, the first person to be given the
title “astronomer.” We will learn about Cecelia’s love of learning and do a
mini science investigation to illustrate that UUs value discovery throughout
life and use reason as a source of strength in our faith.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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week’s lesson is about life as mystery, focusing on the big question, “can we
ever solve life’s mystery?” The typical answer will be “no,” but our kids will
examine this seemingly obvious answer by revisiting a few of the big questions
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week’s lesson is “O Karma, Where Art Thou?” – Agents and Prophets. Some of our
discussion questions include:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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time when your faith in something or someone was challenged? What did you do?
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with Shelby and Suki. The next few meetings are important – our YAC members
(Mia, Henry and Lewis) will be leading the group through some planning for
creating our youth room (starting in a couple of weeks), our upcoming overnight
(June 7-8), and visiting other youth groups (this summer). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">IN TODAY'S SESSION... The children explored the intangible gift of learning together. They heard a story about a rooster that did not know how to do its job —waking up the farmer and the other animals. The other farm animals attempt to teach the rooster what to do. Ultimately, the rooster realizes that he knew how to crow all along, but he needed his friends to help him learn. The children learned a new weaving skill and experienced learning from and with each other.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">EXTEND THE TOPIC TOGETHER. Try... Choose an activity that the family has never tried before and learn about it together. For example, if you have never cooked as a family, choose a recipe that could involve all members of the family. You may want to try to weave something together. Use the instructions from Activity 4 of this session to make a belt together. If you give the belt to an extended family member or a friend, make sure you let that person know they are also receiving an intangible gift — the gift of learning together.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Visit a working farm in your area. There might be a dairy barn or goat farm near you that offers tours. When you go, find out how the different parts of the farm work together.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Younger and younger children are accustomed to doing research online and this is a great way to learn together. Sit down with your child(ren) at a computer and research a topic together. You might investigate places where you all want to travel, animals you have always wondered about, a sport you would like to learn, the history of your own family's ethnic group(s), or upcoming schedules of family activities in your local area. If you find out about a course you can all take together, such as a local ecology or an ethnic dance course, consider signing up!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Learning to live with what you're born with/is the process,/the involvement./the making of a life. — Diane Wakoski, American poet and essayist, in The Motorcycle Betrayal Poems</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">IN TODAY'S SESSION... </strong>the children learned from our fourth Unitarian Universalist Source, "Jewish and Christian teachings which tell us to love all others as we love ourselves," and explored gender stereotypes through a story based on Jacob and Rachel, from Hebrew scripture. While we may wish to believe the damage of gender bias belongs to the past, there is still much to be learned about gender identity. We talked about gender as a feature of identity we find on a continuum, rather than a binary (male/female).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Family Discovery.</strong> Try this session's Faith In Action activity at home, with items you have around the house. If more than one gender lives in your home, examine who plays with which toys. If there is only one gender represented, what toys do you have? Are any toys which, according to stereotype, "belong" to the other gender? Invite everyone to play with a toy they do not usually play with.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If there is light in the soul, there will be beauty in the person. If there is beauty in the person, there will be harmony in the house. If there is harmony in the house, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world. — Chinese proverb</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Talk about the quote. Do you agree with what it says? What does it mean to have light in your soul? Is having light in your soul the same as having love in your soul? How do you get light into your soul? How do you get light into somebody else's soul?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today's Big Question asks, "Do I have a soul?" We began with a meditation and talked about the general meaning of soul. We talked about what other people say about soul, and reacted to their ideas. We heard the story "Why and Where God Hides," and learned that some people think God or the Divine is in each of us, maybe even in our souls. During WCUU, we heard about what various UUs have said about soul in different times and places. Our NUUs Analyst said that many UUs today use the word "soul" when they speak of their deepest, nonphysical selves, but they do not think of the soul as something that lives forever and goes to Hell or Heaven when we die. Most UUs are more concerned about what we are and do in life than in death. Finally, we made masks to explore our own inner selves and souls.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Did you ever hear about people "finding themselves"? Talk to your family about what that means. Some people say that finding yourself means learning to know your deepest self. Other people can support you while you do that, but in the end, you are the only person who can really go inside yourself, and you are the person who can understand yourself best. Do other members of your family agree with that? Do they think that "soul-searching" is a way to find yourself? Can meditation help with that?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a traditional prayer poem that children have sometimes said just before going to bed:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If I should die before I wake,</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Are you familiar with that poem? Have people in your family ever said it? How do you react to it? What do you think would happen to the soul in the poem, if the person died in the night and the Lord took the soul? What sort of religious belief about soul does the poem reflect?</span></div>
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<strong style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SHARED SEARCH</span></strong></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Travel to a place where the word "soul" or the idea of "soul" is important. Maybe it is a church or a cemetery. What do you find there?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photograph the spirit of yourself. How do you do that? Maybe you photograph a place where you have made a difference. Or maybe you photograph something that represents an idea of yours. You decide.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">FAMILY FAITH IN ACTION — </strong><strong style="font-weight: bold;">DEEPER CONNECTIONS</strong></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a family, reach out to another family of people you like but could get to know better. Try to connect, and to understand each other. (Do this together with adults, because not everybody is safe and easy to get along with). Making better connections with other people can be very rewarding. You and they get to know more about who everybody really is inside.</span></div>
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Betsy Lowryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01578430659619104274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8513555953953685480.post-6980144508149953522013-05-11T18:04:00.004-07:002013-05-11T18:04:52.180-07:00Family Information for Sunday, May 12th
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spring in our programs for children and youth – check out the announcements
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NIGHT JUNE 1, 6-9pm</span></b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">:
The RE Council is sponsoring a date night for our WSUU parents to raise funds
for two of our youth and a sponsor to attend General Assembly in Louisville
this June. Your school-age children (ages 5-12) can have a fun night together
in the social hall while parents go out for a nice dinner! $25 per child, $35
for two or more kids. RSVP to Kim Frappier (<a href="mailto:kimberly.frappier@gmail.com">kimberly.frappier@gmail.com</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">To all families of
young singers! We are reconvening the kids’ choir to sing for RE Celebration
Sunday on June 9th. We rehearsed on May 5<sup>th</sup> and we’ll meet again on
June 2<sup>nd</sup> from 12:00-12:30 in the Fireside Room. Contact Lisa Maynard
(<a href="mailto:l.maynard@comcast.net"><span style="color: #1155cc; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">l.maynard@comcast.net</span></a>) or Liz Bucklew (<a href="mailto:liz.bucklew@becu.org"><span style="color: #1155cc; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">liz.bucklew@becu.org</span></a>) if you have any questions or if
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JUSTICE PROJECTS IN RE: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">This Sunday during social hour you can purchase
beautiful greeting cards painted by our K-5<sup>th</sup> grade children, to
support their social action initiative with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Heifer International</b>! Also, you can continue to send extra change
from around the house with your children to their classes on Sundays. They have
a class jar and they track their progress every week. Also look for the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Milk Money</b> social action project table,
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PARTNERSHIP MONTH IN RE:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> In our Chalice Chapel on April 21<sup>st</sup>, our
children and youth saw a video about our partner church in Transylvania, and
their community. It was made by Marilyn Mayers who also joined us that day to
share more about our partnership. She presented us with an original piece of
art from the youngest children in that community, and we will be framing this
for our children to see. In the next three weeks, our children and youth will
hear from other kids who recently traveled to Romania, and they will be part of
creating a video that we can share with our Romanian partners. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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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. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Play:</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;"> In our remaining weeks before the
summer program begins, we will revisit some of our favorite stories and themes
in our Spirit Play class.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“Wonderful Welcome”:</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This Sunday’s session will focus on the gift of learning
together. As Unitarian Universalists, we use this gift in affirming and
promoting our seven Principles. We cannot strive for justice, equity and
compassion in human relations, nor work toward the goal of world community,
without being willing to learn what others feel and need. To pursue a free and
responsible search for truth and meaning, and to accept one another and
encourage one another’s spiritual growth, we must be open to what we can learn
from one another’s experiences, as well as from teachings of other peoples and
faiths. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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This session focuses on the fourth Unitarian Universalist Source, expressed in
children’s language as “Jewish and Christian teachings which tell us to love
all others as we love ourselves.” The story from Hebrew scripture of Jacob and
Rachel meeting for the first time highlights the importance of questioning
gender stereotypes and of experiencing and showing emotions. Participants
engage in dress-up and role playing to encourage discussion about gender
issues. They explore how they communicate their feelings and how they
understand the feelings of others. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times-Roman; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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School: “Riddle and Mystery”:</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This week’s big question is “Do I have a
soul?” The word “soul” appears in Unitarian Universalism in the names of some
congregations, in hymns and in readings, in articles, sermons and books. “Soul”
is a word that means different things to different people and within different
faith traditions. Sometimes “souls” is simply used as a synonym for “people.”
But as a religious term, UU youth have a right to wrestle with its meaning for
them and a right to know that it is a concept UUs can find meaningful. For some
UUs “soul” refers to the center of individual self – one’s most true self. To
some, it stresses the connective nature of the spiritual self to the Divine or
to all other life. To some it means one’s inner light or inner life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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School: “Our Name is Earl”: </span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;">No class this
week! Our next class is next Sunday, May 19<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u>Middle School Social Fun Night:</u> </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">Friday,
May 17<sup>th</sup> from 6:00pm-8:00pm in the social hall – calling all middle
schoolers to come join the fun for a night of community, pizza and
hide-and-seek adventure! RSVP to Betsy (</span><a href="mailto:dre@wsuu.org"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">dre@wsuu.org</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">). A donation to help
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Food Bank Community Service:</u> As part of their spring social action project,
the middle schoolers can offer service to the food bank on one (or two, or all
three) of these dates:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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chaperones for this) Please plan to stay the whole time, as we will be handing
out food to clients.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Betsy will be helping) Come for the whole time if you can, or part of the time
if needed to sort and bag donations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Betsy will be helping) Come for the whole time if you can, or part of the time
if needed to sort and bag donations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Overnight Event</u> -- June 7th and 8th at Northlake UU Church. It's a mini
middle school con for local congregations! The space will go fast, so please
let me know if your 6th-8th grader would like to attend. And parents, we need a
couple of adult sponsors -- let me know if you're interested! I have reserved
space for two middle schoolers so far.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Fall Con</u> -- Here is the fall con announcement:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Middle
School Conference 2013!</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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27-29, 2013 at Camp Sealth on Vashon Island.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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70 other UU 6<sup>th</sup>, 7<sup>th</sup> and 8<sup>th</sup></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> graders
from around the Sound</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">as they enjoy a
weekend of fun, sharing and living our UU Principles.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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by Liberal Religious Educators Association’s Puget Sound Cluster.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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$120 before August 31 or $135 after August 31 -- includes meals all day
Saturday,</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">breakfast & lunch
Sunday, lodging, all camp activities: Archery, Boating, Talent Show!</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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more information please contact your Director of Religious Exploration</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">or Lori Fernholz-Hartman at <span style="mso-field-code: "HYPERLINK \0022mailto\:dre\@tuuc-wa\.org\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022";"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: #FFFFCC; color: #222222;">dre@tuuc-wa.org</span></span></span> or <span style="mso-field-code: "HYPERLINK \0022tel\:253-476-2799\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022";"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: #1155cc;">253-476-2799</span></span></span>.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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registration deadline Sept. 6, no exceptions.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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these bloom-filled, sunny, warm spring days! So, in that spirit of
gratefulness, I want to share that it felt really great to me to return to our
congregation from a dynamic regional assembly in San Jose. We rock, and in
really fantastic ways. There is such good spirit in our community. I am truly
grateful to be here!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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project this Sunday – they will be making textured and stamped acrylic greeting
cards to sell during social hour to raise funds for their Heifer International
project. See below for information about their clothing with acrylic paints. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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SCHOOL CONS: </span></b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">See
information at the bottom of this message. Registration for the June 7-8
overnight at Northlake needs to happen by June 2, but there is limited space.
So please let me know if you want me to reserve a space now for your youth!</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">Friday, May 19<sup>th</sup> from
6:00pm-8:00pm in the social hall – calling all middle schoolers to come join
the fun for a night of community, pizza and hide-and-seek adventure! RSVP to
Betsy (</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="mailto:dre@wsuu.org"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">dre@wsuu.org</span></a></span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">). A donation to help cover pizza costs would be much appreciated!</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Children’s Choir will sing again for our RE Celebration Sunday on June 9<sup>th</sup>.
Rehearsals are this Sunday, May 5<sup>th</sup>, and June 2<sup>nd</sup>. All
K-5<sup>th</sup> graders are invited to participate, and older youth who are
interested are also welcome to join.<b> </b>The
kids will meet with Lisa Maynard and Liz Bucklew this Sunday in the Library
Room on the 3<sup>rd</sup> floor from 12:00-12:30.</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ADULT COMMITTEE MEETING (YAC):</span></b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"> This meeting was amazing – lots of momentum for our senior high
youth ministry! We now have co-chairs for our YAC – Mia Shaughnessy and Lorelei
Amato. Other YAC members (youth were voted in, and adults were invited by the
youth) are Henry Bennett, Lewis Brancati, Shannon Day, Mike Cox, and our lead
youth advisor, Shelby Greiner. I am an ex-officio member. We have three
immediate projects: visiting other youth groups in our district; creating our
WSUU Youth Room on the 3<sup>rd</sup> floor; and planning an overnight event in
June. Our youth are also committing to support the ongoing Orion Center dinners
organized by Marissa Ohoyo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;">Spirit
Play:</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;"> This week our Spirit Play children
will focus on all of our seven promises (UU Principles). In our remaining weeks
before the summer program begins, we will revisit some of our favorite stories
and themes.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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This Sunday’s session will focus
on the gift of acceptance,</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> a
particularly important gift because it makes sharing other intangible gifts
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Children
can relate to the idea of "acceptance" on a personal, concrete level
through their experiences of feeling accepted and accepting others. The
simplicity of a child's understanding is not superficial, but deeply rooted in
our Universalist heritage that includes the belief in a divine force which
accepts each of us as we are. Built into our faith, too, is the belief that
acceptance of others begins with acceptance of self.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times-Roman; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">This
week’s session, “Give Love” focuses on the second Unitarian Universalist
Source, "Words and deeds of prophetic women and men which challenge us to
confront powers and structures of evil with justice, compassion, and the
transforming power of love," expressed in children's language as "the
women and men of long ago and today whose lives remind us to be kind and
fair." Our children are experiencing the gift of giving love as they spend
time growing funds to provide a family with an animal to sustain them through
the Heifer International organization. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sunday our 3<sup>rd</sup>-5<sup>th</sup> graders will make textured and stamped
acrylic greeting cards in class – a special project with Alice Britt. Acrylic
paints will not stain hands, but they may stain clothing. The kids will also be
handling tissue paper that can bleed onto clothing and hands -- it will stain. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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be given a smock or covering for this project, but we suggest that you send
them in clothing appropriate for this art activity. Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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School: “Riddle and Mystery”:</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;"> This week, as our middle school youth
continue to move their White Center Food Bank social action initiative forward,
their teachers will weave in key themes from recent curriculum sessions,
including interconnectedness, and truth telling. Look for upcoming information
about a visit to the White Center Food Bank.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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School: “Our Name is Earl”: </span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;">This week’s
episode addresses Forgiveness and Blame. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times-Roman; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Unitarian
Universalists believe in the interconnected web of life (Principle 7) and in
taking care of the community in which we live (Principle 6). We believe that we
are all connected to one another – through the air we breathe, the earth we
share, food we eat, and the deeds we do. In this way, Earl is very much a Unitarian
Universalist. Even though Earl doesn't know it, UUs often believe that if we do
good in our lives, our lives become better. Perhaps it is because of Karma, or
perhaps it is just because taking care of the community we live in makes the
world a better place for everyone to live in. Earl's community is so small that,
as he crosses items off of his list, he really does change it for the better in
a very direct and immediate way. Our community as Unitarian Universalists
includes the entire world, and our deeds are often directed toward living
ethically, using the Principles to guide our actions toward ourselves and
others, and making the world a better place.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">1) Middle School
Overnight Event -- June 7th and 8th at Northlake UU Church. It's a mini middle
school con for local congregations! The space will go fast, so please let me
know if your 6th-8th grader would like to attend. And parents, we need a couple
of adult sponsors -- let me know if you're interested! You can submit them to me -- I will sign, and send them in
altogether. Even before that, if I know you're interested, I'll call to reserve
space for us. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Fall Con -- Here is the fall con announcement:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Middle School Conference 2013!</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">September 27-29, 2013 at Camp Sealth on
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Join 70 other UU 6<sup>th</sup>, 7<sup>th</sup> and
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">as they enjoy a weekend of fun, sharing and living our UU
Principles.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Sponsored by Liberal Religious Educators
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Cost $120 before August 31 or $135 after
August 31 -- includes meals all day Saturday,</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">breakfast
& lunch Sunday, lodging, all camp activities: Archery, Boating, Talent
Show!</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">For more information please contact your
Director of Religious Exploration</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">or
Lori Fernholz-Hartman at <span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: #FFFFCC; color: #222222;">dre@tuuc-wa.org</span></span> or <span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: #1155cc;">253-476-2799</span></span>.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Final
registration deadline Sept. 6, no exceptions.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Half-scholarships are available for early
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wonder how big this community could really be?</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wonder if there is one promise that is more important than the others?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The children learned the importance of stewardship in congregational life. In an adaptation of a biblical parable, The Most Generous Gift, the children heard a story about a poor woman who gives one "mite," a coin worth less than one penny yet half of all she has, to the donation box after hearing a sermon by Jesus. Jesus proclaims that her gift is more valuable than that of the wealthy who gave much more, because she gave all she could.</span></div>
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<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What are some other ways we could give of our time and our resources to enrich our faith community?</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do family members ever get money as gifts for birthdays or other special events? How do we encourage one another to donate some of the money to the congregation?</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Discuss the importance of giving to the congregation and share with your child(ren) stories about how you have given your time, talents or treasure to the church. If children receive an allowance, talk about giving a percentage to the congregation. Take this opportunity to nurture a culture of generosity and stewardship within your family when your children are young.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once a month, have a family meeting to discuss how the family will work together in support of a congregation project. If the congregation has a published mission, perhaps begin the meeting by reading that aloud. If there is not a current project, perhaps volunteer as a family to host coffee hour. The children can help bake or choose the snacks to be purchased.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When you are in the presence of the Holy Spirit, it is like sitting in front of a fire that does not burn you, but suffuses you with its qualities — its warmth, glow, and color. And as you are there, in the presence of the Spirit, you also become suffused with the divine attributes of compassion, gentleness, and love, without your doing anything about it except to be there. You are loved and you are held in this love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This Source is expressed in children's language as, "the sense of wonder we all share." We discussed how turning an imperfection into something beautiful can create a moment of "wow," in our hearts. In the story, "The Scratched Diamond," a gem carver uses a scratch on a diamond as the stem of a beautiful etched rose. Participants had the opportunity to turn knots or cracks in wooden treasure boxes into beautiful designs.</span></div>
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<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Talk about a failure, mistake, or poor choice See what new ideas or learning it provided. Point out that learning from our mistakes and succeeding at turning a bad situation around are important achievements that can make us feel a "wow" in our hearts.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Family Discovery.</strong> Share books that affirm the value of learning from our mistakes. Check out the Magic School Bus series of books and videos in which the main character, Ms. Frizzle, frequently states, "Take chances, make mistakes, and get messy."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today's Big Question asks, "How am I connected with everything else?" We heard the story of Henry Bergh, a famous Unitarian who felt so strongly connected to animals that he started the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. He also started the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, but that is another story. We talked about our connections to the whole universe, and drew concentric circles to show how connections spread out from each of us to family and community to nation and to the whole universe. When we drew some lines out from ourselves, the circles began to look like a web, with us in the center connected to everything else. In WCUU, we talked about connections, community and responsibility. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Write some poems about how you are connected with something very far away—like the moon, or the Amazon River or a kangaroo in Australia. The poems can be silly and fun or very serious.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Play a connection game with your friends or family. Count the people you connect with in any one day. Include anyone you communicate with by phone or computer, in person... everybody you can think of. Compare the totals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reconnect to somebody you have not seen for a long time. Maybe they moved away, or just got busy. Find out where they are and phone them to say hello or send an email or a postcard. Or, reconnect with a place you used to love but have not visited for some time. Think about how hard it would be to stay connected to every person you ever meet and every place you ever visit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ask somebody else to take a picture of you connecting with someone or something in one of your concentric circles. Tell the person taking the picture why this connection is important to you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Find a new way to be responsible for helping the environment that connects everything and everybody. Maybe it is as simple as helping clean up part of the Earth near your home. Maybe you will decide to eat more local foods to help reduce the expense and pollution of importing foods to your area.</span></div>
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project this Sunday – they will be making textured and stamped acrylic greeting
cards to sell during social hour to raise funds for their Heifer International
project. The 3-5 class will be doing this next week. See below for information
about their clothing with acrylic paints. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">I am in San Jose this weekend for the Pacific Western Regional
Assembly (and already had an outstanding professional development session today
with other DREs), so I will not be in church this Sunday. Margaret Smith and
Amy Hance-Brancati will be helping with RE needs in my absence. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a local June overnight, and the fall con. That information is also at the
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Children’s Choir will sing again for our RE Celebration Sunday on June 9<sup>th</sup>.
Look for an announcement soon about rehearsals. All K-5<sup>th</sup> graders
are invited to participate, and older youth who are interested are also welcome
to join.<b> </b></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Our first Youth Adult Committee (YAC) meeting will be held this Wednesday, May
1<sup>st</sup> in the Fireside Room from 7-9pm. The youth members were elected
during Youth Group, and they selected three adults to participate. Look for a
report of youth ministry plans in upcoming communications!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Chalice Lesson” – a primary liturgical lesson used to reinforce our UU
Promises/Principles. Children will start with the chalice, talking about how
some people feel that it holds the spirit of love and justice and truth, or
maybe the spirit of mystery, which some people call God. They will put a candle
in the chalice because the flame is mysterious and beautiful and reminds us of
the spirit. And they will talk about the people and other elements of our
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This Sunday’s session will focus
on the gift of stewardship, to help our young UUs to understand that their
faith home belongs to them, and its vitality depends on their accepting and
giving stewardship. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The health and
well being of a congregation depends on the generosity of its members. When congregants
give their time, talents or treasure, they are giving to themselves as well as
to others — and everyone is the better for it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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will also make textured and stamped acrylic greeting cards in class – a special
project with Alice Britt. Acrylic paints will not stain hands, but they may
stain clothing. The kids will also be handling tissue paper that can bleed onto
clothing and hands -- it will
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be given a smock or covering for this project, but we suggest that you send
them in clothing appropriate for this art activity. Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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week’s session, “We are Loved, Flaws and All” focuses on the first Unitarian
Universalist Source, "Direct experience of that transcending mystery and
wonder, affirmed in all cultures, which moves us to a renewal of the spirit and
openness to the forces that create and uphold life," expressed in
children's language as "the sense of wonder we all share." The
children will consider human nature, with a focus on the wonder and awe of
finding beauty in unexpected places. The session affirms that, although humans
are imperfect creatures, with work and time and love we can turn our blemishes
into strength and beauty. A story illustrates the concept, telling of a gem
carver who transforms a deeply scratched diamond by crafting the scratch into a
beautiful flower.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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School: “Riddle and Mystery”:</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;"> This week’s session, “Interconnected”,
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finding new relationships, new challenges and a new sense of the self's place in the universe.
This session makes the conceptual UU "interconnected web of all
existence" concrete and
meaningful for them. The youth consider their place in the many spheres that
comprise their expanding lives.
They will learn about Henry Bergh, founder of the American Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, a Unitarian who created a new way for humans to connect respectfully
with other species. As part of
their Faith in Action, our youth will continue to work on their social justice
project with the White Center Food Bank.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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School: “Our Name is Earl”: </span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;">This week’s
episode addresses lies vs. honesty. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times-Roman; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Unitarian
Universalists believe that what each of us knows about the world is a piece of
the truth. This is why we are called to accept each other (Principle 3). When
our youth participate in delivering a sermon, they are called to speak the truth
as they know it. Likewise, we in the congregation are called to listen with an
open heart and decide what we agree with and what we don't. In Unitarian
Universalism, we call this “the free pulpit and the free pew,” and this is what
is meant by “The Right of Conscience” (Principle 5).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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people tell lies because of their perception of the truth. In this episode, Joy
lies about her marriage and her family because she believes her father to be
racist (not to mention, still a business owner). Joy's mother is deceitful
because she believes no one will understand her gambling problem. Earl keeps
Joy's secret – and Joy's mother's secret – because he believes it is the only
way to have a happy Christmas. In the end, however, they all have to speak
their truth the way they see it. Once they are truthful, they are able to have the
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schooler is participating in the Milk Money skit in this week's service, please
bring them to church by 10:00am (10:15 at the latest) to meet in the Fireside
Room to rehearse.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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School Fun Night -- We are planning another fun night in our social hall for
May. A rousing game of hide-and-seek in the church is likely on the agenda.
Watch for a date in next week's eNews.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Overnight Event -- June 7th and 8th at Northlake UU Church. It's a mini middle
school con for local congregations! The space will go fast, so please let me
know if your 6th-8th grader would like to attend. And parents, we need a couple
of adult sponsors -- let me know if you're interested! The registration form is
attached. You can submit them to me -- I will sign, and send them in
altogether. Even before that, if I know you're interested, I'll call to reserve
space for us. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Fall Con -- Here is the announcement that just came out:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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School Conference 2013!</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">September 27-29, 2013 at Camp Sealth on
Vashon Island</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Join 70 other UU 6<sup>th</sup>, 7<sup>th</sup> and
8<sup>th</sup></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> graders from around the Sound</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">as they enjoy a weekend of fun, sharing
and living our UU Principles.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Sponsored by Liberal Religious Educators
Association’s Puget Sound Cluster</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Cost $120 before August. 31 or $135 after
August 31 includes meals all day Saturday,</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">breakfast
& lunch Sunday, lodging, all camp activities: Archery, Boating, Talent
Show!</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">For more information please contact your
Director of Religious Exploration</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">or
Lori Fernholz-Hartman at <a href="mailto:dre@tuuc-wa.org"><span style="background: #FFFFCC; color: #222222;">dre@tuuc-wa.org</span></a> or <a href="file://localhost/tel/253-476-2799"><span style="color: #1155cc;">253-476-2799</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Final
registration deadline Sept. 6, no exceptions.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Half-scholarships are available for early
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">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<sup>th</sup> grade will meet together in the social hall.
Our high school youth have been helping, and the younger kids have loved it!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">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. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">BAND
SIGN-UP IN SOCIAL HALL:</span></b><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rehearsals on Sunday mornings from 9:15-10:00am. </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Don’t
forget to check out the band options for your youth!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Our <u>Uke Band</u> is for 4<sup>th</sup> through 12<sup>th</sup>
graders. We will be singing to ukulele accompaniment that several band members
will play. We’ll also need some hand drum and percussion players. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Our <u>Youth Band</u> 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. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">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.</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Chalice
Chapel</span></u><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"> – 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. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">NURSERY AND STORY TIME</span></u><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"> –
These will both be open for your little ones!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Will meet with Shelby and Suki from 7:00-8:30!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">To talk with your child or youth about what’s happening in RE,
check our blog at </span><a href="http://www.wsuureligiousexploration.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">www.wsuureligiousexploration.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">.</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">See you Sunday!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Betsy</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Hello Friends and Families of Westside!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">It’s spring break for many of our Seattle families – hope you
all enjoy your week!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">ANNOUNCEMENTS:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">BAND
SIGN-UP AT GREETING TABLE AND IN SOCIAL HALL:</span></b><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rehearsals
on Sunday mornings from 9:15-10:00am. </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Two bands are starting that will
perform at the RE celebration service on June 9<sup>th</sup>. Our Uke Band is for 4<sup>th</sup>
through 12<sup>th</sup> 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. Rehearsals will begin April 14 for anyone who’s still in
town during spring break week. </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> Each band
will rehearse twice a month – every other week. Youth are welcome to be
involved in both bands if they’d like!</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Children’s
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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 bullying and our UU
commitment to principle one. We have activities designed for our youngest to
our older youth -- children from Pre-K to grade 12 are invited to participate (high
school youth are invited to help to work with our younger children). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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These will both be open for your little ones!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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