Hello Friends and Families of Westside!
Thank you for helping me to feel welcome and supported at
Westside. Last week’s installation was a beautiful experience!
K-2 parents, please dress your child for some garden activity
outside this Sunday! If it’s raining hard, we’ll stay in.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. HEIFER INTERNATIONAL
PROJECT: Our K-5 children are working
together to grow funds to buy an animal that will help to sustain a family in
poverty in another country. They are adding money to their own donation jars in
their classrooms, and they will be talking with everyone during our social
hour. In upcoming weeks they will sell cookies and note cards.
2. WHITE
CENTER FOOD BANK MILK MONEY DRIVE: Our Middle School class has also decided to stand beside people
experiencing poverty. One of their projects will provide funds to support the
$2000 monthly cost of milk to serve families through the White Center Food
Bank. Each middle schooler has a carton to fill – loose change around the house
and talking with family and friends is a good way to start!
3. BAND SIGN-UP AT GREETING TABLE AND IN
SOCIAL HALL: Rehearsals on Sunday mornings from 9:15-10:00am. Two bands are
starting that will perform at the RE celebration service on June 9th. Our Uke Band is for 4th
through 12th 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. J Each band
will rehearse twice a month – every other week. Youth are welcome to be
involved in both bands if they’d like!
THIS WEEK:
Story
Time: This
week our children will share a story and snack together. Please let the
teachers in the class know if your child has a food allergy.
Spirit
Play: This week's story is called "The Butterfly and the Cocoon:
A Tale from Islam" and it comes from our world religions source. Children
will hear about how the struggle of the butterfly to come out of its cocoon
is part of what prepares the butterfly to use its wings. They will learn that
Allah, what the Muslims call God, is seen as the Spirit of mystery, awe and
wonder in the Islamic faith.
Kindergarten through Second Grade:
“Wonderful Welcome”: This session focuses on the
interdependent web of life and introduces the intangible gift of protection –
protection of the environment and all life that shares it. Learning to respect
and appreciate the Earth, our home, is one of the cornerstones of our faith.
This week our K-2 class will go
outside to work in the garden with some members of the congregation who care
for it regularly.
PARENTS
– Please consider sending your child to class with coins or money collected
during the week to contribute to their Heifer International jar.
Third through Fifth Grades: “Love Will
Guide Us”: This week the class will continue to explore
our fourth Unitarian Universalist Source, “Jewish and Christian teachings which
call us to respond to God's love by loving our neighbors as ourselves." They
will have some adventures in exploring the Bible, and they will examine mustard
seeds and the story Jesus told in the book of Matthew about mustard seeds
growing as love grows.
PARENTS
– Please consider sending your child to class with coins or money collected
during the week to contribute to their Heifer International jar.
Middle School:
This week, our middle school class will be working on the ways
they are getting the word out about their social justice project, including the
development of a video.
PARENTS: Please consider how your youth can
fill their carton for the White Center Food Bank Milk Money drive. Ask him/her
about this project and what he/she is expecting from it.
High
School: The high school class will not meet
this week since several of our youth are attending the Spring Con.
Youth Group will not meet this week.
To talk with your child or youth about what they learned in RE,
check out our blog at www.wsuureligiousexploration.blogspot.com.
See you Sunday!
Betsy
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