Hello Friends and Families of Westside!
Happy Memorial Day Weekend! This
week 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
video recording.
Next week, June 2nd, is the last week of classes before the
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.
Please put the following week, June 9th, on your calendars for RE Celebration Sunday!
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!
Note – there is no Youth Group meeting this Sunday since it’s a
holiday weekend.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. DATE
NIGHT JUNE 1, 6-9pm:
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 (kimberly.frappier@gmail.com).
2. BAND REHEARSALS: This Sunday the Uke Band meets from 9:15 to 10:00 – we’ll
meet in the social hall. The Youth Band meets next week, June 2nd.
3. CHILDREN’S CHOIR:
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 5th and we’ll meet again on
June 2nd from 12:00-12:30 in the Fireside Room. Contact Lisa Maynard
(l.maynard@comcast.net)
or Liz Bucklew (liz.bucklew@becu.org)
if you have any questions or if you would like to add your child to this choir.
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 our Spirit Play class will revisit
a favorite story, “Creation of Life on Earth.”
Kindergarten through Second Grade:
“Wonderful Welcome”: 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.
Third through Fifth Grades: “Love Will
Guide Us”: This week our 3-5 class will work with each of our other
classes to capture video clips that we’ll share with our partner church
community in Transylvania.
Middle
School: “Riddle and Mystery”: 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.
High
School: “Our Name is Earl”: There is no high
school class this week. The next and final class for the year is next week,
June 2nd.
Youth Group – No meeting this Sunday!
See you Sunday!
Betsy
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