Religious Education
for Young People
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CUUC 2010 Youth Religious Education, please click
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Blue's Clues
CUUC Religious Education Update
 
have to admit something. I am hooked and need regular fixes. No
I’m not a substance abuser. I am hooked on ‘Phineas and Ferb!’ a
Disney DX channel cartoon series. The story line is that of two
step brothers who are trying to fill their summer vacation by
driving their sister crazy. The title song’s lyrics say it all:
‘There's 104 days of summer vacation
And school comes along
just to end it
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it ... "
Well, at Columbine Unitarian Universalist Church we do not need
to wonder. The YRE Committee has developed a fun filled Summer
Sunday program starting June 16th. Our theme this summer is The
7 Healthy Habits of UU Kids. Over seven Sundays we will be
helping the children understand the Seven UU Principles. These
lessons have taken the seven principles and join them with Sean
Covey’s seven healthy habits to make for a fun and active summer
Sunday morning.
As with last year’s summer program I am calling upon the CUUC
members to teach just one Sunday during the summer. I am looking
for teams of two to select one of the seven Sundays, or your
favorite UU Principle, and sign up. All lessons are planned for
you well in advance of your teaching date and will give you
several fun activities to choose from. Of course I will be there
every Sunday to lend a hand. Last year all our summer YRE
Sundays were covered before we taught the first lesson. Let’s do
that again this year!
As many of you already know the YRE Committee and I have
selected Joan Bradt as the CUUC Youth Coordinator. She brings to
the job many years of youth service as an OWL instructor and
youth advisor. I welcome her vast insight as we prepare out
Coming of Age (COA) youth for the 9th Grade MDD Trip next
spring. The COA group will be planning monthly activities for
the summer and begin regular meetings come the fall.
The week of July 12th-16th CUUC will host its second summer day
camp for rising first graders through rising sixth graders.
Chalice Camp is a week-long day camp that has the goal of
deepening children’s understanding of themselves as Unitarian
Universalists and to expand their knowledge of Unitarian
Universalism and their ability to articulate about our faith.
The activities during the week include daily worship, group
building exercises, games, drama, art and a service project. A
registration and information flier will be in your mail box very
soon. This camp is open to family, friends and community, so
please share this information.
With a parity from Phineas and Ferb: ‘As you can see there’s a
whole lot of stuff to do before school starts this fall. So
stick with us ‘cause CUUC children are gonna do it all!’
Have a Great Summer.
With Love and Respect,
Blue
Martin J. Blue-Norton,
Director of Lifespan
Religious Education
Columbine Unitarian Universalist Church
The YRE Committee Meets every 2nd Sunday from 12:15 to
1:45 pm.
Classes for
Children
Our Youth Religious Education (RE) program conducts classes
each Sunday that run concurrently with the services offered in the
sanctuary.
Children begin each
Sunday class sitting with their family in the sanctuary for the
first segment of the worship service (10-15 minutes), after which
they are invited to their classrooms. Parents are always welcome to
join in the lesson with their children.
 Our
Religious Education Program for children and youth places a focus on
three major content areas important to Unitarian Universalists:
1) World Religions and our Judeo-Christian Heritage
Our focus is two-fold. We investigate our Judeo-Christian roots in
the context of Unitarian Universalism through the study of
foundational biblical stories, figures and events in both the New
and Old Testaments. We also investigate major world religions as
well as the many existing Jewish and Christian denominations.
2) Social Justice
We offer opportunities to both examine and practice our Seven
Principles . We
nurture concepts of responsibility, respect for diversity,
compassion, justice and peace within oneself, one’s family, this
church, the community, the nation and the world.
3) Unitarian Universalist Heritage and Identity
We encourage the development of a sense of religious identity as a
UU by teaching our long tradition of reason, questioning, good works
and tolerance. We provide lessons which help our children develop an
awareness of events, people and symbols significant in UU history
with a focus on understand the polity or structure of our
congregation and the denomination as a whole.
We offer the above on a three year rotation so that children
revisit these major areas with increased depth as they mature.
Children are grouped by grade level:
- Preschool (toddlers through age 5),
- Primary Class - grades K-1-2,
- Intermediate Class -
grades 3-4-5-6,
- Junior High Class - grades 7-8 and
- High
School.
Our style is
casual; our classes are usually “hands on” learning. Our over-riding
goal is to build community and make life long friends while learning
all we can.
As is our tradition, children attend the first part of our Sunday
worship service with their family and then leave the sanctuary to
attend their classes. We offer nursery care for infants during the
entire service. We always welcome and encourage parental
involvement. Our classes can be visited at any time.
2010 Summer Schedule Highlights:
Preschool Ages 3-5/Grades K-2 |
Grades 3-6 |
Middle School Grades 7-8
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Youth RE Special
Activities
Sunday, July 4th, the YRE
Children will celebrate Independence Day by decorating their
bikes and wagons red, white and blue for a traditional 4th
of July parade.
This is a Family
Worship Sunday and no Youth RE Classes will be held! We will
continue to offer nursery for children three and under. Kids
of all ages are invited to bring your bikes and wagons along
and YRE will provide all the decorations for the CUUC 4th of
July Parade.
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Our YRE Summer Sundays are titled "The 7 Habits of Happy
UU Kids."
This Sunday, June 27th, we will study the
Second UU Principle: Everyone Should be Treated Fairly and Kindly,
as well as the Third Healthy Habit: Putting First Things First/ Work
First then Play! This class will be taught by the team of Thom Hayes
and Sue Dressel. |
