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News from First Universalist Church
Children, Youth & Family Ministries
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Lauren Wyeth
Director of CY&F Ministries
First Universalist Church
3400 Dupont Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55408
612-825-1701 x111
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Sunday, July 15, 10 a.m.
Inter-Depending on
the Side of Love
Mary Bohman,
Ministerial Candidate
for the UUA
The only hope for the future of the earth is to
deeply acknowledge the ways all things are interconnected. Join Mary Bohman as she explores
our call to this great Love.
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This Sunday in RE
Lemonade Stand-ing on the Side of Love! | |
Our Summer Seven Principles Passport Program is taking kids to exciting destinations!
This week, our 1st-5th grade kids gather in the Chalice Room to construct, paint and decorate cardboard lemonade stands, stir up some libations, and raise funds to support First Universalist's marriage equality work. Make sure to stop by our stand after the service for some delicious lemonade!
Kids ages 4 through those entering kindergarten play in room 104. This week they read Everybody Needs a Rock and enjoy rock painting.
0-3 year olds are in the nursery, room 100, receiving loving care from staff and volunteers. |
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Sacred Stories
bringing our UU traditions home
When my children were small, I relished the bedtime story hour. The art, the poetry, the humor and the wisdom in the hundreds of library books we read together helped create sacred space in our day. Storytelling is an integral element of many (all?) faith traditions for a reason. Stories draw us in, teach us, hold us, change us, reassure us, connect us.
I mourn as, increasingly, my children choose to forego story time so they can venture alone through the halls of Hogwarts. Though I, too, love quiet time alone with my books, I miss the shared experience of story time.
Once in a while, though, a real-life story comes up in conversation with my kids. I'll mention an incident that piques their interest, and they'll pester me for all the details. They love to hear about Auntie Julie sneaking onto a train at age ten, my grandfather's cross-country motorcycle trip, or the wild car ride to the hospital the night our youngest was born.
Our liberal religious UU tradition encourages us to draw inspiration from many sources. We are called to pay attention to what our direct experience seeks to teach us. We are reminded to honor and learn from the stories others tell, too. Our hearts leap up to receive the gift of a story shared.
My sons, who generally tune out my directions and advice, are spellbound by the stories I tell. They are teaching me to milk those stories for their funny moments and unexpected lessons. These stories live in my memory, but my children need them, too. They hold clues and secrets and messages that none of us fully understands. Their value continues to unfold with each telling. They are sacred stories.
And even J.K. Rowling can't hold a candle to that. |
RE Seeking Donations
Clear out your closets, fill our classrooms! |
As we prepare our classrooms for the coming church year, we notice that some of them feel a bit sparse. Can you help us warm up a classroom by donating outgrown books and toys? Drop off your donations to the church office anytime in the month of July -- and thanks in advance!
Our children would love:
- wooden blocks and toys
- wooden train sets
- Lincoln logs
- Lego's and Duplo blocks
- books in excellent condition (all ages)
- dolls and plush toys in excellent condition
- cooperative board games
- marble runs/mazes
- bookcases and small tables
- bean bags in excellent condition
- potted house plants
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Labor Day Weekend Family Camp
Friday, Aug 31 - Sunday, Sept 2, 2012 |
Join First Universalist's 1st Annual Family Camp Out, twenty minutes away in Lebanon Hills Regional Park. Look forward to a weekend in nature, building connections with friends, sharing meals, campfires and outdoor worship on Sunday morning. Take a look at the beautiful Sacajawea Retreat Center we have reserved.
Families can choose to pitch tents in the adjacent campsites, or roll out sleeping bags indoors. Indoor restrooms, showers and communal kitchen make this an easy experience. Small donation requested.
Do you have a middle schooler who would like to camp -- but only if they had a dedicated camp site and their own set of activities? We can make this happen! Let me know if you've got a 6th-8th grader who wants to camp, with or without a parent. And if you'd like to be a middle school chaperone, let me know that, too.
14 families with kids ages 0-12 are already registered!
Email us to help with planning or to RSVP.
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