RE Mission
Our religious education program works
to create an accepting environment that empowers children and youth to explore their spirituality, celebrate diversity, and live our Unitarian Universalist values.
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Family Ministry
We believe that families play a vital role in furthering this empowerment to explore and live our UU values. We are excited to support our families by offering ideas from the UUA's Tapestry of Faith program as well as graces and thought provoking questions related to the topics introduced during Sunday religious education classes. We hope you find this enjoyable and spiritually fulfilling for you and your whole family.
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In RE Next Week
Our children and youth will hear a story about a Passover Seder, continue to explore the web of life with Henry David Thoreau, begin determining a final project, participate in a retreat and make plans for youth transitions. C
heck for details on our
Facebook Page
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website
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RE Committee
Wil Rivers, Chair
Anna Sorensen, Council Liaison
Cara Coffin
Jeff Frank
Arthur Freeheart
Shelby Hunkins
Esther Katz
Ashley Nadean Clover
Ron Tavernier
Jenn Whittaker
Jim Williams
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For the Week of March 31, 2019
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A Table Grace:
We give our thanks,
For food that stays our hunger,
For rest that brings us ease,
For homes where memories linger,
We give our thanks for these.
Amen.
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A Chalice Lighting:
May the light we now kindle inspire us
to use our powers to heal and not to harm,
to help and not to hinder,
to bless and not to curse,
to serve you, Spirit of Freedom
~ Passover Haggadah
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May the following deepen and inspire your faith during the week ahead.
Contemplation Topic
During a shared meal with family or friends or as part of a contemplative practice, ponder the following: If you were riding in an elevator with someone and they asked what is your religion?, what would you say? Here is what the Rev. Natalie Maxwell Fenimore, Manhasset, New York says
"Unitarian Universalism is a BIG faith and we have a big message-that there is one Spirit of Life that moves within and between us and calls us to care for each other. Our faith celebrates the beauty, diversity, and goodness of all creation-all life. We believe in love and compassion for all-and in using our best learning to make the best choices we can." Click here for more ideas.
This is Me - During worship today, our pulpit guest shared this reading. Click on the link and hear the song from the Greatest Showman Movie.
Religious Statements on Climate Change -
Most religious communities have released statements on Climate Change and the need to care for Creation. Click on the link above from Interfaith Power and Light which demonstrates the unity within the religious community on these important issues.
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If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Carol Zimmerman at
dre@uucantonny.org or 315-386-2498.
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