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 your whole family.
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In RE Next Week
Our children and youth will
celebrate the exploration of who you are, the medical profession, continue preparing for a letter campaign, fund raise and participate in church ministry.
Check for details on our
Facebook Page
and
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 October 14, 2018
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Please Register your Child(ren) for RE
Please take a moment to register your child(ren) for the 2018-19 religious education year. Click
here or stop by the RE office for a paper copy. Each year we need to update our record.
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A Table Grace:
This we know.
The earth does not belong to us,
we belong to the earth.
This we know.
All things are connected
like the blood that unites one family.
All things are connected.
Whatever befalls the earth
befalls the sons and daughters of the earth.
We did not weave the web of life,
We are merely a strand in it.
Whatever we do to the web,
we do to ourselves...
~ Chief Seattle (A Native American Grace)
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A Chalice Lighting:
I light this chalice for your being here now,
Out of calling,
Out of commitment,
Out of love.
I light this chalice for the time you have spent
Preaching and hurting and healing.
I light this chalice for you.
~ Adapted from Celia Thurston
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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 -
In sermon we talked about what we deserve, but what do we also owe to the church, to each other, to ourselves?
The Woman Who Wouldn't Give Up
- In Spirit of Adventure the children learned about Elizabeth Blackwell. Blackwell was the first woman to ever receive a medical degree. Although, she faced a lot of discrimination throughout her career she eventually opened a small clinic to treat poor women in 1851, as well as the New York Infirmary for Women and Children, in 1857. Click on the link above to read her story.
Our Maker's Space class has been researching topics that are important to them and how these topics are being addressed by the current government. As well as, how candidates plan to address these topics if they are elected. Click on the link above to learn more about topics that are important to you.
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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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