Religious Education for Children and Youth at OCUUC
Welcome! Our children describe Unitarian Universalists as the people with the “open minds, caring hearts and helping hands.”
The Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist Religious Education for Children and Youth (RECY) program is designed to reflect OCUUC’s stated purpose of seeking truth, building just communities and caring for one another. Our curricula, programs and events are carefully designed to reinforce our liberal religious values. We manage to have plenty of fun along the way, too! We invite you to visit us soon.
In Gratitude~~
Rayna Hamre
OCUUC Director of Religious Education
Family Worship
Our families gather together for worship before the children and youth leave for their classroom sessions. Families may gather on our playground to greet friends and have fun before the service begins. During the service, the children remain with their families through the chalice lighting, opening song and the “Time for All Ages.” Children, youth and teachers then leave for their classrooms. Religious Education classes are held during the second service from September to June and during the single service in the summer months.
You can find the Religious Education registration form for 2011-2012 here.
Unitarian Universalist Principles Adapted for Youth:
- We believe that each and every person is important.
- We believe that all people should be treated fairly.
- We believe that our churches are places where all people are accepted and where we keep on learning together.
- We believe that each person must be free to search for what is true and right in life.
- We believe that everyone should have a vote about the things that concern them.
- We believe in working for a peaceful, fair and free world.
- We believe in caring for our planet Earth.
By Rayna Hamre posted Saturday, May 5, 2012, 9:22 am
Dearest OCUUC Parents, Friends and Members-
Tomorrow is our big day, OCUUC’s Auction and Annual Meeting Event. We have a very special evening for the children, Dragons & Unicorns. There will be no Religious Education in the morning tomorrow, May 6th, we want all to come for an afternoon and evening of fun and community. See below for details and
www.ocuuc.org
There will be a beach party for Sr. High youth next Saturday May 12th, from 3-9pm. We will meet at Lifeguard tower 3 at Brookhurst and PCH, near the volleyball nets. Contact me for more details, see below also.
I hope to see all of you tomorrow for an evening of fun & fellowship!
Thanks for all you do~~
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Sunday, May 6th for our canvass dinner and auction!!! We will have special activities for our younger members. I am putting together an evening of crafts, stories and fun, Dragons and Unicorns. We will build our own theme games. Dragon bean-bag throw, Unicorn ring toss and more. Children will have dinner with their parents AND have their own activities on location. Infant and toddler care will be available.
http://ocuuc.org/Please note that the location is down the hill from OCUUC. There will be no regular RE classes so that we can gather in the afternoon and evening for this special event. Please RSVP if your child or youth will be attending next Sunday. This will help us plan our activities, craft assistants and child care providers.
Saturday May 12, Beach Party. We are getting close to our first summer beach party for Sr. High! Below are the details, we will send out permission slips soon. Where: Huntington Beach at Brookhurst and Pacific Coast Highway, Lifeguard tower #3 by the volleyball nets. When: Saturday May 12 Time: 3:00 to 9:00 pm. Who: All Sr. High age UU youth are welcome. What to Bring: Sun screen (even on a cloudy day you can get a bad burn); towel; food to share; dry clothes; footwear; chair if you want one. Food: We will be coordinating the food.
Cost: Parking is $15 per car. Carpooling is encouraged. OCUUC is just a few minutes away at Brookhurst and Hamilton/Victoria. If the Brookhurst gate is closed, you can enter at the Magnolia gate. Sr. Highers, join us for a summer fun kick-off!
Current. 1st-6thgrade “With Justice and Compassion” curriculum activities. The 1st through 6th graders are continuing with the “With Justice and Compassion” curriculum. The lessons in this curriculum explore social issues and history of immigration to the United States. As part of these lessons, the children will be asked to learn about, and share with the class, information on their own families. Please help your child prepare to talk about one of the following for class. (If your child has already talked about one or more of these, he or she should do a different one.)
Sock Drive. As part of our With Justice and Compassion curriculum, we will be having a sock drive very soon. Look for details in The RECY Weekly.
Sunday June 10, Teacher & RE Volunteer Appreciation Sunday. This is the Sunday that we honor all our hard-working volunteers. Join us for this important Sunday.
Summer 2012. Hogwarts’s at OCUUC! Jennifer Abt is busy writing up our Hogwart’s curriculum for UUs. Grades PreS-6 will be participating. Look for an owl bringing an invitation for your child to participate in the next few weeks. Friends are most welcome for our summer program, Come One, Come All to Magic School with a UU Twist! We will begin on June 17. Parents are asked to provide one black t-shirt per child to be worn as their Hogwart’s school uniform.
Ongoing. Families are invited to bring non-perishable foods and toiletry items for the Share Our Selves (SOS) little green shopping cart on the patio. Goods will be dropped at SOS each week.
June 20-24 2012, UU Justice General Assembly (GA) in Phoenix http://www.uua.org/ga/ GA is the yearly general conference for the entire UU denomination. This year it is being held in Phoenix, and this is a wonderful opportunity for our families and youth to attend. Here is a link to the new UU Justice GA
blog http://immigrationjustice.blogs.uua.org/
By Rayna Hamre posted Thursday, May 3, 2012, 9:35 am
We are getting close to our first summer beach party for Sr. High! Below are the details, we will send out permission slips soon.
Where: Huntington Beach at Brookhurst and Pacific Coast Highway, Lifeguard tower #3 by the volleyball nets.
When: Saturday May 12
Time: 3:00 to 9:00 pm
Who: All Sr. High age UU youth are welcome
What to Bring: Sun screen (even on a cloudy day you can get a bad burn); towel; food to share; dry clothes; footwear; chair if you want one.
Food: We will be coordinating the food.
Cost: Parking is $15 per car. Carpooling is encouraged. OCUUC is just a few minutes away at Brookhurst and Hamilton/Victoria. If the Brookhurst gate is closed, you can enter at the Magnolia gate.
We will have someone at the fire ring from morning to reserve it for us.
Join us for a summer fun kick-off!
By Rayna Hamre posted Thursday, May 3, 2012, 9:33 am
Dear OCUUC Religious Education Community~
Please join us next Sunday, May 6th for our canvass dinner and auction!!! We will have special activities for our younger members. I am putting together an evening of crafts, stories and fun, Dragons and Unicorns. Children will have dinner with their parents AND have their own activities on location. Infant and toddler care will be available.
Please note that the location is down the hill from OCUUC. There will be no regular RE classes so that we can gather in the afternoon and evening for this special event. Please RSVP if your child or youth will be attending next Sunday. This will help us plan our activities, craft assistants and child care providers.
This will be a fun evening for all ages!!
Don’t miss the the community and fun next week!
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Auction and Canvass Combined! This spring, we are combining the auction and our
annual canvass (pledge drive) into one glorious event on
Sunday, May 6th.
Schedule:
Silent Auction begins 4:00 pm
Canvass Dinner follows
Live Auction after dinner
Location:
Check out the
auction catalog to find all the great events and items that you’ll want to bid on at the auction.
It will be fabulous if we have every member and friend there on May 6th!
By Rayna Hamre posted Saturday, April 21, 2012, 3:12 pm
Dearest OCUUC Parents, Friends and Members-
Tomorrow our children and youth will be hearing a special story for Earth Day and making Earth Day signs to parade through the Sanctuary at the end of service. Join us for fun and learning on Earth Day 2012, tomorrow at second service.
Many thanks to our OWL facilitators, parents, assistants, and our wonderful youth for participating in Sr. High OWL 2012! Facilitators Jason C., Steve F., Jeff G., Keith J., Nancy L., Tom L., and Marina O. did a wonderful job. We appreciate the hours they put into making our program a success. Merrie Lee W. did a great job of coordinating the meals and the overnights. Thanks to Tapestry and UUC of Long Beach for joining forces with us to put on Sr. High OWL this spring. We look forward to future collaboration on OWL scheduling and programs!
Coming soon, mark your calendars for Sunday May 6 for OCUUCs Auction and Annual Meeting Event. The planning team and I are working on a special evening for the children. Stay tuned for our activity plan for children and youth for that evening. There will be no Religious Education that Sunday, we want all to come for an afternoon and evening of fun and community.
I want to encourage everyone to stay abreast of our exciting news about the possibility of finding a new church home. Our hard-working OCUUC Board is working on this and we have found a property that could work very well for us. There are two very, very important congregational meetings on the OCUUC calendar. April 22 and 29, 12:30. These are important times for our church and we need you to be a part of this decision making process. See the Blast for the meeting agendas.
Thanks for all you do~~
Rayna Hamre, OCUUC Director of Religious Education,
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-Current. 1st-6th grade “With Justice and Compassion” curriculum activities. The 1st through 6th graders are continuing with the “With Justice and Compassion” curriculum. The lessons in this curriculum explore social issues and history of immigration to the United States. As part of these lessons, the children will be asked to learn about, and share with the class, information on their own families. Please help your child prepare to talk about one of the following for class. (If your child has already talked about one or more of these, he or she should do a different one.)
-Grades 5-6 OWL has been cancelled due to low enrollment. Look for OWL next year!
-Sock Drive. As part of our With Justice and Compassion curriculum, we will be having a sock drive very soon. Look for details in The RECY Weekly.
-Summer 2012. Hogwarts’s at OCUUC! Jennifer Abt is busy writing up our Hogwart’s curriculum for UUs. Grades PreS-6 will be participating. Look for an owl bringing an invitation for your child to participate in the next few weeks. Friends are most welcome for our summer program, Come One, Come All to Magic School with a UU Twist! We will begin on June 17. Parents are asked to provide one black t-shirt per child to be worn as their Hogwart’s school uniform.
-Ongoing. Families are invited to bring non-perishable foods and toiletry items for the Share Our Selves (SOS) little green shopping cart on the patio. Goods will be dropped at SOS each week. Please bring one canned good on Easter Sunday.
-June 20-24 2012, UU Justice General Assembly (GA) in Phoenix http://www.uua.org/ga/ GA is the yearly general conference for the entire UU denomination. This year it is being held in Phoenix, and this is a wonderful opportunity for our families and youth to attend. Here is a link to the new UU Justice GA blog http://immigrationjustice.blogs.uua.org/
By Rayna Hamre posted Saturday, April 14, 2012, 11:10 am
Dearest OCUUC Parents, Friends and Members-
We have activities and events for all ages happening over the next few weeks. Please take a minute to read the RECY Weekly, and join us for learning and fun! Thanks to all who volunteered to assist with our Easter Egg Hunt and Bunny Store. We had a great time last Sunday. And the youth group was so inventive with their egg hiding. Good job, oh mighty blue-tape wielders!
Here is our weekly note from Gabrielle Block for the 1st through 6th grade class: “We are continuing with the “With Justice and Compassion” curriculum. The lessons in this curriculum explore social issues and history of immigration to the United States. As part of these lessons, the children will be asked to learn about, and share with the class, information on their own families. If your child has already talked about one or more of these, he or she should do a different one. – Country of origin of a parent or ancestor. – A family story. This may be about your immediate family, or about one of your ancestors. It can be about family history, heritage, traditions, family adventure, or just something that’s fun to think about! - A few words in another language. For instance: counting to five, saying hello, or names of familiar objects. Use the language of a parent’s or ancestor’s country of origin, if the child or a parent knows it. If not, use words in a language that a parent or the child has learned. Please help your child with this. Our class will be better if everyone is able to participate! “
Coming soon, mark your calendars for Sunday May 6 for OCUUCs Auction and Annual Meeting Event. The planning team and I are working on a special evening for the children. Stay tuned for our activity plan for children and youth for that evening. There will be no Religious Education that Sunday, we want all to come for an afternoon and evening of fun and community.
We want to encourage everyone to stay abreast of our exciting news about the possibility of finding a new church home. Our hard-working OCUUC Board is working on this and we have found a property that could work very well for us. There are two very, very important congregational meetings on the OCUUC calendar. April 22 and 29, 12:30. These are important times for our church and we need you to be a part of this decision making process. See the Blast for the meeting agendas.
We will be celebrating Earth Day in RE on April 22. Please volunteer as you are able for this special day in RE.
Thanks for all you do~~
Rayna Hamre, OCUUC Director of Religious Education,
dreocuucorg~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Current. 1st-6th grade “With Justice and Compassion” curriculum activities. The 1st through 6th graders are continuing with the “With Justice and Compassion” curriculum. The lessons in this curriculum explore social issues and history of immigration to the United States. As part of these lessons, the children will be asked to learn about, and share with the class, information on their own families. Please help your child prepare to talk about one of the following for class. (If your child has already talked about one or more of these, he or she should do a different one.)
- Country of origin of a parent or ancestor.
- A family story. This may be about your immediate family, or about one of your ancestors. It can be about family history, heritage, traditions, family adventure, or just something that’s fun to think about!
- A few words in another language. For instance: counting to five, saying hello, or names of familiar objects. Use the language of a parent’s or ancestor’s country of origin, if the child or a parent knows it. If not, use words in a language that a parent or the child has learned. Please help your child with this. Our class will be better if everyone is able to participate!
April 27-28 UU District Assembly. Youth forms for the DA overnight are due Friday 4/22. So far four youth, two youth advisers and one DRE are going from our RE community. DA is open to everyone. Please joins us and other members of OCUUC at DA: http://www.pswduua.org/pages/district-assembly.php
Grades 5-6 OWL has been cancelled due to low enrollment. Look for OWL next year!
Sock Drive. As part of our With Justice and Compassion curriculum, we will be having a sock drive very soon. Look for details in The RECY Weekly.
Ongoing. Families are invited to bring non-perishable foods and toiletry items for the Share Our Selves (SOS) little green shopping cart on the patio. Goods will be dropped at SOS each week. Please bring one canned good on Easter Sunday.
June 10. RE Sunday, which inlcudes bridging for our 12th grade students to the adult community, teacher and RE volunteer appreciation Sunday. We also announce the recipient of the Joan Gillan Award for RE volunteer of the year.
June 20-24 2012, UU Justice General Assembly (GA) in Phoenix
http://www.uua.org/ga/ GA is the yearly general conference for the entire UU denomination. This year it is being held in Phoenix, and this is a wonderful opportunity for our families and youth to attend. Here is a link to the new UU Justice GA blog http://immigrationjustice.blogs.uua.org/
July. Youth Sunday. Our OCUUC youth and advisers create a Sunday service. This year’s service will speak to immigration and social justice issues. Date TBA.
By Rayna Hamre posted Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 11:26 am
There have been some questions in the past few weeks about the Unitarian Universalist Our Whole Lives (OWL) program. This is a life span education program to help children, adolescents and adults learn more about their bodies, their ethics and assist them in making important life decisions.
Please take some time to learn about our OWL programs. Some of our OWL graduates are now teaching OWL at their UU churches and fellowships.
From our Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) web site:
“OWL addresses decision-making, clarifies values, builds interpersonal skills, and deepens understanding of spiritual, emotional and societal aspects of sexuality, which can influence the decisions we make. Its ‘three Rs’ are Responsibility, Respect, and Relationships.”
http://www.uua.org/ga/past/2008/commonthreads/115700.shtml
In the Faith~~
Rayna Hamre, OCUUC Director of Religious Education
By Rayna Hamre posted Friday, April 6, 2012, 2:05 pm
Dearest OCUUC Parents, Friends and Members-
We have a great event coming up tomorrow. Please join us in a potluck lunch for the Brock Family. Rev. Ed’s family is visiting us from Washington, and we would love to have you join us, Saturday April 7 at 12 noon, OCUUC. Details are below, see you there!
Please join us for our annual Easter Egg Hunt with our Bunny Store on Sunday April 8. This is always so much fun. We only have one volunteer so far. Please help out after 2
nd service if you are available, you can let me know by e-mail or sign up at
http://www.volunteerspot.com/login/entry/502345632085838064Please bring a canned food item for our Share Ourselves (SOS) collection this week as part of our Easter activities. This will allow our children to experience community giving and receiving on special days.
This note is from Gabrielle Block, “The 1st through 6th graders are continuing with the “With Justice and Compassion” curriculum. The lessons in this curriculum explore social issues and history of immigration to the United States. As part of these lessons, the children will be asked to learn about, and share with the class, information on their own families. For the April 8th class, we will be sharing stories and traditions about our families. Please help your child prepare a story to share. It may be about your immediate family, or about one of your ancestors. In addition, if your child did not have a chance to share information last week, please make sure that he or she has information about what country at least one parent or more distant ancestor came from, and when (year or approximate year) they came to the United States.”
Mark your calendars for Sunday May 6 for OCUUCs Auction and Annual Meeting Event. The planning team and I are working on a special evening for the children. Stay tuned for our activity plan for children and youth. There will be no Religious Education that Sunday, we want all to come for an afternoon and evening of fun and community.
I want to encourage everyone to stay abreast of our exciting news about the possibility of finding a new church home. Our hard-working OCUUC Board is working on this and we have found a property that could work very well for us.
There are two very, very important congregational meetings on the OCUUC calendar. April 22 and 29, 12:30. These are important times for our church and we need you to be a part of this decision making process. See the Blast for the meeting agendas.
Thanks for all you do~~
Rayna Hamre, OCUUC Director of Religious Education,
dreocuucorg~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
April 7. 12 noon potluck for the Brock family. Come and meet Rev. Ed’s lovely family. Please bring a food item A-E: appetizer; F-J: Salad; K-O: side dish; P-T: main dish; U-Z: dessert.
Current. 1st-6th grade “With Justice and Compassion” curriculum activities. As part of these lessons, the children will be asked to learn about, and share with the class, information on their own families. For the April 8th class, we will be sharing stories and traditions about our families. Please help your child prepare a story to share. It may be about your immediate family, or about one of your ancestors.
April 8. Easter Egg Hunt and Bunny Store. We will participate in our regular curriculum sessions and have our annual Easter Egg hunt after the 2nd service. Join us for the fun! We still need 3 adult volunteers for after 2nd service Easter Egg Hunt, and one volunteer to assist in the PreS-K classroom.
April 27-28 UU District Assembly in Los Angeles. Today is the last day to get the lower rate for the Pacific Southwest District General Assembly. So far four youth, two youth advisers and one DRE are going from our RE community. DA is open to everyone. Please joins us and other members of OCUUC at DA:
http://www.pswduua.org/pages/district-assembly.php
May 12, Sr. HIgh Beach Party. 3-9 pm. OC YRUU event, carpooling and location details TBA.
Grades 5-6 OWL has been cancelled due to low enrollment. Look for OWL next year!
April 8 and Ongoing. Families are invited to bring non-perishable foods and toiletry items for the Share Our Selves (SOS) little green shopping cart on the patio. Goods will be dropped at SOS each week. Please bring one canned good on Easter Sunday.
June 20-24 2012, UU Justice General Assembly (GA) in Phoenix http://www.uua.org/ga/ . GA is the yearly general conference for the entire UU denomination. This year it is being held in Phoenix, and this is a wonderful opportunity for our families and youth to attend.
By Rayna Hamre posted Saturday, March 31, 2012, 1:30 pm
Dear OCUUC Parents, Friends and Members-
How quickly this month has gone by! The cooler weather is most enjoyable, and there is so much going on in our congregation and RE program right now during the spring months.
Please join us for our annual Easter Egg Hunt with our Bunny Store on Sunday April 8. This is always so much fun. Please bring a canned food item for our Share Ourselves (SOS) collection. This will allow our children to experience community giving and receiving on special days.
Our new social justice curriculum is in full swing for grades 1-6. We will be telling family stories. If your 1st-6th graders ask about family history and lore, please take some time to talk to them. This will be a learning time for all of us! This is to assist us in getting ready for Justice General Assembly in Phoenix June 2012. Please consider attending GA! www.uua.org I just made my reservation for Justice GA in Phoenix. I hope your family can join me. More information is below.
Mark your calendars for Sunday May 6 for OCUUCs Auction and Annual Meeting Event. Stay tuned for our activity plan for children and youth for that evening. There will be no Religious Education that Sunday, we want all to come for an afternoon and evening of fun and community.
Please take the time to complete your congregational survey from our ministerial search committee. The selection of a new minister will have a huge impact on OCUUC for many years to come. See the information below. Also, the attached document is from our congregation nurse on how to talk ot parent who choose not to vaccinate their children. That choice poses a threat to public health, and Adair Small has put together valuable information for our UU parents.
I want to encourage everyone to stay abreast of our exciting news about the possibility of finding a new church home. Our hard-working OCUUC Board is working on this and we have found a property that could work very well for us. Read the BLAST for more information from our church president, Mary Lundholm.
Many thanks to our Secret Pals Team for all they did this year to make SP a big success! Gabrielle Block, Team Leader, Elizabeth Kilchoer, Jacques Kilchoer and Christine Soriano all made our program and reveal picnic fun for all.
Thanks for all you do~~
Rayna Hamre, OCUUC Director of Religious Education, dreocuucorg
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Current. The 1st through 6th graders have started a new curriculum, adapted from the UUA’s “With Justice and Compassion” curriculum. The lessons in this curriculum explore social issues and history of immigration to the United States. As part of these lessons, the children will be asked to learn about, and share with the class, information on their own families. For the March 25th class, we will be creating an immigration timeline. Please make sure that your child has information about what country at least one parent or more distant ancestor came from, and when (year or approximate year) they came to the United States.
April 8. Easter Egg Hunt and Bunny Store. We will participate in our regular curriculum sessions and have our annual Easter Egg hunt after the 2nd service. Join us for the fun!
ASAP. Many parents in the congregation have not yet returned their Congregational Surveys. As you know, OCUUC is beginning the important work of selecting a new minister. Critical to that process is the completion of the Congregational Survey sent to every member and friend of OCUUC. Reponses to the Congregational Survey will be used as a snapshot of the congregation, and will help determine what qualities and skills will be required of our next minister. Put yourself in the picture by completing and returning the Congregational Survey as soon as possible. If you have misplaced your survey and would like another copy, please contact Barbara Schilling, dreocuucorg
April. OCUUC is offering 5-6th Sr. High Our Whole Lives (OWL). Classes will be held at OCUUC, the cost is $30 per family. 4-6 grade sessions are: Sunday April 15, 1-3:30 pm mandatory parent & student session; and Sundays April 22, 29, May 6, 13, 20, 27, June 3, 1-2:30 pm. dreocuucorg
April 8 and Ongoing. Families are invited to bring non-perishable foods and toiletry items for the Share Our Selves (SOS) little green shopping cart on the patio. Goods will be dropped at SOS each week. Please bring one canned good on Easter Sunday.
June 20-24 2012, UU Justice General Assembly (GA) in Phoenix http://www.uua.org/ga/ GA is the yearly general conference for the entire UU denomination. This year it is being held in Phoenix, and this is a wonderful opportunity for our families and youth to attend. We hope to have some fund raisers this year to help send our youth to Justice GA. Here is a link to the new UU Justice GA blog http://immigrationjustice.blogs.uua.org/
By Rayna Hamre posted Saturday, March 10, 2012, 11:48 am
Dear OCUUC Parents, Friends and Members-
We have had some odd, if beautiful, weather. I hope you are enjoying the sunshine and the warmth.
If you are available., we do need some assistants to assist tomorrow in the RE classrooms. We will be learning about ethical eating and making bracelets to hand out at the end of the adult service. Please help out for this fun and important craft project! We still need one assistant for PrSchool-K class, too.
We are starting our new social justice curriculum next week 3/18. Thanks to Gabrielle Block for re-working the curriculum to fit OCUUC’s RE program. We will be telling family stories. If your 1
st-6
th graders ask about family history and lore, please take some time to talk to them. This will be a learning time for all of us! This is all to assist us in getting ready for Justice General Assembly in Phoenix this year. Please consider attending GA this year!
www.uua.orgI want to encourage everyone to stay abreast of our exciting news about the possibility of finding a new church home. Our hard-working OCUUC Board is working on this and we have found a property that could work very well for us. There will be another Town Hall Meeting between the services this Sunday, 3/11. Read the BLAST for more information from our church president, Mary Lundholm.
Please see our Secret Pals updates below. Secret Pals is in full swing right now!
OCUUC is very pleased to be hosting two sessions of Our Whole Lives (OWL) this spring. OWL is designed to teach our young people about their bodies and to assist them in navigating the messages about sexuality in today’s complex world. This year we are offering OWL for grades 5-6 and for Sr. High students. Spaces are filling up so please get your youth on the list for OWL soon. Attached are the flyers.
Thanks for all you do~~
- Secret Pals is now underway! The Secret Pals gift exchange is taking place on March 11th, March 18th, and March 25th. Don’t forget to bring your presents! On those four Sundays, please leave a present in your Secret Pal’s basket before the beginning of the second service. Pick up your present from your basket after the end of the second service. Baskets will be located in the Social Hall.
- A basket will be set out for you before the second service to make sure that your Secret Pal has a place to put your present. The Secret Pal reveal party will be held on March 25th, after the second service. Look for further details in your Secret Pal basket, or on this blog. If you have questions, contact Gabrielle Block, gbpuzzleraolcom (gbpuzzleraolcom) .
- OCUUC will be offering 5-6th grade and Sr. High Our Whole Lives (OWL). Classes will be held at OCUUC, the cost is $30 per family. 4-6 grade sessions are: Sunday April 15, 1-3:30 pm mandatory parent & student session; and Sundays April 22, 29, May 6, 13, 20, 27, June 3, 1-2:30 pm.
- Sr. High OWL dates are Friday March 30 6 pm through Saturday March 31, 6 pm, and Friday April 20 6 pm through Saturday April 21, 6 pm. (two weekend intensives) and one mandatory parent meeting, date tba.
- Parents, please let us know asap student names, grade level, and parent names and contact info, for those who are ready to sign up. Spaces are limited. This is a wonderful program and I encourage you to enroll your children. dreocuucorg (dreocuucorg)
- OCUUC will be starting new curriculum in March for our 1st-6th graders. This is part of our nation-wide preparation for Justice General Assembly in June in Phoenix. We will be sending home more information about this new curriculum.
- Ongoing. Families are invited to bring non-perishable foods and toiletry items for the Share Our Selves (SOS) little green shopping cart on the patio. Goods will be dropped at SOS each week.
- June 20-24 2012, UU Justice General Assembly (GA) in Phoenix http://www.uua.org/ga/ GA is the yearly general conference for the entire UU denomination. This year it is being held in Phoenix, and this is a wonderful opportunity for our families and youth to attend. We hope to have some fund raisers this year to help send our youth to Justice GA. Here is a link to the new UU Justice GA blog http://immigrationjustice.blogs.uua.org/
By Rayna Hamre posted Saturday, March 3, 2012, 10:14 am
Dear OCUUC Parents, Friends and Members-
I want to encourage everyone to stay abreast of OCUUC’s exciting news about the possibility of finding a new church home. Our hard-working OCUUC Board is working on this and we have found a property that could work very well for us. There will be another Town Hall Meeting after church this Sunday, 3/4, at 12:45 pm. You can also ask the OCUUC Board members for an update.
Please see our Secret Pals updates below. Secret Pals is in full swing right now!
If you see Clover Behrend, please give her a big hug. She and I have caught up the tallies for our RE attendance sheets, and Clover will assist the program by keeping our attendance up-to-date in our Excel files. Thanks so much for sharing your time and talents with RE, Clover!
OCUUC is very pleased to be hosting two sessions of Our Whole Lives (OWL) this spring. OWL is designed to teach our young people about their bodies and to assist them in navigating the messages about sexuality in today’s complex world. This year we are offering OWL for grades 5-6 and for Sr. High students. Spaces are filling up so please get your youth on the list for OWL soon.
Thanks for all you do~~
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- Secret Pals is now underway! The Secret Pals gift exchange is taking place on March 4th, March 11th, March 18th, and March 25th. Don’t forget to bring your presents! On those four Sundays, please leave a present in your Secret Pal’s basket before the beginning of the second service. Pick up your present from your basket after the end of the second service. Baskets will be located in the Social Hall. For those of you didn’t have a chance to decorate your Secret Pals gift basket on February 26th, stickers will be available for basket decorating on March 4th. A basket will be set out for you before the second service to make sure that your Secret Pal has a place to put your present. The Secret Pal reveal party will be held on March 25th, after the second service. Look for further details in your Secret Pal basket, or on this blog. If you have questions, contact Gabrielle Block, dreocuucorg Thanks to Gabrielle for heading up this project!
- OCUUC will be offering 5-6th grade and Sr. High Our Whole Lives (OWL). Classes will be held at OCUUC, the cost is $30 per family. 4-6 grade sessions are: Sunday April 15, 1-3:30 pm mandatory parent & student session; and Sundays April 22, 29, May 6, 13, 20, 27, June 3, 1-2:30 pm.
- Sr. High OWL dates are Friday March 30 6 pm through Saturday March 31, 6 pm, and Friday April 20 6 pm through Saturday April 21, 6 pm. (two weekend intensives) and one mandatory parent meeting, date tba.Parents, please let us know asap student names, grade level, and parent names and contact info, for those who are ready to sign up. Spaces are limited. This is a wonderful program and I encourage you to enroll your children. dreocuucorg (dreocuucorg)
- OCUUC will be starting new curriculum in March for our 1st-6th graders. This is part of our nation-wide preparation for Justice General Assembly in June in Phoenix. We will be sending home more information about this new curriculum.
- Ongoing. Families are invited to bring non-perishable foods and toiletry items for the Share Our Selves (SOS) little green shopping cart on the patio. Goods will be dropped at SOS each week.
- June 20-24 2012, UU Justice General Assembly (GA) in Phoenix http://www.uua.org/ga/ GA is the yearly general conference for the entire UU denomination. This year it is being held in Phoenix, and this is a wonderful opportunity for our families and youth to attend. We hope to have some fund raisers this year to help send our youth to Justice GA. Here is a link to the new UU Justice GA blog http://immigrationjustice.blogs.uua.org/
- Harry Potter will be back this summer by popular demand! Jennifer Abt is preparing our own UU Hogwart’s Academy for our OCUUC summer program. Stay tuned for more news about our upcoming HP summer.
