RECY (Religious Education for Children and Youth) Weekly 2.25.2012

By Rayna Hamre posted Saturday, February 25, 2012, 1:52 pm

Dear OCUUC Parents, Friends and Members-

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 they enouncter in today’s complex world. This spring 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.

Our RE committee, RECY, is very excited to be offering  new curriculum for our 1-6 graders this spring. With Justice and Compassion: Immigration Sessions for Children’s Religious Education, by Mandy Neff. Please take a look at this new curriculum put out by the UUA  http://www.uua.org/documents/neffmandy/justice_compassion.pdf   Our own Gabrielle Block is working to adapt the curriculum to the specific needs of our OCUUC RE program.

Adult and children’s programs are being created and offered to assist us all in getting ready for our Justice General Assembly in Phoenix in June. If you have not been to a UU General Assembly (GA) and are interested, ask me or someone else who has been to a GA about going. It is an amazing experience to stand together with a thousand or more UUs from all over the country to worship and work together at GA!

Thanks for all you do~~

Rayna Hamre, OCUUC Director of Religious Education, dreocuucorg

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• Secret Pals begins on February 26th! If you or your child have signed up to participate, please pick up your Secret Pals assignments from Gabrielle Block. Gift basket decorating (for the basket that will be used for your Secret Pal presents) will be held in the Social Hall after the second service, beginning at 12:15.  If you are new to Secret Pals this year, you should decorate a gift basket.  If you participated in Secret Pals last year, you may choose whether to decorate a new basket or to keep your basket from last year. The Secret Pals gift exchange will begin on March 4th. Stay tuned for further announcements!

• 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

• 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/

Secret Pals News

By Rayna Hamre posted Friday, February 24, 2012, 5:02 pm

RECY (Religious Education for Children and Youth) Weekly 2.3.2012

By Rayna Hamre posted Friday, February 3, 2012, 9:40 pm

Dear OCUUC Parents-

Our Valentine’s  Craft Night is tomorrow, Saturday Feb. 4, from 4-7 pm in the Social Hall. There will be pizza, juice, crafts and fun.  We hope to see you there. Please bring a dessert or a side dish to share if possible.

Many thanks to our adult helpers for assisting with our dragon parade last week. Lana Weiss, Christine Soriano, Liz & Jacques Kilchoer, Bryan Lundholm and Yesenia Nunez all made it happen!

Next weekend is our Jason Shelton Weekend and Concert. Please get your tickets early, you can order on line from with a link from our church web sitea t awww. ocuuc.org. The music committee needs help in making all of this happen.  See below for details on assistance needed for food and beverages on Sat. Feb 11. You can drop off food on Friday for workshop participants on Saturday, munchies needed!

RECY has made one policy change for this year for teachers. We are asking that relatives not teach together in the same classroom if there are only two teachers present. This is to keep everyone protected should any questions arise about any situation in a classroom. We are being proactive with this policy so that we continue to have safe and happy classes at OCUUC. Also, children must be seated during snack time for any food or drink consumption. We will need to enforce this policy for the safety of all of our children.

Gabrielle Block will be heading up our Secret Pals program at the end of February, continuing through March for the third year in a row. Thank you, Gabrielle!

Thanks for all you do~~

 Rayna Hamre, OCUUC Director of Religious Education, dreocuucorg

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• February 4, 4-7 pm in the Social Hall. Crafts for Valentine’s Day. Cards and crafts, fun for the entire family, all are welcome! Pizza will be provided, bring a side dish or dessert to share. Helpers needed for set up and clean up.

•  OCUUC Children’s Choir will be singing in the Jason Shelton concert “Voices in Unity” on February 11th at 7:30pm.

• Rehearsal schedule:

• Sunday, February 5, 1-2pm, Gillan 3 classroom,  Thursday, February 9, 7-8pm, sanctuary, Friday evening, February 10, 6-7pm, sanctuary, Saturday evening, 6pm call time, 7:30pm concert
• Jason Shelton wrote some of our favorite UU songs – “Standing on the Side of Love,” “Morning Has Come,” and “Fire of Commitment.”  He’ll be here to conduct and sing a concert of his own compositions about love, unity, and action.    Here is the flyer for the whole Jason Shelton weekend.
• Contact Beth Syverson if your family wants to participate in this special event. 

Beth also asks for assistance with food and beverages:

• I thought it would be nice to have some home-made yummies and fruit/veggies available throughout the day.  (Things that can be eaten with just a napkin – no fork or plate please).    The food could be brought anytime throughout the day Saturday or before the concert, or it could be delivered Friday anytime as well. I also would love to have someone prepare the beverage service on Saturday morning (February 11) – coffee, tea, pitchers of water or lemonade.  That would need to be ready to roll by 8:30am Saturday morning.  And we need a bartender for the Saturday night (February 11) concert.

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RECY (Religious Education for Children and Youth) Weekly 1.27.2012

By Rayna Hamre posted Friday, January 27, 2012, 6:37 pm

Dear OCUUC Parents-

I hope your children will be able to join us for our dragon parade for Chinese New Year this coming Sunday. We will walk our dragon around our coffee area immediately after the adult service. We still need adult helpers for this Sunday’s project, and to assist the children in making their own dragon paper bag puppets. Please let me know if you can assist, there will be too many children for just three of us to work with safely.

RECY has made one policy change for this year for teachers. We are asking that relatives not teach together in the same classroom if there are only two teachers present. This is to keep everyone protected should any questions arise about any situation in a classroom. We are being proactive with this policy so that continue to have safe and happy classes at OCUUC.

Our youth group will be moving the first week in February up to the Tracey Boag Building for a pilot project. We hope to create a great place for the youth to gather near the patio area and playground.

Check out all the details below for fun activities for all ages. The Jason Shelton music event is coming up fast. RE will host a Valentines Craft Night, with pizza dinner on February 4^th. Gabrielle Block will be heading up our Secret Pals program at the end of February, continuing through March for the third year in a row. Thank you, Gabrielle!

Dates will be announced very soon for winter/spring Our Whole Lives for Sr. high and for our 4-6 graders. Our Whole Lives (OWL) provides a safe setting with trained facilitators for children and youth to learn about their bodies. In addition to providing accurate information, OWL encourages the older youth to explore their own sexual identities and ethics, and to critically examine the messages from the larger culture. Please contact me immediately if your sr. high or 4-6 grade students would like to take OWL this spring. dreocuucorg

Thanks for all you do~~

Rayna Hamre, OCUUC Director of Religious Education

dreocuucorg

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• Saturday February 4th, 4-7 pm in the Social Hall, Crafts for Valentine’s Day such as cards and decorations. Fun for the entire family, all are welcome! Pizza will be provided, bring a side dish or dessert to share. Helpers needed for set up and clean up, please contact Rayna to RSVP at dreocuucorg  (dreocuucorg)  

• OCUUC Children’s Choir will be singing in the Jason Shelton concert “Voices in Unity” on February 11 at 7:30pm.

Rehearsal schedule:

Sunday, January 29, 1-2pm, Gillan 3 classroom

Sunday, Febuary 5, 1-2pm, Gillan 3 classroom

Thursday, February 9, 7-8pm, sanctuary

Friday evening, February 10, 6-7pm, sanctuary

Saturday evening, 6pm call time, 7:30pm concert

Jason Shelton wrote some of our favorite UU songs – “Standing on the Side of Love,” “Morning Has Come,” and “Fire of Commitment.”  He’ll be here to conduct and sing a concert of his own compositions about love, unity, and action.    Here is the flyer for the whole Jason Shelton weekend:  http://ocuuc.org/ministries/workshops/

Contact Beth Syverson if your family wants to participate in this special event.  Beth Syverson, 714-376-6666, MusicDirectorocuucorg  (MusicDirectorocuucorg)  .

• Renaissance Module at the Los Angeles UU Church, March 22, 2012, 5:30 pm  to March 24, 2012, 12:00 pm. Renaissance Module: UU Identity. This is open to the RE community; Rayna is one of the organizers. The goals of the Unitarian Universalist Identity Module include: creating an understanding of identity as a process; becoming aware of how the process unfolds; identifying ways to foster the process, specifically among Religious Education participants and generally among their congregations. Link: Registration form

• May 5, 2012, save the date. International Day at Soka University, with the OC Dept. of Education and Arts Orange County. We can meet up for music and fun

• 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 is a link to the new UU Justice GA blog

RECY (Religious Education for Children and Youth) Weekly 1.7.2012

By Rayna Hamre posted Saturday, January 7, 2012, 12:30 pm

With combined RE funds, youth recycling money, a donation to RE and Spirit Grant matching, we have been able to purchase a new television for the Social Hall. We look forward to resuming movie nights with a much sharper audio and video output for the new year! We will need someone with a pick up truck to assist with moving the old TV for recycling on January 13 or 14, transporting to a temporary recycling center at Huntington Beach Public Library. Please let me know if you could help us out with a truck dreocuucorg  (dreocuucorg)  

We are in the process of setting up dates for winter/spring Our Whole Lives for Sr. high and possibly for our 4-6 graders. Our Whole Lives (OWL) provides a safe setting with trained facilitators for children and youth learn about their bodies. In addition to providing accurate information, OWL encourages the older youth to explore their own sexual identities and ethics, and to critically examine the messages from the larger culture. Please contact me immediately if your sr. high or 4-6 grade student would like to take OWL this spring:  dreocuucorg

dreocuucorg

• February 4, 4-7 pm in the Social Hall. By popular demand, Crafts with Judi for Valentine’s Day designs!! Cards and crafts, fun for the entire family, all are welcome! Pizza will be provided, bring a side dish or dessert to share. Helpers needed for set up and clean up, please contact Judi or Rayna at dreocuucorg  (dreocuucorg)  

• OCUUC Children’s Choir will be singing in the Jason Shelton concert “Voices in Unity” on February 11 at 7:30pm.
• Rehearsal schedule:
• Sunday, January 29, 1-2pm, Gillan 3 classroom
• Sunday, Febuary 5, 1-2pm, Gillan 3 classroom
• Thursday, February 9, 7-8pm, sanctuary
• Friday evening, February 10, 6-7pm, sanctuary
• Saturday evening, 6pm call time, 7:30pm concert

 Jason Shelton wrote some of our favorite UU songs – “Standing on the Side of Love,” “Morning Has Come,” and “Fire of Commitment.”  He’ll be here to conduct and sing a concert of his own compositions about love, unity, and action.    Here is the flyer for the whole Jason Shelton weekend:  http://ocuuc.org/ministries/workshops/  Contact Beth Syverson if your family wants to participate in this special event.  Beth Syverson, MusicDirectorocuucorg  (MusicDirectorocuucorg)  .

• Renaissance Module at the Los Angeles UU Church, March 22, 2012, 5:30 pm  to March 24, 2012, 12:00 pm. Renaissance Module: UU Identity. This is open to the RE community, Rayna is one of the organizers. The goals of the Unitarian Universalist Identity module include: creating an understanding of identity as a process; becoming aware of how the process unfolds; identifying ways to foster the process, specifically among Religious Education participants and generally among their congregations. Link: Registration form

• 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 is a link to the new UU Justice GA blog http://immigrationjustice.blogs.uua.org/

RECY (Religious Education for Children and Youth) Weekly 12.17.2011

By Rayna Hamre posted Saturday, December 17, 2011, 8:55 am

Dear OCUUC Parents-

Blessings of the season to all!

Please stop by the Social Hall after the potluck on Sunday 12/18 to hear a presentation on Ethical Eating. OCUUC would like to have more involvement in this important movement to assist the planet and all that make up the interdependent web.

The day is rapidly approaching for our Christmas Eve pageant! We still need some help behind the scenes for the presentation Would You Like to Hold the Baby? This will be a wonderful evening of family and church bonding and holiday fun. Please bring a treat or snack to share for the social hour from 6:30-7:30 p.m. that night. Beth Syverson will be leading the choir, and I am coordinating the acting roles. Rehearsal for the actors is this Thursday December 22^nd.  Pizza dinner for the rehearsal diner, 6:00 p.m. for pizza, rehearsal begins at 6:30.

We will be moving ahead to create a pilot program for a full RE program at our first service time on Sundays. Please send any thoughts, ideas or comments to me, we need to hear from you. The target date for beginning is February 5. We will need teachers and participants. We are very excited and hope to expand our vibrant RE program to a wider community. We will need your assistance and talents for this pilot. Please contact Rayna if you can assist or have any questions or suggestions.

We are in the process of setting up dates for winter/spring Our Whole Lives for Sr. high and for our 4-6 graders. Our Whole Lives (OWL) provides a safe setting with trained facilitators for children and youth learn about their bodies. In addition to providing accurate information, OWL encourages the older youth to explore their own sexual identities and ethics, and to critically examine the messages from the larger culture.

Thanks for all you do~~

Rayna Hamre, OCUUC Director of Religious Education

dreocuucorg

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• Rehearsal for the Christmas Eve children’s choir and pageant actors.  All children are invited to participate:

• Rehearsal for all actors and choir members is Dec. 22. Actors can wear bathrobes if they play people, animals will wear the color of their animal, any style of clothing. If you have an earth color or plain head scarf for the people roles, please bring it. I will have some on hand for actors to borrow.
• The children’s choir will sing at the Christmas Eve service which will be on Saturday, December 24 at 7:30pm.  Children can participate in BOTH the pageant and the children’s choir if they wish.   MusicDirectorocuucorg  (MusicDirectorocuucorg)   or dreocuucorg  (dreocuucorg)  

Backstage pageant help is needed:

• Costume & mask helpers (night of the performance), staging coordinators, prop assistants, clean up and set break down(at least 4 helpers needed)    dreocuucorg

• Registration is ongoing for winter camps at de Benneville Pines. Sr. registration goes fast, sign up asap http://www.uucamp.org/
• 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 is a link to the new UU Justice GA blog http://immigrationjustice.blogs.uua.org/

RECY (Religious Education for Children and Youth) Weekly 11.25.2011

By Rayna Hamre posted Friday, November 25, 2011, 10:53 am

Dear OCUUC Parents-
‘Tis the Season! Preparations are moving into high gear for our Christmas Eve Pageant, Would You Like to Hold the Baby. Please see details below and jump in on the participation if you can, this is a wonderful evening of family and church bonding and holiday fun. Beth Syverson will be leading the choir and pageant, and I am coordinating the acting roles. The acting roles are NON-speaking parts. We have the costumes, we just need participants of all ages to join us that evening. There are several rehearsals for the choir, see details below, just one for the actors on Thursday Dec. 22^nd. Pizza dinner and more fun that evening, 6:30 p.m.

Religious Education is currently looking at adding a full RE program to our first service time on Sundays. Please send any thought, ideas or comments to me, we want to hear from you. The target date for beginning this pilot program is February 5 2012.

Note the link to sign up for Camp de Benneville Pines winter camps below. The camps fill quickly, particularly Sr. High Camp, so get your registration money in soon. Some scholarship money is available through OCUUC, contact Rayna for more information.

Thanks for all you do~~

Rayna Hamre, OCUUC Director of Religious Education

dreocuucorg

• Rehearsal for the Christmas Eve children’s choir.  All children are invited to participate:

Rehearsals will be Sundays from 1:00-1:45pm in the Gillan 3 classroom on these dates: November 27; December 4 (in the Sanctuary); December 11; December 18

The children’s choir will sing at the Christmas Eve service which will be on Saturday, December 24 at 7pm.  There will be a rehearsal around 6pm that night. The Christmas Eve service this year will be the “Would You Like to Hold the Baby?” pageant, which involves children, youth, and grown-ups acting out the nativity story.  Children can participate in BOTH the pageant and the children’s choir if they wish.   MusicDirectorocuucorg  (MusicDirectorocuucorg)   or dreocuucorg  (dreocuucorg)  

• Non-speaking, December 24th pageant parts available. Please contact Rayna or sign up at the RE Table on Sunday:

Mary, Joseph, Donkey, Innkeeper & Wife, Stable girl, Shepherds, 3 Wise People, Dove, sheep, cow, cats, horse & barnyard animals

• Backstage help needed:

Costume & mask helpers (night of the performance), staging coordinators, prop assistants, clean up and set break down(at least 4 helpers needed)          dreocuucorg

• Winter Jr. High OWL. The UU Fellowship of Long Beach will be hosting  Jr. High Our Whole Lives (OWL) for grades 8-9 (grade 7 on a case-by-case basis). This class will be held from late January to early March 2012. OWL training teaches young people to be responsible and become knowledgeable about their bodies and sexual choices. Contact Rayna or Merrie Lee if you are interested and would like more information.  See attached, and info flyers will be available at the RE Table with the dates dreocuucorg  (dreocuucorg)  
• Registration is ongoing for winter camps at de Benneville Pines. Sr. registration goes fast, sign up asap http://www.uucamp.org/
• 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.
• Share Our Selves (SOS) adopt-a-family. Information on the patio for adopting a family for the winter holiday
• 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 is a link to the new UU Justice GA blog http://immigrationjustice.blogs.uua.org/

RECY (Religious Education for Children and Youth) Weekly 11.19.2011

By Rayna Hamre posted Saturday, November 19, 2011, 9:45 am

Dear OCUUC Parents-
Here are our highlighted activities for this week:

Craft, Cider and Stories Night with Judi & Rayna on Sat. 11/19, tonight! In the Social Hall, light dinner provided, 4-7 p.m.

Jr. High parents, attached is the information about upcoming Jr. High OWL in Long Beach. We need to get reservations in to Cheryl Kessler for our youth if they are attending. Registration will be held the first day, but we need to reserve spots for our youth.  The information is on the attached info sheet. Please contact me with any questions.

Note the link to sign up for Camp de Benneville Pines winter camps below. The camps fill quickly, particularly Sr. High Camp, so get your registration money in soon. Some scholarship money is available through OCUUC, contact Rayna for more information dre@ocuuc

Thanks for all you do~~

Rayna Hamre, OCUUC Director of Religious Education

• Family Night of Crafts, Cider and Stories, Saturday November 19th, 4-7 p.m. Come for a cozy evening of crafts with Judi and stories with Rayna. Warm cider and fall snacks, too. All who are young at heart are most welcome! Please RSVP to Rayna  (dreocuucorg)   so we can plan supplies and food. dreocuucorg  (dreocuucorg)  
• Saturday November 19th from 9am to 1pm at the Orangethorpe Methodist Church to hand out food to the needy. Call or text Merrie Lee.
• All children and youth are invited to sing in the Christmas Eve children’s choir.  There are animal parts and parts for hand percussion also. All children are invited to participate:

• Rehearsals will be Sundays from 1:00-1:45pm in the Gillan 3 classroom on these dates: November 27; December 4; December 11; December 18
• The children’s choir will sing at the Christmas Eve service which will be on Saturday, December 24 at 7pm.  There will be a rehearsal around 6pm that night. The Christmas Eve service this year will be the “Would You Like to Hold the Baby?” pageant, which involves children, youth, and grown-ups acting out the nativity story.  Children can participate in BOTH the pageant and the children’s choir if they wish.   MusicDirectorocuucorg  (MusicDirectorocuucorg)   or dreocuucorg  (dreocuucorg)  

• Winter Jr. High OWL. The UU Fellowship of Long Beach will be hosting  Jr. High Our Whole Lives (OWL) for grades 8-9 (grade 7 on a case-by-case basis). This class will be held from late January to early March 2012. OWL training teaches young people to be responsible and become knowledgeable about their bodies and sexual choices. Contact Rayna or Merrie Lee if you are interested and would like more information.  See attached, and info flyers will be available at the RE Table with the dates dreocuucorg  (dreocuucorg)  
• Registration is ongoing for winter camps at de Benneville Pines. Sr. registration goes fast, sign up asap http://www.uucamp.org/
• 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 in Phoenix http://www.uua.org/ga/  This is our 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 is a link to the new UU Justice GA blog http://immigrationjustice.blogs.uua.org/

RECY (Religious Education for Children and Youth) Weekly 11.12.2011

By Rayna Hamre posted Saturday, November 12, 2011, 11:05 am

Dear OCUUC Parents-
Here our highlighted activities for this week:

Craft, Cider and stories night with Judi & Rayna on Sat. 11/19 RSVP requested so we can plan supplies and food. This event will be cancelled if we do not receive your RSVPs by Wed. Nov. 16, so let us know if you can make it for this evening of family fun!

Special thanks this week to Ariana Kenney and Karen-Magoon Pearson for their assistance on November First Sunday, and to Merrie Lee and Heather McCoy for putting together our youth Halloween party.

Thanks for all you do~~

Rayna Hamre, OCUUC Director of Religious Education

• Family Night of Crafts, Cider and Stories, Saturday November 19th, 4-7 p.m. Come for a cozy evening of crafts with Judi and stories with Rayna. Warm cider and fall snacks, too. All who are young at heart are most welcome! Please RSVP to Rayna  (dreocuucorg)   so we can plan supplies and food. dreocuucorg  (dreocuucorg)  
• Saturday November 19th from 9am to 1pm at the Orangethorpe Methodist Church to hand out food to the needy. Call or text Merrie Lee.
• All children and youth are invited to sing in the Christmas Eve children’s choir.  There are animal parts and parts for hand percussion also. All children are invited to participate:

1. Rehearsals will be Sundays from 1:00-1:45pm in the Gillan 3 classroom on these dates: November 27; December 4; December 11; December 18
2. The children’s choir will sing at the Christmas Eve service which will be on Saturday, December 24 at 7pm.  There will be a rehearsal around 6pm that night. The Christmas Eve service this year will be the “Would You Like to Hold the Baby?” pageant, which involves children, youth, and grown-ups acting out the nativity story.  Children can participate in BOTH the pageant and the children’s choir if they wish.   MusicDirectorocuucorg  (MusicDirectorocuucorg)   or dreocuucorg  (dreocuucorg)  

• Winter Jr. High OWL. The UU Fellowship of Long Beach will be hosting  Jr. High Our Whole Lives (OWL) for grades 8-9 (grade 7 on a case-by-case basis). This class will be held from late January to early March 2012. OWL training teaches young people to be responsible and become knowledgeable about their bodies and sexual choices. Contact Rayna or Merrie Lee if you are interested and would like more information.  Info flyers will be available at the RE Table with the dates dreocuucorg  (dreocuucorg)  
• 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 in Phoenix http://www.uua.org/ga/  This is our 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 is a link to the new UU Justice GA blog http://immigrationjustice.blogs.uua.org/

RECY (Religious Education for Children and Youth) Weekly 11.4.2011

By Rayna Hamre posted Friday, November 4, 2011, 12:01 pm

Dear OCUUC Parents-
Here are our highlighted activities for this busy fall 2011 week: Craft, Cider and Stories Night with Judi & Rayna on Sat. 11/19 rsvp requested; Talents and Services Auction THIS Sunday 11/6 after 2^nd service.

A big thanks to Merrie Lee, Heather, Vera Viana-Asper, Frankie Seigfried, Jade & Jeremiah, Gabrielle Block, and Birdie Reed for assistance with our special activities on Halloween Sunday. Our regular volunteer teachers jumped right in, too. Adults and young people had a fun day. We had a learning activity centered around our reverse trick-or-treat packets that were put together by the children and were sent home for each family.

Thanks for all you do~~

Rayna Hamre, OCUUC Director of Religious Education

• Family Night of Crafts, Cider and Stories, Saturday November 19th, 4-7 p.m. Come for a cozy evening of crafts with Judi and stories with Rayna. Warm cider and fall snacks, too. All who are young at heart are most welcome! Please RSVP to Rayna  (dreocuucorg)   so we can plan supplies and food. dreocuucorg  (dreocuucorg)  
• All children and youth are invited to sing in the Christmas Eve children’s choir.   I will also have parts for hand percussion if they would rather play than sing:

1. Rehearsals will be Sundays from 1:00-1:45pm in the Gillan 3 classroom on these dates: November 27; December 4; December 11; December 18
2. The children’s choir will sing at the Christmas Eve service which will be on Saturday, December 24 at 7pm.  There will be a rehearsal around 6pm that night. The Christmas Eve service this year will be the “Would You Like to Hold the Baby?” pageant, which involves children, youth, and grown-ups acting out the nativity story.  Children can participate in BOTH the pageant and the children’s choir if they wish.   MusicDirectorocuucorg  (MusicDirectorocuucorg)  

• Winter Jr. High OWL. The UU Fellowship of Long Beach will be hosting  Jr. High Our Whole Lives (OWL) for grades 8-9 (grade 7 on a case-by-case basis). This class will be held from late January to early March 2012. OWL training teaches young people to be responsible and become knowledgeable about their bodies and sexual choices. Contact Rayna or Merrie Lee if you are interested and would like more information.  Info flyers will be available at the RE Table.dreocuucorg  (dreocuucorg)  
• Saturday, November 5^th Assist with our building and grounds clean up and maintenance.
  9:00 am Work Party, OCUUC grounds
• November 6th will be our all-church Goods and Services auction. I have been to some wonderful events over the years, including pizza making last month. Plan to offer an event and come for the fun! Contact Rayna or Merrie Lee for more information.  dreocuucorg  (dreocuucorg)  
• 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 in Phoenix http://www.uua.org/ga/  This is our 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 is a link to the new UU Justice GA blog http://immigrationjustice.blogs.uua.org/

• May 20, 2012: Environmental Warriors - 9:45 am and 11:15 am
• Town Hall Meeting Sunday, May 20th.
• Share Our Selves (SOS) Mother's Day collection through May 20.
• All-Church Potluck on Sunday, May 20th: Mom's Home Cookin'
• Delegates are needed for General Assembly June 20-24 in Phoenix.
• May Recipient of Church Donations: OCUUC Finance Council
• Directions to OCUUC

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