Forming Faith

Hello Friends, The OCUUC Religious Education Program invites you to join us for our upcoming events for the month of December! If you are interested in sharing your talents with the RE classes such as creating a class art project, game ideas, or would like to volunteer in the middle school or elementary classes as an assistant teacher, please see Danielle on how you can help! December 21 the RE classes will be combining together to have a holiday party…

As we enter the cool fall season, here are some upcoming events in the Religious Education (RE) elementary, OWL (Our Whole Lives) class, and the Nursery! If you are interested in sharing your talents with the RE classes such as creating a class art project, game ideas, or would like to volunteer in the middle school or elementary classes as an assistant teacher, please see Danielle on how you can help!

Happy October RE friends! We have some fun and exciting things happening this fall in the RE classes as this Friday is the start of Family camp at De Benneville Pines camp. This is extra exciting as we were not able to attend last year due to the unfortunate fires. I want to give a special Thanks to Maria Goode for all her planning with the Camp as well as a very grateful Thank you to the congregants who are…

As the seasons begin to change, the Religious Education classes will be Changing up our curriculum as we enter the School year! Starting Sunday 9/7 we will be starting our “Free to Believe” curriculum in the Elementary class. This curriculum is focused around helping our children understand the seven Unitarian Universalist principals. As this program is designed to nurture the emotional, social, and spiritual life of children. For our Children in the Religious Education Program ages 4-6th grade, we will…

As we continue our Superhero Curriculum in our Elementary and Middle school classes, we have learned on the differences and Strengths of The Guardians of the Galaxy, as well as the great teamwork of the Teen Titans. We invite children from Kindergarten – 5th grade to join us in the elementary classroom and children ages 5th grade- 8th grade to join us in the middle school class as we take flight in this amazing adventure of being a caring superhero…

As we welcome another month of the warmth and springtime beauty, The Elementary and Middle School classes will be exploring the Third UU Value, Transformation. Although these classes will be participating in these lessons within their separate classes they are going to be using their creative imaginations to create a jetpack for our Pig friend Amelia! Within the month of May, the RE classes will be exploring their creativity by decorating keepsake boxes, enjoy the amazing weather with a park…

As the seasons are changing and spring is amongst us, the Religious Education Program has a few new updates. Be sure to take a peek into the classrooms as we have started re-decorating the elementary and middle school classrooms. As they are still a work in progress we are really enjoying the fun themes and we are excited to see the finished product next week. The RE program is also starting the Our Whole Lives (OWL). This is a great…

For years, we’ve been dreaming of growing our Religious Education (RE) program for our children. Now it’s time to turn those dreams into reality! On Sunday, February 2, after church, we’ll be hosting a brainstorming session to envision how we can help our RE program thrive—and I need your help. Rev. Sian and I can’t do this alone. We need your voices, your ideas, and your passion for the future of our children. And this isn’t just a conversation for…

The RE Youth class will be postponed due to low attendance within that class. If you have a teen who would like to attend youth group, please see the DRE Danielle Lewis to talk about more information as we will potentially continue the youth class within the near future. With the Youth class being on hold for the moment we are going to re-introduce out RE Middle school class starting January 5th and would love to invite all children from…

Happy fall! This past week the RE elementary class has started the fall curriculum titled “Invitation”. This curriculum will teach on how to live in love as well as focusing on how Unitarian Universalism is a lived faith that inspires us to act, live, and love our values out in the world. Our RE Youth are finishing their Coming-of-Age program as they are finalizing their credos to read in front of the church during the Youth led service on October…

As we approach the end of the summer the RE classes are finishing up their summer curriculum and excited to continue on their UU education. As we start the school year I am excited to introduce our fall curriculum as the RE elementary class will be starting the curriculum titled “Invitation”. This curriculum will teach on how to live in love as well as focusing on how Unitarian Universalism is a lived faith that inspires us to act, live, and…

We have been having a great time in the RE children’s class this summer as they have been continuing out “Can Do Summer” curriculum. This curriculum has been so much fun as it brings hands-on fun into each week’s lesson! So far, the RE Children have created fairy houses, created group murals, had paper airplane races, as well as had a couple exciting park days. Don’t worry, you haven’t missed out! There are still a lot more fun and exciting…