This Week in Religious Education

What is happening for children, youth, and families at OUUC

Happy Spring!

What a winter we've had! Please join us this Sunday in the worship service to see our multigenerational story telling team telling a story about the transition from winter to spring, based on the book How Robin Saved Spring. Welcome Spring!

This Sunday: March 24th

9:15

Nursery Care
All Ages Spirit Play: The Spring Equinox

11:00

Nursery Care
Pre-K Spirit Play: The Spring Equinox
Labyrinth Learning: learning about UU Civil Rights hero Viola Liuzzo
Middle School group: learning about Buddhism

2:45-4pm

Parent/Child Kindergarten-1st grade Our Whole Lives

Pictured: making "groggers" for Purim.

Sunday and Every Day: Taking it Home

In honor of upcoming spring holidays (Purim and Easter) and our Source of Jewish and Christian traditions this year, last Sunday the children learned about a parable of Jesus (The Good Samaritan) and about Esther.

Discuss it at home:

1. Who is your neighbor? Who are the people you should take care of? Who will take care of you?

2. When a people are in a new land, how should they be treated? How can we care for the refugee and the immigrant?

3. What does it feel like to be a refugee or an immigrant? How can you feel good about (or pride in) who you are?

Social Justice Action:

1. Support AIDNW and their mission to support immigrants in detention in the Northwest. https://aidnw.org/

Spiritual Practice:

Celebrate the coming of spring by making your yard welcoming to wildlife!

Add to our "Faithful Journey"

For this month's theme of "Journey", we invite you to add some steps or wheels to our "Faithful Journeys" poster in the back hallway. Take a pre-cut footprint or wheelchair track and write on it how you have been living your faith journey recently, then glue it to our poster. Come check out how others have been living their faith journeys as well!

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Chalice Camp Registration is Open Now

Chalice Camp is our week long day camp, for ages 5-10. It's a fun week of friendship, songs, crafts, and learning about earth care and social justice. Registration is now open!

https://www.ouuc.org/education/chalice-camp/

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Easter Donations Needed

Donations are now being sought for the children's Easter Egg Hunt prize table. Items do not need to fit inside an egg. We love to receive: small toys, children's hair accessories, gently used or new children's books, art supplies, gently used or new stuffed animals, puzzles, and candy or other (wrapped and labeled) edible treats. Donations can be brought to the DRE's office anytime between now and Easter morning Thank you for making Easter special and fun for any and all children who attend our Easter Egg Hunt!

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Childcare at the Auction

There will be childcare (by reservation) at the OUUC Auction, April 13th. To learn more about the auction, check out the OUUC website.

Regional UU Events for High School Youth

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High School Youth Spring CON

Registration is open now for Youth Spring CON. To be eligible to attend CON, youth must be active in their local congregation and be approved by their DRE. If you are interested in attending CON, or in receiving a scholarship, contact Sara at dre@ouuc.org

Learn more here: https://www.uua.org/pacific-western/calendar/pwr-youth-events/pnwd-spring-con-2019