Plans are well underway for the upcoming RE year! We’ll be offering K/1/2 OWL, 5/6 OWL, and 8/9 OWL (Our Whole Lives sexuality education) as well as some familiar and some new-to-us curricula! We also have a fabulous group of folx volunteering to serve as teachers, facilitators, and advisors for your Children and Youth, as we return to in-person RE!

It has been a long haul. We will spend the first few classes doing some community building, game playing, remembering some of the basics of Unitarian Universalism, getting to know each other again, and seeing what our new in-person normal might look like. Hopefully, we’ll be able to do some of these things outdoors. Let’s remember to be patient with each other and flexible with our plans and needs during this tender time.

The current plan is for RE to begin Sunday, 10/3, with our Children and Youth, together sharing and reconnecting.

YARN: UU Young Adult Revival Network. YARN is currently a continental Young Adult online community. If you have–or are–a young adult (ages 18-30’s), you might want to check out this awesome group. Here’s the link: https://www.uuyarn.org/

YARN offers Young Adult meetups, small group ministry, gatherings, and worship, all designed for–and by–young adults. Visit, maybe make some new friends, learn some meaningful things, and have some fun.

OUT OF THE OFFICE: I am currently out on medical leave for a period of time, with knee replacement surgery yesterday. Congregational Life Coordinator Kristin Cleveland will be helping out, as will Rev Lynn and RE Team Chair Mati Grieco-Hackett. Continue to address RE-related emails to dlre@uuschenectady.org, as Kristin will be checking that email address until I’m able to do so myself.

I am anxious to be back in the classrooms, in the Great Hall, and in person with all of you just as soon as I am able! You have been missed! In the meantime, rest assured, you will be in very good hands with Kristin, Rev Lynn, and our dedicated RE volunteers! Much love.