Summer Religious Education for grades 1-5 will take place Sundays, July 15- August 26 at 10:30 and we’ll meet at Waters House. Here is the schedule:
7/15: Ed and Nancy & Noah on a Nature Walk!
7/22: Zen Tangle – Mati, Morgan Goot & Myatt
7/29: Garbage Art – Chrissy Bisceglia & Lyndsi Wickert
8/5: Fairy Houses – Katie Ahearn & Sarah Tyo
8/12: Come, Tell a Tale with Me (writing fun) –
Allison Collins & Lyndsi Wickert
8/19: Balloon Bonanza – Elaine and Tom Person & Maia Regan
8/26: Mindfulness -Tamara Geveci & Robin Ahearn, DLRE
This coming Sunday, July 15, Summer RE officially begins! Kids in grades1-5 are invited to join Ed, Nancy and Noah to get an up-close look at what Mother Nature has placed right in our own backyard!
The Nursery is available for children five and under. As always, all Children and Youth are welcome to attend worship services.
Want to experience a different kind of spirituality? Consider teaching Religious Education this fall! Spending time with UU kids is an opportunity not to be missed! Contact DLRE Robin Ahearn at dlre@uuschenectady.org if you’d like to discuss the possibility of helping to grow our UU future!
DLRE Out of the Office…
Director of Lifespan Religious Education Robin Ahearn will be out of the office through 7/22, the first week for professional development and the second week for vacation. Email will be checked periodically (when service is available!) the first week but not during the second week.
If you have any Religious Education-related questions or concerns during this time, please contact Congregational Life Coordinator Kristin Cleveland at clc@uuschenectady.org.
Professional Days/General Assembly Reflections…
As I head off to another week of professional development, I want to reflect for a moment on my recent professional development week spent at DRE (Dir of Religious Ed) Professional Days and GA (General Assembly) in Kansas City, MO.
Professional Days included a wonderful opportunity to meet and chat with more than 100 DRE’s–who knew there were so many DRE’s out there! It was an honor to share this time with so many religious professionals committed to creating a loving, thoughtful religious education experience for our children. Professional Days also featured speaker Juana Bordas, author of Salsa, Soul and Spirit: Leadership for a Multicultural Age. Juana is a 75-year-old Latina woman with as much spirit and energy as any 20-year-old I’ve ever met. Incredibly dynamic and insightful. I highly recommend her book, which encourages us to recognize common abilities, celebrate differences and promote intergenerational leadership.
I’ll be sharing more about my Professional Days and GA experiences in future editions of Circuits. Thank you all for giving me this opportunity!
Teach Your Children Well…
Want to experience a different kind of spirituality? Consider teaching Religious Education this fall! Spending time with UU kids and teens is an opportunity not to be missed. We’re looking for volunteers to work with kids of all ages–K/1 all the way through high school. Contact Director of Lifespan Religious Education Robin Ahearn at dlre@uuschenectady.org if you’d like to discuss the possibility of helping to grow our UU future!
Reading fun from UU World…
From this Summer’s UU World, some interesting reading for you and your child: https://www.uua.org/sites/livenew.uua.org/files/families_summer2018.pdf
Childcare provider needed…
Childcare provider needed for the UUSS nursery on Sundays from 10-12, and for occasional special events. Candidates must be 18 years old or older; hourly salary is $15. A background check is required. If interested, please contact Director of Lifespan Religious Education Robin Ahearn at dlre@uuschenectady.org.
Community Gardening Opportunity for UUSS Senior Youth…
Hey Senior Youth! Let’s meet up at The Vale Urban Farm, at the Brandywine end of Vale Cemetery in Schenectady, on Monday, August 13, at 4pm
to do some community gardening! You’ll need to bring gardening gloves, closed toed shoes and lots of water to drink. We’ll be working with Melissa MacKinnon who will have all the other supplies we’ll need. Please let me know if you’re gonna be able to make it by Wednesday, August 1, as Melissa needs an idea of how many of us will be helping out.
After the gardening is done, we’ll take our brown-bag dinners and have a picnic nearby (location tbd). Maybe toss a frisbee around a while too. Pick-up will be ~7 and we’ll let folks know where to do pick-up once we have our picnic location chosen.