FUUN Weekly Programming for Children and Youth
Director of Lifespan Religious Education
July 10, 2022
Dear All:
There’s been yet another shooting; it seems it’s become the norm. Please know that we are here for you, from minister to staff to lay ministers to fellow congregants. I hope to have a handout ready by Sunday, which will also be posted on the website, with a variety of resources for both caregivers and kids. For now, I leave you with some suggestions from the American School Counselor Association:
- Try and keep routines as normal as possible. Kids gain security from the predictability of routine, including attending school.
- Limit exposure to television and the news.
- Be honest with kids and share with them as much information as they are developmentally able to handle.
- Listen to kids’ fears and concerns.
- Reassure kids that the world is a good place to be, but that there are people who do bad things.
- Families and adults need to first deal with and assess their own responses to crisis and stress.
- Rebuild and reaffirm attachments and relationships.
Don’t forget our Movie Night is this Saturday! In the midst of so much that is working to drag us down, let’s be together. See the website for See the website for details.
Blessings,
Marguerite Mills Caleb Hampton
Director of Lifespan Religious Education Religious Education Administrator
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COVID-19 Policy
This Sunday (July 10)
- Regular programming for (Sunday School and Youth Group) for PreK-12th grade is on summer hiatus.
- The Learning Table will be available this Sunday. See Learning Table below for details.
- Due to a lack of volunteers there will be no Children’s Fellowship this Sunday. See Summer Programming for details.
Next Sunday (July 17)
- Regular programming (Sunday School & Youth Group) for preK-12th grade is on summer hiatus.
- The Learning Table will be available this Sunday. See Learning Table below for detail.
- Dependent on volunteer availability, Children’s Fellowship will available this Sunday. See Summer Programming below for detail.
Summer Programming
Summer programming will include:
· The Learning Table during worship services.
· Children’s Fellowship 30 minutes of supervised play, 11-11:30 a.m., either on the playground or in Morgan House, depending on the weather.
· Special events and activities for all ages. Watch this email for details.
Please know that all of this is subject to change at any time and depends entirely on the availability of volunteers—see Volunteer Roles for more information.
The Learning Table (most Sundays)
The Learning Table is available in the back of the sanctuary during the worship service. This is an opportunity for children to learn how to be in the service. Older children and youth are more than welcome to help, Adults will be present to talk about what’s happening in the service and sing hymns together. Limited activities that are related to Unitarian Universalism and that day’s worship service will be available to supplement the experience. This will be available most Sundays—depending on the availability of volunteers, and not on Sundays that are multigenerational, such as Flower Communion and Water Communion.
Volunteer Roles
We have begun to list the role descriptions for the many volunteers needed to make programming for children and youth happen. Please see the Faith Development Volunteer Roles page for PreK-8th grade roles, which are our single greatest need right now. Descriptions for other roles and other areas will come soon. And don’t limit yourself—if you have a gift to bring to the table, we want to hear about it, and if you don’t know what your gift is (whether with children or youth, or elsewhere), let us help!
COVID-19 Policy, per Congregational vote 23 January 2022
“Resolved, that church members and visitors participating in in-person activities inside church facilities are required to be vaccinated fully for COVID 19, unless ineligible for vaccine or having a valid medical exclusion from vaccination.”