Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation Children and Youth Programs for March 27, 2011

This week we'll have regular age group classes for all our children.

The nursery children will be cared for in their regular rooms with
their regular care providers.

Our K-1 class is in for a fun surprise! (Shhh.....they'll have a
cupcake party to celebrate the great work they've done this year with
their "Gems of Goodness" project! We will have gluten free/dairy free
cupcakes. If your child has other food issues, please feel free to
slyly pass off a safe treat for them to the teachers. But please, help
us keep the secret!)

The 2nd 3rd grade class learns about the value of "love" in our faith.
For more information please follow this link.

Our 4th-5th grade hears the story of Joseph from the bible. We learn
these bible stories so that children have a cultural literacy about
stories from the bible, but this story especially helps us think about
things that may be true for us right now as well; sibling rivalry,
jealousy and forgiveness.

The middle school class will participate in one of the best lessons
that we ever present in RE in all the years a child may attend, we'll
talk about the Jesus Seminar and also carefully study everything that
the bible attributes to Jesus about homosexuality (spoiler....it's a
big show we make about presenting this but when we open our text, it's
EMPTY!)

We will have our last 7th-8th grade OWL class followed by a
celebration dinner. There will be NO youth group.

FAMILY CONCERT

Peter Mayer will be playing in our sanctuary tomorrow night, Saturday
March 27th! Peter has an engaging style and invites the audience to
join in many of his songs. He's a father to two young boys so has many
family friendly songs. He is one of our favorite Unitarian
Universalist artists. The concert is advertised for older children,
but you know your kids--if you think they can sit through a fun and
lively concert, come on down!

The song "Jamma Day"

MAKING MUSIC!

Liz Bucklew and Lisa Maynard are putting together a kids' group of
elementary students to sing the prelude on May 8 (Mother's Day) and we
hope your child would like to participate! We'll rehearse for half an
hour starting at noon on Apr 10 and May 1. If your child can't make
both of the rehearsals, we can probably work something out with him or
her on a separate Sunday to go over the tune. We'll also have a short
rehearsal around 10 am on May 8. Please let Lisa or Liz know if your
child is
interested so that we can figure out how big a room to reserve. Thank
you!