Youth Religious Education Lesson Descriptions
February 8th at 10:15am
PreK & Kindergarten – Chalice Children
Wondering About the Moon
The moon is part of our natural world. Experiences with the natural world are one of the 12 main types of experiences connected with natural religious development in young children. In this session, children share their wonder about the moon and find out more about the moon. We share our wonder together as part of our congregational community.
1st & 2nd Grade – Anti-Racism, Anti-Oppression & Multiculturalism
Teamwork Make the Dream Work
Building a Beloved Community through Welcoming, Kindness, and Teamwork is big work—but we don’t have to do it alone. We can do it together! That’s what teamwork is all about.
3rd & 4th Grade – Anti-Racism, Anti-Oppression & Multiculturalism
Big Feelings, Brave Voices
In this session, children continue our racism unit by exploring how unfair treatment creates big feelings — and how those feelings can guide us to speak up with courage and care. Through story, discussion, art, and movement, kids practice empathy, community, and using their voices for justice.
5th & 6th Grade – Anti-Racism, Anti-Oppression & Multiculturalism
Bias and Stereotypes
In this session, youth explore how stereotypes and bias form, why they stick, and how they can cause harm, even when they sound like “compliments.” Through poetry, story, video, discussion, and an interactive truth-building activity, students practice noticing stereotypes and replacing them with more honest, humane understandings of people as complex individuals.
7th & 8th Grade – Coming of Age
Meeting with the Mentors – Community Service P.II 10:15 – 12:30
Youth and mentors will select a service project and develop a concrete plan of action for completing the project.
High School Youth Group
Widening the History We Tell
In the telling of U.S history, many of the stories about African Americans were overlooked or deliberately ignored. In this session, we will reflect on the learnings from the past three weeks of being a part of the Truthful Telling workshops.