Youth Religious Education Lesson Descriptions

December 7th at 10:15am

PreK & Kindergarten – Chalice Children
How Many Days Until Christmas?
Regardless of our personal theologies, the Christmas season is a very visible part of the North American culture. This session introduces a traditional, Christian Christmas story and unpacks the story with a Unitarian Universalist understanding to help children share in the excitement of the season.

1st & 2nd Grade – Inward Looking
Let The Mystery Be: The practice of gratitude and appreciation
This session lifts up the way UUism calls us to appreciate the mystery of life rather than treating it simply like a puzzle that needs figured out, or a source of arguing about who has the right answer. Its goal is to help children see that mystery calls us to gratitude.

3rd & 4th Grade – Spirit of Adventure
Winter Holidays: Unitarian Charles Dickens
Children explore the values of kindness, generosity, and compassion through the story of Charles Dickens, a Unitarian author who believed deeply in helping others. This fun and meaningful session blends seasonal celebration with Unitarian Universalist heritage, encouraging children to practice the spirit of giving in their own lives.

5th & 6th Grade – Amazing Grace: Exploring Right and Wrong
RULES, RULES, RULES
This session explores the role of rules in people’s lives, fifth and sixth-graders’ as well as others. The session is the third of four sessions based on the theme of spiritual development.

7th & 8th Grade – Coming of Age
Stillness, Silence and Meditation
Participants will experience different methods of meditation as a spiritual practice.

High School Youth Group
Let the Mystery Be
Life is series and circles of transitions, some known, some mysterious. Transitions are like doorways. When we open a door, we think we know what we will find on the other side, but we can never be sure.