Youth Religious Education Lesson Descriptions

November 9th at 10:15am

PreK & Kindergarten – Chalice Children
Chalice Flannel Board
This session introduces Unit 2 of Chalice Children; the unit theme is “Church Is People.” By this time, the Chalice Children have begun to feel a sense of belonging to the congregation and an understanding of the people and relationships that make it special. This session guides children to celebrate the uniqueness and worth of each person, making new friends and keeping old friends.

1st & 2nd Grade – Inward Looking
The Gift of Ourselves
This session introduces the intangible gift of ourselves. The children will learn that the best gift to give others is to be truly present to them. It is important to stress that the gift of themselves is not their physical selves, but the intangible positive qualities they can give through love and caring.

3rd & 4th Grade – Spirit of Adventure
Science: A Take Apart Party
Explore the innards of computers, electronics and machines and learn about Unitarian Universalist Tim Berners-Lee, “The Father of the World Wide Web.”

5th & 6th Grade – Amazing Grace: Exploring Right and Wrong
Telling Right from Wrong
Having examined the nature of virtue and sin in sessions 1-3, participants in this session confront the fact that the line between good and evil is often thin and unclear. Telling right from wrong is not always easy.

7th & 8th Grade – Coming of Age
Mentor Meeting 2 – The Elevator Speech
The youth and their mentors meet from 10:15 to 12:30 to start exploring an answer to “What’s a Unitarian Universalist?”. They will create further bonding through creating a collage.

High School Youth Group
Make Choices to Find Your Center
It is sometimes hard to figure out what is in your center. We’ll do an exercise that assumes that our deepest self already knows what is in our core and work to decipher what it wants us to hear. We’ll follow-up with making more choices playing the Trolley Game.