Youth Religious Education Lesson Descriptions

March 8th at 10:15am

PreK & Kindergarten – Chalice Children
Rainbows
Rainbows are part of our natural world. Contact with the natural world is one of the 12 main types of experiences connected with natural religious development in young children, according to religious educator Sophia Fahs. In this session, the children discover and share their wonder and questions about rainbows as they learn more about them.

1st & 2nd Grade – Anti-Racism, Anti-Oppression & Multiculturalism
Creative Jam
In this lesson, children explore how imagination, cooperation, and kindness can create positive change in the world. Using two books—Change Sings by Amanda Gorman and Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran—children compare how groups of kids in both stories build something meaningful: one a movement for justice, the other an imaginative town made of rocks and boxes.

3rd & 4th Grade – Anti-Racism, Anti-Oppression & Multiculturalism
Creative Jam
In this session, children use imagination, story, and art to explore what a loving and fair future could look like. Through picture-book storytelling, conversation, movement, and collaborative collage-making, participants imagine a world where everyone belongs and has what they need. The session centers creativity as a spiritual practice and invites children to see themselves as co-creators of a hopeful future.

5th & 6th Grade – Anti-Racism, Anti-Oppression & Multiculturalism
Creative Jam
This session brings together everything youth have explored throughout the Anti-Racism, Anti-Oppression, Multiculturalism series. Through music, story, reflection, and collaborative storytelling, participants explore interconnectedness, the power of stories to hold history and identity, and the role creativity plays in building a more just and loving world. Rather than introducing new concepts, this session invites youth to express, integrate, and name what they have learned together.

7th & 8th Grade – Coming of Age (10:15 – 12:30)
Mentor Meeting #5 – Process the Project
In this two-hour Coming of Age session, youth and mentors deepen their relationships by reflecting on their shared service project and the experience of giving and receiving support. Through music, guided meditation, journaling, and conversation, participants explore what it feels like to be helped, what it feels like to help others, and how both experiences shape their sense of connection and belonging. Youth and mentors then engage in a thoughtful interview process, discussing beliefs and life experiences as preparation for the youth’s upcoming credo statements.

High School Youth Group
Renewal – Starting Again (On Purpose)
Renewal is not pretending everything is fine. Renewal is choosing to begin again, wiser, braver, and more aligned with who we want to be.