Hello friends and happy June! This month is all about renewal, and in RE, we’ll especially be focusing on reclaiming joy. Here’s a couple of ways how… This Summer, Sunday Youth RE will look like a Makerspace in Room 2. This means we will emphasize child-centered and exploratory crafting, playing, and problem-solving. This might include […]

Happy May, friends! “If we look around our church, what do you think we have that would make people coming for the first time feel welcomed and included? For this reflection, I am going to describe some people who might come here for the first time. After I describe them, I would like you to […]

Hello friends! As I reflect on our core theme of interdependence for this month of April, I am really feeling the energy of Aries. The Spring Equinox in March marked the beginning of a new astrological year that calls in the fiery, action-oriented energy of Aries and the balancing, reflective energy of its sister sign, […]

As we enter February, our collective focus on Liberating Love turns toward Justice and Equity. In our efforts for love and justice, I invite you to wonder about how we extend those efforts to our youngest and smallest friends and members!  To make worship irresistible for people of all ages is a labor of love […]

Happy 2024, folks!  This month’s theme is Liberating Love, and we’ve got a great head start on the conversation! We spent a lot of time talking about love in Elementary RE these last few months, using the Love Will Guide Us curriculum as the basis of our Fall programming.  The next two months will deepen […]

Hello, friends!  As my favorite season begins to slip away, it’s time to reflect on the Fall Religious Exploration programming and plan for the Winter and beyond.  Are you interested in supporting Religious Exploration at UUCT? What about getting something from youth and adult RE? How do we both give to RE and receive from […]

Happy Autumn, friends! Last month I shared with you all my mission for these first few months in my new role as Director of Religious Exploration: to build consistent and child-centered Sunday programming for our youth members and friends, and to build and mobilize a robust network of RE volunteers to support our Sunday offerings. […]

Happy September, friends! As you may know, I entered the role of Director of Religious Exploration on August 16th, and these first three weeks as DRE have been beautiful. I am grateful to the DRE Search Committee, the Board, the members and friends, the childcare staff, and the children for this warm welcome I continue […]

Hello and Bright Blessings! I can’t believe it’s nearly April already! We are just 9 weeks away from our OWL facilitator training at UUCT, and we need your help! The training will be this Memorial Day weekend, running from the evening of Friday, May 26 through the afternoon of Sunday, May 28. We will be […]