Religious Education Activites
To My Beloved UUFM Community, So many of us are not just aware of injustices occurring at the state, national and global level right now, but feel them very deeply, know or are people that are directly affected, and are struggling with overwhelmed nervous systems and burn out. Balancing activism, self-care and regulation, functioning in … Continue reading What’s Happening in RE – March 2026
To My Beloved UUFM Community, January’s focus on the RE front was to wrap up the “creating safe and welcoming spaces” phase – inventorying, evaluating and establishing the physical resources and safety infrastructure that will provide foundational support to our RE rebuilding efforts. We made significant progress on the Nursery renovation, and had a productive … Continue reading What’s Happening in RE February 2026
To my Beloved UUFM Community, SETTING THE STAGE: CREATING SAFE, WELCOMING SPACES The month of December has had particular momentum around our ongoing efforts to create safe and welcoming spaces for RE opportunities and programming. You may have seen the video update posted on our social media on December 3rd providing an overview of … Continue reading What’s Happening in RE December 2025/January 2026
To my beautiful UUFM community, As I continue to address safety needs and create and/or update accessible and welcoming spaces for RE programming in our building, the need for resource support from the UUFM community is becoming more pronounced. We entered this fiscal year with a particularly tight budget, so – in addition to me … Continue reading What’s Happening in RE November 2025
To My Beloved UUFM Community, RE UPDATE These first few months as your new Director of Religious Education have been an energizing whirlwind of onboarding, inventorying, orienting, networking, information gathering, assessing needs, prioritizing, experimenting, training and more. I’ve been meeting regularly with the RE Team, Community Team, Core Staff, and attending the Ritual Crafting Workshops, … Continue reading What’s Happening in RE October 2025
October October’s theme is the Practice of Deep Listening. Sunday, Oct. 6 – First Sunday of the month is DONUT DAY. We listen to the wisdom within Sunday, Oct. 13 – We listen to everyone, not just the loudest voices. Sunday, Oct. 20 – We listen to nature Sunday, Oct. 27 – We … Continue reading What’s Happening in RE October 2024
September September’s theme is the Practice of Invitation Sunday, Sept. 1 – First Sunday of the month is DONUT DAY. We’ll invite reconnection with conversation about our summer adventures and have some fun “emergency preparedness” activities. Sunday, Sept. 8 – We invite renewal and difference Sunday, Sept. 15 – We invite the new … Continue reading What’s Happening in RE September 2024
AUGUST IS HERE!!! Saturday, August 3, 9:00 am – 11:00 amCLASSROOM CLEANING PARTYWe’re sprucing up the classrooms! We cleaned the rugs and now we’re tackling all that stuff on the shelves and in the drawers and cupboards. EVERYONE is invited to help sort, toss, and organize! Sunday, August 4 – First Sunday of … Continue reading What’s Happening in RE August 2024
JULY! Summer! Vacation! Christmas? Ahh summer. Who doesn’t love the hot, sticky, humid, bug-ridden evenings of summer? (Yeah, me for one.) We’ll do our best to keep it cool while we create art and chat and snack. Our “Arts & Chats” theme carries on this month with a “Christmas in July” twist… * July … Continue reading What’s Happening in RE July 2024
The theme of June is The Gift of Renewal. Summer vacation is all about renewal. This month we explore renewal and the many different ways our faith guides us toward a renewal of spirit. Among our month-long explorations we’ll include discussions on… * Re-Embody – Renewing our spirits through nature and storytelling* Reclaim – … Continue reading What’s Happening in RE June 2024
