Happy New Year! 2018 is going to be an awesome year so we’re starting the celebration with a MENTOS EXPLOSION on January 7 – don’t miss it!   OUR WHOLE LIVES (OWL) OWL K-2 – Our Whole Lives for those in Kindergarten through 2nd grade starts in February and runs through mid-March. The K-2 program … Continue reading January 2018

Classes In December students join together for some Christmas fun. December 3: Dan and Kathy Swenson share their artistic talents as we make a variety of Christmas crafts. Parents are encouraged to join us after the service and create with their children since there won’t be a Saturday craft day this year. December 10 & … Continue reading December 2017

CLASSES Students continue to enjoy explorations of Unitarian Universalism and our seven principles.  A big thank you to all the folks we’ve had in the classrooms so far this fall… Molly McGaughey, Rev. Jonalu Johnstone, Scott Tanona, Austin Roberts, Katherine Colburn, Carolyn Ferguson, and Michelle Hill. Having all these new faces allows our students to … Continue reading November 2017

CLASSES We’ll continue to use themes this year as each class explores its curriculum, but we’re switching things up a bit in the elementary classes. Rather than continuing with our three year rotation between UUism, Jewish and Christian Heritage, and World Religions, we’re dividing the whole year into quarters and each topic will consume a … Continue reading October 2017

THANKS What a fun summer. We “traveled” to St. Louis, Washington DC, New York, Italy, England, the Wyoming back country, and the International Space Station.  We learned about essential oils, maps, and tried our hands at disc golf. We even squeezed in a canoe trip to Pillsbury Crossing and a visit to the Woolly Bee … Continue reading September 2017

UU WORLD TRAVELERS IS HERE! During our summer program all students meet together for class where guest “tour guides” from within the congregation lead students on all kinds of adventures. Our June tours have been wide ranging: Disc Golf, International Space Station, and Canoeing. Here’s our August Schedule: August 6: Tour of Italy  (Katie Kingery-Page) … Continue reading August 2017

UU WORLD TRAVELERS IS HERE! During our summer program all students meet together for class where guest “tour guides” from within the congregation lead students on all kinds of adventures. Our June tours have been wide ranging: Disc Golf, International Space Station, and Canoeing. Here’s our July Schedule: July 2: Washington DC (Sandy Nelson) July … Continue reading July 2017

Many thanks to EVERYONE for making the 2016-2017 RE program so successful.  My thanks go out once again to all our volunteers and mentors. School year teachers: Molly McGaughey (7-12 grade and teen OWL), Matt Sayre (3-6 grade), Katherine Colburn (K-2 grade), Megan Reece (nursery), Carolyn Ferguson (OWL 5-6), Christopher Renner (OWL 5-6), and Jen … Continue reading June 2017

SCHOOL YEAR ENDS / SUMMER BEGINS – The school year comes to an end in May and we’ll cap it off with a program on May 21 celebrating the RE program in the adult service. Also this month we’ll be bidding farewell to our long-time nursery care provider, Megan Reece and K-2 teacher, Katherine Colburn. … Continue reading May 2017