QUESTIONSFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is an Ingathering?
On certain Sundays throughout the year, children in K–5 will be invited to attend our Ingatherings. Preschool care is still provided and Kindergarteners have the option of being in the preschool room or attending the Ingathering. All children will join together into a large group in ‘The Gathering Place’. Ingathering content is often focused on holidays and community building activities, discussion, or art projects. Parent and guardian help with Ingatherings is much appreciated. We will follow the same time schedule and format as regular RGL classes.
What is an Intergenerational Service?
When an Intergenerational Service is planned there will be no classes for children and youth (kindergarten through high school). Preschool care will be provided. Families with nursery or preschool children may alternatively choose to join their child in our Nursery/Parents Lounge (Room 1 in the North Hallway) where the church service can be heard, or bring them to the Intergenerational Service. The service will be appropriate for all ages.
Is childcare available after the service?
Extended care is available in the Preschool room until 12:15PM each Sunday when there are meetings on the calendar. Parents should bring their child(ren) to the room no later than 11:15AM (or immediately after service) so that childcare providers know they need to stay. Please sign children IN/OUT so that the providers know children are in their care. There are no structured activities during this time, only supervision. Please pick up your children no later than 12:15PM.
On certain Sundays throughout the year, children in K–5 will be invited to attend our Ingatherings. Preschool care is still provided and Kindergarteners have the option of being in the preschool room or attending the Ingathering. All children will join together into a large group in ‘The Gathering Place’. Ingathering content is often focused on holidays and community building activities, discussion, or art projects. Parent and guardian help with Ingatherings is much appreciated. We will follow the same time schedule and format as regular RGL classes.
What is an Intergenerational Service?
When an Intergenerational Service is planned there will be no classes for children and youth (kindergarten through high school). Preschool care will be provided. Families with nursery or preschool children may alternatively choose to join their child in our Nursery/Parents Lounge (Room 1 in the North Hallway) where the church service can be heard, or bring them to the Intergenerational Service. The service will be appropriate for all ages.
Is childcare available after the service?
Extended care is available in the Preschool room until 12:15PM each Sunday when there are meetings on the calendar. Parents should bring their child(ren) to the room no later than 11:15AM (or immediately after service) so that childcare providers know they need to stay. Please sign children IN/OUT so that the providers know children are in their care. There are no structured activities during this time, only supervision. Please pick up your children no later than 12:15PM.
What do children usually do in their classes?
Our K-5 students typically follow a format similar to this:
What do children usually do in their classes?
Our K-5 students typically follow a format similar to this:
- Welcome
- Check-ins
- Story
- Activity (movement, discussion, and/or craft)
Our classes always pull into focus our Seven Unitarian Universalist Principles. In easy-to-understand language for children, we frame these as:
- 1st Principle: We believe that each and every person is important.
- 2nd Principle: We believe that all people should be treated fairly and kindly.
- 3rd Principle: We believe that we should accept one another and keep on learning together.
- 4th Principle: We believe that each person must be free to search for what is true and right in life.
- 5th Principle: We believe that all persons should have a vote about the things that concern them.
- 6th Principle: We believe in working for a peaceful, fair, and free world.
- 7th Principle: We believe in caring for our planet Earth, the home we share with all living things.
