during the church year
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Our Sunday School classes are divided into the following groups. We adapt groupings based on attendance and the availability of volunteers.
Our K-5th grade students typically follow a format similar to this:
Our 6-12th grade group holds a social justice based class the 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month. The other Sundays are regular classes unless it is a unique day. Please email Chelsea to get on our email list and receive the latest information about Sunday School : [email protected] |
Zen doodle created by Christine Hope Davis
with a coloring sheet that Chelsea Krafka distributed. |
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.
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.
DURING THE SUMMER
In the summer, K-5th is divided into a group we call an "Ingathering" for their class. Ingathering content is often focused on holidays and community building activities, discussion, or art projects.
Middle and High School students are invited as helpers for the ingathering or can remain with their parent/guardian in the service.
In the summer, K-5th is divided into a group we call an "Ingathering" for their class. Ingathering content is often focused on holidays and community building activities, discussion, or art projects.
Middle and High School students are invited as helpers for the ingathering or can remain with their parent/guardian in the service.
2023 - 2024 church year
What to expect on Sundays for children and youth:
10:00AM Service begins
10-10:15 (approximately) Families attend the first part of service together.
10:15AM Children and youth leave the church service after the ’Time For All Ages’ to attend K-12th classes or an Ingathering.
11:00am (approximately) Sunday Service ends.
11-11:15AM Feel free to enjoy coffee hour or head to classes to pick up children.
11:15AM Classes officially end. Parents/Guardians are responsible for children. Please pick up children from classes if they are younger than 4th grade. Otherwise they are dismissed to go find you.
* Parents with children in Preschool (or younger), may bring their children to the Preschool room before the Sunday Service starts (available as of 15 minutes prior to service starting) or preschoolers may attend the Story for All Ages and leave when the other children leave the service. Kindergarten and older children and youth always begin each Sunday in the service. There is no classroom supervision for Kindergarten and older children until 10:15AM. Children of any age are always welcome to stay in service the whole time with their parents/guardians.
10:00AM Service begins
10-10:15 (approximately) Families attend the first part of service together.
10:15AM Children and youth leave the church service after the ’Time For All Ages’ to attend K-12th classes or an Ingathering.
11:00am (approximately) Sunday Service ends.
11-11:15AM Feel free to enjoy coffee hour or head to classes to pick up children.
11:15AM Classes officially end. Parents/Guardians are responsible for children. Please pick up children from classes if they are younger than 4th grade. Otherwise they are dismissed to go find you.
* Parents with children in Preschool (or younger), may bring their children to the Preschool room before the Sunday Service starts (available as of 15 minutes prior to service starting) or preschoolers may attend the Story for All Ages and leave when the other children leave the service. Kindergarten and older children and youth always begin each Sunday in the service. There is no classroom supervision for Kindergarten and older children until 10:15AM. Children of any age are always welcome to stay in service the whole time with their parents/guardians.
EXTENDED CHILDCARE
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 after service ends) so that childcare providers know they need to stay longer. Please sign children IN/OUT so that the providers know children are in their care. There are no structured activities during extended care, only supervision. Please pick up your children no later than 12:15PM.
