 Dear UU Parents and Guardians,
Paper Egg Hunt At Our Church! HOW TO PARTICIPATE: 1. Print this WORKSHEET and visit our church grounds. 2. Look for the signs that have Easter eggs on them and a message. All signs will be in the back of the church near the playground (NONE go down into the hidden garden). 3. Fill in the missing words on your worksheet by reading the posted signs. 4. Take a picture of your completed worksheet and email to me OR Take a picture of one of the signs and email to me OR Write me an email that includes the missing words. Send to me by midnight on April 5th in order to... 5. Receive a MYSTERY PRIZE for participation!!! Please be aware that Bluestem Montessori plays in our playground during the day. They most often are on the grounds M-F around 1pm and 3pm. If you are available to do the egg hunt in the morning, after 5pm, or any time on the weekends, that would be preferable in order to give them space. Also - if you do the egg hunt and happen to notice that one of the signs is damaged or has fallen down, please let me know so that I can return to the building to fix. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ STAY TUNED FOR DETAILS ABOUT AN ONLINE EGG HUNT AS WELL!!! ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Easter Coloring Sheets Attached you will find printable Easter Egg coloring sheets which have CHALICES on them! Perhaps you have heard of 'The Great Lincoln Egg Hunt'? Well, now we are adding in UU Easter Eggs! It's as easy as printing, coloring, and putting on your window. Adults are welcome and encouraged to decorate an egg as well! It would also be terrific if you wanted to take a photo of your decorated window and post to our Unitarian Church Social Page on Facebook, or on Twitter, or Instagram, using the hashtag: #uuchurchlincolnathome And/Or post to celebrate if you see someone else's decorated window! (Please do not post exact addresses...although those are all accessible through our online database for members) Easter is April 4th this year. Feel free to put these up anytime between now and then. If you do NOT have a printer: 1. I am happy to drop off coloring sheets to you, just let me know OR 2. If you are signed up for our 'Sunday School in a Bag' activities, I will be including these coloring sheets in those bags in mid-March. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The church has a new website - and I have a BLOG! All the weekly emails since the start of the pandemic in March 2020 have now been uploaded for easy access. Monthly Soul Matters themes and the summer series on mindfulness can all be seen according to date. You can access the emails on our church's website here: https://www.unitarianlincoln.org/chelseas-blog ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Sunday School * Approximately 30 minute program geared towards K-5, but is open to all ages Sundays at 11am We typically have a chalice lighting, story, guided discussion, and/or activity such as a scavenger hunt or art project to be done at home as part of these lessons. Link: https://zoom.us/j/805185601 Password: unitarian *Middle and HS * We are joining up with the Omaha youth groups - Wednesdays at 7pm Both MS/HS meetings can be found at this link: https://zoom.us/my/firstuuomahareligiouseducation ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DISCORD for Middle and High School We invite all Middle and High School students from Omaha and Lincoln to join us for discussion and community through this app. 'Would you rather' questions - Thoughts along our monthly Soul Matters themes - 'Big questions' related to UUism. Also - a "Pet Page"!!! So much fun. ***Be aware that once joining Discord, it opens up the app to multiple pages which will need to be moderated by students themselves and their parents/guardians for security. https://discord.gg/3NuSj6f ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Parent and Guardian Chat:* The chance for parents and guardians to check in with me for 'open office hours' Every other Thursday 8pm and every other Wednesday noon (I close the meeting after 15 minutes if no one checks in) Thursday the 18th at 8pm https://zoom.us/j/5036046295 Wednesday the 24th at noon https://zoom.us/j/5036046295 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Family Open Circle: Information can be found on their facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1081904435272577 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Videos This Week: Chelsea's Story- 'The Do-over Day' https://youtu.be/S-nI00bpa1s ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NEW THIS MONTH! PRESCHOOL CURRICULUM!!! I'm excited to share with you a new preschool curriculum called: POP! Here are the links to the videos, and attached to this email you will find additional worksheets. (These are the same from last week, but I included them again since this is new) Rest Easy Intro Video Rest Easy Video 1 Rest Easy Video 2 Rest Easy Video 3 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ K-5: Soul Matters Theme: Commitment These materials come to us from the Soul Matters Curriculum team On the Porch - Raising a Child of Commitment The Extra Mile ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Bonus Resources for Parents With the theme of: Commitment Inspirational video from Soul Matters Team
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 Dear UU Parents and Guardians,
Paper Egg Hunt At Our Church! HOW TO PARTICIPATE: 1. Print this WORKSHEET and visit our church grounds. 2. Look for the signs that have Easter eggs on them and a message. All signs will be in the back of the church near the playground (NONE go down into the hidden garden). 3. Fill in the missing words on your worksheet by reading the posted signs. 4. Take a picture of your completed worksheet and email to me OR Take a picture of one of the signs and email to me OR Write me an email that includes the missing words. Send to me by midnight on April 5th in order to... 5. Receive a MYSTERY PRIZE for participation!!! Please be aware that Bluestem Montessori plays in our playground during the day. They most often are on the grounds M-F around 1pm and 3pm. If you are available to do the egg hunt in the morning, after 5pm, or any time on the weekends, that would be preferable in order to give them space. Also - if you do the egg hunt and happen to notice that one of the signs is damaged or has fallen down, please let me know so that I can return to the building to fix. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ STAY TUNED FOR DETAILS ABOUT AN ONLINE EGG HUNT AS WELL!!! _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Easter Coloring Sheets Attached you will find printable Easter Egg coloring sheets which have CHALICES on them! Perhaps you have heard of 'The Great Lincoln Egg Hunt'? Well, now we are adding in UU Easter Eggs! It's as easy as printing, coloring, and putting on your window. Adults are welcome and encouraged to decorate an egg as well! It would also be terrific if you wanted to take a photo of your decorated window and post to our Unitarian Church Social Page on Facebook, or on Twitter, or Instagram, using the hashtag: #uuchurchlincolnathome And/Or post to celebrate if you see someone else's decorated window! (Please do not post exact addresses...although those are all accessible through our online database for members) Easter is April 4th this year. Feel free to put these up anytime between now and then. If you do NOT have a printer: 1. I am happy to drop off coloring sheets to you, just let me know OR 2. If you are signed up for our 'Sunday School in a Bag' activities, I will be including these coloring sheets in those bags in mid-March. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Sunday School * Approximately 30 minute program geared towards K-5, but is open to all ages Sundays at 11am We typically have a chalice lighting, story, guided discussion, and/or activity such as a scavenger hunt or art project to be done at home as part of these lessons. Please email me for the links *Middle and HS * We are joining up with the Omaha youth groups - Wednesdays at 7pm _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DISCORD for Middle and High School We invite all Middle and High School students from Omaha and Lincoln to join us for discussion and community through this app. 'Would you rather' questions - Thoughts along our monthly Soul Matters themes - 'Big questions' related to UUism. Also - a "Pet Page"!!! So much fun. ***Be aware that once joining Discord, it opens up the app to multiple pages which will need to be moderated by students themselves and their parents/guardians for security. Please email me for the link ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Parent and Guardian Chat:* The chance for parents and guardians to check in with me for 'open office hours' Every other Thursday 8pm and every other Wednesday noon (I close the meeting after 15 minutes if no one checks in) Thursday the 18th at 8pm https://zoom.us/j/5036046295 Wednesday the 24th at noon https://zoom.us/j/5036046295 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Family Open Circle: Information can be found on their facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1081904435272577 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Videos This Week: Chelsea's Story- 'A Chair for My Mother' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ NEW THIS MONTH! PRESCHOOL CURRICULUM!!! I'm excited to share with you a new preschool curriculum called: POP! Here are the links to the videos, and attached to this email you will find additional worksheets. (These are the same from last week, but I included them again since this is new) Rest Easy Intro Video Rest Easy Video 1 Rest Easy Video 2 Rest Easy Video 3 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ K-5: Soul Matters Theme: Commitment These materials come to us from the Soul Matters Curriculum team At the Bedside On the Message Board _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Bonus Resources for Parents With the theme of: Commitment A prayer for parenting during a pandemic- https://www.uua.org/worship/words/prayer/prayer-parenting-pandemic Wise Words Anything less than a conscious commitment to the important is an unconscious commitment to the unimportant. Stephen Covey The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are. J.P. Morgan Unless commitment is made, there are only hopes, but no plans. Peter F. Drucker Choosing a path meant having to miss out on others. She had a whole life to live, and she was always thinking that, in the future, she might regret the choices she made now. “I’m afraid of committing myself,” she thought to herself. She wanted to follow all possible paths and so ended up following none. Paulo Coelho Most of life is choosing what you already chose, just as all writing is rewriting and all commitment-making is recommitment. Our lives are stories of recommitment. David Brooks We receive who we are before we choose who we will become… We are born into relationship before we shape relationships by our conscious intention. We inherit covenant before we create covenant… Covenant making must begin with the question, "What have we been given? What is the covenant we are already in?” Rev. Rebecca Parker The moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising to one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance. Whatever you can do or dream you can begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Faith is a commitment to live as if certain things are true, and thereby help to make them so. Faith is a commitment to live as if life is a wondrous mystery, as if life is good, as if love is divine, as if we are responsible for the well-being of those around us. Rev. Galen Guengrich If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. Bishop Desmond Tutu  Dear UU Parents and Guardians, Attached you will find printable Easter Egg coloring sheets which have CHALICES on them! Perhaps you have heard of 'The Great Lincoln Egg Hunt'? Well, now we are adding in UU Easter Eggs! It's as easy as printing, coloring, and putting on your window. Adults are welcome and encouraged to decorate an egg as well! It would also be terrific if you wanted to take a photo of your decorated window and post to our Unitarian Church Social Page on Facebook, or on Twitter, or Instagram, using the hashtag: #uuchurchlincolnathome And/Or post to celebrate if you see someone else's decorated window! (Please do not post exact addresses...although those are all accessible through our online database for members) Easter is April 4th this year. Feel free to put these up anytime between now and then. If you do NOT have a printer: 1. I am happy to drop off coloring sheets to you, just let me know OR 2. If you are signed up for our 'Sunday School in a Bag' activities, I will be including these coloring sheets in those bags in mid-March. *Sunday School * Approximately 30 minute program geared towards K-5, but is open to all ages Sundays at 11am We typically have a chalice lighting, story, guided discussion, and/or activity such as a scavenger hunt or art project to be done at home as part of these lessons. *Middle and HS * We are joining up with the Omaha youth groups - Wednesdays at 7pm Please email Chelsea for the links and passwords to online programs: [email protected] We invite all Middle and High School students from Omaha and Lincoln to join us for discussion and community through this app. 'Would you rather' questions - Thoughts along our monthly Soul Matters themes - 'Big questions' related to UUism. Also - a "Pet Page"!!! So much fun. ***Be aware that once joining Discord, it opens up the app to multiple pages which will need to be moderated by students themselves and their parents/guardians for security. https://discord.gg/3NuSj6f *Parent and Guardian Chat: * The chance for parents and guardians to check in with me for 'open office hours' Every other Thursday 8pm and every other Wednesday noon (I close the meeting after 15 minutes if no one checks in) Thursday the 18th at 8pm https://zoom.us/j/5036046295 Wednesday the 24th at noon Link: https://zoom.us/j/5036046295 Videos This Week: Story with Miss Chelsea: Mae Among the Stars NEW THIS MONTH! PRESCHOOL CURRICULUM!!! I'm excited to share with you a new preschool curriculum called: POP! Here are the links to the videos, and attached to this email you will find additional worksheets. Rest Easy Intro Video Rest Easy Video 1 Rest Easy Video 2 Rest Easy Video 3 K-5: Soul Matters Theme: Commitment These materials come to us from the Soul Matters Curriculum team From the Mailbox - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eMqdyXGdLS1rbfJ-In1y8amE7qKbUk7xPLEhnXRIPpk/edit?usp=sharing At Play https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EUCEktcscTXSMhorixnJJOQYRA3Va0co30k51olCKho/edit?usp=sharing Bonus Resources for Parents With the theme of: Commitment Articles & Books Always Make Promises... and there's no pressure to exceed them https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/08/make-more-promises/379172/ Commitment as a Path to Happiness https://www.patheos.com/blogs/labmind/2019/08/commitment-as-a-path-to-happiness.html Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless World Scott Russell Sanders On staying committed to one place -- In joyful community, Chelsea Krafka (she/her) Director of Religious Growth 
 Dear UU Parents and Guardians,
Thursday Night Services I will be the worship leader for the service for the first time tomorrow on March 4th! The service is for adults, but of course children and youth are welcome to tune in. Did you know that there's a Thursday night worship service at 7pm every week? I know this is often bedtime routine time for many parents and guardians, but I wanted to remind you that this is an option to connect with the church. The services are called, "Vespers", and you receive the link for them on Thursdays from the office if you are signed up to receive emails from them. Services last about an hour with time for connection in 'breakout groups' each service. The fabulous part about Zoom? You can turn your video off, join in your jammies, or while cleaning up after dinnertime. You could even just have an earbud in while putting kiddos to bed. I hope you'll consider joining us. *Sunday School * Approximately 30 minute program geared towards K-5, but is open to all ages Sundays at 11am We typically have a chalice lighting, story, guided discussion, and/or activity such as a scavenger hunt or art project to be done at home as part of these lessons. *Middle and HS * We are joining up with the Omaha youth groups - Wednesdays at 7pm Please email Chelsea to get the links and passwords for online programs: [email protected] We invite all Middle and High School students from Omaha and Lincoln to join us for discussion and community through this app. 'Would you rather' questions - Thoughts along our monthly Soul Matters themes - 'Big questions' related to UUism. Also - a "Pet Page"!!! So much fun. ***Be aware that once joining Discord, it opens up the app to multiple pages which will need to be moderated by students themselves and their parents/guardians for security. https://discord.gg/3NuSj6f *Parent and Guardian Chat: * The chance for parents and guardians to check in with me for 'open office hours' Every other Thursday 8pm and every other Wednesday noon (I close the meeting after 15 minutes if no one checks in) Thursday the 4th at 8pm I will NOT be having a Parent Chat since I will be leading the Thursday night service that night - but feel free to schedule a time to meet with me! Wednesday the 10th at noon Link: https://zoom.us/j/5036046295 Videos This Week: Story with Miss Chelsea: Wanda's Roses: https://youtu.be/6wuhh0H01Lc NEW THIS MONTH! PRESCHOOL CURRICULUM!!! I'm excited to share with you a new preschool curriculum called: POP! Here are the links to the videos, and attached to this email you will find additional worksheets. (These are the same from last week, but I included them again since this is new) Introduction: https://youtu.be/zDzS6vgKXqY Session 1: https://youtu.be/dTkx3AEVSb0 Session 2: https://youtu.be/z5CJW513Uto Session 3: https://youtu.be/pk_RWofC9T4 K-5: Soul Matters Theme: Commitment These materials come to us from the Soul Matters Curriculum team At the Table - Exploring Commitment Through Discussion Around the Neighborhood - Scavenger Hunt for Commitment Bonus Resources for Parents With the theme of: Commitment Videos & Podcasts Bold & Untold - Video series celebrating impactful women and their untold stories A great way to engage March as Women’s History Month! Season One: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLru7kHs-GAenoya0Cfo44IkUfYzagcaOi Season Two: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLru7kHs-GAelsFehWUEm_-6dohLRS-uUw A New Way to Mourn, The Daily Podcast https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/podcasts/the-daily/coronavirus-funerals.html On finding new ways to fulfill our commitment to mourn and honor lives lost On Commitment & Our Desire to be Consistent https://embertelevision.co.uk/blog/psychology-of-persuasion-commitment-consistency/ Related article: https://theeveningproject.com/make-your-new-year-resolutions-stick/ |
AuthorChelsea Krafka is the Director of Religious Growth for the Unitarian Church of Lincoln. Archives
August 2021
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