Children's Fellowship Begins
September 4

“The living tradition which we share draws from many sources … Wisdom from
the worlds’ religions which inspire us in our ethical and spiritual life.”
From the Unitarian Universalist bylaws

As we embark on a new session of the Children’s Fellowship class, we will be using a curriculum titled “We’re On Our Way, An Anti-Oppression, Multi-Cultural Values Curriculum for 1st – 5th Grade Unitarian Universalists,” by Dawn Star Borchelt, BA, CRE. This curriculum is centered around a wide variety of children’s books that help to illustrate the human values that we Unitarians hold dear. We will start by looking at ways in which we are different from each other, including race, gender, abilities, families, beliefs, learning styles, politics, heritage, social class, and age, and then discuss how accepting those differences helps us to grow.

Next we will learn about choosing the right relationships, looking at the things we can and cannot change, and realizing that there are some things that we cannot change that will change in time, and others that not even time will change. We will discuss what it means to accept all people without accepting all behavior, taking care of ourselves and being fair to others. We will then revisit our aforementioned differences and explore how to be fair in regard to them.

Lastly, we will talk about and decide what actions to take in order to help create change or promote a given issue. We will look into how to go about choosing an issue, learning more about it, planning, preparing and finally acting in an attempt to make a difference.

I am quite excited about this curriculum not only because of the values it promotes as well as how we can in turn promote them, but also because the books themselves are very creative and entertaining. Together with the suggested activities that accompany each lesson, I am confident the children will find this to be a very fun and interesting experience.

Sincerely,

Ray Ables

Children’s Fellowship Teacher

Children are welcome every Sunday from September through May at
11 a.m. during regular service.
We will explore religion and spirituality through lessons, stories, history,
games, crafts, music, dance and drama.

Youth Fellowship is led by Ray Ables.

Photos of Children's Fellowship Activities

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