By Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
Our Religious Education program has so much happening! Take a moment to check out the wonderful encouraging public art that the teens have created, and also invite the question into your own life: “How can your art support and encourage others?” Below, you’ll find a list of offerings happening in religious education on a weekly basis.
So many thanks goes out to our dedicated volunteers. Barbara Chowning has been reading every weekday via Zoom to the children since the pandemic began. Helen Hansen and BethAnne Klaver have met each week with the middle school group to continue their Coming of Age experience, and Dave Wilcox and Val Sevilla have met every Sunday evening with the high school group to work on their projects and create a safe welcoming environment for our teens. Thank you, one and all!
- Kaya Sings!
- Music & Nursery Rhymes with Kaya!
- Saturdays on a repeating basis
- Kid Yoga with Evan Varney
- Tuesdays on a repeating basis
- Story Time with Barbara
- Each weekday (Monday-Friday) from 3:00-3:30 pm
- Email office@wuu.org for more information
- Middle School Gathering
- Each Sunday from 5:00-6:00 pm
- Email office@wuu.org for more information
- High School (YRUU) Gathering
- Each Sunday from 7:00-8:00 pm
- Email yruu-teachers@wuu.org for more information
Check out our weekly Spiral email for other occasional offerings. Contact office@wuu.org to be added to our email list.
As part of the Coming of Age (middle school) group, BethAnne Klaver, Helen Hansen, and Austen wrote notes to each participant and made up a spiritual gift bag including chocolate and magical Unitarian Universalist street chalk. Each of the 13 bags was delivered to the doors of the teens in a safe no-contact way. Our message to them was short and sweet: “Inside, you will find magical Unitarian Universalist sidewalk chalk! The choice is yours. How will you use this magical power? You might think of a message of support you could write for others to see when they walk by. What would make others feel supported? You could use words, pictures, the choice is yours. You’ll also find a little something sweet, because learning together is a treat.”
The teens could not have come up with a more heartfelt and thoughtful reply. You’ll see below that a family took all week planning and designing how they’d decorate their street to encourage neighbors with a well-known Bob Marley song. Another student created a collaborative art happening on Duke of Gloucester Street in downtown Williamsburg, inviting anyone walking by to add a message to have a happy Mother’s Day. Let’s take a moment to celebrate the creativity and compassion of these kids!
WUU comes to Duke of Gloucester Street
Social time: 7:30-8:00 pm
Show: 8:00-9:00 pm
