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Youth Religious Education

Jennifer Alderman - Religious Education Chairperson

Tina Priester - Religious Education Director

Sunday School Classes -10:30AM -11:30PM

Our UUCEP nursery for toddlers and babies (ages 3 and under) opens its doors on Sunday mornings at 9:15. This allows parents enough time to settle the children in before the 10:30 service starts. It will remain open until 1PM, allowing parents a half hour for refreshments and fellowship after the service.

Our CYRE classes have grown as quickly as our children have! We are blissfully bursting at the seams as we serve our 39 registered youth each Sunday. Not including our nursery, we have expanded to five different classes in order to meet the needs of our vast age groups. During the first semester, our children and teens will study pillar #1, which emphasizes UU identity and values in action. Within this pillar, we will talk about what it means to be a UU, learn about the lives and contributions of famous UU men and women and lastly, explore the principles, which form a basis of UU beliefs and traditions. Throughout the year, participation in social justice projects will provide many opportunities for our children and youth to put their faith into action. Of course, December will be devoted to our Christmas play and wrap up our first semester.

Preschool RE (3-5 years of age)
Elementary RE (1st – 3rd grade)

Upper Elementary RE (4th – 6th grade)

Middle School (7th – 9th grade)

Teen RE (10th - 12th grade)

Welcome to another exciting year of Children and Youth Religious Education!

To our students coming back for another year, welcome back! To our new families and students, we bid you welcome! We have many wonderful classes, crafts, services and field trips planned throughout the year.

This year our Pre-K to 6^th grade will be using the Tapestry of Faith program. The complete programs are available at www.uua.org.

Overview of classes planned for this year:

Preschool-Nursery (Ages 5 and below)

Ø Teacher: Novisha Rivera & Childcare Attendants

o Will provide stimulating puppet shows to engage youth in play that encourages sharing and other age appropriate values.

o Babies will be cared for in the Lovett House

Lower Elementary: Love Will Guide Us (Ages 6-8)

Ø Teacher: Carmen Gonzales

Ø Class Program: Is also from Tapestries of Faith

o In this program, participants learn to seek guidance in life through the lens of our Unitarian Universalist Sources, with an emphasis on love. Together we ask questions such as, "Where did we come from?" "What is our relationship to the Earth and other creatures?" "How can we respond with love, even in bad situations?" Participants will learn that asking questions is valued in Unitarian Universalism, even as they begin to shape their own answers.

Upper Elementary: World Religions (Ages 9-11)

Ø Teacher: Tina Priester

Ø Class Program: Tapestries of Faith: Amazing Grace, Exploring Right from Wrong

Ø This will have an emphasis on different religious teachings. Discusses moral and ethical choices in various situations.

Coming of Age (Ages 12-13)

Ø Teacher Janet Kincaid

Ø Mentor Program for participating youth

Ø Parents may speak with Janet to have them take the class if they are older/younger than age range.

OWL Year 2 (Ages 13+)

Ø Teacher: Jen Alderman

Ø Workbook: Don’t Give it Away

o Focus: Self Esteem & Appreciation

o OWL Year 1 Recommended, but not required to attend class.

New this year: Each class will have at least one substitute teacher helping in the class.

CYRE AT A GLANCE

…AND WE’RE OFF!!

FALL CLASSES HAVE BEGUN!

EVERYONE working with the CYRE MUST have a background check & sign the Safe Sanctuary contract. Student helpers under the age of 18 do NOT have to have the background check done, but will need to sign the Safe Sanctuary contract with their parents’ permission.

DESIGN THE 2011-12 CLASS T-SHIRT CONTEST

Now this is for the youth participating in classes this year, so make sure you get registered!

Now the contest:
1st Annual Design the CYRE Logo for the year!

Each registered CYRE student may submit their best drawing to be considered for the "prize."

Rules: Must have a chalice included in the drawing and must have something to do with the CYRE along with the class year.

Drawing Size: Please make sure your design is between 5 x 7 (inches) and 10 x 12 (inches).

PRIZE: Bragging rights and have your design featured on the 2011-12 Class t-shirts! PLUS a free T-shirt!

DEADLINE: OCTOBER 9, 2011

All students have been told about the contest during classes.

CYRE FALL FUNDRAISER

DISCOUNT CARD VENDORS:

Winger’s Wings Texas Roadhouse Fuddruckers Arby’s Dairy Queen Brown Bag Deli Long John Silver’s Jando’s Italian Cuisine Bob O’s Family Fun Center PB’s Pizza Pizza Pros Peter Piper Pizza Burger King Mulligan’s North Bar & Grill Carl’s Jr. Little Caesars Pizza Leo’s Mexican Food Restaurant