Category CYRE Newsletter

Grecia Uribe has decided to resign after four years as our RE Assistant. We thanked her for her loyal service.

This means we’ll be hiring a new RE Assistant soon. If you’d like to be on a hiring committee, please contact Dan Harper.

We’re gearing up for the start of online and in-person programs for children and youth. Please read this newsletter for details.

As the pandemic drags on, I’m seeing some children and teens who aren’t bothered at all. But I’m seeing other children and teens who are … read more.

Our precautions for in-person programs meet or exceed local school requirements. Our in-person programs will be:

outdoors, masked, and physically distancedin areas that are physically fenced off from other programsin small groups, to allow better supervisionled by staff and volunteers who are fully vaccinated

Other safety protocols … read more.

Outdoors Sunday school is fun! When it gets cooler, remember to dress warmly. When possible, we’ll use outdoor heaters. We’ll always be sheltered from rain and sun.

For wildfire smoke, check www.sparetheair.org at 6 p.m. the day before classes. If the AQI will be … read more.

There will be an outdoor service at 9:30 on Sundays (except September 26). Seating will be limited to allow for physical distancing, so please pre-register.

If you forget to pre-register and the service is full, you will be allowed to sit in your car with … read more.

Join us to celebrate the Winter Solstice Ceremony – remotely via zoom!  Have your own candle and delicious snacks at hand. We will have beautiful music and images, and each other’s company on the longest night of the year.

Monday, December 21, 7 pm.

Join the services via Zoom: … read more.

What do we do when we have children in our Sunday school classes who don’t fit neatly into the common patterns of development? How do we accommodate and embrace children with different language and social skills? In this podcast, Rev. Dan Harper and Joe Chee discuss these questions and more.

In this podcast, Rev. Dan Harper and Joe Chee talk about faith development and chronological age, and addresses questions like: what happens when someone who grew up with no religious upbringing decides to join a Unitarian Universalist congregation?; and how can we help children new to UUCPA feel welcome?

In this podcast, Rev. Dan Harper and Joe Chee discuss what should adults know about human developmental stages as they relate to what we do in Sunday school.

In this podcast, Rev. Dan Harper and Joe Chee discuss the concepts of faith development and the developmental stages humans go through, and what those of us who are teaching Sunday school should know about these concepts.