BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.2.1//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4708@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181223T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181223T103000 DTSTAMP:20181219T143335Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/sunday-school-for-children-and-youth-age- 3-through-grade-8-2-2018-12-23/ SUMMARY:No Sunday School - Intergenerational Service: No Rehearsal Christma s Pageant DESCRIPTION:No Sunday School - Intergenerational Service: No Rehearsal Chri stmas Pageant No Sunday School this week due to the Intergenerational Ser vice: No Rehearsal Christmas Pageant.  Come join in!\n\nThis service give s a Unitarian Universalist view of Christmas\, with a bit of social justic e awareness\, a bit of ancient Near Eastern politics\, and a bit of poetry . This service is a good antidote to the two extreme versions of Christmas that dominate our society -- on the one hand\, a completely commercialize d Christmas that's all about conspicuous consumption\, and on the other ha nd a rigid fundamentalist Christian interpretation of Christmas.\n\nWe Uni tarian Universalists take a more creative approach -- reinterpreting the o ld story of Christmas with its core message of peace and love\, while reje cting that which is unbelievable\, hateful\, or rigid. That's the message underlying the No Rehearsal Christmas Pageant. But most importantly\, the No Rehearsal Christmas Pageant is fun. Where else will you get to see adul ts pretending to be sheep\, and children who become Magi?\n\nSunday Progra ms for Families\n\nBecause we believe in learning by doing\, a most import ant part of our religious education is participation\, with all ages\, in the first part of regular worship services. Then during Sunday school\, yo ung people learn and play with people their own age. Feel free to ask Sund ay school teachers what they did this week. If you would like to review cu rriculum materials that are not online\, please call Dan Harper.\n\n9:30 S unday morning\, September through April\n\nChild care (for infants\, toddl ers\, and young children) — Loving and safe care with our professional c hild care providers. Children who are over 3 and toilet-trained may go to Red class (if your 3-year-old is not yet toilet-trained\, they may be in t he class as long as you are on call via cell phone if toileting is necessa ry). To meet our child care providers\, click here.\n\n Red group (3 and 4 year olds)\, 2018-2019 — We Are Many\, We Are One is a curriculum t o introduce young children to age-appropriate diversity concepts in a supp ortive setting.\n Yellow group (gr. K-1)\, 2018-2019 — In the fall\, th e Creating Home curriculum helps children develop a sense of home. In ea rly winter\, children learn about feminist god-images using the story book  Hide and Seek with God. Late winter brings the wider religious world wi th stories from Picture Book World Religions.\n Green group (grades 2-3) \, 2018-2019 — This group begins with Spirit of Adventure to learn abo ut Unitarian Universalist values through fun activities. In early winter\,  Timeless Themes presents stories from the Hebrew Bible (Torah). In late winter\, From Long Ago introduces stories from other religious traditio ns.\n Blue group (grades 4-5)\, 2018-2019 — In the fall\, the group wil l explore social justice using In Our Hands. In early winter\, they will learn more about liberal interpretations of Jesus with Kingdom of Equals. In late winter\, the class uses Greek Myths to delve deeply into a few key myths.\n For middle school (gr. 6-8) in 2018-2019\, there is a choice of two different classes:\n\n Purple group: Ecojustice (grade 6-8) — T his is a project-based program that includes projects relating to environm ental justice and nature study. Projects may include urban/suburban garden ing\, creating habitat for non-human organisms\, learning how to cook outd oors\, and studying environmental justice heroes like Rachel Carson and Ce sar Chavez. There will be different projects each year\, and this class ma y be repeated.\n Purple group: Neighboring Faith Communities (mostly gr ades 7-8) — This middle school group will visit other places of worship\ , typically beginning with another UU congregation\, moving through Jewish and Christian groups\, and ending up with non-Western religions. Particip ants go on 5-6 field trips during the year\, and sometimes have guest spea kers from other faith traditions. There will be different field trips each year\, and this class may be repeated.\n\n\n LOCATION:UUCPA GEO:37.419574;-122.11249800000002 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=505 E Charleston Rd\, Palo Alto\, CA\, 94306\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=UUCPA:geo:37. 419574,-122.11249800000002 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20181104T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR