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Several months ago I was rehearsing with the choir, which generously welcomes sporadic participants like me, when we turned to a piece I knew I’d sung before. It turned out that the choir had sung it at my installation here, 13 years earlier, and then … read more.
There are lots of hymns that express my religion. And there are lots of popular-genre songs that express my thoughts on various and sundry secular matters. But what’s rare is a song that sings like a pop song while also getting right to the heart … read more.
We come to UUCPA to transform ourselves, each other, and the world. What I love most about this church right now is that all of you are helping me work on transforming myself.
It’s all because of the election. In recent years, I’ve pretty much avoided … read more.
Where did our benediction come from? Dan and I were talking one day about different ways to end the service. For a long time it has ended with applause, which feels like a strange sound to have ringing in our ears as we leave—as if … 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.
In this podcast, Reverend Dan Harper and Joe Chee discuss how to lead discussions with children in a Sunday school class.