November 25, 2018 - Memory

Theme: We continued the month's worship theme of Memory.  

Story: Beth Merrill shared the precious book Wilfried Gordon McDonald Partridge about a boy who connects with the elderly people who live in a care home next door.  When he hears others saying that his special friend, 96 year old Miss Nancy, has no memory, he begins a quest to find out what memory is and gives her a special collection of his memories, which rekindle some of her own.  

Song: We talked about how sometimes even when memory fades for people as they get older, memories of songs often stay vivid.  Kairn Kelley led the children in several rounds of a UU hymn "From You I Receive."  It is a great song to learn as a family (via the link above).   

From you, I receive.

To you, I give.  

Together, we share.

And from this we live.  

Choice time: 

• Kids helped make pipe cleaner snowflake decorations for the annual UCM Holiday Fair, which is a special memory and church tradition as it has been happening for at least 100 years! 
• We practiced our muscle memory with our special youth guest teachers (Erin, Olivia, and Tia) who led the younger children in a rhythm game with claps, taps and cups.  
• Kids played the classic card game Memory.

Want to continue the conversation at home?  

  1. The book they read is so lovely it will really warm your heart and is worth a revisit. You can have it read to you and your child here if you like. Look around your house.  Which objects hold special memories for each of you?  Share them with each other.  

2. Practice muscle memory while making a new family memory!  Here is the Cup Game rhythm in a video.  (You CAN learn it, trust me.  I'm not very coordinated and after ten minutes, I got it!).