Welcome song and some stretching to get our wiggles out, followed by:
- A review of this month's theme of Faith.
- Belief in something even if you don't have proof of it
- You can believe in yourself that you can do something hard--(learn to play piano, or learning to read, etc.).
- You can have faith in friends and family that they can do their best too, or that they will be there to help you.
- The flaming chalice is the symbol of our Unitarian Universalist faith (set of beliefs) or religion
- Practiced the ASL sign for Faith.
Spiritual Theme: Unitarian Universalists believe there is much wisdom in many of the world religions and others faiths. Becoming more familiar with the symbols of other faiths is a step in learning more about them.
Activity 1: World Religions field trip via books
Kids worked by themselves or in pairs doing a picture walk through books with beautiful images from other religions. They used post-its to mark a picture they wanted to share with the whole group.
Symbol explore: Each child was given a symbol of a faith group and we matched it with the faith / religion it goes with. Then we created a display of six symbols for them to take home to their houses using dot paint and stencils. If you left yours here to dry, find it in the Preschool room next time you're at church.
Closing: Every faith has some powerful symbol(s) to go with it, along with stories and rituals we can learn a lot from. As UUs, we seek to learn more about our own beliefs by asking questions and learning more about other faiths.
Continue the conversation at home:
- What was the picture you found in the book on other faiths/religions?
- Look at the display they made. (Or at this link if they didn't bring it home yet.) How is each symbol different or similar to the others? What symbol do they think is the most interesting?
- Can you draw any of the symbols without a stencil? (Take turns trying.)
- Keep an eye out for any of these symbols as you drive around or look in books.
Reminders:
If you haven't done so yet, PLEASE take our Family Survey, created by parent Joel Dennison and others, to help us know what you need most, and how parents might best support one another within our congregation.
This is the last week to sign up for March Mystery Madness. See the link in the e-news or do so during Coffee Hour this Sunday (absolute final deadline--pairings will happen right after the noon Coffee Hour.
Worship theme for March: Journey
Sun. March 3
9am Spiritual Exploration: Journey to the Border
Abby Colihan shares her story of going to El Paso Texas recently to help at the border with the asylum seekers there.
11am Journey of Friendship
Friendships can be a journey, sometimes beginning with a single shared game together. After a story, time will be made for fellowship and fun with games for different age levels. Kids are welcome to bring a favorite game from home (that is pretty easy to learn and quick to set-up and play).
Thank you and wishing you some special times during this vacation week,
Liza (More pictures posted below)
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