January, 2018, news for Children and Youth Religious Education (CYRE) at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto (UUCPA)

Contents:
1a. Sunday school calendar
1b. Youth calendar (SHYG, Coming of Age, OWL 7-9)
1c. Navigators
2. OWL update

1a. Sunday school calendar

Sun., Dec. 31:
9:30 a.m.: No Sunday school, Child care only

Sun., Jan. 7:
9:30 a.m.: Sunday school
10:30 a.m.: Community Singing
11:00 a.m.: Our Whole Lives (OWL) 4-6 Parent/Child(ren) together

Sun., Jan. 14:
9:30 a.m.: Sunday school

Sun., Jan. 21:
9:30 a.m.: Sunday school
10:30 a.m.: 4th Sunday brunch
11:00 a.m.: OWL 4-6

Sun., Jan. 28:
9:30 a.m.: Intergenerational Worship: Chandlemas and Chalice
10:30 a.m.: Treasure Sale
11:00 a.m.: OWL 4-6

1b. Youth calendar
SHYG (Senior High Youth Group), CoA (Coming of Age), and OWL (Our Whole Lives) 7-9

Sun., Dec. 31:
No afternoon & evening programming

Sun., Jan. 7:
11:00 a.m.: CoA
12:15 p.m.: Navigators
6:00 p.m.: SHYG (early to cook dinner for shelter)

Sun., Jan. 14:
No afternoon & evening programming

Sun., Jan. 21:
11:00 a.m.: CoA
12:15 p.m.: Navigators
5:00 p.m.: OWL 7-9
6:30 p.m.: SHYG

Sun., Jan. 28:
11:00 a.m.: CoA
5:00 p.m.: OWL 7-9

1c. Navigators
Navigators, our bias-free scouting group, meets most 1st and 3rd Sundays at 11:00 a.m., September through May. The schedule also includes field trips and overnights, so contact Ed Vail to be put on the email list.

2. OWL update
We are offering two units of Our Whole Lives, our age-appropriate comprehensive sexuality education program, in 2017-2018 — the unit for gr. 4-6, and the unit for gr. 7-9. Grounded in a holistic view of sexuality, OWL provides not only facts about anatomy and human development, but also helps participants to clarify their values, build interpersonal skills, and understand the spiritual, emotional, social, and political aspects of sexuality as well.

OWL gr. 4-6 will be offered Sunday mornings at 11, Jan.-March, 2018, and is almost full. If you would like to enroll your child in OWL gr. 4-6, please contact the coordinator, Alyssa Erickson. More info about OWL gr. 4-6 here: https://uucpa-cyre.org/owl-program/#owlk146

OWL gr. 7-9 will offered Sunday evenings at 5, Jan.-May, 2018. There is a makeup session of the mandatory parent orientation at 11:00 a.m. on Sun, Jan. 7, 2018. All custodial parents of children taking this class must attend an orientation before the class begins. More info about OWL gr. 7-9 here: https://uucpa-cyre.org/owl-program/#owl79

Author: barbsbantering

Barb Greve earned his Masters of Divinity at Starr King School for the Ministry in 2007. He currently serves as a hospice chaplain and as one of the volunteer Co-Moderators to the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. In addition to having served as an intentional interim/consulting director of lifespan religious education to multiple Unitarian Universalist congregations, Barb has served on the Faculty of The Chaplaincy Institute (teaching Prophetic Voice & Social Transformation), as the Chair of the Starr King School for the Ministry's Board of Trustees, is a founding member and served on the Steering Committee of Transgender Religious professional Unitarian Universalists Together (TRUUsT), and is a founding member and served on the Steering Committee of the Guild of Interim Religious Educators. Barb was a Dean of Lifespan Religious Education Week at Star Island, has served two terms as the President of the North Atlantic Regional LREDA Chapter and served on the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregation's Music Leadership Credentialing Committee. Barb is a lifelong Unitarian Universalist. An institutionalist at heart, Barb enjoys board and committee work. A firm believer in the saving power of Unitarian Universalism, Barb yearns to share his religion with all he can. He draws much spiritual inspiration from the writings of Unitarian, Universalist, and Unitarian Universalist theylogians. He also finds inspiration in science fiction (Babylon 5 being his favorite source), nature, music, movies, and the brewing of beer. Barb has served as a Hospice Chaplain to Vitas Healthcare (Spring 2018 - present), Sabbatical Religious Educator to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto (Fall 2017 - Spring 2018), Interim Director of Lifespan Religious Education to the Mount Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church in Walnut Creek, CA (August 2014 - July 2017), Chaplain Intern to Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Walnut Creek, CA (September 2015 - July 2017), Consulting Interim to Unitarian Universalist Congregation: East in Manchester, CT (August 2014 - August 2015), Interim Director of Religious Education Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta, GA, (July 2012 - June 2014), Interim Director of Lifespan Religious Education to the First Unitarian Society of Newton, MA (July 2009 - June 2012) and Interim Director of Religious Education to the Unitarian Society of New Haven, CT (August 2007 - June 2009). From September 2006 - July 2007 he served as intern minister to Arlington Street Church (Boston, MA) and Church of the Larger Fellowship, both of which are Unitarian Universalist congregations. From 1995 - 2005 Barb served as Program Associate in the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations' Office of Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Concerns. For over 25 years, Barb has preached and led workshops on issues of sexual orientation, gender identification, race, and ability. He has taught Religious Education classes for all ages and spent over 20 years advising Young Religious Unitarian Universalist youth groups. He collaborated on the creation of the UUA’s 2nd edition of the Welcoming Congregation Handbook and is co-author of Living the Welcoming Congregation. Barb is the publishing editor of Crossing Paths: Where Transgender and Religion Meet (UUA). He is also a contributing author in GenderQueer: Voices from Beyond the Sexual Binary (Alyson Press), Homosexuality & Religion: An Encyclopedia (Greenwood Press) and Women: Images & Realities, A Multicultural Anthology (McGraw Hill). Barb was an instructor with GOAL (Gay Officers Action League), New England. Prior to seminary, Barb was an active member of his parish in Framingham, Massachusetts, where he served two years as their Board Chair, as well as served on Ministerial Search Committee, the Social Concerns Council, Welcoming Congregation Committee, the Worship and Arts Council, as well as co-founded and served on their Lay Worship Leader Group. He is a godparent, classical bassist and cribbage player. Barb is a New Englander at heart though enjoys the adventure of living in new places.