RE News & Announcements

  • Parent/Caregiver/Family Survey July 14, 2021 - e want to hear your thoughts and ideas for coming back together. If you are the parent or caregiver of a child(ren) or youth, please take a few moments to fill this out. It is designed to be a quick process!
  • Our Whole Lives Program Fall 2021-2022 June 30, 2021 - A 7-9th grade Our Whole Lives will take on Sundays from 4-6 PM beginning on Sunday, September 12, 2021. We anticipate that the need for this class is high, and it is possible that we will offer a second class.
  • RE Team Hiring Announcement! June 23, 2021 - We have an RE Team! And what an exciting team we think it will be. Rose St. Claire has accepted our offer to become our Coordinator of Religious Exploration and Engagement (CREE), and Adrienne Summerlot, former DRE for the UU Church in Bloomington, Indiana, has accepted our offer to become our remote 1/4 time Consulting Director of Religious Exploration and Engagement (Consulting DREE).
  • Religious Education Play Date at Anita Purves Nature Center June 8, 2021 - Come join us to play on June 27th 1:00-2:30 PM at the Friendship Grove Playscape next to Anita Purves Nature Center at 1505 N. Broadway, Urbana IL 61801! Navigators Chapter 278 is hosting a play event where you are welcome to play with the natural materials as well as spread out in the field. Please … Continue reading Religious Education Play Date at Anita Purves Nature Center
  • The Pedagogy of Play May 26, 2021 -

    This summer, the children’s religious education team will lead play activities in an effort to build our community slowly out of pandemic times.

    Watch for other news on how, when, and where they activities will take place (there is another article in the eNews with exact dates and times).

  • Summer Adult Religious Education: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer May 26, 2021 -

    Welcome to Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer: a study co-facilitated by Jenny Hunt and Andy Townsend

    The author is a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation who holds a PHD degree in Botany. She weaves her scientific and Native American knowledge and wisdom with her observations and intuitions into a beautiful poetic story of hope and sustainability.

  • Resilience and Reconnection May 18, 2021 - For the 2021/2022 church year the Religious Education Council has selected a theme of REsilience and Reconnection. After the year we have had, as a council we feel strongly about focusing on relationship building across all ages of our programs. The core of what we will do is play, because when we play we heal … Continue reading Resilience and Reconnection
  • 10 Week Beginner Mindfulness Class: Finding Peace in a Frantic World May 5, 2021 - This 10-week class is an adaptation of the University of Illinois Psychology Department’s Mindfulness Training (MT) curriculum . While the class is largely experiential in nature (guided mindfulness exercises, breakout room discussions), it is also very important to read assigned chapters weekly from Mark Williams’s book, Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World to support learning.
  • May 2021 8th Principle Learning Opportunities April 20, 2021 - UUCUC will consider the adoption of the 8th Principle at its annual meeting in June, 2021. Even though this is not one fo the UUA’s official principles, the adoption of the 8th principle demonstrates investment in building beloved community and commitment to racial equity. See the 8th Principle website for more information and watch for … Continue reading May 2021 8th Principle Learning Opportunities
  • My Grandmother’s Hands Adult Religious Education Study March 29, 2021 - Resmaa Menakem is a trauma therapist and author who explores themes of race and trauma in black, brown, white and blue (police) bodies. Menakem takes the reader of My Grandmother’s Hands through an understanding of this trauma using meditation as a primary tool for exploring the themes in ourselves and community.