2023-2024 Children & Youth Spiritual Growth Programs

Current Openings:
Sunday Nursery Care for 6 months-3 years | Sundays 9am & 11am, Wednesdays 5:45pm-8pm

Sunday Circles for Children and Youth PreK-6th | 11am only*
Explore the monthly theme through games, activities, discussion, connection, and more. The schedule will include some multigenerational worship Sundays and multi-age groups. *

Junior High Youth Group (Grades 7-8) | 11am* Sundays
Explore the monthly theme through games, activities, discussion, connection, and more. The schedule will include some multigenerational worship Sundays.

High School Youth Group (Grades 9-12) | 11am* Sundays
Explore the monthly theme through games, activities, discussion, connection, and more. The schedule will include some multigenerational worship Sundays.

Youth Counselors | 11am* Sunday or 6pm Wednesdays
Help lead our circles for younger children on Sunday mornings and/ or our Soulwork spaces on Wednesday evenings! We will tell stories, lead games, craft and hold space for children to build community. Youth counselors will have other opportunities to gather throughout the year for connection and celebration.

Sunday Coming of Age for 9th and 10th grade | 9am only*
Coming of Age is a rite of passage program unique to Unitarian Universalism that celebrates our youth as they make the transition from childhood into spiritual maturity and responsibility. UU congregations all over the globe celebrate Coming of Age by setting aside special space for youth to engage in reflection, discernment, and celebration alongside adult mentors who help guide them. Families often identify this class as a deep and meaningful bonding experience for the whole family. Our hope is that you and your youth will emerge from the group with increased confidence, self-awareness, and skills for living well with spirit and purpose.

Our Whole Lives for 8th Grade | 11am Sundays*
This curriculum, led by trained volunteers, recognizes sexuality education as a lifelong process of acquiring information and forming attitudes and values about identity, intimacy, relationships and sexual health. The program also recognizes that sexuality education begins at home and continues through open, honest communication between parents and children. The aim of OWL is to provide resources to help parents talk about sexuality with their children. A parent orientation is required for the first four levels of OWL to introduce the curriculum and answer questions about the program. Participants are asked to maintain regular attendance and once the course has started drop-ins are not permitted.

Our Whole Lives for 5th Grade*
This curriculum, led by trained volunteers, recognizes sexuality education as a lifelong process of acquiring information and forming attitudes and values about identity, intimacy, relationships and sexual health. The program also recognizes that sexuality education begins at home and continues through open, honest communication between parents and children. The aim of OWL is to provide resources to help parents talk about sexuality with their children. A parent orientation is required for the first four levels of OWL to introduce the curriculum and answer questions about the program. Participants are asked to maintain regular attendance and once the course has started drop-ins are not permitted.


*Class times are all tentative; more information about available class times, age cohorts, and more will be available as we get a sense of enrollment.
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Parent Orientation

Spiritual Growth at WBUUC is not just an individual journey, but an invitation to deepen community. We are asking families enrolling in our Spiritual Growth programming for children and youth to attend a short orientation for parents and guardians; this helps us get families connected to one another and to the larger WBUUC community. These orientations will be occurring on the 4th Sunday of each month at 10:30am. Simply check-in at the table in the Atrium (outside the sanctuary). 


Description

Current Openings:
Sunday Nursery Care for 6 months-3 years | Sundays 9am & 11am, Wednesdays 5:45pm-8pm

Sunday Circles for Children and Youth PreK-6th | 11am only*
Explore the monthly theme through games, activities, discussion, connection, and more. The schedule will include some multigenerational worship Sundays and multi-age groups. *

Junior High Youth Group (Grades 7-8) | 11am* Sundays
Explore the monthly theme through games, activities, discussion, connection, and more. The schedule will include some multigenerational worship Sundays.

High School Youth Group (Grades 9-12) | 11am* Sundays
Explore the monthly theme through games, activities, discussion, connection, and more. The schedule will include some multigenerational worship Sundays.

Youth Counselors | 11am* Sunday or 6pm Wednesdays
Help lead our circles for younger children on Sunday mornings and/ or our Soulwork spaces on Wednesday evenings! We will tell stories, lead games, craft and hold space for children to build community. Youth counselors will have other opportunities to gather throughout the year for connection and celebration.

Sunday Coming of Age for 9th and 10th grade | 9am only*
Coming of Age is a rite of passage program unique to Unitarian Universalism that celebrates our youth as they make the transition from childhood into spiritual maturity and responsibility. UU congregations all over the globe celebrate Coming of Age by setting aside special space for youth to engage in reflection, discernment, and celebration alongside adult mentors who help guide them. Families often identify this class as a deep and meaningful bonding experience for the whole family. Our hope is that you and your youth will emerge from the group with increased confidence, self-awareness, and skills for living well with spirit and purpose.

Our Whole Lives for 8th Grade | 11am Sundays*
This curriculum, led by trained volunteers, recognizes sexuality education as a lifelong process of acquiring information and forming attitudes and values about identity, intimacy, relationships and sexual health. The program also recognizes that sexuality education begins at home and continues through open, honest communication between parents and children. The aim of OWL is to provide resources to help parents talk about sexuality with their children. A parent orientation is required for the first four levels of OWL to introduce the curriculum and answer questions about the program. Participants are asked to maintain regular attendance and once the course has started drop-ins are not permitted.

Our Whole Lives for 5th Grade*
This curriculum, led by trained volunteers, recognizes sexuality education as a lifelong process of acquiring information and forming attitudes and values about identity, intimacy, relationships and sexual health. The program also recognizes that sexuality education begins at home and continues through open, honest communication between parents and children. The aim of OWL is to provide resources to help parents talk about sexuality with their children. A parent orientation is required for the first four levels of OWL to introduce the curriculum and answer questions about the program. Participants are asked to maintain regular attendance and once the course has started drop-ins are not permitted.


*Class times are all tentative; more information about available class times, age cohorts, and more will be available as we get a sense of enrollment.