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Animation Series  Something Happened In Our Town #AtlantisBuild

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TheLearningStation - Kids Songs and Nursery Rhymes

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Brain Breaks - Action Songs for Children - Move and Freeze - Kids Songs by The Learning Station

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A Kids Book About Racism by Jelani Memory

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Kendrick Sampson Reads "Antiracist Baby" | Bookmarks | Netflix Jr

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Kendrick Sampson Reads "Antiracist Baby" | Bookmarks | Netflix Jr

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Kendrick Sampson Reads "Antiracist Baby" | Bookmarks | Netflix Jr

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Learn More About our Middle School Program starting 10/11

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Registration Links
Member link to registration for 2020-2021 Middle School classes. Non-Member link to registration for 2020-2021 Middle School classes.
All Crossing Paths participants should plan to attend the mandatory orientation on October 11 at 2:00 p.m. for students and parents/guardians. The first unit will begin two weeks later on October 25 at 2:00 p.m.

Starting September 13, 2020, RE will be offered each Sunday over Zoom. To receive the Zoom links, sign up for the RE Weekly News.

6th-8th Grade: Crossing Paths (starting October 11 at 2:00 p.m.)

Crossing Paths is an interfaith learning program with the goal of helping youth build and clarify their own UU identity through engagement with other faiths. This interfaith journey will include Unitarian Universalism, Judaism, Christianity, Catholicism, Quakerism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Paganism.

Each unit will focus on one faith tradition over four interactive sessions. During the first session, youth will learn about the basic beliefs and practices of the religion. In the second session, we will reflect on how the faith compares to Unitarian Universalism. The third session will be a virtual visit to another faith community, through exploring their website, watching worship, or engaging in spiritual practice and interviewing a guest from the faith tradition. The final week together will be time to reflect and appreciate new spiritual learnings.

Participants will be able to select and sign up for specific units. We ask that they commit to all four sessions of the faith or faiths they choose to explore. All Crossing Paths participants should plan to attend the mandatory orientation on October 11 at 2:00 p.m. for students and parents/guardians. The first unit, Unitarian Universalism, will begin two weeks later on October 25 at 2:00 p.m.

Through Crossing Paths, participants will gain wisdom and develop and deepen their spiritual practices. Welcoming and reaching out across differences is at the heart of Unitarian Universalism. Our hope is that youth leave Crossing Paths with seeds of the spiritual practices that they will carry with them throughout their entire lives.

Families Together: All Ages RE, Sundays, 11:15-11:45 a.m.

During this family ministry time, we will explore our faith and the church's monthly themes, and connect with other families in the church community. Kimberlee will guide these interactive sessions, offering ministry and sharing ways for families to build religious education into their home life.

Each week, we will invite families and church members to participate as featured guests, by lighting the chalice, sharing a story from their life , or leading a song, game, or activity. We know that families are children's primary religious educators, and that faith formation is grounded in the home ; Families Together will offer a medley of ways for families to enrich their daily lives and stay centered in their values.

For more information, contact:
Lillian Schley, Religious Education Administrative Assistant
414.273.5257
readmin@uumilwaukee.org

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Middle School - First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee

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Member link to registration for 2020-2021 Middle School classes. Non-Member link to registration for 2020-2021 Middle School classes. All Crossing Paths participants should plan to attend the mandatory orientation on October 11 at 2:00 p.m. for students and parents/guardians. The first unit will begin two weeks later on October 25 at 2:00 p.m.

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Looking for ways to have faith-full family experiences? Many of us try to weave spiritual exploration into the routine spaces of family life. We now offer the monthly Soulful Home activity packet to help parents create sacred space in their daily lives.

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This week we featured the story Not Norman, it's about a boy who has a pet fish that he doesn't want, but then realizes that the fish is a steady and comforting friend. Water is also a consistent presence in our lives and that we can go with the flow like Norman the fish.

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This week we featured the story Not Norman, it's about a boy who has a pet fish that he doesn't want, but then realizes that the fish is a steady and comforting friend. Water is also a consistent presence in our lives and that we can go with the flow like Norman the fish.

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🐠 NOT NORMAN (A Goldfish Story) by Kelly Bennett and Noah Z. Jones - Children's Books Read Aloud

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* Melody activates the limbic system which allows us to feel, experience and move our emotions through us. An essential process for anyone experience uncertainly, anxiety, grief or fear.

* Singing out loud is a fab controlled breathing exercise - every phrase we sing is a nice long out-breath!

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Music In Isolation - Episode 1. 'Every Little Cell'

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Dance fun with Water & Renewal!

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First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee RE

During the 2020-21 church year, RE for children of all ages and families will be held each Sunday on Zoom. Families are invited to sign up as chalice lighters during Families Together. Volunteer teachers and assistants can sign up to lead 2nd-5th grade RE, using lesson plans specifically created for virtual RE and based around the church's monthly worship themes. Adults missing their time with our youngest children in the nursery and preschool classrooms may sign up as a special guest for RE with Lindsey and Mariah at 9:15 a.m. (no preparation necessary!)

Once you have signed up for date(s), you will recieve an automatic email reminder on Wednesday of the week leading up to it. If you need to cancel or swap for a new date, please do so through this SignUp Genius site so others can see the most up to date version of the schedule. Instructions for completing a swap through SignUp Genius are available here. Feel free to contact Lillian at [email protected] for additional assistance.

Important: First Church's safety policy requires two adults in each virtual as well as in person meeting. Volunteers are also still required to go through the usual application and background check process. If you have not yet signed up as a volunteer for 2020-21, please do so here.

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back-to-school schools orientation kids crayons

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During the 2020-21 church year, RE for children of all ages and families will be held each Sunday on Zoom. Families are invited to sign up as chalice lighters during Families Together. Volunteer teachers and assistants can sign up to lead 2nd-5th grade RE, using lesson plans specifically created for virtual RE and based around the church's monthly worship themes.

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MLK "Let justice roll down like water..."

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MLK "Let justice roll down like water..."

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Overview video on the book of Amos, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. In this book, Amos highlights how their idolatry has led to injustice and the neglect of the poor.

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We are thrilled to offer Crossing Paths, a Soul Matters version of the impactful Neighboring Faiths youth programs used throughout our UU congregations.

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We are thrilled to offer Crossing Paths, a Soul Matters version of the impactful Neighboring Faiths youth programs used throughout our UU congregations. emphasis on theological grounding, a distinct take on religious pluralism ("Many Mountains, Many Paths"), and an abundance of experiential learning and a deep commitment to family-centered activities.

​Unique Components
Crossing Paths joins the long line of visit-based UU curriculum going back 70 years. Church Across the Street was published in 1947. More recently, we've seen Neighboring Faiths (1997) and Building Bridges (Tapestry of Faith). Our Soul Matters versions honor these previous curricula and adds its own unique components, including an

UU Identity Formation
While the program is built around interfaith engagement, its focus is really on UU youth identity formation. We not only lift up the core pieces of other faiths, we also compare and contrast those faith's beliefs and practices with those of our UU faith. By exploring those similarities and contrasts, youth are better grounded in their faith and clarify their own particular UU identity.

Modified for Online Use
For this time of Covid-19 and online church, we've significantly revised the program so youth can learn about the various religions through videos, webpage visits and online zoom conversations with religious leaders, rather than in-person visits. We've also retained the experiential learning components by offering all-new games and activities that can be done together online.

Weekly Sessions
As with most "neighboring faith" programs, ours is organized as a 10-month program with 4 sessions every month. Purchases Include

The Faith Traditions Covered

Leaders' Guide

10 Packets - The packets will come out in stages, giving us time to update each for online use this year. Click here for our publishing schedule.

The 2020-2021 online Crossing Paths subscription is $250 for congregations of 200 or more members & $210 for congregations of under 200 members.
Leader Coaching Cohorts
Our Leaders' Guide and the leader tips in our packets offer robust support for leaders, but we also offer extra support through our Leader Coaching Cohort groups. These groups run for two sessions (webinars) and are held in August and October of each year. The August meeting focuses on tips for running the family orientation and adapting the program to your unique setting. The October session focuses on problem solving issues you run into after you've started running the program.
Samples
Check out this year's online Leaders Guide and Orientation/UU Packet for free by clicking here.

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We are thrilled to offer Crossing Paths, a Soul Matters version of the impactful Neighboring Faiths youth programs used throughout our UU congregations. emphasis on theological grounding, a distinct take on religious pluralism ("Many Mountains, Many Paths"), and an abundance of experiential learning and a deep commitment to family-centered activities.

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Unitarian Universalist Covenant: What Do We Promise One Another?

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Unitarian Universalist Covenant: What Do We Promise One Another?

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Youth Group will be creating their covenant on Sept. 13!

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Unitarian Universalist Covenant: What Do We Promise One Another?

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Let Justice Rain - The Many - Lyric Video

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Let Justice Rain - The Many - Lyric Video

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Amos 5:24 tells us "Let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream." That was the inspiration behind this song. This is a call to all of us to say, "Enough is enough." There have been too many names but we still need to say them out loud and not forget. We need to weep for them and fight to see that things change. And we need to realize, as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. told us, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

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Let Justice Rain - The Many - Lyric Video