VirtUUal RE: September 27, 2020
Welcome to a New Year in Religious Education!
This week in the Soulful Home packet we focus on the segments On the Porch, At the Bedside, and Blessing. Check out this week’s video for a short synopsis.
Registration Time
Although we might not be having in-person RE on Sunday mornings yet, it is important to know who wants to connect – whether virtual or not. By registering, we can ensure that you get information on all programs and events for all ages this year. Sign up here!
Many Ways to Connect
All Families:
Fellowship – Sunday after worship – Join the virtual coffee hour zoom where parents and families can meet and greet in their own breakout room!
Family Fun on the Lawn (weather permitting) October 7 and 21 at 5:30-6:30 pm – Sign up here.
Parents on the Porch – October 25 at 8:30-9 pm – Grab your favorite beverage and join other parents on the porch – virtually – to share thoughts on parenting as it relates to the pandemic and our monthly theme of Renewal. Sign up here.
Pre/K Kids and Families – Here is a new program for you – POP (Parents of Preschoolers)! Check it out here. More info in the newsletter. Do whatever fits your family’s schedule. We’ll have a parent’s virtual gathering on September 28 at 8 pm to share our experiences. Sign up here for Zoom info to be sent via email this weekend.
2nd-5th Kids and Families – Thursdays, October 1, 15, and 29 at 4-4:45 pm – Sign up here.
6th-8th Families – Popcorn Theology Online – Sunday, October 11 at 9:30-10:30 am – Make a bowl of your favorite popcorn and join us for this popular program. Sign up here.
High School Youth – TBD – Look for emails with details!
For Adults
UCE Forum – Sunday, October 4th at 10 am
Brenda Russell presents the Forum Discussion topic for next Sunday, “Virus vs Human: winners and losers in the interdependent web of all existence.”
Come discuss your role in our complex world in the battle between the COVID—19 virus (Darwin, survival of the fittest) and humans (Genesis 1:28 “Be fruitful, and multiply”). All are welcome. Click here to see the full Fall 2020 Forum Discussion schedule. Zoom info is available in the newsletter.
New Program! Visions of God – Tuesdays at 7-9 pm via Zoom
Facilitated by UCE members Bob Mesle and Dan Solomon.
This class aims to help people explore a range of important visions embracing or rejecting “God,” and to share personal journeys with each other. We hope class members will learn some new ideas, clarify familiar ones, make new connections, and enrich in their own thinking.
The question, “Do you believe in God?” is not productive unless we can get some clarity about what a person mean by “God.” But for us, the question certainly raises interwoven questions of both REALITY and VALUES. It asks about what exists and how the universe works. Talk of “God” also raises important questions about what values “God” stands for and what feelings are invoked. Geneticist and religious naturalist, Ursula Goodenough, notes that religion is about both “What is, and what matters.” –i.e., truth and ethics. Religions, including atheistic secularism, propose visions of reality coupled with claims about how we should treat each other given those beliefs. This class will explore how some concepts of “God” engage us in those reflections.
Zoom info available in the newsletter. For more information, See the Adult RE page on the UCE Website, or email dan.solomon.45@gmail.com.