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by Rev. Sierra-Marie Gerfao
Upcoming in Religious Education
The nursery is open for children ages 0-5 every Sunday during service. Our nursery care providers cannot wait to welcome your children! We also offer regular programming open to children in preschool through high school.
Sunday, October 1st – Regular … read more.
Upcoming In Children and Youth Religious Education (RE)
It is homecoming season! 2023-2024 programs for children begin at the end of the month. Programs for teens begin right away in October.
Sunday, September 3: Labor Day Weekend, no programs
Saturday, September 9- Sunday, September 10: Volunteer training weekend … read more.
Our Little Community Library
With a big thanks to Melody Levy and Gary Mummert, we now have a “Little Community Library”/book exchange box outside the lower level doors of the Fellowship Hall. This is an invitation for kids to share books with one another. If you … read more.
Upcoming in Religious Education
All Sunday morning activities for children are optional. Children are always welcome to stay in the Sunday service if they prefer. Our Whole Lives (OWL) is our sexuality education program, and the 7th-8th grade level of OWL meets in the evenings.
Sunday, May … read more.
Congratulations Josh and Luc!
Josh Haffner and Luc Parr are bridging from youth to young adulthood with their graduations from high school soon! We wish them the heartiest of congratulations as they make this transition.
Josh Haffner
Josh Haffner will graduate in June from Joel Barlow High School … read more.
By Sierra-Marie Gerfao
What Next? The Future of Children and Youth Ministries
The newsletter deadline is occurring before we have compiled all the notes from our congregational meeting in March on the future of our children and youth ministries. Once they are compiled, our process will … read more.
Children are always welcome in Sunday services. Alternatively, for children who would prefer, we have nursery care as well as a child-led, play-based Religious Education program available during services. Additionally, Our Whole Lives (OWL) Sexuality Education for 7th-8th graders and 10th-11th graders is currently running. … read more.
Dear Congregation,
Let’s be as thoughtful about welcoming one another weekly as we are about welcoming newcomers. None of us, kid and adult alike, want to be tokens for a demographic group.
I love when we have visitors and newcomers with kids, and I especially love … read more.
Dear Congregation,
You won’t be seeing children and teens around much at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Danbury over the coming months. The reason for this is that many of our families have made an intensive commitment to Our Whole Lives sexuality education programs for the … read more.
Children are always welcome in Sunday services. Alternatively, for children who would prefer, we have nursery care as well as a child-led, play-based Religious Education program available during services. Additionally, we have kicked off Our Whole Lives Sexuality Education for 7th-8th graders and 10th-11th graders. … read more.
