RE Weekly News 8/27/25

•

August 27, 2025
亲爱的 UUCMP 家庭，
It was so wonderful to see so many families at the camp out, whether you camped the whole weekend, one night or just made it up for a day visit. I hope that your spirit felt renewal and connection in the beautiful forest next to the banks of the Big Sur river.  Most of our kids were at the forest Sunday morning – at the building a service that mirrored the message in the forest took place – and the R.E. Team met to plan and work on preparations for the switch to two services, and our upcoming lesson plans.
One more note, our Committee on Family Ministry (COFM) meeting was postponed until tonight, Wednesday August 27th, 7:30-8:30pm.  A zoom link, minutes and an agenda was sent out to our families, teachers and volunteers yesterday.  Please email me if you too would also like to join the conversation.  We hope you can join us for input about planning for the fall and winter programming.
This Sunday is a holiday weekend and our last single service before the transition.  Although I will be out of town, your RE teachers will be here and ready to help facilitate our activities this Sunday at the 10:30 service.  With warmth and  gratitude,Shannon
Shannon Morrison (she/her)Director of Religious Exploration, UUCMP
RELIGIOUS EXPLORATION LIBRARY – Karen Brown has put together another beautiful selection of books from our collection – many stories about Earth Day, Unitarianism, spiritual practices and beliefs can be found in the RE library. Come back and see what books you may want to check out for the youth in your life, or those young at heart.
???????THANK YOU OUR VOLUNTEERS!  We have been so lucky to have helping hands in RE – thank you to our volunteers: Maren Martin, Max Cajar, Zeana Bey Davis, Alex Morrison, Lauren Keenan,  Jake and Alina Bagley,  Ryan and Lindsay Fondren, Marshall Grimm, Robin Jensen, Karen Judkins, and  Karen Brown for all your contributions.  Whether bringing food to share, helping to set or clean up, keeping our library tip top, or filling in for our teachers – your help is greatly appreciated!
??  Upcoming Activities & EventsWEDNESDAY Aug 27 – CoFM MeetingFRIDAY & SATURDAY Aug 29 – Annual Super FleaSUNDAY Aug 31 –  Labor Day ServiceSUNDAY Sep 7 – 2 Services Begin! RE Programming at second service 11:15FRIDAY Sep 12 – Family Game Night? 您的孩子想点亮圣杯吗？每个星期日，我们都会尝试寻找儿童或青年志愿者来点亮圣杯。这是让孩子们参与礼拜的一种有趣方式。如果这是孩子们第一次点亮圣杯或者他们需要提醒，DRE Shannon 可以在礼拜之前向孩子们展示如何点亮圣杯。如果感兴趣，可以在星期日早上找 Shannon。圣杯点亮报名表将放在 RE 桌子上，旁边还有我们的着色和安静活动用品。如果您的孩子感兴趣，请务必为他们报名！
?? 需要志愿者 2025 年更新！无论您是愿意带活动还是零食来分享，帮助一次，还是在我们人手不足时提供额外的帮助，或者每月做志愿者，您都可以  Sign Up HERE!   无论您直接与我们的孩子一起工作还是让我们的 UUCMP 校园成为一个安全而有趣的地方，我们都感谢您的帮助！