There is important news from the Family Ministry Team this month. Big changes are coming our way.
We want to acknowledge the work of two very important people on our Team, as they prepare to step away in order to explore and develop other aspects of their interesting lives. First, Jo Waters will be stepping away from the Team in order to enjoy many of her other interests here at UUCM and in her life more generally. Her exit leaves us with the important task of filling the role she so competently and generously played as Team leader. Personally, I am grateful that Jo was in the position of Team leader when I joined the Family Ministry Team earlier this year. She guided me into the Family Ministry Team endeavors in a kind and supportive manner that made me feel welcome and gave me room to define my own ways of making a contribution to the group. Her leadership will be missed.
In addition to Jo, our talented and much beloved Kids Connection teacher, Aiden McCarthy, will end his service at the end of the month of June in order to devote more time to his primary job and his varied interests. Without Aiden assuming the lead teacher role each Sunday, we will revert to our staffing pattern before Aiden joined us. Each Sunday, Kids Connection will be staffed by one of the Family Ministry Team members (Cheryl Spaulding, Lindsay Dunckle, Rene Wiley) and a second person from the community. If you would like to volunteer to be the second teacher on a given Sunday in July or August, please contact a member of the Family Ministry team. Volunteering in Kids Connection is its own special version of UUCM joy in which most anyone and everyone can participate.
On the topic of Kids Connection this summer, beginning on Sunday, July 2, and running through August 27, we will offer our special summer program entitled “Can Do Summer.” This program “aims to instill in our children the ‘can do spirit’ and the ability to face challenges that occur in life with an open mind and flexibility.” Some of the “can do” activities slated for this summer’s Kids Connection meetings include Fairy Houses, Paper Airplanes, Blanket Forts (Who doesn’t love blanket forts?), Junk Sculpture, and Toothpick Architecture. We hope to see your children this summer so that we can spend some quality time with them making paper airplanes, junk sculpture, or toothpick architecture inside of blanket forts for some would be fairies. It should be fun!
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES:
Can Do Summer—Kids Connection, Sundays, July 2 – August 27
We will meet upstairs every Sunday during the summer.
We look forward to seeing you and your children as we head into the warm and sometimes low-key months ahead of us!