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Sunday Morning RE - A Questing Year

 

A Questing Year

Middle school students spend this year formulating answers to the big questions - why do we need religion? what is the purpose of my life? how do we make meaning in our lives?  Overnights at the fellowship are also part of this program.

 

11:00 AM - Grades 7-8 Tower Room - Main Level

 

Parent Helpers for
Grades 7-8 Date


Bartholomy Family 01/10/10
Wilson Family 01/17/10
Slagell Family 01/24/10
Bruna Family 01/31/10
Alexander Family 02/07/10
Edwards Family 02/14/10
Halverson Family 02/21/10
Witherspoon Family 02/28/10
Bartlett Family 03/07/10
Johnson Family 03/14/10
Norvell Family 03/21/10
Jasper Family 03/28/10
Gentile Family 04/04/10
Bartholomy Family 04/11/10
Slagell Family 04/18/10
Earth Day – All Congregation 04/25/10
All Congregation Picnic 05/02/10
Fine Arts Sunday 05/09/10
Bruna Family 05/16/10
Alexander Family 05/23/10


Grade 7-8 Teachers
Ron Myers
233-5144
rkmyers [at] iastate [dot] edu
James Pritchard
292-9145
jpritch [at] icsmail [dot] net
Paul Nelson
268-3039
plnelson [at] yahoo [dot] com
**Grade 7-8 Parent
Helpers - Plan to bring snack
For 16 students and two
teachers when it is your
turn to assist. This class
does not use the
snacks from the upstairs
RE kitchen.

 

Middle School youth (RE & OWL schedule)

RE Jan. 3 Holiday break, no RE

OWL Jan. 3 6-8 p.m.

OWL Jan. 8 Overnight, family breakfast potluck at 8 a.m. Jan. 9

RE Jan. 10 Outstanding UUs

RE Jan. 17 Dreaming of Change, Singing Sunday

OWL Jan. 17 6-8 p.m.

RE Jan. 24 Why People Act

OWL Jan. 24 6-8 p.m.

RE Jan. 31 Why People Act, Singing Sunday

OWL Jan. 31 6-8 p.m. 

Our Whole Lives (OWL)

This is the UUA-sanctioned lifespan sexuality education program, which we offer for seventh and eighth graders. It usually occurs every other year opposite the Coming of Age program year. OWL involves about three months of weekly two-hour sessions with youth and two to four adult leaders trained to facilitate this program. Parents must attend an orientation before registering their children. This year, sessions will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on Sunday evenings, starting Jan. 3 and running through May 2.

 

 

 

2010 OWL Schedule

 

 





TOPIC
SNACKS
Jan





3

Introduction to the Program 3 Witherspoon Family Parent Overnight Volunteers
8&9

Values & Sexual Language
Overnight 1.) Jonas Gerhard-Ewing Family
17

Anatomy & Physiology/Puberty 17 Pritchard Family 2.)  Witherspoon Family
24

Gender Roles/Diversity 24 Alexander Family 3.) Wilson Family
31

Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity 31 Bartlett Family 4.) Halverson & Norvell Family – Breakfast Organization







Feb





7

Guest Panel 7 Bartholomay Family
14

Relationships & Relationship Skills 14 Raman Family
21

Thorny Issues/Dating & Lifetime Commitments 21 Bruna Family
28

Lovemaking/Sexual Behaviors 28 Jasper Family







Mar





7

Conception/Pregnancy/Birth & Teen Pregnancy 7 Slagell Family
14

Spring Break
Spring Break – No OWL
21

Spring Break
Spring Break – No OWL
28

Defining/Redefining Abstinence/Contraception 28 Norvell Family







Apr





4

Unintended Pregnancy Options/Sexual Decisions 4 Johnson Family
11

STI Fact/STI Prevention 11 Wilson Family
16&17

Recovering from Sexual Abuse
Overnight Parent Overnight Volunteers
25

Sexual Harassment & Acquaintance Rape 25 Gerhard-Ewing Family 1.) Johnson Family






2.) Edwards Family
May




3.) Bruna Family
2

Celebration and Closure 2 Ambrosio Family 4.)







  

Coming of Age Program (COA)

This is an ongoing, well-established program for seventh and eighth graders during the school year. The Coming of Age program is designed to help youth articulate their spiritual aspirations, to learn more about UUism and other world religions, to put their beliefs into practice through community service, and to learn more about the Fellowship's history. It is usually offered every other year, culminating with a Boston heritage trip. It will next be offered in 2010-2011.

Boston Heritage Trip

Our first trip took place in 1998 with 11 youth and 2 adults, Benette Sherman and Brian Eslinger. The 2009 trip included 27 middle school youth and high school mentors, plus four adults. The trip has been entirely financed through fundraisers and a special Fellowship collection or other donations. Depending on the size of each Boston group, parents pay part of the expenses. Youth stay in Boston a few days visiting UU churches, walking the Freedom Trail, and having fun. They then travel to Salem, Concord and Walden Pond. The purpose of the trip is to enhance UU identity, learn about early UU history, to build friendships, to build leadership skills, and to have fun. It is the culmination of the Coming of Age program.