by Dr. Colleen Hamilton

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• Deep ListeningOctober 1, 2024
  The framework for our activities and reflections in the Children’s Sunday Morning Community this year is the Practices of Our Faith. That means doing things to make meaning. So what will we be doing in October? Listening–hearing our inner voices and marginalized voices, immersing ourselves in the soundscape of the natural world, even lending an ear to others’ perspectives. Who can’t use a lesson or two in the art of … Continue reading Deep Listening
• InvitationSeptember 1, 2024
  Dear Families and Congregants, Back-to-school season is a time for new beginnings at church, too. The summer months offered Ms Leah and me an opportunity to design a 2024-2025 calendar of experiences and activities for children to learn about themselves and others and the world we share. This will be our second year implementing the Soul Matters Religious Education curriculum. Last year’s Soul Matters framework, called “The Gifts of Our … Continue reading Invitation
• HeritageAugust 1, 2024
  Dear Families and Congregants, I am happy to report on recent successful endeavors in RE that UUFS folks will be able to participate in again this month. On a lovely Tuesday evening in June, Cora and Julianna Walker, their mom Clara, and myself, along with another local parent and his son, lent a hand in support of food security at Sunnyvale Community Services. SCS holds a monthly family volunteer night … Continue reading Heritage