WELCOME TO OUR PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH
WE HOPE YOU JOIN US FOR A FUN-FILLED FAITH JOURNEY!
All of our programs are currently happening online, so everyone everywhere can join!
Youth & Children's Summer Chapel
every Sunday 9:30 - 10:30am
Currently on Summer Break. Resumes July 11
All families with children ages 0-17 are welcome!
This is a sacred Sunday space where children & youth can quiet their minds, grow their spirits and have fun together.
Sunday Learning Workshops
every Sunday 10:00 - 10:55am
On Summer Break
Our Religious Education Workshops for grades K-8 begin at 11:00am every Sunday, directly following Youth & Children's Chapel, and end just in time for our general Sunday Church Service starting at noon.
In our workshops, we integrate Tapestry of Faith curricula, teaching of the 8 UU Principles, and celebrations of world religions and cultural traditions as they occur throughout the church year.
Working in covenant, children & youth experience safer space and support for the free and responsible search for truth and meaning.
It’s music, it’s storytelling, it’s art, it’s open discussion and it’s service to communities.
Sunday's with us is where young souls grow!
All of our programs are currently happening online, so everyone everywhere can join!
Inter-Congregational Programming
Welcome to a World of Possibility!
UU Kids Connect was founded in the Spring of 2020, in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
Creating a network of faith support for UU families and congregations, Liberal Religious Education Leaders from a range of UU congregations collaborate in the virtual space to provide Socials, Worship, and Religious Education for young UUs everywhere.
As Co-Founder and Host of UU Kids Connect Programs, The Community Church of New York is proud to announce Summer Program 2021 - Six Weeks, Six UU Sources!
Power Hours three times a week for kids in grades K-8. Stories, interactive games, creative discussion space, art, crafts and movement activities drawing inspiration from the six sources of our living tradition.
Registration is FREE!
Join Us for the Parent Orientation on Zoom
Wednesday, June 30th at 8:00pm (Eastern)
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84744555533
for more details, contact jnovenski@ccny.org or uukidsconnect@gmail.com
UU Kids Connect Testimonials
"We have really enjoyed the UU Kids Connect virtual camp. I just wanted to thank you for your time...We appreciate all of the organization, effort and energy to offer such an uplifting and needed summer activity..." - Baton Rouge, LA
"Thank you so much for making this available!" - Livermore, CA
"Hi! This camp is amazing - I love the energy and the tone. ...Thank you again for this opportunity - so great to see other UU kids and religious professionals so lit up and involved...." - Marysville, WA
"You are saving my life with this program!" - Titusville, NJ
Children & Youth at Community
learn to put faith into action
using our eight UU principles
Our religious Education programming for Children & Youth at Community is grounded and guided by all eight Unitarian Universalist principles.
The language and concepts of these principles are appropriately adapted for younger age groups and are often taught through art, storytelling and service projects.
It is the general philosophy of our Director of Religious Education that early introduction to powerful terms within a loving framework of spiritual and theological support, and with plenty of space for questioning and conversation, can become an anecdote to fear and judgement, and in fact lead to empowerment, spiritual growth and compassionate action throughout a young person's own faith journey.
TEEN PROGRAMS
ALL 8
A 10-week Teen Photography Workshop
This one-of-a-kind workshop introduces youth to all 8 Unitarian Universalist principles and helps build a deeper understanding of what it means to put faith into action. In each session participants will discuss one of the principles and use that principle as their lens as they take shots throughout the week.
They’ll learn new tips and tricks, develop their compositional eye, and begin thinking about what it means to frame things visually to convey a much deeper message or concept.
The focus during the workshop is on finding our visual voice, compositional development, intentional framing, and consciously processing how we choose to see our world and share it with others – hopefully spreading the good news of some really deep and wonderful principles for living!
Our inaugural workshop, Spring 2021,
is ready to show you what it's all about!
JOIN US for the EXHIBITION EVENT!
PRINCIPLES & PASSION
Monday, June 14th at 6:00pm(ET)
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87199769940
Partnering with our Community
NOT JUST US
Voices of Youth in Religious Education
NOT JUST US is an exhibition of photography by youth ranging in age from 14-18. Works in the show fuse art and activism in an exploration of key concepts found in the eight Unitarian Universalist principles.
Justice, equity, dignity and conscience act as a lens through which these young artists tell the story of their world as it is, and as it could be.
The works curated for NOT JUST US were created in a 10-week teen photography workshop titled ALL 8, a Community Church Religious Education Program designed by Jil Novenski, Director of Religious Education for Children & Youth and will be featured online at Gallery35nyc.com, from July1 - August 31.
Partnering with our Community
CCNY Children & Youth were invited to think about matters of inequity and injustice in all areas of life, and to create activist art to be featured in the Gallery35NYC Annual Social Justice Exhibit titled Re-Imagine, and as a digital art quilt video presentation in the
2020 Full Participation is a Human Right Conference and Arts Festival sponsored by The Community Service Society of New York.
Amazing work kids!
