WELCOME TO OUR PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH
JOIN US FOR A FUN-FILLED FAITH JOURNEY!
All of our programs are currently happening online, so everyone everywhere can join!
ZOOM IN with us from 9:30am - 11:00 am (Eastern) on Sundays
Our Sunday Chapel starts at 9:30am. It is a sacred space for kids to share Joys & Concerns, and to connect with friends old and new. We light the chalice together, sing hymns, and make way for movement or meditation as time allows. Our Chapel welcomes young people ages 5-17, and we invite families with children younger than 5 to attend with their little ones as well!
Our Religious Education Workshops for grades K-8 begin right after chapel and run until 11:00am.
This year in our workshops, we're celebrating the interdependent web of existence! Kids will be making connections between our 8 UU principles and 6 UU sources of inspiration to build a network of understanding about what was, what is, and what can be.
We'll explore tenets of Judaic and Christian teachings, other world religions and cultural traditions, and examine the words and deeds of prophetic people both past and present to strengthen understanding of how we can live faith into action on matters of social and environmental justice.
Working in covenant, children & youth in our Sunday programs experience safer space and support for the free and responsible search for truth and meaning.
It’s music, it's movement, it’s art and storytelling, and it’s open, honest and fun discussion.
Sunday's with us is where young souls grow! ZOOM IN!
CLICK HERE to register free
Welcome to a World of Possibility!
This fall UU Kids Connect is the place to be for kids in grades K-8 who want to meet new friends from new places, share their joys & concerns, show & tell what they've been up to and have FUN!
UU Kids Connect creates online space for social support and spiritual development as kids journey forward through their years.
This one-of-a-kind, inter-congregational online program has connected over 150 kids across 17 different states to date and we're hoping you'll join us too!
As Co-Founder and host of UU Kids Connect Programs, The Community Church of New York is proud to announce our Fall 2021 Monthly Gathering Space! Every third Thursday of the month from 7:00pm-8:00pm(Eastern), we'll host space where kids can share their journey, their favorite things, play games and experience the support of their faith network in action.
Registration is FREE and open!
CLICK HERE to register
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
ALL 8
A 10-week Teen Photography Workshop
This one-of-a-kind workshop introduces youth ages 14-17, to all 8 Unitarian Universalist principles and helps build a deeper understanding of what it means to put faith into action. Each week participants discuss one of the principles and use that principle as their lens as they take shots throughout the week.
They 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 of this workshop is on youth finding their visual voice, and consciously processing how they choose to see their world and share it with others.
ALL8 meets on Mondays from 6:00pm-7:30pm(Eastern), with optional supplemental sessions every Wednesday from 6:00pm-7:00pm(Eastern).
JOIN US for the FALL 2021 ALL 8 Online Exhibition Event on Monday, December 6th, 2021 at 6:00pm(Eastern)! There will be a screening of the exhibition film and artist talk with live Q&A.
For details contact jnovenski@ccny.orgOur next ALL 8 Workshop start date is TBA.
Registration is free. Each workshop is capped at 10 participants.New registration link coming SOON!
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. The exhibition can be viewed online at Gallery35nyc.com, in "past exhibitions".
RE-IMAGINE
Children & Youth in Community Church Religious Education Programs 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.
The artwork was also presented as a digital art quilt video 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!
