Children & Youth
Welcome to Our Programs for Children & Youth
Join Us For a Fun-Filled Faith Journey—Both Online AND In-person!
online Chapel & Learning Workshops (ages 5-17)
Every Sunday on Zoom 9:30am - 11:00am
Our Sunday Online Chapel is a dedicated space for young people to center themselves, 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 Learning Workshops begin right after chapel and run until 11:00am. This year we’re leaning into our 8th principle and UU values of pluralism and interdependence, weaving multifaith and multicultural learning, identity-affirmation and anti-racism into every lesson plan, action and celebration. Here is where new faith community is being formed, where there is always space for big questions and sometimes more questions than answers. Here is where faith community is modeled as a loving and radically inclusive space, where shared values transcend state lines. Through art, games, story, music and discussion, children & youth are zooming in from all over the country for a joyful collective journey of faith formation!
“We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers.” - Bayard Rustin
in person Chapel & Learning Workshops
Every Sunday in person 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Our church services begin every Sunday afternoon at 2:00pm. Children and youth ages 5-17 are welcome to join us in our dedicated loft space at the front of our sanctuary for a sharing circle, collaborative art projects, story telling and more! We also enjoy intermittent multigenerational services and celebrations and family field trips and service actions!
OWL (Our Whole LIveS) Values-Based Sexual Education
Help is on the way! Providing a supportive, values-based, developmentally appropriate learning environment where healthy attitudes, understanding and practices around sexuality can thoughtfully develop is an invaluable resource, especially for the youngest among us, and Community is here to help!
Deb Walker (Assistant Director of Religious Education for Children & Youth) and Karishma Gottfried (Intern Minister) will be leading a free grade 5-6 OWL class this spring and all are welcome.
This class will happen over the course of four Saturdays in February. It’s free, conveniently located in midtown Manhattan, and designed to give parents a chance to either relax on site or venture out for the afternoon as you wish.
First Info Session (on Zoom) Tuesday, Dec.9th at 7:30pm
Mandatory Parent Orientation (in person) Saturday, January 31st, Noon-3:00pm (lunch served)
SAVE A SPOT! Complete the interest form here
Click here to learn more about OWL
For more details contact Deb Walker at dwalker@ccny.org
FUSE YOUTH GROUP
Fridays at 6:15 PM ET
Every Friday on Zoom, teens in grades 9-12 meetup online to talk about and create multimedia projects around different ways of being and believing. You can make new friends, learn how to connect in positive and generative ways even when you may share very fundamental differences, and build skills through creative collaborative projects! Right now we’re working on issue #2 of our zine publication, and in the spring we’ll be developing a podcast!
For more, see the FUSE landing page at ccny.org/fuse
Youth Zine Project - Now Accepting Submissions!
Our youth are working on a new publication, inviting art and creative writing submissions that explore spirituality, belief systems and big questions. Your perspective matters! Children & Youth of all ages can be part of the project. Click the submission link to see the mission statement and specs for entries, and send yours in! For more, see the FUSE landing page at ccny.org/fuse
SUMMER YOUTH JUSTICE ART SHOWS
Each year, youth at the Community Church of New York are Invited to participate with Gallery35 to create online summer exhibitions!
Click on the images to below to view the exhibitions!
