Children & Youth Religious Education Team
Service. The Heart of the Matter
Rev. Carolyn Colbert, Interim Minister
Each of us is born with two hearts. One, the literal fist-sized pump that keeps us alive. The other heart, the metaphorical one, is the synonym for love, for compassion, for caring and affection. That heart, like the literal one, can be broken, can harden and ache, and sometimes stop. It can also be warmed and kept beating. That's the heart we'll explore this morning. Our Religious Education Program for children and youth begins this morning -- this year's focus will be the exploration of the holidays and holy days of the world's religions.
Community Garden Project
RVUUF Community Garden is now a reality. Please check us out. We are behind the Annex. You are invited to join the group. Save your kitchen vegetable waste for our compost. Do you have any unwanted soaker hose or garden tools or a small garden bench that you would like to contribute to the Garden? We are also looking for large stones, pieces of concrete or cinder blocks to form the edges to the raised beds. Contact Aubree Johnson or Jan Limb
Peace Fence
RVUUF's youth have created a Peace Day panel (click to enlarge) as part of Mother's Day celebration this Sunday. You can easily find the Peace Fence in Ashland's Railroad District: head down Fourth Street to A Street; you'll see the fence just across the railroad tracks. A group of artists, writers, poets, children and others have created a fence of artistic panels expressing each contributor's thoughts about peace and the well-being of the planet. Music, poetry, bagpiper, Julia Ward Howe's Mother's Peace Day Proclamation, and more! Come and join the celebration!
The Peace Fence Project honors the historical origins of Mother's Day in this country. Unitarian Universalist participation honors the great Unitarian social reformer and suffragette Julia Ward Howe who, in 1870 as the horrors of the Civil War waged on, conceived the idea of a Mother's Peace Day. As our UU youth participate in this project they grow and learn together building their skills for leadership so that they can claim a space as leaders of future generations. Through this project the youth gave expression to their understanding of the relationship between creating peace and caring for the earth. Their hand prints remind them and us that Earth Peace: It's In Our Hands
Community Garden
RVUUF Community Gardeners invite you to join our first work parties at 10:00AM on Wed, April 30 and Sat, May 4. We'll be building a deer fence and creating raised beds with organic soil. No gardening experience required. All help is welcomed! Contact Jan Limb
Service. RE Huzzah
Join us to celebrate our wonderful Religious Education Program, and the children, youth, teachers and others who make it possible. The elementary class will present a play.
Food collection for Ashland Emergency Food Bank.
Easter Egg Hunt for All Generations
Immediately following the service before food is shared, youth and adults will be invited to the Front Yard (weather permitting) to hunt for colorful eggs. Coffee will be served immediately after the service and the rest of the food will be available about 15 minutes after the service. All adults are encouraged to join in the egg hunt.
Make your own Easter Hat
Julie Excell and Christine Norton Cotts will have lots of materials for families and kids to make their own wonderful creations. There will be an Easter Parade of Hats during the beginning of the service for everyone to show off their creation!
Community Garden
Are you interested in starting a RVUUF Community Garden this spring? Join others from YRUU, YA (Young Adults) and Environmental Action. Bring your ideas! Let's grow this together! For more info, contact Jan Limb.
