From Lily Rappaport, Developmental Director of Family Ministries Some congregations have shifted from curriculum-based Sunday classes to Religious Education that offers a variety of program choices each Sunday. Instead of dividing children into classes by ages and grades, this model allows children of different ages with different learning styles and comfort levels to self-select the...
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On That Note… – March 2020
From Markus Grae-Hauck, Director of Music Ministries Some five years ago, when my wife Laurice was working for the UU Legislative Ministry of New Jersey (since then rebranded as NJ FaithAction), she envisioned an event where the choirs of the UU congregations in New Jersey would come together to share music and friendship. That idea...
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Spring Bible Study
Spring Bible StudyThursdays, March 19 through April 9, 20207:30 to 9:00 PM via Zoom Virtual Meeting Come encounter the Judeo Christian Scriptures through a Unitarian Universalist lens. Rev Scott will lead an examination of texts addressing Easter and Passover, and dig into similar tales from other religions as well. A good Study Bible will help best with the...
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UUA Middle School CON at UUCM
We are hosting a UUA Middle School CON here at UUCM March 28, 2020! Registration for the spring 2020 Metro Junior Youth Con is now open. This event will take place 10 am March 28th and end 8 am on March 29th at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair, NJ. This event is for youth...
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Family Ministries—Religious Education for the 21st Century – February 2020
From Lily Rappaport, Developmental Director of Family Ministries Adaptive challenges happen when we ask people to adopt new beliefs or when we help people see that the ways that they have been doing things in the past no longer work for them. Regarding our congregation’s religious education program, there has been a general shift of...
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On That Note… – February 2020
From Markus Grae-Hauck, Director of Music Ministries If you missed the interfaith service on Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, or if you just want to hear and see it again, you are in luck. Some of our intrepid technical wizards (including Jason Brome, Randy Crafton, Eileen Delahunty, Jerry Fried, Debbie Ann Tripoldi, and Rev. Scott...