OWL Teacher Training at UUSM
We love OWL! We want to support OWL! We are investigating holding an OWL (Our Whole Lives) teacher training for grades 7-9 and 10-12 right here at UU Santa Monica.
Children & Youth RE News
Come Join Us! September Events at UUSM: Youth RE
Check out the AWESOME calendar of Sunday Activities in September and info about a First Friday Fun and Games night on October 7th!
A Holiday Wish: To Fill Pantries for People Facing Hunger in Santa Monica
The UUSM Hunger Task Force is launching a Winter Food Drive for Westside Food Bank during this year’s darkest month.
Walk to End Hunger Oct. 17
Westside Food Bank is conducting their 31st 5k Hunger Walk virtually, October 17-24. And the UUSM Hunger Task Force is on the march!
The Challenges of Parenting: Building Resilience, With Resa Foreman
Parenting can be a joyous experience, allowing us to love another in a most profound way. It can also be exhausting. Good parenting requires patience, empathy, and attunement to the …
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A Skateboarding Ministry for UUSM Youth
An exciting new Skateboard Project will bring together the long history of our area (Venice Beach and Santa Monica) as the birthplace of extreme skateboarding and our beliefs as Unitarian Universalists.
UU Santa Monica Youth RE Family Movie Night (Middle School Edition)
Holding online activities can be a bit of a challenge, but the RE Movie night on Saturday, February 27, was a blast!
Reimagining the Children and Youth Religious Exploration Program
The twelve participants brainstormed as a team about the ways that could really reach out to UUSM’s kids in these difficult times. Discussion turned to the gifts the UUSM community has to offer and how these gifts could be matched up with our kids’ and parents’ needs.
Fall News for Children and Youth RE
This Fall, we will offer a deep dive into anti-racism with a “Growing Anti-Racist UUs” weekly curriculum for Pre-K through Grade 5, and book study groups for older youth and young adults.
UUSM Strikes for Climate Justice
Traveling by Metro, bicycle, and hybrid car, UUSM marchers joined friends from Climate Action Santa Monica, UU of SCV, and a sea of young climate strikers.