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CalendarCOMING OF AGE CALENDAR 2009 - 2010=COMING-OF-AGE CALENDAR, 2009 - 2010 We understand that this is a full schedule with a wide variety of plans. We know most of you will have schedule conflicts at some time during the year. The more you prioritize and commit to the Coming-of-Age program, the more you will get out of it. This is an once-in-a-lifetime spiritual growth opportunity! COA Group Meetings Tuesday, September 22, 7 to 9pm: Opening Ritual ~ Initiation Ceremony Youth, parents, and facilitators
Tuesday, October 6, 7 to 9pm: Intro meeting with group bonding and covenant creation Tuesday, October 20, 7 to 9pm: Mentor-Youth Dinner and Activity Youth, mentors, and facilitators Tuesday, November 3, 7 to 9pm: Workshop on U.U. History & Theology Wednesday, November 11, all day: U.U. Heritage trip to Boston Tuesday, December 1, 7 to 9pm: Workshop: exploring Social Justice issues part 1 Tuesday, January 5, 7 to 9pm: Workshop: exploring Social Justice issues part 2
Tuesday, February 2, 7 to 9pm: Social Justice Trip planning meeting NOTE: with parents from 8 to 9pm TBD for two days during school vacation week (2/13 to 2/21): Social Justice Trip Tuesday, February 23, 7 to 9pm: Presentation to FPS community about Social Justice trip NOTE: presentation part will be 7:30 to 8:30 (parents are invited) Tuesday, March 16, 7 to 9pm: Workshop on Spiritual Practices and U.U. prayer Tuesday, March 30, 7 to 9pm: Workshop on Faith and Beliefs Tuesday, April 13, 7 to 9pm: Workshop on Credo Creating Tuesday, April 27, 7 to 9pm: Final credo creating and plan COA service Saturday, May 1, at 9 to 11am: Rehearse COA service and celebration breakfast Youth, mentors, and facilitators Sunday, May 2, 10am Coming-of-Age Worship Service and Ceremony! Youth, mentors, parents, and facilitators Mentor Relationships
Some questions to guide the mentor/mentee teams … What do I believe about my religion? What do I believe about my spirituality? What do I believe is my moral responsibility? What do I believe matters most to me? What do I believe is important about First Parish of Sudbury? Why do I come? What do I believe I important about Unitarian Universalism? Why am I UU? Please see FPS mentor guidelines and policy for more information about safety and expectations within this relationship. Second Sundays Spirituality Series for Youth Group All Coming-of-Age youth are highly and enthusiastically encouraged to join the Youth Group teens for more spiritual exploration and work. (You are welcome to join with them for any activities, but this is particularly relevant to your Coming-of-Age journey.) Sunday, September 13 from 7 to 9pm: Ingathering Worship and Celebration We will start our year together with a worship service sharing our summer stories and exploring our dreams for the coming year. What do you hope to get out of your First Parish experiences this year? We will conclude with a celebratory time to enjoy the start of another year together! Sunday, October 11 from 7 to 9pm: Art and the UU Principles We will use art as a form to explore our UU principles, what they mean to us, and how we can share them with others Sunday, November 8 from 7 to 9pm: Commercials and Elevator Speeches We will explore what is great about Unitarian Universalism and First Parish by creating commercials and elevator speeches (a one minute response to the questions: “What is Unitarian Universalism?”, “What do Unitarian Universalists believe?”, and “Why do you go to First Parish?”.) Sunday, December 13 from 7 to 9pm: Unplugging the Holidays We will explore the winter holidays and consider the commercial and societal messages we get about these holidays as we dream of how we would like to celebrate the holidays this year. Sunday, January 10 from 7 to 9pm: Meditation Steve Johnson will be joining us as we explore concrete easy-to-try meditation activities that have worked for him to quiet the inner chatter in our minds to sincerely experience meditation. Sunday, February 14 from 7 to 9pm: Icons and Altars We will explore some famous leaders and symbols that are so important to some people that they are held up as an icon or placed on an altar. This exploration is the beginning of our own journey to considering what is most important to us. Sunday, March 14 from 7 to 9pm: Worship We will explore different forms of worship and work together to help plan the Youth Sunday service happening next week on March 21st. Sunday, April 11 from 7 to 9pm: What do I believe? With the Coming-of-Age service happening next month, we will all take some time to consider and explore what we believe. How have our beliefs changed or evolved over the last year? or last ten years? How might we imagine our beliefs changing as we get older? We will make spiritual timelines or life story art work. Sunday, May 9 from 7 to 9pm: Prayer Flags We will explore what is important to us individually and collectively as we make our own prayer flags. Sunday, June 13 from 7 to 9pm: Closing Worship and Celebration We will explore and reflect upon what we have learned this year, how we have grown, and how we may have changed … both as individuals and as a group. We will give thanks for our year together and then share a fun celebration end on a high note. |
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Gary will lead a book discussion group starting January 8 from 7:00-8:30 pm in the Brackett Room using Huston Smith's classic The World's Religions, an eight week tour of Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the Primal Traditions. The class is free and open to the public, but you might want to add this book to your Christmas list if you want to participate. Please note: we will be using the non-illustrated version of Smith's book. The pictures are nice, but the text is much abbreviated in the illustrated edition.