Faith Formation News – 9/16/21

HELLO SUUS Families!

Join us this weekend as we kick off a new year of Faith Formation TOGETHER! There are three different activities happening, so please look closely at the schedule so you don’t miss a thing!

But before you whip out the calendar, please take this short survey to help with Fall planning and beyond: https://shorelineuu.breezechms.com/form/82ce4158 (THANK YOU in advance for sharing your thoughts with us!)

FAITH FORMATION WEEKEND FUN!

Saturday: “Sunken Garden” Clean-Up & Movie Night

Sunday: Faith Formation Activity during outdoor worship. It’s just like pre-covid, but outdoors! Parents can send children off to Faith Formation in the “Sunken Garden” while they stay in the service for the Reflection & more!

WOOHOO! GO SUUS Faith Formation 2021-2022!

Love,
Amy

P.S. If you missed the Backpack Blessing last Sunday and would like a backpack charm, please let me know and I can mail it or you can pick one up at SUUS.

P.P.S. Mystery Pen Pals are BACK! Check out the details below!

Faith Formation Happenings

WORSHIP
Sunday, September 19 at 10:30am Multi-Platform Worship (Outdoors OR Zoom)
“Humpback Harbinger” – Rev. Terry
This month we are focusing on possibility: the ability to dream and make dreams come true. It’s both a practical and a spiritual journey. Practical because to survive we must address life’s problems; spiritual because finding a new way takes faith in possibilities. As engineer Howard Wolowitz says to theoretical physicist Sheldon Cooper on the Big Bang Theory, “If you can dream it, I can build it.

ACTIVITIES
Saturday, September 18 at 4:30pm – “Sunken Garden” Clean-Up
Parents, Youth & Families are invited to join us for a short garden clean-up at SUUS followed by a pizza dinner before the movie. The “Sunken Garden” will be our outdoor classroom for Faith Formation and it needs a little TLC! Please bring gloves if you have them, a mask and a reusable water bottle. I will take pizza orders on-site for all helpers who attend. Thanks in advance for tending our garden and helping to create an outdoor Faith Formation classroom!


Saturday, September 18 at 6:30pm – Family MOVIE NIGHT at SUUS!
Join us outside for a film and some fun! We will watch the movie “SING” and enjoy popcorn from the popcorn machine generously donated by the Lagasse Family! Thank you, Lagasses! Families & Friends are welcome to join! Please bring a chair, mask, reusable water bottle, a friend or two, and a book for the Little Free Library.

Sunday, September 19 during 10:30am Multi-Platform Worship – OUTDOOR Activity
Join us for OUTDOOR worship where we will have a special activity during the second half of the service. Our Story for All is about “dreamers” and we will continue our exploration by making dreamcatchers together! Please bring a chair & your mask.

Sunday, September 26 at 1pm – Faith Formation Family Chapel & Activity
Please join us for an ALL AGES outdoor gathering at SUUS where we will begin construction on a Faith Formation SCARECROW for the annual “Scarecrows Invade Madison” event! You won’t want to miss this special group project. All welcome to join in the creative FUN!

YOUTH GROUP
September 24 – September 25: CT YOUTH CAMP CON
Where: Kettletown State Park (Southbury, CT)
What: Unitarian Universalist youth groups from Westport, Hamden, Danbury, Madison and New London will be holding a fall camping Retreat to kick off this new congregational year. The purpose of this overnight is to deepen our statewide connections, learn new games and leadership skills, share through worship, and further bond.
For youth unable to do the overnight, you are invited to participate in the Saturday morning activities (Breakfast, Hike & Closing Circle).
Please contact Amy Buckley for more information and registration.

REGISTRATION: Please fill out the online registration form before attending Faith Formation gatherings: https://shorelineuu.breezechms.com/form/769f5862

SOCIAL CONNECTIONS
MYSTERIOUSLY MYSTERIOUS MYSTERY PEN PALS!
Now say that five times fast! Mystery Pen Pals are back and better than ever with an option for virtual submission! Can’t get a handwritten letter to SUUS? NO PROBLEM! Simply snap a photo of your letter and email to ME (dff(a)shorelineunitarian.org) and I will mysteriously send your letter through the interwebs! So who’s in?! Please sign-up this Sunday at OUTDOOR worship or send me an email. Final date for sign-up is Sunday, September 26. Now really, try saying it five times fast!
MYSTERIOUSLY MYSTERIOUS MYSTERY PEN PALS, MYSTERIOUSLY MYSTERIOUS MYSTERY PEN PALS, MYSTERIOUSLY MYSTERIOUS MYSTERY PEN PALS, MYSTERIOUSLY MYSTERIOUS MYSTERY PEN PALS, MYSTERIOUSLY MYSTERIOUS MYSTERY PEN PALS!

SOCIAL CONNECTIONS
Oct 3, 10 & 17 MYSTERIOUSLY MYSTERIOUS MYSTERY PEN PALS!
Now say that five times fast! Mystery Pen Pals are back, and better than ever with an option for virtual submission! Can’t get a handwritten letter to SUUS? NO PROBLEM! Simply snap a photo of your letter and email to ME (dff(a)shorelineunitarian.org) and I will mysteriously send your letter through the interwebs! This is an intergenerational project and a perfect opportunity to explore our monthly theme, “Cultivating Relationship.” ALL are welcome to participate! THREE WEEKS, THREE LETTERS & a PARTY!!! So who’s in?!

Please sign-up this Sunday at OUTDOOR worship or send me an email. Final date for sign-up is Sunday, September 26. Now really, try saying it five times fast!
MYSTERIOUSLY MYSTERIOUS MYSTERY PEN PALS, MYSTERIOUSLY MYSTERIOUS MYSTERY PEN PALS, MYSTERIOUSLY MYSTERIOUS MYSTERY PEN PALS, MYSTERIOUSLY MYSTERIOUS MYSTERY PEN PALS, MYSTERIOUSLY MYSTERIOUS MYSTERY PEN PALS!

Sunday, October 24 – Mystery Pen Pal REVEAL PARTY following Multi-Platform Worship


Halloween Party
Please mark your calendar for our annual outdoor Halloween Party on Saturday, October 30 (Time TBD)

MOMs GROUP
Stay tuned for a Fall meeting dates for MOMs Group. Interested in hosting a meet-up? Please email Amy Buckley.

PILLARS
Wednesday, October 13 at 6:30pm: Faith Formation Committee Meeting
Thank you Pillars for an excellent first meeting of the year! I am so grateful for you all! Please put a recurring reminder on your calendar for our monthly meetings on the second Wednesday of each month.

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