We invite you to join us at Unity Center of Peace on Sundays at 11:00am with your younger family members. While you enjoy our Celebration Service in the sanctuary, they will benefit from participating in our robust, loving, nurturing curriculum for children and youth. All programs are age-appropriate and are led by our carefully selected, and fully background checked, Spiritual Education staff members.
Our YFM rooms are in the upstairs part of the building and Sunday School resides from 11am-12:10pm. Please be sure to sign your child in using the clipboard on the door. Near the end of service, the children will be brought downstairs by the Youth Ed teacher to give a brief announcement about what they did and what they learned and to receive a special UCP blessing by the minister and congretation. We currently do not have a program for teens (Y.O.U). Teens are encouraged to sit in the Sunday Service with their parents at this time.
We envision young people growing up with a clear grasp of their spiritual nature and power, living from their ability to make a difference in the world, to express love, to choose kindness, to relate authentically, and to model spiritual values.
For more about our Youth Education Director (YED), Shannon Preto, see the page: Minister, Board Members, and Staff
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Contact Email: shannon.p@unitychapelhill.org
YFM October Focus:
In October, we'll be looking at ways to feel and express our Power of Zeal to our Divine Nature - outside and inside our body/mind, to God, and to one another. It will be this Power of Zeal that will bring us closer in times of trouble or darkness. It will be the large and small joys that create ritual within our mealtimes or time for bonding. It will be the aligning of internal feelings and external expressions of Excitement, Joy, and Enthusiasm that will reinvigorate our wholeness.
Sunday, October 18
We learned about how excitement, joy and identity can be supported through the clothing and fashion of a culture. We looked at the clothing traditions of Mexiand, Guatemala, South Africa, Nigeria, Scotland, the Aran Island in Ireland, Korea, Japan, India, and Pakistan. We also looked at how folks dress in the American West and in Minnesota. We talked about how though the origins of the Pakistani and India people can be similar in a historical context, due to religious influences and political influences, their use of color and fashion have developed differently. We looked at the similarities between continental African culture, but also remembered that through the study of culture, and enacting our cultural humility, we can refine our understanding of how communities express themselves.
Next we will express our Zeal for dressing in our various colors as UCP will be hosting a Trunk or Treat. The children will continue to learn about how colors can express emotions, and how we can shift our moods and the moods of others, as well as how clothing is an expression of culture.
Join us. Bring your colors and bring your Zeal.
Sunday, October 11
This past Sunday, we started looking at the psychology of color and how we can use color as an expression of Zeal. We can use color to share our excitement, our enthusiasm and our Joy. The children spent time mixing watercolors and paint to create a new color and to name it. The take home message is that we shift and share our moods, particularly through colors we determine to be energetic and reflective of our most present way of being. We can use color to share and express our spirituality.
Next week, we'll continue to look at how color is informed by a culture of a people or a group to express their identity and their spirituality. We are excited for you to join us and share the vibrancy of your Color within our YFM classroom. We'll also be hosting a Sing Along movie night by watching Encanto on Friday, 10/16 doors open at 5:00pm, and movie starts soon after 5:30pm RSVP
Sunday, October 4
This Sunday in the YFM program, we will begin exploring the psychology of Color as our medium to understand the Power of Zeal. Zeal is an expression of our joy, our enthusiasm, and a reflection of our spirituality. Color on our clothes, on our things and in our homes is also an expression of our moods, our variations of enthusiasm (which relates to fashion and trends), and is a reflection of our whole identities. October is often awash in colors. The changing of the leaves, the colors that come out for Halloween, the colors placed on Ofrendas, and the multitude of colors in the sun rises and sunsets.
It will be through the colors we put on both in our clothes and in our expressions of our Divinity which depicts our Power of Zeal. We invite your children to join us every Sunday with the colors that represent their joys, their enthusiasm, and their fullest Divinity.
September – Power of Order
We explored the Power of Order through the intentional use of space in our relationships, homes, sacred spaces, and within ourselves. The children learned about personal boundaries and proxemics, explored feng shui and positive energy flow, and discovered how organizing our inner and outer spaces can foster well-being, connection, and a deeper experience of the Divine.
August – Power of Will
We introduced the Power of Will through the concepts of choice, commitment, and willingness. The children explored how the Powers of Release, Understanding, Love, Life, and Faith support our everyday choices and began a creative flower project, adding petals representing the spiritual Powers and affirmations that help us grow
July – Power of Understanding
We explored the Power of Understanding through curiosity, empathy, and self-awareness. Using creative collage, the children reflected on Unity’s 5 Principles, explored the Jackal and Giraffe metaphors from Nonviolent Communication, and considered how curiosity, compassion, and Love can help us navigate misunderstandings and deepen our connections with others.
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