More houses of the Spirit

 I bring you to the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Swanannoa Valley.  UUCSV as it is known by those who attend.

 There is now a sweet memorial garden in a quiet place under trees.

 The memorial wall has names of people I've known (all but one of them). It doesn't contain names of those who don't have friends/family to post their names.  I see that as a limitation that our diverse geography has created, families live elsewhere, so don't put a name where their loved ones had lived.

Religious Education

Our Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Swanannoa Valley honored our religious education program and all the people that bring it together for our children and their families, on Sunday this week.

Two teens read the story of the Lorax to all of us (while the youngest sat around in front at their feet.

Our Director of Religious Education headed up the program (in purple here, Beata Ball) while her daughter, Dorinda, was given the ritual of passage of crossing a bridge into adulthood (while watched by her father on right.) On left is Sybil Argentur (our former Director of RE) and our minister Rev. Michael Carter, both seated.

Sybil led the bridge crossing ceremony so Beata could be a parent rather than RE Director for a moment.

Many little ones had the chance to talk about their classes this year.  It was most enjoyable...for the grownups at least.  One of them read a story about bullies and a pink shirt, and apparently that was the theme of all the children (and most parents) wearing pink shirts.  It was all about finding your own power.

I'm taking a few days off from blogging. Hope you feel better than I do, achoo!