HP Rivers

  • Playlist – Time for All Ages with Helen

    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOYBqH_w2OxUMF-jUKMXhkSz4R4geX9gf

    HP Rivers

  • RE Newsletter 6-4-20 with Anti-Racist Parenting Resources

    In the waves of disheartening news over the past week following the murder of George Floyd and countless others, it was a relief to be inspired by a Facebook post by a friend back home the other day. Her daughter is six months old, and my friend is already teaching her about racism and racial…

    HP Rivers

  • Story-Based Online RE Lesson – “Because Amelia Smiled”

    Chalice Lighting Joys & Concerns Check In Story – Because Amelia Smiled by David Ezra Stein Discussion What did you like about the story? What if we told that story about what’s going on now? What do you think it would look like if the story started, “Because everyone stayed home…?” Activity Let’s make our…

    HP Rivers

  • Story-Based Online RE Lesson Plan – “Wilma Jean the Worry Machine”

    Chalice Lighting Check In How are you doing? What’s one awesome or interesting thing you’ve done or learned since social distancing? Story Wilma Jean the Worry Machine Follow Up & Activity What is something you’re worried about? Write down each worry on a post-it, stick to a window, board, or piece of paper. Then, put…

    HP Rivers

  • Virtual Lesson Plan for Ostara with COVID-19 Tie-In

    Feel free to use or adapt this lesson plan with attribution. Email me at uuctdre2810@gmail.com with any questions or concerns. CHALICE LIGHTING CHECK IN What is something good that happened this week? What is something that you worried about? STORY Adapted from The Ostara Bunny by Rev. Christina Leone Once upon a time, a long,…

    HP Rivers

  • A Message to the Children & Youth of UUCT Regarding COVID-19 Closures

    UU congregations and religious professionals are welcome and encouraged to use or adapt this video and/or script however they see fit. Feel free to email me at uuctdre2810@gmail.com with any questions or concerns. Hey friends! I’m Helen. I’m the Director of Religious Exploration at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Tallahassee. My pronouns are she/her/hers, and…

    HP Rivers

  • Affirmations to Our Inner Children

    On Sunday, February 16, 2020, I asked the congregation of UUCT to write down a message they wish they had heard when they were younger. These affirmations to our inner children were written on small wooden hearts, which were then assembled into a chain that will be placed in our new Religious Exploration classroom, so…

    HP Rivers