Like many of you, I find this time of year an exciting/exhausting mixture of wonderful traditions and tedious obligations. This year, I am working very hard in my personal life to find a balance in my coulds and shoulds. At work, I am spending time tending the fires of many of our beloved multigenerational traditions. I hope you will be taking part!
December Sundays for Kids
Sunday, December 5
9:15-- Regular RE classes
10:30-- Pageant Rehearsal for Pageant Cast and Children's Choir
11:15-- Regular RE classes
Sunday, December 12
9:15-- Regular RE classes
10:30-- Pageant Rehearsal for Pageant Cast and Children's Choir
10:30-- Youth Choir Rehearsal
11:15-- Regular RE classes
Sunday, December 19
Christmas Pageant-- One Service Only at 10:30!
Actors and singers in the pageant should arrive early at 9:00 a.m.
No regular RE classes (childcare is available for toddlers in the Childspace room)
Sunday, December 26
Children's Worship and Activities-- One Service Only at 10:30!
No regular RE classes (childcare is available for toddlers in the Childspace room)
Posada
Saturday, December 4, 5:30
This year our festivities included over 70 children and adults enjoying dinner, a beautiful walk with Jose and Maria (on a pony) in the neighborhood, in search of an inn and a rousing party afterwards with Pinatas cookies and cider. If you missed the fun this year-- keep this event in mind for next year. It is great fun for kids of ALL AGES!
Hanukkah Celebration
Wednesday, December 8, 5:15, 6:00
We celebrate Hanukkah during our Vespers Service and then again at our Community Night Dinner. Who can resist the magic of holiday food, stories, songs, dreidels and other traditions. Come light the Menorah with BUF!
illUUminations!
Wednesday, December 15, 5:00, 5:30, 6:00
illUUminations is a Unitarian Universalist holiday that we have been celebrating at BUF since 2008. It is a special celebration of our chalice as part of the traditional festival of lights. It was inspired when a child asked his parents-- how come we celebrate everyone else's holidays-- why don't we have a holiday of our own? And it was true-- in most UU congregations we honor Hanukkah-- the Menorah lights and the star of David, we celebrate christmas-- the North Star that led the wise men and the lights on trees, we mention the yule log and its endless fire and we give thanks for the returning light of the sun. And so the parents of this child got together with members of their congregation and they created the holiday illUUminations-- to celebrate our light in these long nights of darkness-- the light our our chalice and the unique spark in each of us. Come to BUF at 5:00 to make or decorate a chalice. Carry your chalice into the Vespers service at 5:30 and hear the mythological story of illUUminations and then join us for a special blessing of the chalice at our Community Night Dinner at 6:00!
Christmas Pageant-- Spirit of the Christmas Tree
Sunday, December 19, 10:30
Pageant participants should arrive by 9:00 a.m.
Solstice Celebration
Wednesday, December 22, 6:00
Community Night Dinner will include a special Solstice Blessing!
Christmas Eve Service
Friday, December 24, 8:00 p.m.
*** There is no childcare for this service. The nursery in the back of the sanctuary will be open to parents and children who need a quiet place.***
I wish you all peace and laughter this holiday season. May it be a time of remembering what matters most in your life and a deepening commitment to integrity in the New Year!
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