PRIMARY category for news posts about learning opportunities that fall outside of specific RE programming
Our expectations around professionalism make appearance and dress an important part of navigating jobs and educational opportunities, and young people who have been incarcerated need support as they transition. Sometimes … Continue reading Shirts and Ties to Support Incarcerated Young Men
I tried to do some pottery a few years back –– early part of the pandemic. It was supposed to be a fun outing once we were first allowed to venture … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: Back to Basics
Birds are marvelous and terrifying. Since they are just dinosaurs living among us, and because they factor so much in our daily lives, our cities and even our dinner tables, … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: The Crow Stone Age
One of our holiday traditions is to tell the Christmas story during our Christmas Eve with help from our YRE families! After a few years being virtual with this service, … Continue reading Christmas Eve Tableau! Sign Up and Share in Our Holiday Story
Suppose there is no such thing as a mistake. Suppose things happen, and it is our response that makes a thing purposeful. Suppose everything we do has a good potentiality … Continue reading Food for Our Minds and Spirits: No Chords Are Mistakes
There’s a scene in the TV show The Wire that is pretty well known that I particularly love — the “chess scene.” Two young men are playing a board game … Continue reading Food for Our Minds and Spirits: Change Isn’t the Same as Solve
Now that our YRE classes are meeting on Sundays from 11:30 – 12:30, we are very much into the lunch hour while we are in class. And we want to … Continue reading Youth RE: We’ve got snacks now!
I heard when I was young the rule that you don’t help a butterfly out of its pupa. When a butterfly emerges, it is delicate and the emerging is part … Continue reading Food for Our Minds and Spirits: Metamorphosis
On our first Sunday in November, senior high youth Graham Torok explained his Eagle Scout project focusing on refugee families in Northeast Ohio. These are people who are not only … Continue reading Helping Refugees in Northeast Ohio!
The Ka’bah is old. The holiest site in Islam was holy before the dawn of Islam. It was also not alone among “honored stones” in the pre-Islamic religion in the … Continue reading Food for Our Minds and Spirits: New Versions of Old Things
