Child #1: Why do we set the table?

Adult #1:

We have a table here
because we believe in community,
in what we have to give to
and receive from one another.
We are fed in relationship
and the table is our symbol.

Child #2: Why do we ... read more.

Here are the coloring pages we’ll be using for the MLUC Seder on 3/28 and the Easter service on 4/4!

Seder:

color-seder-plate with transliterations (PDF)

Easter Service:

coloring_page_crocus-1 (PDF)

the_promised_land (PDF)

cross-coloring-page-celtic-cnt-mls (PDF)

As the events of this week have unfolded we may have felt angry, sad, scared, and confused.  The media, pundits, and our friends and family have explored what happened and why.  But what does it mean to us?  Making meaning is a core human activity ... read more.

What will faith development programming for children and youth look like this fall at MLUC?

I’ve been asking myself that with varying degrees of curiosity, despair, and determination for months.  Luckily, I do not have to figure out the answers all by myself!  In August we ... read more.

Starting in May, each family registered for Faith Development will receive a monthly activity packet.  This month’s packet includes stamped, addressed thank-you cards for each teacher who taught each child in the family!

Here’s the instructions:

THANK YOU, TEACHERS!

Although we encourage everyone to participate via Zoom because personal connection is important, we are also making the materials from each week’s family faith development meeting available to families for home use!

This week’s class was geared to be mostly check-in and a game.  We did ... read more.

Although we encourage everyone to participate via Zoom because personal connection is important, we are also making the materials from each week’s family faith development meeting available to families for home use!

Do you all know what Earth Day is? And what it’s for? [Allow kids ... read more.

This week we do not have regular Faith Development classes.  Instead we have: