The Elementary class (grades Pre-school through 5th grade) meets every Sunday during church except for Full Church Sundays (which we have about every other month.) The children start out with their families until after the “Story for all Ages”, then the congregation “sings the children to their classes.”   We have monthly themes for our lessons from the excellent UU Curriculum called Soul Matters.  The Elementary class consists of singing, hearing stories that inspire, and sharing our own experiences.  Each class also includes creative time to play with different mediums while making new friends. 

Do you know anyone looking for Part-Time Employment? Sunday School Teacher for Elementary Age Children Wanted 

Namaqua Unitarian Universalist Church of Loveland is looking to hire a Sunday School teacher for elementary age children K-5 starting on Sept 10th and going through the school year.  We operate with a one room schoolhouse model and you will be working with Janen Wright, the Director of Religious Education or a second adult volunteer on any given Sunday.  All lessons will be provided and pay is $18 an hour.  Hours of employment are from  9:40-11:40 a.m. Sunday mornings.  Unitarian Universalism is a liberal religion characterized by a “free and responsible search for truth and meaning.”

Share Your Passion Summer Church Sign Up

Don’t be pushed by your problems.  Be led by your passions.  Ralph Waldo Emerson

Calling all interested NUUC Congregants

This Summer for our Sunday School class I invite you to sign up for a Sunday to come in and share your passion with the kids. This is a great way for the kids to get to know you better and for congregants to enjoy the exceptionally wonderful kids that we have at Namaqua.  

Here are just some of the things I have seen done in the past (in a different congregation) to get you thinking of what you might want to offer.

Bird watching– A sweet couple taught the kids the name of birds and hung pictures of birds from the trees for them to spot.  They also looked at real birds in binoculars. They then made bird treats to take home and hang in their own trees– they spread something with peanut butter and covered it with birdseed. 

Holidays– Someone shared Seder with the kids and talked about other Jewish holidays 

Camping– a congregant brought in his trailer and let the kids sit inside it to share adventures in the wild then they made smores over the cookstove.  

Quilting– one lady let each child draw on a quilt block then she took them home and sewed them together.  Sock puppets are also fun to make or any easy sewing craft.  

Cooking- One lady helped the kids make a Mexican dish then we all got to sit down and eat it together with guacamole and chips!

Art– One artist taught the kids how to paint a particular scene one step at a time.  It was great seeing how the paintings turned out and one child realized she was meant to be an artist– probably the impressionist type!  Making any easy craft is another fun option.

Obstacle course- One young adult set up a creative obstacle course to challenge the kids.

Please click on this sign-up sheet to see what date you can share your passion with us. Give me a description and we can work out the details when the day gets closer.

https://forms.gle/YYextzcU4NHLgjV49

Thanks in advance!  Janen Wright, Director of Religious Education 

namaquadre@gmail.com