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    • Home
    • About
      • Covenant, Mission, Vision
      • Minister and Staff
      • Board Of Governors
      • Event Calendar
      • UU Resources
      • Building and Grounds
      • Directions and Parking
      • Contact Page
      • Donations
      • News about UFPC
    • Worship
      • Worship
      • Weddings at UFPC
      • Weekly Sermons
    • Programs
      • Religious Education
      • Congregational Life
      • Social Justice Action
      • Prison Book Program
      • Meditation Group
      • Book Group
    • History & Visitor Program
      • UFPC History
      • UFPC Vignettes
      • Visitor's Program
      • Presidential Wreathlaying
    • Online Services

617-773-1290

United First Parish Church

United First Parish ChurchUnited First Parish ChurchUnited First Parish Church
  • Home
  • About
  • Worship
  • Programs
  • History & Visitor Program
  • Online Services

Welcome Families

  This page will be updated frequently for new resources, challenges and activities for families during this time of virtual church.

Children's Chapel

Week 2 Chapel 9.24.2020

Director of Religious Education, Joan McDonald talks about our first principle: Everyone is Important 

 

Opening Chapel 9.17.2020

Director of Religious Education leads a children's chapel for our preschool to early elementary age children.

 We open the church year sharing about our UU chalice, a meditation about water and talks about what is new in your world. 

Coloring Pages

Each week a new coloring page will be uploaded for our weekly children's chapel.

Week 9.24.2020: Draw a picture about our First Principle (pdf)Download

Family Resources During Covid-19

Breathe With Me - Guided Breathing Meditation for Kids

Breathe With Me - Guided Breathing Meditation for Kids

Breathe With Me - Guided Breathing Meditation for Kids

Mariam Gates author of Breathe with Me guides young ones ages 4–8 through six guided breathing meditation exercises to promote body awareness, calm anger, feel stronger in new situations, energize in the morning, and relax at bedtime.  

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Breathe With Me - Guided Breathing Meditation for Kids

Breathe With Me - Guided Breathing Meditation for Kids

Listen to actors read picture books for children and families. This partnership helps raise funds to feed children who are missing school food programs during the pandemic. 

Select a story

Lunchtime Doodles with Mo Willems

Breathe With Me - Guided Breathing Meditation for Kids

Parenting Children and Youth With Special Needs

 Kennedy Center Education Artist-in-Residence at Home offers 15 episodes to spur creativity while staying at home.  

Watch episode 1

Parenting Children and Youth With Special Needs

Parenting Children and Youth With Special Needs

Parenting Children and Youth With Special Needs

 I’m a parent of a 21-year-old living with autism.  We are getting along OK in this pandemic ......

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Parenting During a Pandemic

Parenting Children and Youth With Special Needs

Helping Young Children Understand about COVID-19

A collection of Resources posted on the UUA website.

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Helping Young Children Understand about COVID-19

Parenting Children and Youth With Special Needs

Helping Young Children Understand about COVID-19

Daniel Tiger episode "Daniel Gets a Cold/"Mom Tiger is Sick"

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Care and Feeding of Your Adult During Social Distancing

Care and Feeding of Your Adult During Social Distancing

Care and Feeding of Your Adult During Social Distancing

A short video from  Katie Resendiz Director of Children's Ministries at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Phoenix  

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Tips for Talking with Children About the Pandemic

Care and Feeding of Your Adult During Social Distancing

Care and Feeding of Your Adult During Social Distancing

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Resources for Talking with Children about COVID-19

Care and Feeding of Your Adult During Social Distancing

Resources for Talking with Children about COVID-19

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A Comic Exploring The New Coronavirus

A Comic Exploring The New Coronavirus

Resources for Talking with Children about COVID-19

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Religious EDUCATION at UFPC

Religious Education at UFPC is how we explore and share our unique journeys in faith together

 All in person religious education programming is cancelled. Over the week of March 16-22  we will be developing online programming to keep our UFPC families connected. 

ZOOM will be one of these methods for virtual interaction. Go to  https://zoom.us/ to upload the application and view tutorials. You will not need a paid account to use zoom.  


Please contact Joan McDonald the Director of Religious Education at dreufpc@gmail.com with any questions. 

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