The Chalice Family Update
- Family Activities 11/5/26
Wisdom Exploration at Chalice!
A place for wonder. A place for fun.
Welcome, welcome everyone!
Chalice Family Update
November 5, 2026
What’s Needed Now
Sunday morning at 10am
with Rev. Nica Eaton
In the wake of the midterm elections, what do we need most, individually and as a community? Join Rev. Nica as we come together to reflect, reconnect, and discern what this moment asks of us.
Register StreamYard Meeting
You can also view our Livestream on FBThis is a welcoming space for people of all ages. Children and Youth will have the option to leave for their WE spaces partway through the service.
November 8–
Justice Sunday
WE Grow – Younger children will join Sam and Rick in Room 1 to work on their item for the WE Market.
WE Wonder – Older Children will join Juliette and Nancy in Room 4 to work on their item for the WE Market.
There is no Coming of Age this Sunday. If COA youth would like to assist with the WE Market crafts, they are welcome to go upstairs and be assistants to the WE volunteers.
The WE Market is an event held in May. All items sold at the Market are made by the children and youth. 100% of the proceeds are donated to local nonprofits voted on by the children and youth.
This Saturday!
Have you bought your tickets?
Have you donated something amazing?
This is Chalice’s biggest event of the year! You won’t want to miss out!
Click on the link to do all the good things listed above: PayBee
Questions? Contact the fantastic auction team: auction@chaliceuu.org
Does your child or youth have a health condition? Allergy? Diagnosis?
Let’s have a conversation! Our goal at Chalice and in our Wisdom Exploration program is to help keep our children and youth as safe and comfortable as possible. If there is something we need to keep a look out for, or an accommodation that needs to be made, let’s make a plan, together.
Please email Sam, dre@chaliceuu.org.
Registration is Open for Winter Camps at de Benneville Pines
Wild Wintering: The Art of Adventure, Rest & Wonder
Saturday, December 19 – Monday, December 21, 2026
NEW CAMP for: Youth in Grades 6-8
What is being Wild in the Winter? How do you define wildness? The warm crackle of a woodfire…The crisp feeling of cold mountain air….the rich smell of the pine forest….the mysterious beauty of the night sky….
We welcome family campers to enjoy the weekend programming and stay in a family cabin with their youth (younger youth are welcome). We also welcome new parent/guardian volunteer staff to support the camp, get in on leading or assisting with activities with the youth campers! Contact Camping Ministries Director Laura Lunn if you would like more information!
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JUUst Dance
Sunday, December 27, 2026 – Saturday, January 2, 2027
For Youth in Grades 9-12
Welcome to Camp JUUst Dance! This will be a week of fun, living in a comfortable community, enjoying the cold, crisp, camp air (and hopefully snow!) as well as feeling good in the body that you have. There will be so many intriguing activities, festive dinner themes, captivating conversations, Just Dance (obviously), Olympic games, and so much more! All while appreciating who and what you are. This camp is centered around loving the body that you have and feeling comfortable in being authentically you. Whether you enjoy reading or running, this winter wonderland of a camp is the perfect match for you! So come and join this jovial, magical, and open community to celebrate who we are, as one. Youth Deans Catalina and Rhiannon are so excited to share this fun filled week with everyone!
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For more information and to register for these and other camps, visit uucamp.org.calandar/
Need help getting to camp? WE offers scholarships for children and youth! Contact Sam Dickerson for more information.
This Day in Unitarian Universalist History…
November 9, 1805 – Dr. Harriot Kezia Hunt, a life-long Universalist, was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She was a pioneer in medical practice and a strong advocate of abolition, women’s rights, and public health education. In 1827, she opened a school. She stressed strong family life as a key to health and well-being and mental health as a strong factor in physical health. She published her autobiography, Glances and Glimpses, in 1856. ~ This day in Unitarian Universalist History
Our mission: Wisdom Exploration empowers and supports people of all ages to create a world of love, justice, and compassion.
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