Family Ministry

Save the Dates

Wednesday, 3/26
“Turning the Wheel” A guided Pagan social night where folks will gather to reflect and align with the rhythms of the Wheel of the Year.

Saturday, 3/29

OWL Retreat for students in grades 7-9 at UUFH from 10-5PM lead by Lauren Agrella-Sevilla, Kevin Lausch, and Sunday Parker.

Spring-themed UU Readings

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UUA Worship Web

click for a Meditation on Spring (UUA Worship Web)

UUA Worship Web

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Dirt Communion Ritual

click to read Our Holy Hearts, Our Sacred Bits of Soil

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Braver/Wiser Message

click to read “Startled into Noticing” – by Elea Kemler

Photo Highlights

FM Staff helps student make a pot of leprechaun gold

Resources for Parents

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Birds nesting

Click for a lesson on making nests

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Tadpoles to frogs

Click to join the frogwatch project

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Spring needs bees!

Click for great resources on bees

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How Spring Got Its Name

The spring season gets its name from the verb “spring.” It’s a nod to the flowers and plants springing up, springing open, and bursting into blossom.
The word itself comes from the Old English word “springan,” which means “to leap, burst forth, fly up; spread, grow.”
During the 14th century, the word came to describe the spring season, the time when plants wake from their winter sleep and bloom.
Before that, the word “Lent” was used to describe the season: “In the past it was the main word for ‘spring.’ Lent surfaced as ‘lencten,’ that is, ‘lengten’: the season got its name because in spring days lengthen.” (full article here)