Mental Health Awareness While Offering OWL

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Rev. Dr. Sarah Lund UCC Minister for Mental Health and Disabilities, and Jennica Davis-Hockett UUA Youth Ministry Specialist, will join us for a conversation about youth, mental health, and intersections with Our Whole Lives.

OWL Taking Flight: Reclaiming Sexual Identity Through Carnival

Zoom

In this session, Onika Henry revisits what many traditionally think about carnival. She challenges the idea that carnival is about unbridled debauchery but rather is a time to reclaim our sexuality. Onika is a Caribbean Sexologist in private practice, with…

OWL Taking Flight with Author Airlie Anderson

Zoom

Airlie Anderson is the author illustrator of Neither, Cat’s Seasons, Cat’s Colors, and several other children’s books. She has won the Moonbeam Children’s Book Award, the Independent Publisher Book Award, and the Practical Preschool Award. You can visit her online…

OWL Taking Flight: Updates for Grades 10-12

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Join Rev. Amy Johnson (UCC) and Dr. Melanie Davis (UUA) for an introduction to what’s new with the forthcoming 2nd edition of Our Whole Lives for Grades 10-12, 2nd edition.

Yes, Your Kid

Livestream

Join us as we welcome Debby Herbenick, author of Yes, Your Kid: What Parent’s Need to Know about Today’s Teens and Sex. Dr. Herbenick is an award-winning, internationally recognized sexuality researcher, a professor at the Indiana University School of Public…

Menstrual Health and Justice for All

Livestream

Women’s and Gender Justice is releasing a new toolkit to help congregations plan menstrual health and hygiene period pack projects to address the needs for people in transitional situations such as natural disasters or homelessness. Join Dr. Sherry Warren, Minister…

OWL Taking Flight: Raising Kids Beyond the Binary

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Jamie Bruesehoff, author of Raising Kids Beyond the Binary: Celebrating God’s Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children, joins us to discuss her book, in which she helps us dream of a church and a world transformed by the bold celebration of all…

OWL Taking Flight: Learning About Bodies Book Series

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Dorian Solot and Marshall Miller join us to talk about their new book series for young children. Dorian Solot and Marshall Miller are the authors of the Our Whole Lives K-1 (2nd ed.) curriculum, and the picture books for young…