At the Unitarian Society of Germantown, we encourage Wonder, Compassion, Mindfulness, Service… and Fun!

Sunday Mornings in September

September 7th:  Ingathering Service! The first service of our congregational year will be our multigenerational Water Communion ritual. Bring water from a place that’s special to you – a nearby river, your favorite pool, some collected rain water, or just a cup from your tap. Our kids will have a special job in blessing the Sanctuary for the year. 

September 14th: first day of CSD classes! Kids will start in the Sanctuary and be sung out after Time for All Ages. Coming of Age youth will start at 10:30am in Sullivan 3. The Wiggle Room is open. 

September 21st: continuing to get in the routine of CSD classes. Coming of Age is in Sullivan 3. The Wiggle Room is open. 

September 28th: CSD classes and Coming of Age are running. The Wiggle Room is open. 

Please REGISTER your child or youth. We appreciate a new registration form each year. Thank you.

Check out the new CSD guide! Inspired by our Teen Zine Night and the CSD service on creativity, we made a guide to CSD in the form of a zine. You’ll find a schedule of what to expect on Sundays, a loose calendar of events for the year, and some information about our age group classes. There will also be printed versions at USG. 

     Our Wiggle Room space is now in the Committee Room, which is at the end of the Dining Room. Parents can drop their little ones off with Susan before service starts or keep your kids with you through the Time for All Ages before taking them to the Wiggle Room. 
     The Nursery at the rear of the Sanctuary (the room formerly known as the Wiggle Room) will be available for the very littles and their parents.

All of our CSD classes start on September 14th. We ask that parents pick up their kids from class after service if they are younger than 6th grade. Take a look at where they’ll be! 

• Infants and Crawlers can be with their parents in the Nursery at the back of the Sanctuary 
• Ages 1-3 will be in the Wiggle Room off of the Dining Room
• Preschoolers and Kindergarteners will be next door at the Cooperative Nursery School 
• 1st and 2nd graders will be in Sullivan 1 
• 3rd through 5th graders will be in Sullivan 2 or outside
• 6th through 8th graders will be in Daskam Room or outside
• Coming of Age (8th-10th) will be in Sullivan 3 

CSD Teachers Orientation and Training 
Sunday, September 28th from 12:30pm to 2:30pm

Experienced lead teachers, occasional helpers, and anyone curious about what it feels like to volunteer with CSD classes on Sunday mornings is invited to this Teacher Orientation and Training. We’ll go over some basics of the program, including safety policies and logistics. We’ll also spend time thinking about how to introduce covenant in our classrooms and how to center the agency of kids. Snacks and childcare will be provided.

If you have any CSD questions, please contact Zoë Johnston, USG’s Director of CSD, at dsd@usguu.org. 

Join us here at USG for fellowship and fun!
Registration is always open for CSD* programs!

The Mission of our Children’s Spiritual Development (CSD) program is to:

• Provide developmentally appropriate education that supports the lifelong process of learning to cultivate goodness, compassion, empathy, and love for oneself and others.
• Offer safe and caring spaces for introspective work, connecting to nature, and building right-relationships in community across generations.
• Put into practice hands-on, experiential education for children, facilitators and parents that cultivates respect, stewardship, service, mindfulness, responsibility, justice, and the search for truth and beauty.
• To welcome young people into the UU community, help them find their way into becoming active members, and provide them opportunities to learn the rich history and guiding principles of UU.

We believe if the mission of CSD is fulfilled it will contribute greatly to fulfilling our overarching mission at USG of: Building beloved community with service, compassion and empowerment.

Please see the weekly enewsletter for the most up to date info.

Please Register your Children for CSD

By registering your child this year so that we have allergy and contact info. 

Our program is a co-op. We hope you will consider how you can volunteer during the program year, such as assisting in Sunday’s Children Spiritual Development workshops, helping organize seasonal events, or even lending a hand with administrative office tasks.  

As per new USG safety guidelines, all children should be fully vaccinated if eligible, and have a clean mask for our indoors, well-ventilated time together.  All CSD volunteers are also fully vaccinated.

We are able to offer CSD because of our wonderful volunteers. Thank you for considering volunteering and click HERE for information and links to the required background checks for volunteers.