Children & Junior Youth
(<14 years)
Let Your Light Shine!
This year we are dreaming up new ways for our UU children and junior youth (ages 3-13) to enjoy and engage in our conference. Register by April 1 to receive our mailed conference package and then join us online for special family fun and youth events.
Explore our Program
Find out what is happening for children and youth
How do you let your light shine?
Explore our theme of light with our package of at-home activities and online live and interactive events and programming throughout the weekend.
Join us for:
Fun online live and interactive sessions for children, youth and their families.
Creative activities using a digital activity board and a special package mailed straight to your door.
Online intergenerational events for the whole family including a prompted poetry writing activity and an open mic comedy show!
Saturday morning session - 8:30 am|9:30 am MT|10:30 am CT|11:30 am ET|12:30 pm AT (1 hour)
What keeps your fire burning? Using story, creative movement song and collaborative games, we will explore the many ways for which we keep our fire's burning and have some fun in the process. We also extend the invitation to bring an item, idea or a word that shares how you keep your fire burning!
Bridging Ceremony and Social Time with Youth
Junior Youth (12-13 year olds) are welcome to participate in the Bridging Ceremony on Saturday. This is a special occasion to mark the transitions in our lives, especially for those entering and leaving youth and young adult-hood. Bridging is one of the unique rites of passage of our Unitarian Universalist faith. Conference attendees of all ages are invited to witness this important youth and young-adult led worship, and celebrate those who are bravely stepping from one phase of life to another.
Junior youth are also invited to hang out with the youth of CazUUm (the virtual youth conference) to play some fun games and get to know the youth community before the Bridging Ceremony.
Reach out to Casey at casey@cuc.ca if your Junior Youth would like to participate in these events.
What to know about registering Children and Junior Youth
Ages: Programming is available for ages 3-14
Registration Deadline: Register by April 1 to receive our at-home package
Fees: Children's events are free to attend
Special Forms Required: Parents must complete the Conference 2021 Children's Registration.
Registering more than one child? Use one form for all your children.
What to expect after you register: You will receive a confirmation email with information about how to access the programs, including Zoom links. A package (one per family) will be sent if you have registered by the April 1 deadline.
What if I miss the registration deadline? You can still register your children until May 9 but we will be unable to send a package. However, we can make a list available of what supplies you will need to participate in the at-home activities.
Meet Mel Horvath-Lucid
Mel Horvath-Lucid serves as the Director of Lifelong Learning with the Unitarian Congregation of Guelph and is excited to bring her passion for Children and Youth ministry to the CUC conference. As a yoga teacher, youth facilitator, musician and creative, Mel aims to meet children and youth were they are and to co-create programming together. Building on the conference theme of Sustaining Our Light, we will seek - through activities, crafts, story, song, and imagination to explore our own connection to light and to cultivate deeper awareness of our unique gifts and power to let our own light shine on a more inclusive, loving and kind world!