​Children's and Youth Classes
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Peace Village
​For the past few years, UCG has sponsored Peace Village, a day camp for K-6th grade students.  In this camp, kids develop skills in building peace with themselves, peace with others, peace with nature, and peace in the world. 

Children's Church and Kid's Club
During worship (and up until 12:15),  nursery care is available for infants & toddlers.  Lower elementary students are invited, after the Children's Conversation in morning worship, to attend a Children's Church program which lasts until about 11:00. 

High School Youth
Our high schoolers meet periodically throughout the year for a variety of activities including pool parties, cookouts, special service projects, and youth camp.  A well-loved tradition for UCG high schoolers is to participate in the week-long, Baptist Youth Camp at Laurel Hills Moravian Camp in the hills of rural North Carolina in late June or early July each year.  Many of our high schoolers also participate in the regular two-week long mission brigade to Rancho Ebenezer, a teaching "eco-farm" in rural Nicaragua.

New Youth Group  All 6th-12th graders are welcome!
This summer we will use a UUA curriculum for teens designed to help us learn to write and explore the world through poetry. Writing poetry will allow our kids to process their experiences of 2020/2021 in a creative way. As the curriculum states, “Both poetry and teenagers are tireless seekers — of sense, justice, meaning, reason, hope, and sometimes just the plain old company of a good laugh.” Our kids have a lot of things to say, and poetry encourages them to say it!
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This program will lead participants to discover the ways poetry illuminates the human experience, help youth recognize commonalities in our spiritual journeys, and demonstrate the use of poetry writing as a spiritual practice. Essentially, each week we will read, embody, and write poetry together. Embodying is an important component that will take the form of various activities where they practice putting faith into action. We will finish the summer with the publishing of our own poetry book and/or a poetry slam where the youth can read their favorite works for the congregation!

​Please contact Meghan Malone for more information at meghanelink@gmail.com

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​Youth Activities
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Youth Camp        
Each summer our rising 7th-12th graders have the opportunity to participate in Baptist Youth Camp, an enriching week spent with friends from around the country.  Our youth leader joins with leaders from other progressive churches to craft this week of fun and spiritual enrichment in the rolling hills of western North Carolina.

UCC Camps and Activities
Throughout the year, middle and high school students are able to participate in regional retreats organized by the Central Southeast Ohio Association of the United Church of Christ.