Bridging 2026/27

1st Sunday s  1-2 PM (Oct-May)
Bridging is a program for High School seniors for 17 and 18-year-old youth who are usually graduating from high school and making the transition from youth to young adulthood.  The program offers
  • a process that supports and honors the many changes in their lives
  • helps youth identify their strengths and gifts to increase their resilience and ability to face change and challenge
  • an intentional process that encourages youth to examine where they have been and set their sights on where they want to go
  • an opportunity to explore a greater understanding of their faith and values
This is a time for relaxed reflection and preparing to launch. In Bridging, we will use all kinds of bridges as metaphors to explore your own path. There will be no required assignments and no speaking before the congregation.  We will use the topics below as a prompt for our discussion and sharing about faith, life and the future.  Seniors need this time together to process this busy and intense year.  We celebrate together.   The Bridging year will culminate in a special dinner and ritual (which entails walking across a bridge).  And Bridgers will be recognized in the Rising Up Service.

Bridge Themes for Bridging Youth
A Bridge too far?  Where are you going? (Goals)
Bridging the divide--Where do you come from? (UU values)
Win, lose or drawbridge- Reframing your future. (Success is a Social Construct)
The Game of Bridge--What cards can teach us about community. (Teamwork/Community)
A Bridge Over Troubled Waters--What to do when a song about a bridge has no musical bridge. (Resilience)
Burning Bridges--How to transition gracefully. (Maturity)
Dental Bridges- How to avoid them. (Self Care for Senioritis)
Jeff Bridges- All the lessons possible from The Dude. (Abiding By Yourself)
May (TBD) Crossing that Bridge When We Come To It-  The Bridging Ceremony and Celebration Dinner

Bridging is a program led by Kat Good
​For More Information Contact:
Marion Hirsch, Director of Lifespan Religious Education
dre @ c3huu.org ​