Welcome to The Community Church of New York Religious Education for Children & Youth!
During the COVID-19 pandemic our programs have been shifted to on-line spaces. This is an important step to continue building relationships and growing spiritual practice among our children and youth in the congregation. We're so glad you're here!
At Community, we practice the following policies and we encourage RE Families to follow these policies as well:
What we ask of parents:
- Do not leave children unsupervised during ZOOM sessions. You don't have to sit with them, but be within earshot in case of technical issues or questions.
- Video should remain ON for the duration of the RE session. This is so that the children build relationships and stay connected to each other and their teachers.
- Children should be fully clothed before coming onto Zoom calls.
- There will always be a RE teacher present in the zoom room. Children will never be alone during an RE zoom session. Please ensure your child logs on to the zoom room at the correct time to help us with this.
What RE teachers will do on our end to prevent any problems from occurring:
- There will be two RE teachers hosting the zoom call
- RE teachers will have security controls as host and co-host of the meetings
- RE Teachers will turn off private chat on Zoom to prevent private inappropriate conversation
- The screen sharing function will be allowed for children/youth only when they’ve received permission to share a project or RE relevant item
- No outside individuals will be able to attend class sessions without the invitation link to Zoom call
We encourage all parents and caregivers to actively participate in their child's Religious Education experience.
Feel free to reach out to us at anytime, for anything. Email
jnovenski@ccny.org.
Peace & Blessings,
Jil Novenski
Director of Religious Education for Children & Youth