Our Whole Lives - OWL - at Bethel
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Owl is Back for 2024/2025!Thank you so much for your interest in the Our Whole Lives (OWL) programs in White Salmon this fall. I am excited and honored to once again offer these life-changing programs to our community youth for the seventh year in a row.
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The OWL program is based on 4 core values that are near and dear to my heart:
For more information and enrolment, please CONTACT US
Feel free to let us know what questions arise!
Big Love,
Avery Deane, Program Coordinator and Lead Facilitator
Help Support OWL in Your Community!
If you love this program and would like to help increase our ability to provide scholarships and fairly compensate our professional facilitators, please consider donating to our OWL Fund by CLICKING HERE.
- Self Worth
- Responsibility
- Sexual Health, and
- Justice/Inclusivity.
For more information and enrolment, please CONTACT US
- How to be an "askable parent" for your children
- OWL Frequently Asked Questions
- Additional curriculum information from our Unitarian partners
Feel free to let us know what questions arise!
Big Love,
Avery Deane, Program Coordinator and Lead Facilitator
Help Support OWL in Your Community!
If you love this program and would like to help increase our ability to provide scholarships and fairly compensate our professional facilitators, please consider donating to our OWL Fund by CLICKING HERE.
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A Confession and appeal from Pastor Andy
I'm not proud of my history regarding the LGBTQIA2S+ community. I wasn't a "horrible" person, but I wasn't as loving and understanding as I could have been. I support OWL because it's an exceptional program for all our kids. I support OWL because it is one way I can give back in support of neighbors I once would have excluded in various ways. Please consider donating to help provide scholarships and expand OWLL in the Gorge so that this essential life-skills training is available to all. |
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What I appreciate about this program's full expression is that it doesn't just dump facts and figures on kids. This well-researched and refined system allows those facts and figures to soak in, be discussed in a safe and inclusive environment, and then put into practice through various experiential activities. In other words, this is education at its best.
Since this educational experience is being sponsored by a church, Bethel, some of you may be concerned that we impose our religious views on this material. We don't. This is another of Bethel's community collaborations for the common good. Our current lead facilitator and program director, Avery Deane Swift, is not a member of Bethel but chose to partner with us so that these non-sectarian skills and information can reach broadly into our Gorge Community. Together, we aim to provide this vital content to as many of our Gorge youth as possible to help cultivate a safer, more respectful, and informed community. This is all about healthy respect for our and other bodies, relationships, and interactions. Your family or faith community can supplement this content as you feel best. If you want help exploring faith and sexuality, I will discuss your desires and recommend material appropriate for your context.
Pastor Andy Wade
Since this educational experience is being sponsored by a church, Bethel, some of you may be concerned that we impose our religious views on this material. We don't. This is another of Bethel's community collaborations for the common good. Our current lead facilitator and program director, Avery Deane Swift, is not a member of Bethel but chose to partner with us so that these non-sectarian skills and information can reach broadly into our Gorge Community. Together, we aim to provide this vital content to as many of our Gorge youth as possible to help cultivate a safer, more respectful, and informed community. This is all about healthy respect for our and other bodies, relationships, and interactions. Your family or faith community can supplement this content as you feel best. If you want help exploring faith and sexuality, I will discuss your desires and recommend material appropriate for your context.
Pastor Andy Wade
