Religious Education

Curriculum

Our Religious School Education Program was developed to address the needs of children from nursery (children 2 years old and younger) through those graduating from high school. Contact the church office regarding registration.

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Download the Church School Prospectus for 2011-2012.

Our Curriculum

The content of religious education materials is based primarily on materials purchased from the Department of Religious Education of the Unitarian Universalist Association or from other Unitarian sources. Members of our own congregation develop curricula deemed appropriate by the Director of Religious Education and the Children’s Ministry Team. Any of these courses may be supplemented by books, films, and activities selected by individual teachers or workshop leaders.

Brief Descriptions of the population in our religious school program:

Nursery (Children 2 years old and younger)

A nursery is provided with paid caregivers to care for infants and our youngest children while their parents attend the worship service.

Pre-School (Children 2 and 3 years old)

Supervised play provides a happy, safe, and secure environment that will make these children feel at home in our church.

Kindergarten: Children 4 and 5 years old

Wonderful Welcome introduces children to intangible gifts central to Unitarian Universalism such as friendship, hospitality and fairness. Children are encouraged to share these gifts with others.

Grades 1-3

Love Surrounds Us explores our Unitarian Universalist principles in the context of Beloved Community. Children hear stories and process our principles of equality, freedom, peace, acceptance, love, and care by seeing how these ideas are at work in the world. 

Grades 4-6

Love Connects Us This Tapestry of Faith curriculum celebrates important ways Unitarian Universalists live our faith in covenanted community. Moved by love and gathered by spirit, we embrace our responsibility toward one another and the world at large. 

Middle School: Grades 7-8

For the fall semester, youth in grades 7 and 8 will be engaged in the acclaimed Our Whole Lives course on human sexuality. This class meets from 11 to 2 on Sundays with a lunch break at noon. In January, the Middle School will be offered a chance to explore world religions in Neighboring Faiths.

High School: Grades 9-12

Except for the first Sunday of the month, the high school class meets at 10 o’clock on Sunday mornings for Popcorn Theology, exploring Unitarian Universalist values in contemporary films. This class meets from September through December and again March through May. In January and February the class meets weekly to prepare to lead the congregation in worship on Youth Sunday. On the first Sunday of each month, the high school meets as the YRUU (Young Religious Unitarian Universalists) at 10 o’clock and attends the worship service together at 11:00.

Youth Groups for Middle School and Senior High

The Middle School Adventure Club (MSAC) for children in grades 6-8, meets with their adult advisors after dismissal from the Object Lesson on the first Sunday of each month. They plan monthly outings, activities, and service projects to help them become better acquainted with each other and to put their Unitarian faith in action in the community.

Young Religious Unitarian Universalists (YRUU)

Senior high youth group meets monthly on the first Sunday of the month to plan social events, service projects, fundraisers, and annual service learning trips. On Youth Sunday each spring the YRUU inspires our community with their leadership in the Sunday morning worship service of music, readings, and sermonettes. The YRUU enhances the social, emotional and spiritual development of our youth and our community.

Most religious school classes are held on Sundays, from 11:00 AM-12:00 PM.
The high school class meets from 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM.

CHURCH SCHOOL CALENDAR 2011-2012