Learning Overview

What We Offer Through the Lifespan

We provide all people of all ages an opportunity to explore, reflect, and learn in a nurturing spiritual community. Unitarian Universalist religious education programs bring our values of love, justice, equity, transformation, pluralism, interdependence and gratitude to life through community, play, learning, and spiritual growth. You’ll notice in all our programs the following aspects are included:

  • Ethical growth – internalizing enduring values like justice, equity, and compassion, and gaining tools to act on them in everyday life.
  • Social growth – connecting with peers and people of all ages on a deeper level. Finding acceptance among people who see beyond the superficial.
  • Spiritual growth – feeling a connection with the sacred within, among, and beyond us.

Supporting Children and Youth’s Spiritual Growth

Choosing your child’s religious education program is an important decision, just as important as choosing your own religious home. If you are searching for an open and affirming community in which your child can grow in spirit and in love, you have found the right place! This is not your typical Sunday School.

Our program our goal is to offer…

  • A safe place for children and youth to wonder, ask questions, and discover their own unique spiritual nature.
  • A focus on personal spiritual growth, open faith exploration and living values in the larger world.
  • A diverse and multi-age community – truly a village to support your family.
  • Meaningful, age-appropriate worship for children and youth.
  • Exploration of themes such as Unitarian Universalist identity, world religions, Jewish and Christian heritage and social justice.
  • Special events that serve to bring our all-ages community together and enhance the experience of every child, youth and adult.

Please see more information about nursery, preschool and elementary school, middle school, high school, young adult, adult and family programming on their individual pages.

 

Children and Youth Religious Exploration Classes Logistics

Children ages prek-8 th grade attend the first part of our 10:00 am service with their families and begin classes in the RE Wing of the addition after the Time for All Age portion of the service. Classes run until 11:15. High School Youth are encouraged to attend service and meet outside of church time.  Nursery care for children aged birth – 4 years old is available from 9:45-11:30 each Sunday. Several special events such as our UU Writers Club and UU Dungeons and Dragons occur monthly on a rotating schedule which can be found in our newsletter.

To learn more about children’s religious education, please email our Director of Family Ministries, Ginger Yoder, with specific questions or concerns you may have.