Children & Youth
Religious Education Curricula
2010 - 2011

Fall 2010 Curricula
Spring 2011 Curricula
Multigenerational services

Fall 2010 Curricula

Preschool
CELEBRATING ME AND MY WORLD
This program celebrates the wondrous qualities of children themselves and expands outward to the people and world around them. It provides preschoolers with experiences and opportunities to grow in trust and caring and to develop a sense of connectedness with all of life.

Grades 1 & 2
WONDERFUL WELCOME
Children identify intangible gifts central to Unitarian Universalism such as friendship, hospitality and fairness, and share these gifts with others.

Grades 3, 4 & 5
LOVE CONNECTS US
Celebrates important ways Unitarian Universalists live our faith in convenanted community. Moved to love and gathered in spirit, we embrace our responsibility toward one another and the world at large. We encourage one another's search for truth and meaning. We strive to be active in peace-making and other efforts to improve our world.

Middle School (Grades 6, 7, & 8)
RIDDLE AND MYSTERY
The purpose of Riddle and Mystery is to assist Middle School youth in their own search for understanding. Each of the sessions introduce and process a Big Question.

Senior High
To Be Selected
Senior High Youth and their advisors will work together to choose a curriculum from the Tapestry of Faith series. Options include small group ministry, exploring values through poetry and families.

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Spring 2011 Curricula

Preschool
CELEBRATING ME AND MY WORLD
This program celebrates the wondrous qualities of children themselves and expands outward to the people and world around them. It provides preschoolers with experiences and opportunities to grow in trust and caring and to develop a sense of connectedness with all of life.

Grades 1 & 2
CREATING HOME
This program helps children develop a sense of home that is grounded in faith.

Grades 3, 4 & 5
WINDOWS AND MIRRORS
The metaphor of windows and mirrors represent the dynamic relationship among our awareness of self, our perceptions of others, and others' perceptions of us.

Middle School (Grades 6, 7, & 8)
AMAZING GRACE: EXPLORING RIGHT AND WRONG
This program guides our Middle School Youth through ways to determine right from wrong with a Unitarian Universalist perspective.

Senior High
To Be Selected
Senior High Youth and their advisors will work together to choose a curriculum from the Tapestry of Faith series. Options include small group ministry, exploring values through poetry and families.

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Multigenerational Worship Services

Learning to participate in worship services with the larger congregation is an important aspect of religious education for children and youth. About once each month, our Celebration of Life will have a multigenerational focus. Children and youth are invited to attend, seated with their families, as our entire church community celebrates together. Children and youth often take an active role in these services as musicians, ushers, bulletin cover artists, etc. Childcare is available for preschoolers during multigenerational services, although all children are welcome and encouraged to attend at least a portion of the service. No regular R.E. classes will be offered on these Sundays. Dates of multigenerational services will be announced in Steepletalk. R.E. teachers will also be able to provide dates as they are scheduled.

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