Religious Education Program

The great end in religious instruction…is not to stamp our minds irresistibly on the young, but to stir up their own; not to make them see with our eyes, but to look inquiringly and steadily with their own; not to give them a definite amount of knowledge, but to inspire a fervent love of truth…not to impose religion upon them in the form of arbitrary rules which rest on no foundation but our own word and will, but to awaken the consciousness, the moral discernment, so that they may discern and approve for themselves what is everlastingly right and good.

— William Ellery Channing (1836)

About UUCR’s Lifespan Religious Education

• Multigenerational events and worship

Sunday Morning, Nursery through Senior High

10:00–11:15 a.m. (Sept. 18, 2011 to June 3, 2012)

• Nursery (infant to 2 yrs. old) — Loving care is provided for the youngest members of our community. (bldg. 3, room 36)


• Preschool — Celebrating Me and My World. Encourages children to develop their self-identity, to feel accepted and at home in church, and to expand outward to the things and people around them. (bldg. 3, room 32)


• K–1st — A Discovering Year. Nurtures children's spiritual and religious growth through connections to an ever-widening environment. Children discover and celebrate as they learn about themselves and others, families and churches, nature, and religious and cultural days. (bldg. 3, rooms 34-35)


• 2nd–3rd — Moral Tales. A UUA Tapestry of Faith curriculum. Draws from our Unitarian Universalist sources to provide children with spiritual and ethical tools to make choices. (bldg. 2, moved to room 26, and room 23 if needed)


• 4th–5th — Bibleodeon & Mythodeon. Participants don't just read, they experience great stories of the Hebrew and Christian Bibles, including performing eleven original playlets. Participants also experience creation and disaster myths from different cultures around the world and the role of women in myths. (bldg. 2, moved to room 24-25)


• 6th — The Questing Year. Participants are invited on four quests tied to the themes of Self, Church, Mystery, and World. The year culminates with a Coming-of-Age Ceremony during a worship service. (Bldg. 5 lower level, room 52)
  
• Junior High (7th–8th) — Building Bridges. We are excited to field test this new UU curriculum, which continues the legacy of Neighboring Faiths, including visiting non-UU faith communities and activities to engage our faith in action. (bldg. 5 lower level, room 51)


• Senior High (9th–12th), Young Religious Unitarian Universalists (YRUU) — Thinking the Web. Participants explore complicated issues in our society and discuss how their Unitarian Universalist faith relates to these issues. Social justice, retreats, recreational, and other special activities scheduled at additional times throughout the year, including 2nd & 4th Sundays of the month, 11:30 am-1:00 pm Youth Group meetings. (Bldg. 5 lower level, room 50)

Please register your child for class; it helps us to plan for the year. You may register online. Our religious education program is a cooperative program that depends upon volunteers. Volunteers are welcome at all levels of experience and commitment; please volunteer online.

Visitors

Visitors are welcome throughout the year! Please register for class after two or three visits when you decide this is the right church for you.

For more information, please contact Deborah Kahn, Director of Religious Education, 301-762-7666, dkahn -at- uucr.org or Ellen Rohan, ellen.rohan -at- verizon.net, Chair of the Religious Education Committee.

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Adult Religious Education and Enrichment Programs

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