We encourage regular attendance in Sunday morning programs.
We realize that families cannot come to church every Sunday, but we ask that you attend as consistently as possible. We meet with the children for little more than an hour each week. If your child attends every Sunday, he or she is with us for about 50 hours a year, which is the equivalent of 10 days of Unitarian Universalist Religious Education.
Classes provide a structured approach to support and complement your work as your child’s primary religious educator. Regular attendance strengthens this connection and ensures that your child obtains maximum benefit. Consistent participation also fosters a sense of community within each class and encourages the growth of friendship.
For more information, you may pick up a Religious Education Children and Youth Programming Prospectus in front of the RE Office. It contains and elaborates on information found throughout the RE web pages.
Registering Your Family
It is our policy that each child or youth under the age of 19 that attends RE programs must have a parent/guardian fill out a Family Registration Form by their third visit to the church. Families are welcome to register throughout the year. You do not have to be a member of the church to register your child with the RE Department.
We also invite you to join our Registered Families Google Mailing List by sending a message to .
Make a financial contribution to the annual Stewardship Canvass.
We do not charge a registration fee, but rather rely on your generous annual pledge to provide funds for the general operating budget, which includes the Religious Education Program.
Fall 2011 Semester Curricula Descriptions
Children and Youth RE classes at First UU coincide with our worship service times at 9:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Our children and youth attend the first part of each service (unless otherwise noted). After the “Story For All Ages”, they are “sung out” to the gallery, where Children will meet their teachers who will accompany them to the appropriate classroom. Due to the flexible nature of our worship services, the schedule listed below includes general class start times and actual class end times.
Visitors are encouraged to accompany their children to the classrooms to sign in their children.
9:00 a.m.—10:00a.m.
8th & 9th Graders, Room 11: Our Whole Lives
Sexuality Education (class does not attend service.)
9:15 a.m.—10:15 a.m. – First Service
Pre-K, Room 23: Celebrating Me & My World
Preschoolers grow in their sense of trust & caring and develop their self-identity and connectedness with all life.
Youth Choir, Room 13: 4th-7th Grade
Children’s Choir, Room 15: K-3rd Grade
K-2nd & 3rd-5th Grades, Room 17: We’re On Our Way
An anti-opression, multi-cultural values curriculum for K-5th Grade UUs. 6th & 7th Graders welcomed as Class Assistants.
10:45 a.m.—11:45 a.m. – Second Service
Pre-K, Room 23: Celebrating Me & My World
Preschoolers grow in their sense of trust & caring and develop their self-identity and connectedness with all life.
K-2nd Grade, Room 17A & B: A Discovering Year
This curriculum nurtures children’s spiritual and religious growth through connections to their ever-widening environments.
3rd-5th Grade, Room 13B: Bibleodeon
This curriculum introduces Hebrew and Christian scriptures with the best-known stories through playlets and interactive challenges.
6th-8th Grade, Room 13A: Heeding the Call
This social justice curriculum explores linked oppression in our society and encourages youth towards personal growth in values that counteract the marginalization of others.
10:45—1:00 p.m.
9th-12th Grade, Room 11: High School Youth Group (YRUU)
Youth explore their UU Faith through discussion of current events, study of world religions, social justice work, community service and worship. Retreats, lock-ins, field trips and social events create strong bonds within the group. Youth also learn how to be leaders in their faith community and the world at large.