Our Religious Exploration Goals
UUFC considers religious education of children and youth central to our mission. Our approach is to guide, support, and assist individuals while they explore life questions. Our Religious Exploration (RE) program provides a sense of fellowship through participation in fun and meaningful activities, sharing ideas and experiencing personal success.
Specific Goals
- Provide a welcoming and meaningful experience for children and youth.
- Create a physically and emotionally supportive environment.
- Encourage feelings of self-worth.
- Build a sense of community.
- Help children and youth clarify moral, ethical, and interpersonal values.
- Nurture feelings of love and respect for personal family, intergenerational church family, family of humanity, and our earth.
Curricula
The curricula selected by the RE Council and the co-Directors of Religious Exploration is focused on building a strong UU identity. Curricula themes include, but are not limited to:
- UU history and heritage
- World religions
- Service to others
- Peace, social justice and the interdependent web of life
- Life questions, values, and ethics
Curricula provides opportunities for service to others and reflects our latest understanding of anti-oppression, anti-racism, and multi-culturalism.
Winter Holiday Program
Each year all the children and youth from the Religious Exploration program join together to present a worship service for the entire congregation.
Learn more about Religious Exploration
for children and youth
From Our Directors of Religious Exploration
Children's Program
Youth Programs
Online Resources