Children’s Religious Education (RE) 4 yrs – 5th grade

Summer RE: Fruit To Table: Understanding the Environmental Impact of the Fruit We Eat Through Cooking.

September – May RE: Starwhisper Island: community building/teamwork, problem solving curriculum and Timeless Themes: Stories from the Hebrew and Christian Bibles.

September – May World Religions: Monthly Children’s Chapel: Hindu, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, Sikhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Pagan

Middle School Religious Education (RE) 6th – 8th grade

Summer RE: Summer Teaching Assistants

September– May RE: Building A Better World, Bible Stories Without the Dogma, and Love Pantry.

World Religions: Monthly Children’s Chapel: Hindu, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, Sikhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Pagan

High School Religious Education (RE) 9th – 12th grade

Summer RE: Summer Teaching Assistants

September– May RE: Building A Better World, Bible Stories Without the Dogma, and Love Pantry.

World Religions: Monthly Chapel: Hindu, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, Sikhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Pagan

Adult Religions Education

Two Covenant Groups: Second and First Sunday of the Month

Faith Formation for Adults: UU Theology: A 6-session introduction to theological concepts through a Unitarian Universalist lens.

All-ages Events

September 12, 6:30-8 p.m. – Board Games and Ice Cream Fun Night
September 25-27 – Fall Camp
October 30, 6:30-8 p.m. – Halloween Fun Night and Dessert/Snacks Potluck
November 13, 6:30-8 p.m. – Board Games and Cupcake Decorating Fun Night
December 13 – Christmas Play
January 15, 6:30-8 p.m. – Pajama Party Dessert/Snacks Potluck Fun Night (Movie and Party Games)
February 7-28 – Mystery Valentines
February 28, 12 p.m. – Mystery Valentines and Cupcake Party
March 20, 6:30-8 p.m. – St. Patrick’s Day Fun Night and Dessert/Snacks Potluck
April 18 – Spring Brunch (during Coffee Hour)
May 22, 10 a.m. – Feed Our Neighbors Vegetable Planting

Curriculum

Summer RE (June – August)
Fruit → Table: Understanding the environmental impact of the fruit we eat through cooking by DLRE Leann

This curriculum is designed to introduce children to the environmental impact of food—specifically the fruit they eat on a regular basis. It aligns with the UU Value of “Interdependence: We honor the interdependent web of all existence and acknowledge our place in it.”

Children’s RE (September – May)
Starwhisper Island by DLRE Leann
A community building, teamwork and problem-solving curriculum for elementary aged children. With group challenges, puzzles, and STEM activities. The children find themselves magically transported beneath the ocean, where they’ll have to deal with underwater pirates, a sea witch and a mischievous mermaid if they’re going to make it back to the surface. All with the help of a pet Octopus named Wriggle.

Timeless Themes: Stories from the Hebrew and Christian Bibles
Children will explore enduring stories of faith, justice, and humanity—free from dogma. Spanning from Genesis through the prophets, these narratives highlight our UU values, our history, and the importance of understanding the beliefs of others.

Middle School RE (September – May)
Love Pantry Youth will make bag lunches once a month to be put into the Love pantry.  They will also collect food from congregants and fill the Love Pantry once a month.

Building A Better World Roleplaying
Youth will play the role-playing game Pathfinders while exploring questions of ethics, morality, and social justice. Participants will explore the topics of race, ecology, mortality, class, abilities, goals, community, gender identity, diversity, exclusion, cultural appropriation, and all of the “ism’s” that plague our attempts to build a better world as Unitarian Universalists. We will be using Pathfinder 2e for roleplaying.

Bible Stories Without the Dogma
Through Bible stories, youth will explore major themes of the Bible alongside universal life questions. The curriculum also places these stories in their broader historical context, examining human development, the rise of agriculture and its influence on religion, and aspects of daily life in the ancient Near East—such as travel, trade, systems of labor, family structures, law, governance, taxation, and warfare. It also highlights cultural and culinary practices of the time. In addition, students will learn what preceded the events of each story and what was occurring in neighboring civilizations to provide deeper understanding and context.

High School RE (September – May)
Love Pantry Youth will make bag lunches once a month to be put into the Love pantry.  They will also collect food from congregants and fill the Love Pantry once a month.

Building A Better World Roleplaying
Youth will play the role-playing game Pathfinders while exploring questions of ethics, morality, and social justice. Participants will explore the topics of race, ecology, mortality, class, abilities, goals, community, gender identity, diversity, exclusion, cultural appropriation, and all of the “ism’s” that plague our attempts to build a better world as Unitarian Universalists. We will be using Pathfinder 2e for roleplaying.

Bible Stories Without the Dogma
Through Bible stories, youth will explore major themes of the Bible alongside universal life questions. The curriculum also places these stories in their broader historical context, examining human development, the rise of agriculture and its influence on religion, and aspects of daily life in the ancient Near East—such as travel, trade, systems of labor, family structures, law, governance, taxation, and warfare. It also highlights cultural and culinary practices of the time. In addition, students will learn what preceded the events of each story and what was occurring in neighboring civilizations to provide deeper understanding and context.

Adult RE (August – June)
Covenant Groups: A covenant group is a small relational group made up of six to twelve people who meet regularly to establish and nurture themselves in their own beloved community. The groups encourage people to talk and learn together.

Faith Formation for Adults:
UU Theology: A 6-session introduction to theological concepts through a Unitarian Universalist lens. Each session asks: What does our Unitarian Universalist tradition teach about this theological concept, and how does that help me clarify and act on my own beliefs?