Category: Religious Education Looking Forward

Every Sunday in RE, our children and youth take part in lessons which promote and practice the principles we hold dear. During April, in particular, opportunities abound to live out our values and celebrate our faith. I encourage you not to miss a minute! Religious Education wants you! Most importantly this month, we start planning...

This month we start to emerge from all of this cold weather and snow.  Like the emerging leaves of the bulbs the children planted in February, our children and youth will be getting out into the world again. Kindergarteners through 2nd grade will begin OWL (Our Whole Lives) sexuality education program.  This time-tested program builds...

It is midwinter – we probably have about six months of winter left!  In my opinion, it is something to celebrate whether it’s the Pagan celebration of Imbolc, the Christian celebration of St. Brigid’s Day or everyone‘s Groundhog Day. And during this season in the month of February, Religious Education at the U provides a...

This is planning season. With the New Year, we look ahead to all the activities and adventures down the road. You don’t want to miss any of the important events.  So get out your brand new 2015 calendars and circle the dates that are important for you and your family these next few months. This...

William Ellery Channing once said, “The great end in religious instruction whether in Sunday school or family is, not to stamp our mind 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…” Our RE program is fully underway as of September...

At UUCM we have an outstanding group of people who help fill the 70 (or so) volunteer Religious Education (RE) opportunities, offering their time and talents. Just to name a couple, Kathie Reilly, besides teaching Pre-K,decorates the glass cabinet in the Narthex to recognize the milestones of the congregation. She also assembled the beautiful décor...