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Children & Youth Religious Education
“A Place To Grow Young Liberal Religious Minds”
What we value, what we study and what we do together makes us the people we become.
Our vision is to create a strong liberal religion community in which people of all ages grow spiritually, emotionally, and ethically. We encourage them to live out these principles in their everyday lives and share them with others, too. Our curriculum includes world religions, peace and social justice, Unitarian Universalist history and identity, and the interdependent web (ecology and environmental studies).
Our school runs from September to June every year. We offer a nursery, Pre-K, 1st & 2nd, 3rd & 4th, 5th – 7th, 8th & 9th, and 10th – 12th grade programs and an Outdoor Playground.
Our process of religious exploration offers young people respect for their journey and encouragement along the way. If you were a child who questions made the Sunday school teacher squirm - know that questions here are very welcome. Unitarian Universalists believe that each of us is on our own journey and questions serve to move us along our way. We gather together to accept, support and encourage each other as we grow in our congregations. You and your children are welcome to join us on our collective faith journeys this year!
A group of Sundays in the term are Social Action Sundays for the children in their classes. We sometimes have a guest from the Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Church Social Action/Great Turning committee come to help us make the connection between being a UU and doing social action. Some Sundays we work on projects together. Other times we work on our own class projects. Some of our past projects have raised money for Water partners International, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, Heifer Project and UNICEF. We’ve also made lunch for Tent City, cards for shut-ins, had a reception for our seniors and many other projects.
If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact our Director of Religious Education for children and youth, Scott Richard shorelinedre@gmail.com or (206) 363-7994 ext.3.
Scott Richard, DRE
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