Preschool - 1st Grade
Offered at both services: 9 a.m. & 11 am
The Chalice Children curriculum introduces our young ones to the basics of our Unitarian Universalist faith. They will learn about the chalice, what it means and how we use it in our faith practice - from our classrooms to the sanctuary. They will learn about their religious community, engage in a sharing process with others, and explore a sense of belonging.
Chalice Children will be offered for our preschool-1st grade class for the 2009-2010 year. During this year, we will continue to offer trainings for RE teachers in the Spirit Play curriculum and prepare to offer it the following year. Spirit Play and Chalice Children alternate every other year, allowing children to have both the valuable curricula of Chalice Children with the creativity and freedom of Spirit Play.
Spirit Play offers children opportunities...
2nd and 3rd Grades - 11 a.m. service only
Our second and third grade class will embark on Faithful Journeys - a new Tapestry of Faith curriculum. As Pathfinders, our children explore faith as a pilgrimage and discuss, through shared inquiry, how Unitarian Universalism translates into life choices and everyday actions. In each session, they listen to stories of historic or contemporary examples of Unitarian Universalist faith in action and have opportunities to share and affirm their own stories of faithful action. This curriculum emphasizes that our principles are not dogma, but a credo that they can affirm with many kinds of action.
4th and 5th grades - 11 a.m. service only
In 2008-2009 our 4th and 5th graders completed the Toolbox of Faith curriculum. This fall, we return to the In our Hands curriculum which focuses on peace and social justice. This curriculum will prepare them for leadership with our monthly social justice work in the community and leave time for the 8 session OWL curriculum in the spring. As Keepers of the Flame, our 4th and 5th graders will explore how our UU principles guide us internally and compel us to take action in the world.
6th grade - 11 a.m. service only
Our 6th grade class will be the first in our church to explore Amazing Grace, a UUA Tapestry of Faith curriculum that is in the beta test phase. Amazing Grace is designed to equip 6th graders with the spiritual and analytical means to move safely and productively through the middle- and high school years, when they will be continually tugged toward both ends of the ethics continuum. It is also a deeper exploration of what it means to be a Unitarian Universalist which provides a sound preparation for OWL and Coming of Age.