Universalist Unitarian Church of Haverhill

2007-2008 RE Registration Form

visit www.uuhaverhill.org/images/RERegistration07-08.pdf to print the 2007-2008 RE Registration form.

Religious Education

Our children’s Religious Education program explores the history and principles of Unitarian Universalism and the world’s many faiths and spiritual practices.

Our 7 principles invite us to learn the skills of right relationship with each other, our community and our environment.

The 7 UU Principles in Kid Speak are:
1. Each person is important.
2. Be kind in all you do.
3. We’re free to learn together.
4. We search for what is true.
5. All people need a voice.
6. We seek to build a fair and peaceful world.
7. We care for Earth’s lifeboat.

Our program celebrates the natural world and honors the mystical.

We invite our children to experience themselves as spiritual beings and encourage them to discover their own personal truths.

Through story telling, art and music we study ritual celebrations, Gods & Goddesses, honored men and women, symbols and sacred texts.

We acknowledge lessons learned from science and our collective histories.

We embrace mystery and are respectful of other faiths and belief systems.

We acknowledge our roles as citizens and participate in community service and/or advocate for those in need.

We learn to live together.

Our classes are for children 2 and up.

Nursery care is available for infants and toddlers.

Curriculum 2006-2007

Nursery and Preschool
Friendship Finders uses ritual sharing and play to establish familiarity with church friends and environment and symbols (for ages 2+)

Grades K-1-2
We Believe explores our 7 UU Principles with stories, games& music

Grades 3-4-5
We Believe explores our 7 UU Principles with stories, games& music

Youth Grades 6+
UU Principles according to The Simpson’s explores episodes of the sitcom The Simpsons for meaning and relevant such issues as inherent racism, right relationship, spirituality and more.

Grades 8 & 9
Our Whole Lives Grounded in a holistic view of sexuality, Our Whole Lives provides not only facts about anatomy and human development, but helps participants to clarify their values, build interpersonal skills, and understand the spiritual, emotional, and social aspects of sexuality.

We also use Teaching Tolerance, a multi-age, multi-media curriculum that promotes acceptance of differences and encourages individuality. This curriculum (or related material) is used on the third Sunday of each month in a multi-age group setting and is a continuous curriculum to be used each year

The 4th Sunday of the month will be a Kid Spirit Sunday when children and youth meet for group worship upstairs. In months when a fifth Sunday occurs, we will encourage our RE families to attend Intergenerational Worship in the sanctuary.

“Every adult needs a child to teach; it's how the adults learn.”~ Frank A Clark

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