Children's Religious Education

This Year’s Religious Education Program
Our major theme for this year is World Religions. Our children will learn about Native American religions, Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam, to name a few.

CALENDAR

• January 23
  • Joys and Sorrows
• January 30
  • Joys and Sorrows
• February 3
  • 7:00PM R E Committee Meeting
• February 6
  • Birthday Sunday
• February 13
  • Collection of Guest at Your Table Donations
  • Chocolate Communion
  • Story Sunday
  • 4:30 PM Youth Video Night “Malcolm X” (Parents are welcome.)
• February 18
  • 6:30 PM Elementary Sleepover
• February 20
  • Children’s Program Third Principle
• February 27
  • Joys and Sorrows

 

ETHICS IN ACTION Religious Education is a lifelong adventure shared with a community of seekers.  Along our religious journey we ask the abiding questions:  Who am I?  Who are you?  Where have we come from?  Where are we going?  We explore and integrate many different possibilities and we act on our examined choices. UUFoM's Children's Religious Education Program strives to give children and youth opportunities that enable them to develop their own religious philosophy and theology, thus freeing them to be  their own best selves and to become kind, fair, and responsible persons.  Our goal is to provide children and youth with compelling experiences and healthy relationships which will help them develop their sense of place, sense of worth, and sense of self.  These experiences and relationships are diverse paths of the religious journey in our community life and the goals of our curricular efforts. Our curricular themes are both timeless and timely.  Our program is committed to the timeless themes of our living tradition as Unitarian Universalists, our Jewish and Christian heritages, the teachings of all world religions, and the insights of prophetic visions and actions.  We strive to respond effectively to contemporary issues such as responsible consumption, violence, and abuse.  We seek a balance in pursuing our purposes.  Our guiding principles are to enhance our spiritual dimensions, to further pluralism, and to empower ethical action.

OUR PRINCIPLES
The First Universalist Church in Minneapolis uses the following wording for our UU principles in their children’s RE Program:

1. Respect all beings
2. Offer fair and kind treatment
3. Yearn to learn.
4. Grow in spirit and mind
5. Believe in your ideas and act on them.
6. Insist on peace, freedom and justice.
7. Value the connection in all creation.

Each phrase seems to get to the heart of the matter regarding each of the principles more so than the UUA "adult" version. What do you think?

YOUTH VIDEO NIGHT
The Youth Video Night program continues. Here is a list of the films the Youth viewed:

• "Oh, Brother, Where Art Thou?”
• "Super Size Me"
• "Dr. Strangelove"
• “Bowling for Columbine”
• “Dogma”
• “Amistad”
• “The Holy Grail”
• “The Last Temptation of Christ”
• “The Life of Brian”
• "Fahrenheit 911"

 

EMERSON ENLIGHTENMENT “What is the hardest task in the world? To think” —Journals, 1836

The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Midland is recognized by the Unitarian Universalist Association as a Welcoming Congregation. We welcome, affirm, promote and celebrate the full participation of all persons in all of our activities without regard to age, gender, sexual orientation, race or any other such category of exclusion.

Please feel free to contact us with any feedback, corrections or questions at jaham@delta.edu