Religious Education News
Unitarian Universalist Church of Canton
RE Mission
Our religious education program works to create an accepting environment that empowers children and youth to explore their spirituality, celebrate diversity, and live our Unitarian Universalist values.
Family Ministry
  We believe that families play a vital role in furthering this empowerment to explore and live our UU values. We are excited to support our families by offering ideas from the UUA's Tapestry of Faith program as well as graces and thought provoking questions related to the topics introduced during Sunday religious education classes. We hope you find this new initiative enjoyable and spiritually fulfilling for your whole family.
In RE Next Week
Our children and youth will attending the Installation Worship Service.  Look for additional fidget items as well as a special area set up in the back of the sanctuary for those children who might need to move during this celebration.  If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to Carol via email.  
RE Committee
Wil Rivers, Chair 
Todd Moe, Council Liaison 
David Bradford
Arthur Freeheart
Sally Hoose
Esther Katz
Rhonda Rodriguez
Anna Sorensen
Jenn Whittaker 
For the Week of April 23, 2017
Attending the Installation 
Our religious education program including nursery will be suspended on Sunday, April 30 so that everyone may attend the Installation Service for James.  A special space will be set up in the sanctuary with quiet activities during the service. 
A Table Grace:
"A Hylander's Blessing"
May your heart stay as active and young as your mind.
May your kindness to others be returned ten-fold, in kind.
May life's adversities be light, and easy to bear.
May joy and peace quickly dry up each tiny tear.
May you always be able to county on one good friend.
May God's Grace light up your road, to its very end.
~ Thomas K. Hyland, Jr.
A Chalice Lighting:
This light we kindle
is set in the lamp of our history.
We inherit this free faith
from the brave and gentle, fierce and outspoken
hearts and minds that have come before us.
Let us be worthy inheritors of this faith
and through our good works, pass it boldly to a new generation.
By Audette Fulbright Fulson   
Spirit Play learned about Zen gardens, a way to pay attention, to ask questions, or take time to feel, meditate and pray.
Family Discussion - During a shared meal, discuss what ways can we feel close to the Spirit of Love and Mystery. 
Family Craft - Create your own Zen gardens.  Click here for instructions from a Tapestry of Faith curriculum.
Our Caring Community explored different ways the Earth transforms and changes as well as our impact on these changes.
Family Discussion - Over a shared meal, discuss what are some of the ways you see the Earth changing.
Family Game - Click here to play the Earth Day Game.  Take a journey through 42 years of U.S. environmental history.
Maker Space  performed the prelude during worship and then decided content they wanted to add to their webpage. 
Family Discussion - During a shared meal, discuss what types of music evoke deep feelings for you? 
Attend a Musical - Consider attending the new musical, "Working in the North Country"  written and directed by our own Karen Wells.  Learn more here.  
Coming of Age continued preparations for their worship service scheduled for Sunday, May 7. 
Family Discussion - Over a shared meal, discuss other than worship how do you grow spiritually.
Worship Music - Check out these inspiring music resources from the UUA.  
Youth Group made plans to go to Ottawa during the Tulip Festival.  
Family Discussion - During a shared meal, discuss your favorite flower and why is significant to you.
Tulip Festival - Click here to see all the Tulip Festival events May 12-22, 2017. 
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Carol Zimmerman at dre@uucantonny.org or 315-386-2498.