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 learn about the life cycle of frogs, meditate, attend worship, and provide a worship service.
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 30, 2017
A Table Grace: What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
A Chalice Lighting:
As we light our chalice today, let us remember that we are part of a great community of faith.
May this dancing flame inspire us to fill our lives with the Unitarian Universalist ideals of love, justice and truth.
This Sunday all of the infants, toddlers, children and youth celebrated the installation of our 32nd minister, the Reverend James Galasinski. An installation is the formal ceremony acknowledging the covenant, or sacred promise, between a settled minister and the congregation they serve. It is a big celebration where the minister and congregation are charged to create beloved community together. It is one of the most joyful and important events in our shared ministry together and formalizes our commitment to one another.
Family Discussion - During a shared meal, discuss what covenants or sacred promises you have made in your life. Is it marriage or a promise to a friend?
Family Video - Click
here to watch the ordination ceremony for James.
Learn more about Covenant - "Love is the spirit of this church, and service is its law; this is our great covenant: to dwell together in peace, to seek the truth in love, and to help one another" by James Vila Blake, 1894. Click
here to read a UU World article or
here to view a Theology of Covenant workshop from our 2013 General Assembly.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Carol Zimmerman at
dre@uucantonny.org or 315-386-2498.
