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.
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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.
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Our children and youth will have fun with puzzles, determine a new ending to "The Wise Teachers Test", make stepping stones, learn about the language of OWL and ponder goals for the year.
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Traveling Chalice
Starting this Sunday, October 1 we will have (2) traveling chalices that you can sign out for a week. Be inspired to live your faith all week. Look in the social room for details.
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RE Committee
Wil Rivers, Chair
Todd Moe, Council Liaison
Jeff Frank
Arthur Freeheart
Esther Katz
Anna Sorensen
Jenn Whittaker
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For the Week of October 1, 2017
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A Table Grace:
With the first mouthful, I promise to practice loving kindness.
With the second, I promise to help relieve the suffering of others.
With the third, I promise to see others' joy as my own.
With the fourth, I promise to learn the way of non-attachment and equanimity.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
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Chalice Lighting:
We light our chalice, symbol of our faith,
For truth, sought through a questioning heart and an attentive mind;
And for love, pursued through obstacles inside and outside our own human heart;
And for forgiveness, and all it entails-
The place where truth and love meet and merge.
~ By Vanessa Southern
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Please consider utilizing these ideas to deepen and inspire your faith during the week.
Discussion Topic - During a shared meal, review
our 6 sources and discuss which you find most inspiring and supports your faith beliefs.
Fun Coloring - For many coloring has become a form of meditation and relaxation. Click
here to download a UU harvest inspired page.
Inspired by Our Moral Tales Class - Start a list this week of times each day when a family member has used their conscience to make a decision. You might pick certain areas to focus on, such as dealing kindly or fairly with others at school or work, sibling interactions, awareness of taking care of the Earth, or clean-up at home.
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Welcome to 2017-18 RE
We would like to welcome our new and returning families. Please click
here to learn more about important details for each of our classes, to register your child(ren) for class and to see who is part of our religious education ministry team.
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If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Carol Zimmerman at
[email protected] or 315-386-2498.
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