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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 enjoyable and spiritually fulfilling for you and your whole family.
In RE Next Week
Our children and youth will attend the whole church worship service. We will be inspired by a Rumi poem. C heck for details on our Facebook Page and website .
RE Committee
Wil Rivers, Chair  
Anna Sorensen,       Council Liaison
Cara Coffin
Jeff Frank
Arthur Freeheart
Shelby Hunkins
Esther Katz
Ashley Nadean Clover
Ron Tavernier
Jenn Whittaker
Jim Williams
For the Week of February 24, 2019
A Table Grace:
We give our thanks,
For food that stays our hunger,
For rest that brings us ease,
For homes where memories linger,
We  give our thanks for these.
A Chalice Lighting:
We light this chalice for the web of life which sustains us,
for the sacred circle of life in which we have our being,
for the Earth, the Sky, Above and Below, and
for our Mother Earth, and for the Mystery
by Paul Sprecher
May the following deepen and inspire your faith during the week ahead.

Contemplation Topic
During a shared meal with family or friends or as part of a contemplative practice, ponder the following: Who do you go out of your way to be nice to?

Caring Circle  - Our religious education class learned about our congregation's caring circle and created cards to send to members.  Click on the link above to learn more about this beautiful way to get involved in our church or if you are in need of support.

Science and Religion -  Science and religion are two windows that people look through, trying to understand the big universe outside, trying to understand why we are here. The two windows give different views, but both look out at the same universe. Both views are one-sided, neither is complete. Both leave out essential features of the real world. And both are worthy of respect. - Freeman Dyson, physics professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, in a speech accepting the 2000 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion 
Ponder these questions: 
  • Why are facts important? 
  • Why are theories important, even if we cannot prove them?
  • Why are beliefs important, even if we cannot prove them?
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Carol Zimmerman at dre@uucantonny.org or 315-386-2498.