Children's Religious Education at Chalice

Schedules:

Below are links to the most recent Religious Education articles from the Chalice PrevUUs newsletter.

December 2005 classes

November 2005 classes

October 2005 classes

For R.E. Leaders, there is also a calendar available

Mission:

Our Mission is to prepare our children and youth for a lifetime of spiritual and ethical growth by teaching them the Unitarian Universalist principles, exposing them to other faiths and encouraging in them a questioning attitude.

In the words of William Ellery Channing:

The great end in religious instruction, whether in the Sunday School or family, is, not to stamp our minds irresistibly on the young, but to stir up their own; not to make them see with our eyes, but to look inquiringly and steadily with their own; not to give them a definite amount of knowledge, but to inspire a fervent love of truth; not to form an outward regularity, but to quicken and strengthen the power of thought; not to bind them by ineradicable prejudices to our particular sect or peculiar notions, but to prepare them for impartial, conscientious judging of whatever subjects may, in the course of Providence, be offered to their decision; not to impose religion upon them in the form of arbitrary rules which rest on no foundation but our own word and will, but to awaken the consciousness, the moral discernment, so that they may discern and approve for themselves what is everlastingly right and good.

[Channing, William Ellery, "The Sunday School", 1837, as quoted in: Williams, Jean Starr, "Our Ways of Education" in The Unitarian Universalist Pocket Guide, edited by Harry B. Scholefield (Boston: Skinner House, 1981), pg. 56.]

Classes:

Religious Education classes for children in K through 8th grade follow a traditional school year schedule. Child-care is provided year round for children ages 1 – 5.

We began this year with a short UU Identity Curriculum. In November will begin our second phase of curricula:

• The Pre-K class will stay with Chalice Children.
• The 1st - 3rd class will begin Around the Church Around the Year.
• The 4th - 6th class will start Holidays and Holy Days.

(If there is a problem with a link above, please try looking at the UUA Curriculum Map.)

Financial Obligations:

We do not charge a fee for participation in our program. Our goal is to have a cooperative program and there are a variety of ways to contribute through volunteer work. Financial contributions to the congregational General Fund support the RE program along with many other essential programs.

More info:

For more information, please contact our Religious Education Coordinator, Stuart Holmes, at: stumusic(at)sbcglobal(dot)net. (This will soon be replaced by the Chalice RE email address.)

Religious Education Committee:

Michele Nelson - Chair
Sue Chan
Paul Dulany - Immediate Past Chair
Paula Gonzales - Secretary
Stuart Holmes - Religious Education Coordinator
Cheryl O'Gwynn
Diane Schroeder

Links:

UUA Religious Education page

Unitarian Universalist Family Network

We will soon have the registration form available online!

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