From Our
Director of Religious Education

Recently I attended two district workshops; one on Ministering to Children and Youth (and by extension, adults) with special needs, and the other on Adult Faith Development. Both of these workshops shared several underlying themes. The first grows out of the work done by Howard Gardener. Gardener emphasizes the fact that we all learn through various modalities, or intelligences. The most commonly used are the linguistic and the logical/mathematical, yet there are six other modalities. To interpret his understanding to church life means that we should offer experiences through multiple modalities in as many venues as is feasible to make ourselves as accessible as possible to a broad range of people. 

 

A second theme in each workshop was set forth by Maria Harris in her book, “Fashion Me a People” and talks about how the entire church, all we do, should be seen as religious education/faith development. This “learning church” concept posits that the business of the church (spiritual growth and development) can take place in any setting where people are working, serving, worshipping or coming together for any reason.

 

Both concepts are already being applied in many ways in our Religious Education Program but it was good to have our philosophy/practice confirmed. And, as with all things, there is always room to grow more!!

 

With love,

Tamara

Religious Education Calendar

Announcement: Child Dedication for older children will occur on May 11^th. Please contact Tamara if you are interested.

4/6	All RE volunteers are invited to the  “Thanks and Pancakes Brunch”  today after second service.  ***THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO!!!*** Faith in Action Sunday: Today we will be focusing on stewardship of the earth. During first session we will be working onsite in taking care of our grounds; second session we are going off-site to do a beach clean-up (on-site option available). Children and youth do not go into service today. Nursery and Preschool meet as usual; Kindergarten and higher meet in the Chalice Building at 9:30 & 11:15. Facilitated by Laura Scully and Tricia Gagna. Our Whole Lives (OWL) Sexuality Education Program for grades 7-9: youth meeting, 12:45-4:15 in the Chalice Building
4/13	UU Rocking Rainbow Choir practice: Open to anyone who likes to sing!! 10:45-11:05 in the Chalice Building Our Whole Lives (OWL) Sexuality Education Program for grades 7-9: youth meeting, 12:45 4:15 in the Chalice Building; parent meeting, 12:45-4:15 in Wylder Hall
4/20	Young Religious Unitarian Universalists (YRUU): meeting during second service, 11:15-12:30 in the Lounge
4/27	Mayday/Beltane:  Children/ youth do not go into service. Kindergarten and above meet on west side of Wylder Hall; Nursery as usual; Preschool please meet in your classroom to be escorted by teachers to the celebration. UU Rocking Rainbow Choir sing-along (at the May Pole): Open to anyone who likes to sing!! 10:45-11:05

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