Lifespan Religious Education

NOW OPEN: 2020-21 Virtual RE Registration

We are excited to welcome your family into our virtual religious education program this fall! With specially redesigned online curriculum, family chapel time and age-specific classroom groups, you can expect rich and heart-centered learning, ritual and instruction. Please click here to fill out the RE Registration Form. 

• Preschool-5th grade RE (11:15am-12pm most Sundays): Students and their parents will gather 11:15-11:30am for Family Chapel Time. Then Kindergarten-2nd grade and 3rd-5th grade students will break into separate rooms (without parents) for check-in, activities and games. Preschoolers (with their parents) can join the K-2nd grade group.
• 6th-9th grade RE (two-hour sessions, every other week): We are thrilled to offer a roleplaying experience this fall for these ages. Dungeons and Dragons might be best summed up as “collaborative storytelling.” No experience is necessary.
• 10th-12th grade RE: The leaders of this age group work with those registered, to create together their schedule and decide on topics to be covered throughout the year.

The Religious Education Program for Children and Youth is one facet of the Lifespan Religious Education Ministry whose mission is: "to be a catalyst and support for spiritual growth, transformation and progressive change within our congregation and the wider community". The mission of the CYRE program is to journey with families in their Unitarian Universalist faith formation by inspiring open minds, loving hearts and helping hands.

UUCM CYRE Vision Statement:
The UUCM children and youth religious education team envisions a program that: 

• Is a thriving, stimulating program integrated into church life.  
• Provides a loving community for children and youth in which they can feel a sense of connection and belonging 
• Helps children and youth become aware of the needs of the larger community and respond through social action  
• Supports families in developing meaningful family traditions and in cultivating a grounded spirituality  
• Explores  our rich Unitarian Universalist heritage/history and provides our  children and youth with firm foundations in our UU Principles and  Sources

(UUCM's building is currently closed to the public as a precaution during the COVID-19 pandemic)

CHILD CARE 

Our youngest are learners too!

While these children receive safe comfort and care during the 10:00 am worship service, they will also begin learning some early group skills and simple Unitarian Universalist rituals as they grow. Childcare is provided from 9:45 - 11:15am on Sunday mornings, as well as for the “Path to Membership” classes usually held on the second Sunday of the month at 11:15am. Other congregational activities often provide childcare as well. See the specific activity to know for sure or contact dre@uucmtka.org.

Check back for future enrollment opportunities. 

Soul Matters groups offer UUCM members and friends adult spiritual development and the opportunity to connect with each other and with our deepest selves. We gather in small groups of 6 to 10 people with  a facilitator. Each group meets for 90 minutes every other week for a total of 6 sessions.

Our monthly worship themes are studied deeply through readings, inspirational quotes, questions and practices. Participants receive a resource packet each month with background information, questions for discussion and contemplation, spiritual exercises, wise words and other suggested resources.

In each meeting, we share what it was like to “live with” the exercises and the questions as we share where the topic took us, and hear the experience of others. This sharing is at the heart of the Soul Matters program and our experience is further deepened by the group’s sharing.

Newcomers and friends are especially welcome! Please contact office@uucmtka.org with any questions.