Enrollment for the 2018-19 Church Year

R.E. Enrollment and Orientation for new families is held on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:15 p.m. 
December 5
Childcare is provided. If your family is unable to participate in a session, please contact Michelle Mecey at michelle@unityunitarian.org.

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Religious Education for Children and Youth

Sundays: September through May
Sundays from September through May at Unity Church are opportunities for children and adults to come together to share in exploration of our liberal religious heritage, our common values and our individual journeys toward truth. Our goal is to cultivate and sustain in our young people a love of the spiritual life, a foundation for a personal theology and a confidence in their ability to be stewards of their own souls.

At every level, our curricula are guided by five classical theological questions:

• What is the nature of God?
• What does it mean to be human and alive?
• How is the Sacred present in each of us and in our lives?
• What is the purpose of Beloved Community?
• How do we live in the face of death and loss?

These questions lay the foundation for our shared exploration, presented in age-appropriate ways to our children as they grow and mature.

On a given Sunday, some 400 children are participating in one of these programs. For more information, click on the links below.

• Nursery Care : loving care for children ages 6 months to 2 years 11 months
• Spirit Play: Montessori-style discovery and learning for children ages 3 through 5
• Workshop Rotation: The Journey In…: Multiple intelligence-based exploration for school-aged children in grades 1 through 6
• Junior High Religious Education: Youth in grades 6,7, and 8 can choose between two different offerings each semester.  These courses explore our faith as well as other world religious traditions.
• Our Whole Lives and Coming of Age: A dynamic year of change and growth for our 9th grade youth. OWL explores human sexuality and spirituality while COA supports youth in their efforts to create a personal credo.
• Tower Club: Youth in grades 10, 11 and 12 meet for fellowship food and fun.  We discuss and approach social justice issues from the young liberal religious perspective.  Meets Sundays from 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Helpful Reminders:
​Sundays with Kids

Tips about where and when your children or youth should be during Religious Education:

Nursery

• Infants and toddlers ages six months (and sitting up) through three years can be signed in to the nursery starting 15 minutes before each service
• No registration required
• Label all personal belongings
• Please leave your cell phone number and set phone to vibrate
• Collect your little ones immediately after worship

Spirit Play (age 3-K, out of diapers)

• Registered children can be signed in to class beginning 10 minutes before the service
• If teachers are not present, please stay with your child until they arrive
• Name tags are in the pocket charts on the door, return name tags when leaving
• Classes run 75 minutes: if worship ends earlier, enjoy coffee and fellowship before classroom pickup. 

Rotation (grades 1-6)

• 9:00 a.m., 4:30 p.m. Children in grades 1-6 should be escorted to the Ames Chapel starting 10 minutes before worship. Make sure at least two Journey Guides are in the Chapel; if not, stay with your child until they arrive.
• 11:00 a.m. Children begin with worship in the sanctuary with their families, then follow their Journey Guides to classes
• Collect your child from their Rotation classroom (varies each week, check signs)
• Classes run 75 minutes

Junior High (Grades 6, 7 and 8)

• Junior High youth can escort themselves to and from classes
• Youth should wear nametags while in the church building
• Parents should communicate regularly with student and teacher
• Classes run 75 minutes