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Sunday Morning Classes
We offer classes during both our 9:30 and 11:00 am Sunday
services. At the 9:30 am service there are classes from preschool through
6th grade, and at the 11:00 am service there are preschool through Senior
High classes. Classes at both services run concurrently with the service.
Every Sunday at both 9:30 and 11:00 am children up to 7th grade attend
the first part of the service with their families and are dismissed to
class after 15-20 minutes.
There will be an RE greeter at the entrance to the Mason
Wing to answer questions and direct you to your child's class. There will
also be a daily events board with directions. Registration and visitor
forms are available on the window sill in the hall.
Each registered family will have a mail cubby in the far
wall, upstairs in the Mason Wing. Look for communications from teachers
and the Religious Education program every Sunday!
The Children and Youth Ministries office is the first room
on the left in the Mason Wing. Jennifer Halperin, Director of Ministries
with Children and Youth, and Jennifer Parsons, Religious Education Administrative
Assistant, will be available on Sunday mornings. Our teaching staff, with
the exception of the nursery caregiver, are all volunteers. Some are veteran
teachers, and some are newcomers. They are enthusiastic, dedicated, and
especially appreciated by all. Please consider joining an RE team as either
a teacher or helper for special events and activities.
NURSERY - FAHS ROOM
Care for our youngest children is provided by Tina Havern with the support
of volunteers as needed. We are eager to provide nurturing care to make
it as comfortable as possible for small children and their parents to
be in church. Child safety is of utmost importance to us. We require parents
who want to use the Nursery to register their children and sign them in
and out each Sunday. We also ask that all parents who use the Nursery
to volunteer as a parent helper several times a year.
9:30am Classes and Curricula
Theme: World Religions and Multiculturalism
PRESCHOOL-Priestley Room
TEACHERS: Jenny Wolsk Bain, Julia Sawyer, Sally Curimbaba
The class will use a curriculum called Celebrating Me and My World. This
full-year curriculum celebrates the wondrous qualities of children and
the animals, objects, and people around them. It provides preschoolers
with experiences and opportunities to grow in trust and caring and to
develop their self-identity and sense of connectedness with all of life.
KINDERGARTEN-Eliot Room
TEACHERS: Patricia Goettel, Raeann Olander Murray, Jody Best, Jay Best
Haunting House with Around the Church, Around the Year
Haunting House, a classic UU curriculum, is designed to help children
be at home in the world through their experiences of building and living
in houses. The children will also become acquainted with their own Unitarian
Universalist community: the people, buildings, rituals, and celebrations,
and the basic tenets of Unitarian Universalism.
LOWER ELEMENTARY (1st-3rd grades)
- Gandhi Room
TEACHERS: Rachel Colker, Becky Folsom, Cindie Elamin
Celebrating Our Roots and Branches
This UU curriculum explores the similarities and differences in North
Americans of various cultural, ethnic, and racial backgrounds. It gives
children an opportunity to
experience and celebrate our rich and varied heritage.
UPPER ELEMENTARY (4th-6th grades)
- Junior High Room
TEACHERS: Anna Bialostosky, Sue Bialostosky, Sarah LaRue, Judy Wagner
Holidays and Holy Days
In this UU curriculum, children and teachers alike learn about the origins
and meaning of holiday and holy day celebrations from around the world.
Its hands-on approach says, "A holiday is not something to talk about
. . . it's something to DO."
11:00am
Classes and Curricula
Theme: World Religions and Multiculturalism
PRESCHOOL-Beatrix Potter Room
TEACHERS: Cathy Rohrer, Sue Havranek, Lindsay Scott
The class will use a curriculum called Celebrating Me and My World. This
full-year curriculum celebrates the wondrous qualities of children and
the animals, objects, and people around them. It provides preschoolers
with experiences and opportunities to grow in trust and caring and to
develop their self-identity and sense of connectedness with all of life.
LOWER ELEMENTARY (K-2nd Grades) -
Gandhi Room
Teachers: Chris Milcarek, Bob Baron, Shelley Ross
Celebrating Our Roots and Branches
This UU curriculum explores the similarities and differences in North
Americans of various cultural, ethnic, and racial backgrounds. It gives
children an opportunity to
experience and celebrate our rich and varied heritage.
THIRD GRADE-Eliot Room
Teacher: Mary Denison and parent helpers
Celebrating Our Roots and Branches (see above description)
UPPER ELEMENTARY (4th-6th grades)
- Priestley Room
Teachers: Dave Hereth, Laura Campbell, Mary Preininger
Holidays and Holy Days
In this UU curriculum, children and teachers alike learn about the origins
and meaning of holiday and holy day celebrations from around the world.
Its hands-on approach says, "A holiday is not something to talk about
. . . it's something to DO."
JUNIOR HIGH (7th-8th grades) - Junior
High Room
Teachers: Kim Lincoln, Shea McKinney, Pete DiNardo, Cynthia Taibbi-Kates
Neighboring Faiths
This UU curriculum explores the history and development of different faith
traditions. The youth will plan their own program by choosing which religious
groups to learn about, visit and relate to their own growing faith.
HIGH SCHOOL (9th-12th grades) - Senior
High Room
Teachers: Jeff Liebmann, Barbara Litt, Heidi Pilewski
Thinking the Web
With this curriculum, written by their teacher Jeff Liebmann, Senior High
students will learn about and discuss contemporary moral issues from a
UU perspective with the intention of developing and enhancing techniques
of critical and creative thinking.
Philosophy
Youth have the ability, the desire, and the scholastic background to discuss
complicated problems facing society that have implications on their own
personal philosophies and their future. Thinking the Web assumes that
it is the responsibility of our churches to help youth develop into adult
Unitarian Universalists by expanding their intellectual horizons and helping
them build sound minds. Each session encourages youth to critically examine
the ethical positions of society, the positions of the UUA as articulated
in General Assembly resolutions, and their own views.
Design
Youth enjoy an intellectual challenge, so long as it does not replicate
the school experience they face throughout the week. Thinking the Web
focuses on issues rarely covered in school curricula and encourages youth
to challenge their assumptions and process new ideas. The classroom technique
most used is facilitated discussion prompted by brainstorming sessions
and questions to challenge thinking processes. Participants are empowered
to take discussions where they lead.
...Religious Education
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