Children & Youth Religious Education
We welcome all young people, from infancy through senior high, to participate in the Child and Youth Religious Education (RE) program at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Topeka. Our program is divided into several groups so that children and youth receive age-appropriate religious education related to using Unitarian-Universalist Principles in church, in the community, and in the wider world. An attempt is made to familiarize children and youth with worldwide religious practice; a wide variety of religious holidays; and history of Unitarian Universalism.
We provide a nursery that serves infants and toddlers up to age three. Our preschool program (4 & 5 year olds) is designed to familiarize children and help them gain comfort with each other, their teachers, the physical church, and some of the symbols and key members of our Unitarian-Universalist Faith. In Kindergarten through 2nd grade, our children's group studies the interconnectedness of the world-wide-web through nature related activities; becoming more familiar with the religious actions of Unitarian-Universalism; and increasing awareness of world religions. In the third through 5th grade group, the above-mentioned topics of study and activities are deepened. Social Justice activities also become part of the focus for this group both within the church and in the community.
Youth programs are offered at both the junior (6th - 8th) and senior high levels (high school). Both groups have youth advisors helping to direct their programs. At the junior high level, a "Coming of Age" curriculum is offered. It is co-led by the youth and their advisers. At the senior high level, programs are student led with adults acting as facilitators and advisors.
OWL Training for Teens will be offered to 7 - 12th grades during the winter of 2007. OWL stands for Our Whole Lives and is a comprehensive and sensitively developed program on human sexuality.
For more information contact:
Judy Sasser
Director of Lifespan Religious Education
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Bobbi Schaffer
Religious Education Chairperson
785-783-2005
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