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Unitarian Church of Sharon
4 N. Main St.
Sharon, MA 02067
781-784-3652
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2009-2010 Religious Education Program
Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?
There's lots of change happening all around us sometimes it feels like the world just spins too fast.
• What inspires us? What are our stories?
This year, we'll be slowing down and taking time to notice what is beautiful and important to us. We'll explore our creativity, our yearnings, and our sense of being part of something larger than ourselves.
• What gifts can we find within ourselves? What is the nature of this, our beloved community?
In these explorations, we're bound to encounter some differences so we'll have a chance to learn how to be accepting of one another and encouraging of each other's spiritual growth.
• How are we to be together? What are we, as individuals and as a community, called to do in this troubled world?
We'll explore these questions through games and stories, drama, art, and music, and social action projects. Questions and ideas stirred by these Sunday morning experiences are intended to be brought home and shared with family all week long.
Nursery (Infants through 2 years)
Care provider Vanessa Desani creates a warm, welcoming environment for very young children.
Preschool-Kindergarten (3, 4, and 5 year olds)
We are Many, We are One Who am I? How am I related to others?
We offer children the grounding of a religious community and tradition, along with the freedom to discover and express their uniqueness. We celebrate diversity and interdependency through lots of fun projects and activities.
Grades 1-8 (Fall)
We Belong to the Bundle of Life: What does it mean to be part of beloved community? How can we lift up what is beautiful?
Children and youth will explore the nexus of spirituality and creativity in community. Expressive art, drumming, creative movement, and singing will all figure in this exploration of art and worship. Children and youth will create and celebrate their own worship.
Grade 1–Grade 2
In Our Hands (Winter/Spring): engages children in an age-appropriate exploration of the issues of peace and fairness: in their daily lives, in their relationship with nature. The children gain skills for promoting peace and fairness and learn about the lives of Unitarian Universalists who have made a difference in our world.
Stories About God (Spring) What do people mean when they say God?
Through storytelling and artistic responses, children will be encouraged to develop and express their own thoughts and feelings about ultimate reality, values, and mystery.
Grades 3 thru 5
Toolbox of Faith (Winter/Spring): invites children to reflect on qualities of our Unitarian Universalist faith, such as integrity, courage and love, as tools they can use in living their lives and building their own faith. How is our faith like duct tape? Come and find out!
Junior Youth (Grades 6,7,8)
Compass Points (Winter/Spring): offers a wide variety of activities to encourage young adolescents to sort out their feelings about themselves and their world and to discover what they believe about life’s big questions the nature of humanity and the divine, beliefs about death and faith.
Read about the Special Events and Programs which will take place in 2009-2010.
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