Children and youth ask questions that echo those of the world's greatest theologians and philosophers: "Is it okay for me to be happy when others are not?," "How do I live a life that is good?," "What happens after I die?" These questions and many more are raised in our classrooms each week.

Our mission is to provide our children and youth with a framework within which to seek answers to those questions. And yet, ours is a faith without creed and without dogma. So instead of providing answers, we strive to provide tools and resources
to help equip them to seek their own answers. We want to help them learn how to think, not tell them what to think.

Because parents are the primary religious educators of their children, I know that you are engaged in these conversations at home. Regular attendance on Sundays will support your children as they pursue their search for truth. Our classrooms may be the only place, other than home, where they have an opportunity to discuss these important questions. The answers that unfold will help to determine not merely what they will be (poet, doctor, dancer, lawyer) but who they will be and how they will be in relationship with others when they grow up.

Caring volunteer teachers and carefully chosen curricula introduce our young Unitarian Universalists to the stories, ideas and principles of our liberal religious tradition. Here children and youth will find an environment in which to freely explore all facets of liberal religion and clarify the personal values that will guide and support them as they become caring and compassionate adults. Together, we create a place where we may make new friends and grow in a nurturing faithcommunity.

This brochure provides a brief overview of our dynamic program of Religious Education for Children and Youth. Please call on me if you have further questions.

Welcome to our church family!

Karen Lewis, Director of Religious Education for Children and Youth