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Philosophy
- to support one another's spiritual growth and well being.
- to challenge our understanding of ourselves and our world
- to recognize life's passages
- to share the diversity of our experiences
- to reach out to others
- to encourage children's growth and understanding through non-dogmatic
religious education
- to be a positive influence in the world around us
- to respect the environment in which we live
- to encourage free and thoughtful expression of spiritual and social
ideas and values in an atmosphere of mutual respect
RE Program Outline
This year we are using a pillars approach to study the following important topics: self and
relationships, Judeo-Christian history, Unitarian Universalist identity, world religions (mostly
of India today), peace-making, and lessons from nature (ecology and evolution, for older ages).
We will be using a variety of age-appropriate curriculum to address each topic.
Some of the curricula to be used this year include for
- PreK-K: We Are Many, We Are One;
- 1st-2nd grades:Around the Church, Around the Year;
- 3rd grade+: A Growing Up Year.
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