Nursery: This is appropriate for young children who are able to crawl up to children 3-4 years old.

Preschool - Kindergarten: "We Are Many, We are One" is a year long program offering children the grounding of a religious community and tradition, along with the freedom to discover and express their uniqueness. The major theme is a multi-cultural education that celebrates diversity.

1st - 2nd grade: "Free to Believe" is an experiential program designed to nurture the emotional, social and spiritual life of children. The first two-thirds uses the Unitarian Universalist principles as starting points for exploring values, beliefs, and what it means to be Unitarian Universalist. The last third of the program examine some "big" questions through the perspective of our Unitarian Universalist sources.

3rd - 5th grade: "Jesus and His Kingdom of Equals" introduces students to an interpretation of the historical Jesus based on contemporary biblical research. The focus is on Jesus as a Jewish reformer and "itinerant" sage bringing messages of equality and love to the powerless against a backdrop of the hypocrisy and elitism of first-century Roman Palestine.

6th - 8th grade: "The Questing Year" engages the students in four different quests connected through central themes and purposes of faith development and social action. It is intended to be both challenging and fun, to assure both understanding and growth, to be both institutionally and personally informative.

Nursery: This is appropriate for young children who are able to crawl up to children 3-4 years old.

Preschool - 2nd grade: "Experience the Web of Life" invites children to explore the ways that specific living things relate to the rest of life…what the earthworm eats, what eats it, what it contributes to the soil, how that helps plants and helps us who grow food in that soil. Each lesson is an adventure in finding such connections. Concepts come to life through direct experience.

3rd - 8th grade: "RE Express" is a publication from the Church of the Larger Fellowship. This curriculum is designed for multi-age small groups that include activities and information about holidays around the world, as well as featured people from UU history, social justice projects, spiritual practices, ways to practice our principles and a forum for kids to ask questions on religious topics.

Youth Group: 9th - 12th grade: "Truth and Meaning: Questions about the Western Religious Heritage of Unitarian Universalism for High School Youth" by Jeff Liebmann. This curriculum for high school youth explores questions about Western religions that young people encounter in their daily lives. In particular, it compares and contrasts Unitarian Universalism with other Western religions. The sessions are grounded in the format of questions about religious practices and the theological concepts, life and afterlife, religious "extremes", religious prejudice, and dogma and creeds. Rather than offer concrete answers, the questions invite youth to develop their own answers.

This vibrant program for grades 9 - 12 has a number of components: education, community service, leadership skills, spiritual growth and development and social activities. Youth activities during the year will include participation in local, cluster and district Unitarian Universalist Youth-Adult Committee (YAC) functions, overnights (AKA "lock-ins"), socials at church and the opportunity to participate in community service projects.

The Youth Group sponsors an Italian Dinner put on by youth members and their adult helpers. Plan to join us for this evening of fun and great food when our church is turned into an Italian Bistro.

The Youth also lead a church service for the congregation in the spring. This year it is scheduled for May 31st and will include a special "Bridging" ceremony for graduating high school seniors.

This year we are offering Our Whole Lives (OWL), a sexuality education program, to children in grades 4-6 and in a separate class, grades 7-9. Specially trained instructors will teach this course starting in January 2010. Families will be notified about an informational meeting, which interested parents must attend before classes begin.