The Rainbow Principles

 RED              1.  Respect each person as a unique individual.

ORANGE        2.  Offer fair and kind treatment to all.

YELLOW        3.  Yearn to learn with others at our church.

GREEN           4.  Grow by searching freely for what is true.

BLUE             5.  Believe in yourself and vote for your values.

PURPLE         6.  Peace and freedom is our goal for the world.

WHITE          7.  The Web of life makes us all interdependent.

September 7, 2008 – May 24, 2009

Not all course sections are offered at both services. To determine the best placement for your child, please talk with the Director of Religious Education, Maria O’Connor.

FIRST SERVICE:  9:15 am – 10:30 am

SECOND SERVICE:  11:00 am – 12:15 pm

Story Time – First Service Nursery-Toddlers; Second Service Nursery-Preschool (Rainbow Room)
Young children are nurtured by consistent, loving caregivers in a warm, child-friendly environment. As interested and able, children may participate in weekly stories, movement, and simple craft activities highlighting themes of families and homes, feelings and friends, seasons and celebrations. 

Chalice Children – First Service Preschool (Yellow Room)
Nurture children’s spiritual growth, creativity, and connection to their Unitarian Universalist community through hands-on rituals, finger-plays, games, and other activities. Using the symbol of the chalice throughout the year, children learn about their church and its people, celebrate holidays, discover wonder, and make friends. 

Treasure Hunting – First and Second Services Kindergarten (Orange Room)
Discover treasures all around us, in ourselves, our families and friends, our feelings, our dreams, and our beliefs. Explore the meaning and values within our experience and in our Unitarian Universalist principles. 

Being At Home – First and Second Services First and Second Grade (White Room)
Learn to be at home in our bodies, community, and the world. Explore homes in nature and experience building and living in cardboard houses. We address a variety of life situations including homelessness, death, fears and security, belonging, and neighborhoods. Includes the K-1 Our Whole Lives (OWL) units on families, bodies, and birth.

Timeless Themes – First and Second Services Third and Fourth Grade (Green Room)
Discover the most memorable stories from the Hebrew and Christian Bibles. Explore such timeless themes as loyalty, sibling rivalry, obedience, anger, trust, jealousy, deception, justice, forgiveness, and love. We relate these themes to our own lives using creativity, role-playing, and interactive games and projects. 

The Questing Year – Second Service Fifth and Sixth Grade (Red Room)
Connected through UU identity, social action, and spiritual search, four quests help us seek and develop our own answers to deep life questions about human faith and the web of all existence. Embark upon the challenging and fun Mystery Quest, Inner Quest, Action Quest, and UU Quest, and discover your religious identity on the way. 

Compass Points – Second Service Junior High Youth (Junior Youth Room)
In this special Coming of Age year, seventh and eighth grade students embark upon a spiritual journey in which they explore their beliefs, their UU faith, and their relationship with the world through hands-on social action projects. The year culminates in writing a credo statement and creating a worship service for the whole congregation. 

Young Religious Unitarian Universalists (YRUU) – Second Service High School (Senior Youth Room)
Our core youth program for high school students provides experiences in five focus areas: religious education, spirituality and worship, leadership development, fellowship, and social action. This year’s particular emphasis is social action, in which we study peace and social justice and participate in a district-wide project on homelessness.