Lifespan Religious Education at UUCB

Educational Philosophy

UUCB believes in a life-long process of religious education (RE) and integrating our children into church life.

The UU educational philosophy is not to impose doctrines upon either our children or each other. Our way is to give ourselves a place where everyone can safely and honestly create a personal faith — one that grows from reason, experience, and love.

Read more about the UU philosophy of religious education and the curricula that is available to UUCB from our parent organization, the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations (UUA).

RE Children and Youth Classes

Every Sunday morning we provide RE classes for children (preschool through grade 4; younger children go to our nursery) and for middle-school youth (grades 5-8). We also have a great group for high-school teens (grades 9-12).

Most Sundays, we offer a 15-minute age-appropriate worship service for children and youth before their regular classes.

Our classes make use of the professionally researched and tested educational curricula developed by UUA, which we tailor to match our particular class situations.

Our Religious Education Council and RE teachers strive to provide classroom, social, and group activities that teach our children key UU principles that can inspire them in a life-long practice of strong moral, ethical, and social action values.

Class Registration

Please register your child(ren) for RE if you have attended (or plan to) at least three times this year. Registration enables us to plan our program and supply needs better, maintain important information (including allergies and food sensitivities), and accurately represent to the UUA the numbers of children and youth participating in our program. Contact the RE Director for registration forms.

Recommended fees are $50 per child for members and pledging friends, with a cap of $100 per family; for nonmembers, it is $75 per child, with a cap of $150 per family. A sliding scale is available. These fees help offset the approximate cost of over $250 per child to run our RE program.

Volunteers are the foundation of our RE program, and parents are expected to contribute their time and effort. To have more input into developing what RE programs are made available at our church, we invite you to join the Religious Education Council.

Other RE Services

Besides Sunday morning RE classes, we offer several intergenerational activities throughout the year, such as picnics and holiday events.

UUCB also offers various classes and workshops for adults.

In addition, UUCB has a Listening/Reading room with books on religious and spiritual topics for all ages, as well as bookstores through which you can make purchases.

Recommendations for books of interest to the UU community can be found on the UUA Bookstore web page.