Religious Exploration
Dear Families,
You are welcome here! First Parish in Concord is a welcoming Unitarian Universalist congregation that seeks ways to deepen spiritually, build community, and make a positive difference in the world.
Our youngest children (Infants- Kindergarten) play in a caring environment known as Little RE with time for making friends, reading stories, playing outdoors, and craft projects. Caregivers are welcome to bring children to the Milldam Nursery School fifteen minutes before the Sunday service begins (9:45 a.m.).
This Winter our 1st through 4th graders are part of a Unitarian Universalist theme-based program called Soul Matters. January’s theme is “Finding Our Center” and February’s theme is “Love”. Each Sunday we explore the theme through stories, sharing, and choices of hands-on activities, art projects, and group games. Our goal is to create a fun engaging environment for children to feel accepted and explore together.
First Parish in Concord has a long tradition of comprehensive sexuality education. We offered Little OWL for K-2 in the Fall. This Winter we are offering Middle OWL for 5th graders. 8th grade OWL will be offered beginning in February. Our Whole Lives provides accurate, developmentally appropriate information about a range of topics, including relationships, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, sexual health, and cultural influences on sexuality.
We are thrilled to offer Crossing Paths for our 6th to 8th graders this year. This is an updated multi-platform version of our beloved Neighboring Faiths program. We look forward to learning more about our identity as Unitarian Universalists while gaining appreciation for our sibling faiths.
What else are we looking forward to in 2023? Rock n’ Roll Bingo, Parents Night Out, Family Game Nights, Coming of Age, and High School Youth Group.
If you have any questions about our program or community, please be in touch!
Warmly,
Amy & Dawn
Rev. Amy Freedman: afreedman@firstparish.org
Dawn Van Patten, Assistant Director of RE: dvanpatten@firstparish.org
RE Registration for Children and Youth
Children and their parents/guardians make our religious education program thrive at First Parish in Concord. Our children explore their own spiritual lives in meaningful ways, with the active involvement and support of caring adults who participate in a variety of roles as teachers, assistants, workshop leaders, creative arts leaders, social action leaders, mentors, and more.
Please register your child/ren and youth for Religious Education and/or Childrens Choirs below.
Weekly RE News
Interested in our program? All are welcome to subscribe!
What’s happening this week?
Religious Education Program Goals:
- Create opportunities for fun, friendship and belonging to community
- Learn to live the seven UU principles and explore spiritual practices
- Gain an appreciation of world religious teachings
- Celebrate the conscious effort of our youth to learn who they are as Unitarian Universalists.
Created November, 2015 by RE Council
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