Education

Greetings from the Director of Religious Education

UUCGB's Children and Youth Religious Education program offers a safe and welcoming setting in which young people can explore, grow, and learn through study, play, sharing, and worship. In their classrooms students learn about Unitarian Universalist values and history, our Jewish and Christian heritages, World Religions, and Social & Environmental Justice.                            Through various intergenerational activities, including family services, children's worship services, service projects, and social activities, our program encourages commitment to the community, social ethics in the wider world, and exploration of personal spiritual development.                     Over the years, we have found that children forge valuable relationships with friends, teachers, and mentors that will remain lifelong treasures.                  Recognizing that the most powerful religious education comes from the home, we welcome parents' participation, and encourage them to integrate the community life of UUCGB into the life of their family.

For more information please contact me at:
Telephone:               203-378-1020
Email:                         vger42@aol.com

Ellen Greist, Director of Religious Education

 

The Program

      Learning doesn't know any age limit at the UU Church of Greater Bridgeport. Classes and discussion groups are available for all generations.
      Children from pre-kindergarden through grade five learn about world religions and their UU heritage in the religious education program headed by our Director of Religious Education.
      Middle schoolers learn to build their own belief system in the Junior Youth Group and through a special Coming of Age course. Older teens discuss today's issues and reach out to the wider community via the Senior Youth Group.
      Adults can attend seminars and groups working in areas as diverse as leadership development and computer literacy. In addition, older members have an enriching opportunity to volunteer as teachers and advisors to the younger members of our church.

To enroll your children in Sunday school, or your teens in Junior or Senior Youth group, Coming of Age, or AYS, contact Director of Religious Education, church office.

To enroll yourself in any of the many courses and discussion groups hosted by the church, contact the Education Committee or the point person for the course in which you are interested.

To volunteer to teach Sunday School, advise a youth group, assist our minister with the Coming of Age course, or facilitate or conduct another course for children or teens, contact the Education Committee or our Director of Religious Education.

To volunteer to conduct or facilitate an adult education course, contact the Education Committee.

To take part in the planning and work that ensures a thriving and rewarding educational program at the church, contact the Education Committee.

Especially For Children

Children from pre-kindergarten through grade 5 are assigned to weekly Sunday classes. The aim of the program is to provide a nonrepetitive experience that nevertheless succeeds in giving each child -- no matter when he or she joins the school -- a well rounded introduction to the Unitarian Universalist movement, the church, and major world religions.

Especially For Teens

The Junior Youth Group is open to all middle school students. It meets weekly for discussion, event planning, and charitable work. Part of the Junior Youth Group years is given to "Coming of Age," an intensive course and field trip in which the younger teens review the history, principles, and traditional aims of the Unitarian Universalist movement, in preparation for deciding whether to join the church as junior members.

The Senior Youth Group offers opportunities for high school students to discuss current issues, refine their beliefs, and contribute to the community at large. In addition to weekly discussions, the group traditionally leads at least one worship service each year and lends its energies and time to charitable causes.

With the permission of their parents or guardians, both junior and senior teens are welcome to attend a biyearly seminar designed to teach adolescents about the moral and physical responsibilities of sexual adulthood.

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