Hello and welcome to all
of you new and familiar youth and parents. I am enjoying working with
our Director of Religious Education, Keitha Whitaker,
Director of Religious Education, and our wonderful
volunteer teachers. I look forward to working with all of you as your
Youth RE Chair. I am dedicated to our terrific program and will
support children, parents, and teachers in their shared experience.
We are all excited about the year ahead and in sharing a safe,
informative, caring environment for our RE program here at UUCT. We
value our community and the commitment to Youth RE.
Terri Martin, Youth RE Committee Chair
YOUTH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION MISSION STATEMENT
OUR
MISSION IS TO PROVIDE A WELL-ROUNDED, LIBERAL RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FOR
OUR CHILDREN IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY FEEL SAFE, ACCEPTED,
RESPECTED, HAPPY, AND LOVED. WE OFFER OUR CHILDREN A COMMUNITY
EXPERIENCE THROUGH STRUCTURED CLASSES, RELIGIOUS CELEBRATION, SOCIAL
INTERACTION, SERVICE, AND FAMILY ACTIVITIES. OUR GOAL IS TO LAY THE
FOUNDATION OF A FAITH AND VALUE SYSTEM SO CHILDREN LIVE HARMONIOUSLY
AND RESPONSIBLY WITHIN THEMSELVES AND WITH OTHERS. WE WILL MODEL THE
SEVEN UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST PRINCIPLES SO OUR CHILDREN MAY
UNDERSTAND AND PRACTICE THEM, AND WE WILL ENCOURAGE OUR CHILDREN TO
BECOME A PART OF OUR INTERGENERATIONAL CHURCH COMMUNITY NOW AND IN
THE FUTURE.
Approved 05/05/06 by the Youth
RE Committee
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