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Welcome to the Melrose Unitarian Universalist Church School
from the RE Committee and the Director of Religious Education for Children and
Youth! Our Sunday School programming reflects our care and planning
to develop multi-age Sunday morning classes v that
accomplish our goal of providing our children with a safe and accepting
environment in which to explore spirituality v that
support Unitarian Universalist values and their engagement in the wider
world. Download the attached RE Pamphlet and 2011-2012 registration
and volunteer forms to see what is happening in RE. Then take a moment to print
and complete them so we can count you in as part of RE this year. RE
Pamphlet
Our RE
program is a cooperative one that relies on everyone’s involvement to work and
thrive. Please take some time to look
at the volunteer form and see what level of commitment you can give, whether as
a classroom leader, a helper for special events, or the other many ways you can
give time to the programming. Training, support and resources will be provided
for teachers so please check out what’s being planned and let us know how you
can be involved. Feel free
to contact me directly if you have any questions about any aspect of the year’s
RE program. I look forward to receiving your forms and your feedback! Blessings, Nita
Penfold, D.Min. Director
of Religious Education for Children and Youth (781)
665-7504 Church Phone Church SchoolWe
have a weekly church school for preschoolers through 8th grades, which meets
during the Sunday worship service. Children stay with their parents during the
first part of the service. After the Time For All Ages, the children and
teachers leave the service for their classes. 6th through 8th graders meet for class
and for social activities during the church service and sometimes at other times. The focus for all classes this year is The Golden Rule: Peace and Social Justice.
Our senior youth, grades 9 - 12, meet each week for youth group on Sunday afternoons from 12:30 - 2:30 p.m.
A Coming of Age program for 11th and 12th graders meets the first Sunday of each month from 2 to 4 pm. Preschool
– Elementary
Our cooperative church school
classes for Preschool through 5th grade utilize the innovative
Spirit Play program that uses story to explore and wonder about the big
questions in life. Steeped in Montessori methodology,
which is child-centered and accommodates multiple learning styles, these
classes are designed to create an intentional children's community. With
doorkeepers and specially trained storytellers, a story-lesson is presented in
sacred space, told with manipulatives hand-made by some of our adult artists
and crafts people. Intergenerational
Sundays and Worship Circles
Some Sundays the children will be
invited to stay in church for an Intergenerational Service to enable them to
stay with their families and to learn how Unitarian Universalists come together
in community for worship. These
services will be more child-friendly.
There will also be special Children’s Worship Circles downstairs several times during the year so that the whole church school
can come together in community to worship. There is usually an activity following it. At the end of the year, there is a
Children's Annual Meeting to have children vote on where the money from their classroom collections will be sent. |
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70 W. Emerson St. Melrose, MA 02176 (781)665-7504 Comments or questions? Email: office@melroseuu.org. | |