“Our sanctuaries are not sanctuaries from children. They are sanctuaries for children”
Rabbi Menachem Creditor
We offer a space for children to participate in a caring community of adults and other children. Our classes nurture the innate spirituality of each child, cultivate UU values, and explore a variety of answers to the big questions of life.
At the 9am service we offer Preschool through 5th Grade Religious Education. We split into 3 groups: Preschool, Kindergarten-2nd grade, and 3rd-5th grade.
At the 9am service, complimentary childcare is available for children under the age 2. At the 11am service, childcare is available for children under the age of 4. Children are always welcome in our services; we have a Listening Room for parents of infants and toddlers to listen and watch the service while their children play.
We begin in the 9am service with the adults to enjoy a Time for All Ages with the whole community, then we continue to explore the themes for the week in class.
Class has four parts:
(1) Chalice Lighting and Check In, which includes a blessings and concerns ceremony that is similar to what the adults do in services.
(2) We introduce the week’s theme through conversation and/or story.
(3) we explore the theme further with a play-based or expressive/creative activity.
(4) We conclude with a reflective activity that gives each student an opportunity to share what they’ve learned.
We aim to offer spiritual nourishment to your students in the same way you are offered spiritual nourishment in services at UUCB.
There’s a Parents Weekly newsletter especially for families with info about what’s happening for parents, teens, and kids, as well as resources and support especially for parents and caregivers as the primary religious educators of their kids.
