Our Learning Community programs offer young people a chance to:

→ feel a sense of welcome and belonging
→ make friends with age peers, younger and older kids, and safe adults
→ get to know church facilities and community
→ explore their own beliefs and ethical development
→ engage with our UU shared values of interdependence, pluralism, justice, transformation, generosity, and equity

Join us by visiting or, if you’ve already decided we’re the place for your family, you can register.

SUNDAY MORNING RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (RE) CLASSES

Parker Room

View the service livestream! This casual, comfy space has a changing table, toys for young ones, and sometimes other families for friendly conversation. This space is available year round. 

Nursery & Toddler Care (6 months–2 years old) 

Our youngest are cared for by warm and professional childcare staff. Please bring diapering supplies, formula, food, and other items child[ren] may need. Parents/caregivers are welcome to drop off, stay, or pop in and out. The nursery is open all service every Sunday, including RE holidays.

Preschool

Children explore through stories, participatory ritual, and simple activities. They learn about their sense of self, the people they know, their religious community, our planet home, and local and global cultures. Lessons include making fruit salad to learn about colors, shapes, and the joy of trying new things with our friends; the science and magic of why we need rain; and how holidays are special times to share our love. Parents/caregivers are welcome to drop off or stay. 

Kindergarten-1st Grade

Children learn about the many meanings and experiences of home. They develop an expansive understanding of the physical places we might live, how everyone belongs in our communities, what it means to have a faith home, and their own bodies as the first and deepest source of belonging. Lessons include a project of creating a cardboard village of the buildings they deem most important (think libraries, pet hospitals, and pirate ships) out of big boxes; learning about death and dying through making candles and holding a ritual with them in honor of losses they have experienced; and meeting a pregnant person who shares about being home to an emerging life. Parents/caregivers are welcome to drop off or stay.

2nd-5th Grade 

Children explore themselves and the world around them through hands-on creativity, peer connection and friendship, and Big Questions about themselves and what matters in our communities and our faith. This class has at its core this covenant: We gather together with love and creativity to explore what matters, make art, and have fun. Lessons include learning about the point and purpose of traditions; thinking about how to handle mistakes in life (and how to celebrate happy accidents); and Zombie Name Game. 

Middle School (6th-8th Grade) 

Youth in this program connect with their peers in ways that encourage them to build their own community of care and growth. They explore the kinds of mysteries that encourage wonder and engagement, such as what makes them feel loved; how to identify their greatest gifts; how perspective changes experience; and what we imagine in a just future. They get to create art and develop their identities as creative people through the lens of exploring self, universe, community, and faith. Activities include the Alien Tiger Cow game, leadership development opportunities (like our church’s annual Earth Fair), and plenty of time to socialize within a supportive structure.   

High School YRUU (9th-12th Grade) 

Supported by advisors, youth set their own vision and work toward it collaboratively. In past years they have chosen to focus on religious ethics, service projects at the church, and supporting animal rescue programs. No matter their agenda, they create a socially connected, high meaning experience that includes leading an annual worship service for the whole congregation and planning experiences like overnight trips, sleepovers, or other adventures. This year they are considering climate justice projects in collaboration with other organizations; actions that support electoral democracy; and partnering with the K-1 class so they can hang out with the littles.

Subscribe to our Learning Community weekly email for more information about what each age group can expect every Sunday.