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Religious Exploration – Children
Welcome to Midcoast Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Religious Exploration Opportunities for Children, Youth & Families ~Religious Exploration ~Faith Development ~Community Building ~Social Justice
~Unitarian Universalist values are integrated into all opportunities ~
“Our religious education nurtures both roots and wings; the roots of community and shared values, and the wings of the free mind and creative spirit. ”
~Rev. Pat Hoertdoerfer,
Education for Religion as Relationship
Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 AM
All Ages
Location: Skidompha Library, Damariscotta (Porter Hall – use Elm Street entrance)
Start a family ritual of worshipping together each Sunday ~ connect to your spirit, connect to the sacred in life, connect to your faith. Register your children here if you have not previously registered.
YoUUth Explorers Most Wednesday nights 5:30-7 PM from September through May
Designed for grades 5-8
Location: 38 Elm Street, Damariscotta
Suggested donation: $200 for the year – but any donation large or small is welcome!
This year we will continue exploring world religions, focusing on pagan/Indigenous, Hindu, Buddhist and Islam faiths. We take an experiential learning approach, using ritual and fun activities like crafts & simple cooking projects. We balance playful learning with serious and contemplative moments. All youth are invited to participate no matter your religious affiliation. There also will be an adult world religions group starting in November.
Register your children here if you have not previously registered.
Youth Group – Once a month on Sunday afternoons from 4-6 PM (dates to be determined)
High school age
Location: 38 Elm Street, Damariscotta
This is a time to share together. We’ll check in about joys & challenges; play games; help each other with homework; have some hearty snacks; and do a couple of service projects over the year.
Note: There is the possibility that we will offer some select weekday afternoons for high school youth to gather at 38 Elm St. to do homework, play board games or just relax.
If interested in joining Youth Group or in gathering at 38 Elm St. on select weekday afternoons, please contact .
Our Whole Lives Sexuality Education (OWL) October – April Schedule
Grades 8 & 9
Suggested donation: $200 (no one turned away because of finances)
Location: First Universalist Church in Rockland, 345 Broadway, Rockland
Parent Orientation on Sunday, October 19, 1:00-3:00 PM
Parents are children’s primary teachers, but what is society teaching our children about sexuality? Our Whole Lives is an antidote to sexualized media messages, peer pressure, misinformation and prejudice. It provides accurate, age-appropriate information, puts sexuality in the context of values and personal responsibility, supports healthy decision making, and strengthens social skills. These skills and values help prepare youth to make healthy choices for life.
OWL models and teaches caring, compassion, respect, and justice. It helps adolescents address their attitudes, values, and feelings about themselves, their sexuality, and others’ sexuality. Participants are guided by trained facilitators through an engaging curriculum that addresses topics most important to young adolescents, including those typically excluded from sexuality education and health classes. OWL is a secular curriculum, produced in partnership with the Unitarian Universalist Association and the United Church of Christ.
Our Whole Lives Sexuality Education (OWL) January – March Schedule Grades 4 & 5
Location: First Universalist Church in Rockland, 345 Broadway, Rockland
Suggested donation: $50 (no one turned away because of finances)
Parent & Child Orientation on Sunday, January 11, 12:15-2:45 PM
Our Whole Lives: Sexuality Education for Grades 4-5 helps children learn about and discuss the physical, emotional changes, and social changes of puberty. Parents and caregivers can be actively involved in the exploration of growing older, values, communication and decision making. We offer this level to grades 4 & 5 – help take the mystery out of puberty and sign your child up today!
OWL is a secular curriculum, produced in partnership with the Unitarian Universalist Association and the United Church of Christ.
Artful Explorers – Saturdays (time & dates TBD from October -June)
Designed for elementary ages AND adapted to include older youth and adults
Location: 38 Elm Street, Damariscotta (part of Midcoast UU Fellowship)
Suggested donation: $5/person/session – no one turned away because of finances.
If you are interested in attending or would like to help, please contact .
Participants explore themselves and the world around them through visual art. In each session, they will learn about a particular artist, work of art, and artistic technique while considering big questions about ourselves and what matters in our communities and the Unitarian Universalist faith. At the end of the year, the group will host an End of Year Art Gallery to display a selection of work. This year’s theme will be Exploring Ourselves.
Special Events
Family Holiday Crafts Saturday, December 6, 1-4 PM
Are you looking for unique gifts to share with friends and families? We will offer several gift stations where you can create something homemade. Make a beaded necklace or some shell earrings. How about an ornament for the family tree? Pick out some material to sew your own cloth bag instead of using wrapping paper. Come join the fun. No fee, but a free will donation is welcome.
If you would like to help, please contact .