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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.
Good News! We are starting a Sunday morning program for children, Chalice Children– the program is designed for toddlers and lower elementary children. We are starting on Sunday, March 8th and will go through May. Each Sunday, you can drop off your child at our 38 Elm St. location, attend worship service at the library, and then pick your child up during Coffee Hour. Drop off between 10:15 and 10:30 AM.
Children will be guided by two adult volunteers. There will be circle time that includes a story about our Unitarian Universalist values centering on love and kindness. After story time, children will have time to play. Older children are welcome to participate. Parents are welcome to stay and watch or participate the first few times if that would help their child feel more comfortable. Questions: contact Carney McRae, .
Spread the word. Come join us, and bring friends. We all need a spiritual community more than ever now. Make Sunday morning worship part of your weekly routine for the entire family.
Our guides will ask you to keep your cell phone on vibrate or ring, in case you are needed. We hope you will join us over the next three months. Then after summer break, we will continue in the Fall.
YoUUth Explorers Most Wednesday nights 5-6:30 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. Families can check this out at anytime. We will be culminating our year on Sunday, May 31st for RE Sunday.
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.