WELCOME TO SUNDAYS AT UUCW! Below are descriptions of opportunities for Religious Exploration. It is important to REGISTER for RE so we can know who will be attending! Also, to stay on top of specific week to week details, please visit our RE WEEKLY UPDATE page!

The Childcare Space at UUCW (0-3 years)

In The Childcare Space, our little ones listen to stories, sing songs, and have fun playing with their friends. Read more here.

Spirit Play (pre-k and k)

This montessori-based classroom introduces our young children to the classroom setting. Spirit Play seeks to engage children in the existential questions about life within the context of the Unitarian Universalist faith. Stories are presented dealing with these questions accessing our broad base of sources. They are presented using an active storytelling method followed by a “wondering” time that opens up the child’s response to the story, then the child is free to work directly with that story or another, or to respond to the story or to his or her feelings with art materials.

Explorers (grades 1-4)

Using materials from Soul Matters and UU curricula, children explore theme topics such as inclusion, trust, joy, imagination, and freedom and how it relates to our UU faith. Each week’s gathering includes a chalice lighting, check-in, story, discussion, activity, and closing words. We encourage children to explore their own big questions. All of our programming aligns with the shared values recognized by Unitarian Universalists, all of which are centered in love.

Questing Year/Neighboring Faiths (grades 5-6)

Questing Year is a class which prepares older children for their Coming of Age year which will happen in 2025/26. The class focuses on group building, UU identity, as well as a study of the other faiths that surround us in our community and our world.

COA- Coming of Age grades 7+8

This class is our Unitarian Universalist tradition of nuturing and guiding young teens as they journey toward youth and young adulthood. Our classes offer opportunites to look at life’s big questions: Who Am I, Where Do I Come From, Where Are I Going, What Do I Care To Stand-Up For in The World? Participants commit to a year of mentored learning and graduate with a ceremony in May.

High School Youth Group-

Highschool-aged (8-12) students have an opportunity to gather after church on various Sundays to meet 3-4 Sunday evenings per month from 5:30pm-7:30pm.

The shared values recognized by Unitarian Universalists, all of which are centered in love:

For more information, contact Robin Mitzcavitch, Director of Religious Exploration and Education.