Description
Around the Church, Around the Year gives children the opportunity to become familiar with many of the congregation’s lay and staff leaders and the work they do, know their congregation’s building inside and out, and have a sense of worship and social life of the congregation.  It also helps them understand more about Unitarian Universalism by allowing them to explore beliefs about life, death, people and the environment, and to learn about symbols and rituals like the flaming chalice, child dedication ceremonies and the Flower Communion.

In the second half of the year, we insert Our Whole Lives, an 8-week curriculum, the first segment of a comprehensive sexuality curriculum that the Unitarian Universalist Association has developed for our congregations.  In a positive, comprehensive and age-appropriate way, first graders will learn about their wonderful bodies and how to keep them safe and healthy; about families; and about the birth and nurture of babies.  Parents are required to attend an orientation workshop and sign special permission forms before these sessions will be taught.