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  • Events
  • About the BUUC
    • Our History
    • BUUC Committees >
      • Executive Committee
      • Worship Committee
      • Membership Committee
      • The Women's Alliance
      • Flower Committee
  • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
  • Stewardship and Gift Policy
    • Saints We've Known
    • Charitable Giving and the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
  • Sermons 2022-23
    • How Does Your Garden Grow?
    • A Waste of time
    • The Seventh Principle
    • A Turn of the Screw
    • Do Guardian Angels Exist?
  • Our Covenant
  • Minister's Welcome
  • Religious Exploration
  • Music & Choir
  • We Rise: Social Justice Resources
  • Newsletters
  • Church Calendar
  • Unitarian Universalism
  • Driving Directions
  • Photos of Us
  • Making the BUUC Accessible
  • LOVEUU
  • Community Resources
    • Mental Health Providers, Worcester MA
    • Southern Worcester County Parent Guide
  • Contact Us
    • Sermons 2021-22
  • Sermon Archives
    • Finding Joy in Uncertain Times
    • The Fear of the Refugee
    • How Big Is Your Circle?
    • Kurt Vonnegut: Humanist Hero
    • Transformation and Growth
    • Our Brains, Our Minds and Our Hearts
    • The Times They Are A-Changin'
    • On the Turning Away
    • A Collection of Near Death Experiences
    • Faith-based Resilience
    • The Miracle of Change
    • Serving with Grace
    • The Souls of All Living Creatures
    • Happiness
    • Faith and Belief
    • Don't Be a Superhero
    • Unfinished Business
    • Yearn to Learn
    • Commentaries on Murphy's Law
    • Everlasting Punishment
    • Comprehending Moral Imperatives in a Me-centered World
    • CESA: Reflections on Drug Addiction
    • Break the Silence - Stop the Violence
    • What Is Religion Anyway?
    • The Healing Power of Forgiveness
    • Where Our Future Can Begin
    • Taking Stock: Managing Our Spiritual Inventory
    • To Convert Life into Truth
    • Are We There Yet?
    • Family Matters
    • Ordinary Saints
    • All I Wanted Was Everything
    • Giving Thanks
    • To Be or Not To Be
    • Entering the Christmas Story
    • A Great Light
    • What's Real?
    • Troubling the Water
    • The Amazing Mr. Wedgewood
    • Lend Me Your Ears
    • Work That Is Real
    • Happy Melba Toast Day
    • The Great Pacific Garbage Dump
    • Plastics, Benjamin!
    • Surprise Beginnings
    • A Place at the Table
    • Norbert Capek’s Flower Communion: A Call To Honor Life
    • Voices of God
    • Hold On To What Is Good
    • The Little Stone Church That Rocks
    • What Would Jean-Luc Do?: A Tribute to Humanist Hero Gene Roddenberry
    • From Who am I? to Whose are We?
    • Turning
    • Spirituality
    • R & R
    • Spritual F-Words
    • Does Anyone Really Like Herding Cats?
    • Prepare to Be Amazed
    • The Impossible Will Take A Little While
    • Taking Sides: Journey to the Center of the Universe
    • Help Wanted, Apply Within
    • Two Truths & Plastics and Water Don't Mix
    • The Third Conversation
    • Good People >
      • UU You >
        • Twitter and Covid and Wall Street, Oh, my!
        • I Do Believe in Spooks >
          • Holy Homophones >
            • What's in a Name?
            • So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye!
            • Open-Mindedness, As Assigned
            • Going on a Journey
            • Cheap Love
            • Nonproductive Delight
            • The Persistence of Memory
            • Thoughts about the Historical Jesus
            • Lindens and Tiarella and Bearberry, Oh My!
            • Season's Greetings
            • I Still Have A Dream
            • Peace Corps - A Lesson in Caring
            • Spiritual Engineering
            • Thanks for the Memories
            • Our Stories, Ourselves
            • Anxious Gardeners
            • The Best Sermon Ever!
            • UUnited
            • We Are Courageous
            • A Right Way to Be Wrong
            • Sacred Ideals
            • This Wild and Precious Life Revisited
            • 20/20
            • Home
            • What About Now?
        • Fragile
        • Time Ravel
        • Now Is Not the Time for Hope
        • The G Word (It's Probably Not what You Think)
    • No Thanks, I'll Walk
    • Be the Change
  BROOKFIELD UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH
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Children's religious Exploration
Welcome!
Thank you for your interest in our Children’s Religious Exploration Program (RE) at the Brookfield Unitarian Universalist Church.
 
Based on the Unitarian Universalist Principles and UU Sources, (see below) our children experience Unitarian Universalism through Sunday service, discussion, art, music, drama activities, community service, and fun.  

Our children and youth are an active part of the BUUC congregation – from leading service to hosting coffee hour.  Our services are a reflection of those led by Rev. Craig.  We explore the theme of the month with movement, stories, and activities.
Parents are welcome to visit classes and are encouraged to contact me with questions, ideas or concerns.  I ask that parents keep me informed of any situation that may impact your child’s learning or behavior.  I am available and happy to meet with parents digitally.
  • Cara Wales, Director of Religious Exploration 
c.l.c.wales@gmail.com

Vision Statement for the Brookfield Unitarian Universalist Church’s Religious  Exploration Program 

The purpose of the Brookfield Unitarian Universalist Church’s Religious Exploration Program is to discover our values and beliefs, and to cultivate our identities as Unitarian Universalists. 

To do this: 
  • We nurture respect for others as we thoroughly explore and engage with ideas from world religions and Unitarian Universalism. 
  • We are supported through Intergenerational events and activities to create relationships across generations and directly with our minister. 
  • We impact the community and the world by living our values at home, at church, and in  the world at large with the support of our BUUC community. 
  • We engage with the spiritual to become wholly integrated – head, heart, and hands. 

When services are held in the building, we believe it is important for families to have the opportunity to worship together.  We ask that all children sit with their families (about 15 minutes) until the children’s recessional.  At that t
ime, children leave to continue their church experience in an age accommodating manner. Children are welcome to remain quietly in the sanctuary for continued worship if the family chooses. 
The Children’s Program area is in the basement of our building and, upon our ‘sing out’ from worship, the children divide into age-defined groups as attendance allows. Our age/grade guidelines for our young children are flexible as we feel that children should be accommodated according to their own particular spot on their maturational path and their life experiences. RE groups are dismissed by 11:45.  Parents are welcome to visit in RE and encouraged to volunteer in the program. Children join the adult community for Snacks and Fellowship following RE.


Intergenerational/All Community Worship: All children are offered the choice to participate in these services which are scheduled occasionally throughout the year.  People of all ages have the opportunity to participate by offering readings, music, ushering or greeting. Families are encouraged to have all children remain in the sanctuary for the entire service, but the Nursery will be staffed for young children who may need a break! 



UU Rainbow Principles

Red   Respect Every Being
Orange   Offer Kindness
Yellow  Yearn to Learn Together
Green   Grow With Each Other in Spirit & Mind
Blue   Believe in Yourself while Listening to Others
Indigo   Insist on Freedom & Peace and Justice
Violet   Value the Earth and all the Universe

The UU Path we share draws from many Sources

~Our own wonder at being & joy of living
 ~Others who have been kind and fair in words and deeds
 ~Wisdom from all religions
 ~Jewish & Christian teachings to love others as we love ourselves
 ~Humanist teachings that honor science and reason in our search for truth
 ~Earth-centered teachings honoring life, nature and it’s rhythms


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