firstparishmedfield.org

Our Philosophy
We believe that children and youth have an innate sense of spirituality, and our role as adults is to provide an atmosphere conducive to spiritual exploration.  Our adult facilitators aim to engage each young participant where he or she is, providing age-appropriate activities that encourage reflection upon spiritual principles.  Our program is dynamically evolving, reflective of the interests and passions of the children and youth who participate.

Goals of Our Religious Education for Children and Youth

• To help each child develop a sense of purpose and a respect for his or her own unique worth.
• To help the child understand and respect the unique worth and dignity of other people.
• To stimulate the child’s awareness and comprehension of our Unitarian Universalist religious tradition, to broaden each child’s perceptions of what religion can mean and of the many roles of a liberal church.
• To foster sensitivity to and appreciation of the wonder we find in the physical world.
• To help each child explore the difficult questions so as to enlarge his or her insight on life, and to launch each child on a pursuit of personal religion.
• To provide experience with worship.
• To offer a community to which the child can appreciate belonging, and to nourish the feelings “I am glad to be alive” and “I am glad to be a Unitarian Universalist.”

Our Religious Education Committee

The Religious Education Committee is comprised of volunteers from the congregation whose role is to ensure that the religious education program at First Parish is motivating, nurturing, attractive, and exciting. The RE Committee members work in collaboration with and in support of the professional religious education staff.

The mission of the RE Committee is to maintain and enhance a quality religious
education program and cultivate an atmosphere for continuing human and spiritual
growth.

Religious Education Committee Members
2011-2012
Kirsten D’Abate, chair
Joyce Fetteroll
Cissy Hull-Allen
John Kornet