firstparishmedfield.org

Our Philosophy
“Religious Education” fosters a nurturing environment that

• Supports personal spiritual growth and ethical development as lifetime endeavors.
• Promotes making connections with each other, thereby building a loving community.
• Encourages sharing our talents and gifts in caring for each other and the world in which we live.
• Recognizes that we of all ages are both teachers and learners.

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 ofthe 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 onlife, 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.”

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
2009-2010
Kirsten D’Abate, chair
Joyce Fetteroll
Cissy Hull-Allen
John Kornet