The River of Grass Unitarian Universalist Congregation values children and understands the impact that faith development can have on the life of a child.
Unitarian Universalists believe that the search for truth and meaning is a life-long process. Our mission is to provide our children and youth with a spiritual foundation based on our Unitarian Universalist principles and a sense of wonder.
Our new school year has started for Sunday morning Faith Development for our children and youth! Please register your children so that we have your current contact information.
On most Sundays during the Fall of 2023, our youngest children begin their mornings in worship with the larger community at 10:30am. Together, we share in the lighting of our chalice, the reading of our covenant and the singing of familiar hymns. One of our storytellers will share a Wisdom Tale, after which the congregation blesses our children with a “sending song” as they move to their faith development classes (around 11:00am). The children rejoin their families at 11:45, during hospitality time. Our classroom experiences center on the same themes that we share in worship and our covenant groups, giving our families a rich dive into familiar topics. The third Sunday of each month, we’ll all remain together in worship for a full multigenerational, interactive worship experience - this is faith development at its best!
We’ll begin this school year with the newly proposed Article II, exploring the values that call us to be our best Unitarian Universalist selves. Through story, art and play we’ll practice ways to see and live into our covenant together.
OWL – Our Whole Lives
This year we are also offering a 10-week sexuality education program for our 4th – 6th graders. Our certified instructors will help these pre-teens gain the knowledge, life principles and skills they need to express their sexuality in life-enhancing ways. Broward County Public Schools put their sexuality education on hold last year, and the integrity of the program continues to be at risk, so we are pleased that we can offer these comprehensive and age-appropriate lessons to our young ones this year.
Alongside the 4th-6th grade OWL class, we’ll run a parent support group, using The Parent Guide to Our Whole Lives.
Learn more about this life-affirming program of the Unitarian Universalist Association: