Religious Education/Exploration

The Religious Education Program (RE) at UUCSC  seeks to be a place of religious exploration, where children and youth are offered opportunities to form a strong sense of self-identity, compassion, social justice, and connection to the natural world.  RE Director Lee Cowan directs the program with advisement and assistance from the Religious Education Committee.

 RE Newsletters

Video Messages 

In RE, we emphasize experiential learning about spirituality, within the trusted container of the UU faith and 7 Principles, restated here in child-friendly language:

1. Respect the worth and dignity of each person.

2. Offer fairness and kindness to one another.

3. You and I grow wiser and brighter together.

4. Goodness and curiosity guide our search for truth.

5. By listening deeply and deciding together, we make better choices.

6. I join you as we work for peace, freedom and justice.

7. Value and care for the web of life that connects us all.

8. And build the Beloved Community, free of racism and oppression

Our practices in the classroom adhere to the UUCSC RE Program Philosophy, which includes play based learning and non violent communication.

Playbased Learning and Non Violent Communication

We use play-based learning, through which kids and adults are encouraged to live and model UU values in the ways they interact with each other.

We model the basics of Non-Violent Communication, in the main RE classroom as well as in the Nursery.

A Typical Day in RE