UUSIS - Children's Programs

Religious Education Programs for Children and Youth

We have a nursery program every Sunday during our regular services throughout the year. This program is geared for babies and preschoolers, but alll children our welcome to join in if there are no other scheduled children's programs.

We have fun and relaxed educational programs for school age youth from Labor Day - Memorial Day (approximately)

Elementary School Program - Stories, Arts and Crafts, and a few Field Trips geared to familiarize children with our principles and purposes and to encourage thoughtfulness, caring and fun. The children also participate in several performances during our integenerational services throughout the year.

Middle and High School Program - Youth Group Meetings during services where we have discussions about ourselves, our community, growing up, and responsible citizenship. We organize service projects, field trips and fundraisers. The youth group also participates in our integenerational performances. This past year the youth group ran an entire service at the end of the year that everyone enjoyed.

Visitors are welcome and are encouraged to participate in whatever is going on.. If you would like to call and get more information, feel free to contact us.

Our Goals

to create a vibrant religious education community of children, youth, parents and other adults of UUSIS

to provide a curriculum of religious education for children and youth that conveys the essential values, heritage, and sources of the living tradition of Unitarian Universalism;

to provide high-quality programs that enhance religious education for all ages through intergenerational worship and activities;

to train, support and recognize ourselves as religious educators in the contexts of home, work, church and community; to help our children and youth feel a sense of belonging to our religious community by becoming integral parts of our UUSIS family; to help our children and youth embrace and learn from many religious heritages those ideas and values which are relevant to them and to build a basis for a living religious philosophy; to help our children and youth gain respect and appreciation for themselves, others, and all living things; to enjoy each other!

Mission Statement

We, at the Unitarian Universalist Society in Stamford, will create a secure environment which enables each child to develop self-esteem, values and a sense of the worth and dignity of all people.

We will present curricula and activities which will foster identification with the Unitarian Universalist purposes and principles, based on an understanding of our own and other religious values.