Our Children and Youth Family Ministry offers many faith engagement opportunities from nursery though high school, including developmentally appropriate curriculum, all ages social action opportunities, worship, and more to come.

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What Happens on Sunday?

Generally on Sunday mornings, families start together in the Sanctuary for the beginning of worship. You can gather by the Activity Table or Prayground near the back of the Sanctuary. The activity table has coloring pages for those who listen better when their hands are busy. The Prayground is a small area on the floor with soft toys for younger kids who need to move during worship. There are also activity binders you can take with you to your seat if you do not wish to sit at the activity table. 

After the Time for All Ages, usually a story told by our Director of Family Ministry Julie Rigano, children and youth leave for their morning programming based on their age. Children and youth are also always welcome to stay in worship with their families if they choose. 

If you have an infant or toddler, they are welcome to stay in the Sanctuary with you or you can join them in the nursery across the hall from the Sanctuary in the lobby. The audio of the service can be heard in the nursery and there are large glass windows so that parents can listen to and see the worship service from the nursery. 

After worship, parents of elementary school children and younger are expected to pick up their children from their programming. Middle school and high school youth can be dismissed on their own. Then families are encouraged to come to coffee hour or play outside together in community.

2024-25 Programming

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Super Sundays: Once a month, K-12th grades will meet together for an all ages activity based on the theme of the month. Super Sundays are the full worship hour and happen about once per monthThis is an opportunity for children and youth to socialize with one another across the age ranges.

Nursery:  Our Nursery (off the main lobby) is open for kindergarten and under. There is no formal supervision; parents must stay in the room with their child(ren). The audio of the service can be heard in the nursery so that parents can listen to the worship service.

1st-6th Grade: Our 1st-5th graders will be using this Lego ValUUes curriculum. Essentially, this curriculum introduces the Article II values- justice, equity, transformation, love, pluralism, interdependence, and generosity- through storybooks, discussion, and play activities Parents/guardians pick up their children directly from class after the worship service. There will be different activities for older and younger children based on their developmental needs.

7th-9th grade: OWL is a comprehensive, lifespan sexuality education curricula for use in both secular settings and faith communities.  The OWL human sexuality education curriculum was developed by medical and educational professionals as well as religious leaders from the Unitarian Universalist Association and the United Church of Christ.  It gives age appropriate human sexuality information to children using songs, stories, games, pictures and crafts. Older students are taught in a way that prompts discussion; it is a wonderful opportunity to get all of their questions answered without judgment or embarrassment. We will be combining our OWL program with the Princeton UU congregation and our OWL facilitators will come from both congregations. OWL will meet on Sundays mornings rotating between the congregations monthly. There will be a mandatory parent orientation at the end of September and the program will begin in October. 9th graders have the option of participating in OWL or our youth group.

9th-12th Grade: This year, our high school youth will be doing a racial justice program where they learn about white supremacy culture, famous black UUs and more. All of this will culminate in a trip to Philadelphia to visit the Underground Railroad and other important historical sites. There will be some requirements to go on the trip which involve active participation in the program all year long. The youth group will meet on Sunday mornings. 9th graders have the option of participating in OWL or our youth group.