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 Welcome to the Children and Family Activities Page

 @ Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Charleston, WV

'Love is the spirit of this Congregation and service its law. This is our great covenant: To dwell together in peace, to seek the truth in love, and to help one another'

 We offer:

• Nursery and Childcare for Church activities.
• Children's Rainbow Sunday School, Sept- May.  Pre-School, K-Grade 2, Grade 3-5(6), Grade (6)7-9, and a Youth Group.
• Summer Program for children over 5.
• Intergenerational Worship Services.
• Social Justice projects.
• Parent(s) Education Programs.
• Family Social Activities.

An outline of our Lifespan Religious Education Rainbow Sunday School program is found by reading the brochure page. Curriculum choices used in our Sunday morning 'Rainbow Sunday School' classes are found on the Curriculum page.

The Calendar Page lists Classroom and outside activities. We continue to build a warm and welcoming community for all, by frequent congregation and outside social activities.

Read recent articles by the Lifespan Director of  Lifespan Religious Education  in the church newsletter in  RE NEWS 

Information on Parent Education classes, program policies etc are found on the Parent(s) page.

Our Links page has links to UU and other websites helpful to parents in the spiritual development of their children.

‘We continue to make the children and parent experience at UUC rewarding and fulfilling. If you would like to contact me to talk about the program please call the  office, 345 5042 or e-mail Unitarians@verizon.net  with Attn. Lifespan DRE in the subject line. I will return your message as soon as I can. Thanks, Chris.’

Chris Higgins.

Director Lifespan Religious Education.

The Great End in Religious Instruction
by William Ellery Channing

The great end in religious instruction is not to stamp our minds upon the young, but to stir up their own;

Not to make them see with our eyes, but to look inquiringly and steadily with their own;

Not to give them a definite amount of knowledge, but to inspire a fervent love of truth;

Not to form an outward regularity, but to touch inward springs;

Not to bind them by ineradicable prejudices to our particular sect or peculiar notions, But to prepare them for impartial, conscientious judging of whatever subjects may be offered to their decision;

Not to burden the memory, but to quicken and strengthen the power of thought;

Not to impose religion upon them in the form of arbitrary rules, but to awaken the conscience, the moral discernment.

In a word, the great end is to awaken the soul, to excite and cherish the spiritual life.

(Channing was a 19th Century UU Minister but his words still ring true today).

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