Children & Youth

Finding a Spiritual Home: Unitarian Universalism for Young Adults
by Michael Tino

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New schools, new jobs, new relationships and new communities—the lives of many young adults are filled with transitions, each of which adds both new possibilities and new needs to our lives. In this time of great change in our lives, we often need a setting that nurtures and grounds us. Unitarian Universalism provides young adults with just such a place. FULL TEXT»

UU Religious Education and Your Child
by Gaia Brown

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Finding the right religious education program for your child involves asking a lot of questions. This pamphlet is intended to help you learn if a Unitarian Universalist Sunday school is the answer. FULL TEXT»

Love Remembers
Helping Kids Heal After a Death
by Deborah Marshall

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While we cannot protect children from the reality of death as a part of life nor rescue them from loss, we can be present with support and patience for children working through their grief. As witnesses, we can help children to feel understood and cared for during their healing process. As role models, we can show our own grief, perhaps by shedding our tears openly. As guides, we can encourage questions and establish a sense of comfort around dialogues about death. We can invite questions and celebrate their arrival. FULL TEXT»

Should My Child Go to Sunday School?
Tony Larsen

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Should my child go to Sunday school? That's a good question. And it deserves a thoughtful answer. After all, one might argue that your child would be better off not being taught any religion so that he or she wouldn't be biased and could make a free choice as an adult. FULL TEXT»

UU Kids Say: Church Is . . .
Edited by Beth Graham

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Whether called a church, a fellowship, a congregation, or a society, our Unitarian Universalist faith communities have always valued children. This is what our children have to say about their religious homes. FULL TEXT»

UU Kids Say: God Is . . .
Edited by Beth Graham

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God is anything you want God to be.
It's probably a portable God you can shape to fit your beliefs.
An individual God. No two alike.
For me, God is a five-year-old little girl. For my cat, God is a cat. FULL TEXT»

We Dedicate This Child
by Linda Olson Peebles

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Unitarian Universalists believe that every child brings new life and hope into the world. We set aside a special time, called simply the Ceremony of Dedication, for the community to bless the child and celebrate the blessing of this gift of life. The ceremony does not make the life of the child sacred; we believe that life is sacred inherently. When we dedicate a child we acknowledge the truth that each child's life is sacred and hold that truth in the light of our faith. FULL TEXT»

Youth Leadership
A Leap of Faith
Megan Selby

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Young Religious Unitarian Universalists shall serve its members by fostering spiritual depth and creating a peaceful community on earth and peace within us and clarifying individual and universal religious values as part of our growth process. FULL TEXT»