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for and about teachers in the Sunday morning RE program

Acts of Faith

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Mar 202012

I want to introduce all of you to Dr. Eboo Patel. His book, Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation, is the Unitarian Universalist Association’s 2011-2012 Common Read. He’s also authored a short article in this month’s UU World Magazine entitled “If we don’t invest [read more...]

Soulful Worship

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Mar 192012

This past week I attended a two-day retreat with a number of my DRE colleagues from Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. We met to discuss best practices and to learn from some leaders in our profession about a number of things pertinent to our job, including a wonderful presentation on the intersection of religious [read more...]

Our Green Church

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Jan 312012

We’ve all learned the three RE’s of environmentalism by now – reduce, reuse and recycle – and we strive to do our bit at home and work to lesson our own carbon footprint. As parents, we also try to pass along good habits and eco-friendly attitudes to our children whenever we can. In many homes, [read more...]

Key Figures in UU History: The Unitarian Universalist Religious Educator

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Jan 092012

Key Figures in UU History: The Unitarian Universalist Religious Educator

Sophia Lyon Fahs (1876-1978) Sophia Lyon Fahs was a woman whose work, spanning most of her 101 years of life, would reshape religious education in Unitarian Universalist churches across the nation, and would help restore the place of religious liberalism during a time when our heresies had become less, well, heretical. Sophia was born in [read more...]

RE Library @ your fingertips

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Dec 012011

One of the greatest resources we have at First Parish (after those of a human variety) is our religious education library. With more than 500 books for children and youth as well as a growing number of resources for parents, we can help build healthy and connected UU children and families with stories that focus [read more...]

We Dedicate Ourselves

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Oct 212011

We Dedicate Ourselves As you all know, our church school runs on the energy and enthusiasm of volunteer teachers, most of whom are parents of children currently enrolled in our RE program. I commend these women and men on their dedication to the future of our congregation and the well-being of all children in our [read more...]