Teen Religious Education
The adolescent and teen years (12-18) are when most people begin to question, discover, and articulate their own religious and ethical beliefs. Unitarian Universalist religious education for teenagers encourages this curiosity, and gives the youth the necessary resources to help with this search.
Two programs that many congregations offer their teenagers are Coming of Age programs that encourage young teenagers to articulate their own beliefs and to learn about their faith and comprehensive sexuality education classes that offer teenagers the information they need to make responsible decisions.
There is always a very social aspect to our teen religious education. Sometimes congregational youth groups take the place of classroom-based religious education for one or more of the high school years. Even the classroom-based religious education always includes time for the youth to check in with one another, to share what has happened in the past week, to support one another in difficult times, and to celebrate together the joys in their lives. This social time is not only fun, but also helps the youth to learn to respond religiously to the difficulties of the teen years and to apply their beliefs and ethics to the challenges they face in the world around them.
Many congregations encourage youth to organize and participate in community service projects as part of their religious education. Living according to our religious principles is very important part of our faith.
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Last updated on Monday, May 2, 2011.
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