Religious Education Programming
How can Our Whole Lives work with our regular church school program?How much should I budget to implement Our Whole Lives?
How do we get started? My congregation has never done sexuality education before. We are really starting from square one.
Can we collaborate with a local UCC church to offer the
program?
How long are the programs?
Are program lengths and sessions adaptable?
We want the curriculum to be co-taught by a male and a female, but we can’t find any male volunteers. What should we do?
What are the criteria for selecting good leaders for Our Whole Lives?
Should we screen potential leaders of the program?
Can youth co-lead the Grades 10-12 curriculum with adults in the context of a youth group?
How is Our Whole Lives going in congregations? How many are using it?
Should we start with Our Whole Lives for Adults as a way of preparing the congregation for the youth levels?
We have 9 girls and 1 boy registered for Our Whole Lives. Should we try to get more boys enrolled?
What is the minimum or maximum number of participants for an Our Whole Lives class?
Our church's middle school program is grades 6-8. Can we
use Our Whole Lives for Grades 7-9 with grades 6-8?
If
we are running Our Whole Lives on Sunday morning, what do we do with visitors or
with children whose parents chose not to enroll them in the program?
Can the Grades K-1 curriculum be taught at home by parents to their children?
For more information contact owl @ uua.org.
Last updated on Tuesday, June 5, 2007.
