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Articles, ideas, and other resources for your Religious Education program. Refine your search by selecting topic, age group, collection (e.g. Threshold Conversations) and/or author.

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  • White text on light green background reads Serious Challenge in Parental Well-Being and How UU's Can Respond
    Webinar centering parent voices on how UU congregations can support families in response to the recent US Surgeon General report "Parents Under Pressure", where he says that the stresses of parenting children right now is such a heavy lift that it has become a health concern for parents
    Leader Resource | December 6, 2024 | From RE-sources
    Tagged as: Children's Faith Development, Families & Faith Development, Faith Development
  • Speech bubbles gather round a flame "Threshold Conversations: meaning making for the future of UU faith formation"
    Engage with a panel discussion about Whole Church RE with experienced religious professionals
    Webinar | By Kirsten Hunter, Kimberly Quinn Johnson , Monica Dobbins, Joy Berry, Lenore Bajare-Dukes | November 25, 2024 | For Multigenerational | From RE-sources
    Tagged as: Multigenerational Faith Development
  • An empty sanctuary with light streaming down from the narthex above.
    Faith Development for All, With Love (and Community) at the Center
    Feature | November 22, 2024 | From Call and Response
    Tagged as: Adult Faith Development, Education, Children's Faith Development, Families & Faith Development, Identity Formation, Multigenerational Faith Development, Faith Development
  • A young adult in a sweater and hat with eyes closed lays their head on the shoulder of another person in a knit hat who is looking away.
    Is your young adult group feeling "meh?" Here are 5 ideas to reverse decline and bring back the energy!
    Leader Resource | November 22, 2024 | For Emerging Adults (18-24) | From RE-sources
    Tagged as: Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35)
  • A Progress Pride flag on a flagpole, with a blue sky and bright sun behind it.
    LGBTQ+ people are under attack; we need to be prepared to fight for ourselves and each other. Together, we have what we need to survive. Here are some resources for community care and mutual aid.
    Leader Resource | By Nico Van Ostrand, Ember Kelley , Mylo Way | November 21, 2024 | For Middle School, High School, Emerging Adults (18-24) | From RE-sources
    Tagged as: Activism, Community, Discernment, Education, Faith, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Leadership, Prayer Practices, Rights, Secular, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Anti-Oppression, LGBTQ Issues, UU Identity, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Multiculturalism, Teaching Methods, News, Worship
  • A wide shot of a pond surrounded by trees and shrubs, in a green season.
    Ember Kelley writes, "I’m a survivor of the youth leadership-to-seminary pipeline. In elementary school, I made a statement that would end up shaping the course of my entire life. When asked about what I wanted to be when I grew up, I dared to name “Pastor” ...
    Leader Resource | By Ember Kelley | November 20, 2024 | From Call and Response
    Tagged as: Leadership, Youth Ministry
  • A black and white image of a flame with the words TEAM: The Emerging Adult Ministry in an arc above the image
    A heaping list of resources for supporting 18-24 year olds in UU congregations. Help your emerging adults connect to pastoral care, ministry tools, broader networks, and other EAs nationwide.
    Leader Resource | By Eric Bliss | November 13, 2024 | For Emerging Adults (18-24) | From RE-sources
    Tagged as: Campus Ministry, Hospitality, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35)
  • Picture of Melissa James. Light skinned person with shoulder length dark hair wearing a dark red shirt.
    Melissa James, UUA Congregational Life Field Staff with the Pacific Western Region, invites us to notice and to re-imagine what thriving in RE / faith formation might mean in our own contexts, right now.
    Leader Resource | November 5, 2024 | From RE-sources
    Tagged as: Children's Faith Development, Families & Faith Development, Faith Development
  • Screenshot of Erica Baron, short reddish hair, glasses, light skin, sitting in front of a busy background with green walls.
    Religious education teams in our congregations are experiencing some significant challenges right now, and that’s partly because parents are having a particularly hard time right now. Knowing some of the larger patterns can help us feel less alone and also point to new ideas.
    Leader Resource | November 5, 2024 | From RE-sources
    Tagged as: Children's Faith Development, Families & Faith Development, Faith Development
  • The camera is looking down at someone's lap wearing black pants and a blue shirt. Their hands are playing with a rainbow fidget.
    In many congregations, adults of different generations have different understandings of neurodiversity leading to gaps in expectations of children. To better welcome families, it's important for older adults to understand the expectations of adults currently parenting!
    Leader Resource | By Erica Baron | November 5, 2024 | From RE-sources
    Tagged as: Children's Faith Development, Families & Faith Development, Faith Development
  • A white man with dark hair pulled back is painting a cardboard house with a small blond child
    As UUA staff I get asked a lot of questions about parents and families from “where are the families?” to “how come parents aren’t volunteering in RE?” Parental stress is a big part of the answer to all of these questions.
    Leader Resource | November 5, 2024 | From RE-sources
    Tagged as: Children's Faith Development, Families & Faith Development, Faith Development
  • A hammer is lying on a board surrounded by nails partly hammered in, most of them bent.
    Rev. Tandi Rogers wrote this blog almost fifteen years ago. Then, the idea seemed a good one for a break from the curriculum-focused Sunday School most congregations used. We are republishing it because this is one example of a religious education model that is working really well in a variety of...
    Leader Resource | By Tandi Rogers | November 5, 2024 | From RE-sources
    Tagged as: Children's Faith Development, Families & Faith Development, Faith Development
  • People gather around a garden plot. A green bucket is in the foreground. To the right an adult and and two children hold a hose.
    You are member of the religious education community garden, too! Your congregation has a plot, and you have neighbors who are ready to support and share in the journey.
    Leader Resource | By Lauren Wyeth | November 5, 2024 | From RE-sources
    Tagged as: Children's Faith Development, Families & Faith Development, Faith Development
  • A twig is horizontally across a light green background. From the twig hangs a darkened butterfly chrysalis, a butterfly with dark wings just emerging, a butterfly with light dotted wings hanging on an empty chrysalis and a fully emerged butterfly with open dark wings with light dots in rows.
    What’s Working in RE? A project of the New England Region: In the spring of 2024, we convened ministers and religious educators from congregations whose RE programs are vibrant and/or growing . This is our report on what we heard from these congregations.
    Leader Resource | By New England Region of the UUA | November 5, 2024 | From RE-sources
    Tagged as: Children's Faith Development, Families & Faith Development, Faith Development, Family Programs
  • A white English cottage with tile roof surrounded by a wild garden of native flowers
    What does “thriving” look like in these times for your religious education ministry? Use this collection of articles to help frame and plan your RE program
    Leader Resource | By Lenore Bajare-Dukes, Lauren Wyeth, Melissa James, Erica Baron, Wren Bellavance-Grace, Nancy Combs-Morgan, Evin Carvill Ziemer | November 4, 2024 | From RE-sources
    Tagged as: Children's Faith Development, Families & Faith Development, Faith Development
  • Pink echinacea in the foreground; the background is the rest of Tomo Hillbo's garden.
    As we dig into a new congregational year of religious education (RE), you might find it useful to try out a metaphor. As a religious education professional or lay leader, imagine you belong to a community garden. By Lauren Wyeth, Congregational Life Consultant, Faith Development Specialist
    Leader Resource | By Lauren Wyeth | October 10, 2024 | From Call and Response
    Tagged as: Professional Development for Religious Educators
  • A blue double door is shown with some clouds above it and a sandy landscape in front. The doors are open to reveal a green field and cloudy blue sky beyond.
    From Karen Hering: "The old rules are breaking... We are living on the threshold, between what is no longer and what is not yet. It can be exhilarating. It is often unnerving or even frightening."
    Reflection | By Karen Hering | October 10, 2024 | From RE-sources
    Tagged as: Change & Conflict, Multiculturalism, Faith Development
  • A group of half a dozen women, apparently part of a larger congregation, standing and singing in church. The three women in primary focus are clapping or snapping fingers.
    Austen Petersen writes, "The future of Coming of Age must be rooted in a deep and abiding joy in community. "
    By Austen Petersen | September 19, 2024 | From RE-sources
    Tagged as: Coming of Age, UU Theology, Middle School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Professional Development for Religious Educators
  • Word cloud in the shape of a heart. The word love is centered.
    The following resources were created as the Article 2 process and conversation has evolved. Some language below may have changed since its creation. Please check the resources below for needs for adaptation to reflect the current state of the Article 2...
    Leader Resource | September 3, 2024 | For Multigenerational | From RE-sources
    Tagged as: Faith Development
  • a word cloud in the shape of flame, including larger words like "Love" "Justice" and "Compassion"
    Join us in the Fall of 2024 for Threshold Conversations about Whole Church Faith Development!
    By Marisol Caballero | August 26, 2024 | For Multigenerational | From Threshold Conversations
    Tagged as: Multigenerational Faith Development