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  • Two children crouch in fall leaves while throwing handfuls of leaves into the air.
    If your curriculum-based program is thriving, you don’t need to throw out your curriculum! You can make space for emergence without sweeping changes.
    January 6, 2025 | From RE-sources
    Tagged as: Children's Faith Development, Faith Development, Families & Faith Development
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  • A child's hand holds a crayon above a geometric coloring page. A glass jar holds more crayons.
    You may have heard curriculum isn't "working" in faith formation. The reality is much more nuanced. Yes and no and everything in between. This collection of resources has been created to expand and contextualize conversations about “curriculum” in UU congregations.
    By Lifespan Faith Engagement, Congregational Life | January 6, 2025 | From RE-sources
    Tagged as: Children's Faith Development, Faith Development, Families & Faith Development
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  • Five mid-elementary-aged children of various ethnicities, wearing bright colored t-shirts, have their heads touching in a huddle and are smiling down at the camera in the center. The sunlight beams behind them.
    Children will explore identity, understand the difference between appreciation and appropriation, process the tough feelings that come when we learn difficult history, understand that sometimes kindness isn't enough, and learn what "Black Lives Matter" means.
    Curriculum | By Mosaic Curriculum Team | December 15, 2024 | For Grades 2-3 | From Anti-Racism Library
    Tagged as: Anti-Racism, Children's Faith Development
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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, Faith Development, Families & Faith Development
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  • A bulletin board with lots of notes on it and a large heart in the center. The notes around the heart are: first, in white, the UU shared values , flanked by blue and green notes with names of exisiting church ministry or faith development goals. Around the edges of the board are gold stars with names of resources, activities, or church events as examples. The whole graphic is meant to be adapted by the RE leader for their congregational setting.
    An overview of a holistic model of Faith Development for all ages embedded into the community life of the congregation, with Love at the Center.
    Feature | November 22, 2024 | From Call and Response
    Tagged as: Adult Faith Development, Children's Faith Development, Education, Faith Development, Families & Faith Development, Identity Formation, Multigenerational Faith Development
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  • Tw0 kindergarten-aged children, one with black, one with brown skin, smiling at the camera while laying on their stomachs and resting on their elbows. The child in the middle has their arms around the other two. A blurry classroom is behind them.
    Children will: explore what "race" is and that it's okay to talk about, celebrate differences, understand how emotions can affect behavior, practice kindness, and work toward building beloved community.
    Curriculum | By Mosaic Curriculum Team | November 15, 2024 | For Grades K-1 | From Anti-Racism Library
    Tagged as: Anti-Racism, Children's Faith Development
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  • 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, Faith Development, Families & Faith Development
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  • 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, Faith Development, Families & Faith Development
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  • 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, Faith Development, Families & Faith Development
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  • Image of Time Demands "There's never enough time" with a clock
    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 (reviewed August 2025) | From RE-sources
    Tagged as: Children's Faith Development, Faith Development, Families & Faith Development
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  • 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, Faith Development, Families & Faith Development
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  • 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, Faith Development, Families & Faith Development
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  • 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, Faith Development, Families & Faith Development, Family Programs
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  • 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, Faith Development, Families & Faith Development
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  • The image reads 'New England Region Summer Camp Panel' in multiple colors on an orange background in multiple colors and surrounded by paints and a paintbrush.
    The New England Region hosted a 90-minute webinar with a focus on summer camps hosted at UU congregations. Watch the recording to find out more about this important ministry to children and families.
    Webinar | By New England Region of the UUA | June 6, 2024 | For Families | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Children's Faith Development
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  • Image of a group of people, one holding a dog in front of a tree.
    In an ever-changing world, our congregations need to be innovative with grounding in the needs of today and of the future. How do we remain relevant to the needs of changing times and changing generations?...
    By Sunshine Jeremiah Wolfe | April 21, 2024 | From Better Together
    Tagged as: Building Community, Children's Faith Development, Membership in Congregations
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  • Five late elementary-aged school children of various ethnicities, standing beside each other with their arms around each other's shoulders and smile at the camera. A park is blurred in the background.
    Children will explore individual and communal identity, further understand cultural appropriation, learn historical patterns of racism, gain confidence in daily living our UU values, and learn why UUs support the "Black Lives Matter" movement.
    Curriculum | By Mosaic Curriculum Team | January 25, 2024 | For Grades 4-5 | From Anti-Racism Library
    Tagged as: Anti-Racism, Children's Faith Development
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  • Round pin with UUA logo in the center and a blue border with the words "Religion in Life"
    Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) and Boy Scouts of America (BSA) encourage their members to earn a religious recognition. Guidelines for working toward a religious recognition in scouting are developed by religious organizations.Girl ScoutsReligion in Life for Girl Scouts, available online at no...
    Utility | November 28, 2023 (reviewed July 2024) | For Grades 4-5, Middle School, High School | From RE-sources
    Tagged as: Children's Faith Development, UU Identity
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    This new version of the beloved song replaces binary language. Learn how the author did it.
    By Elaine McArdle | October 1, 2023 | From Life
    Tagged as: Children's Faith Development, LGBTQ Welcome & Equality
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  • child riding a bike with training wheels looking backwards
    Supporting children in navigating the online world is ongoing faith formation for children and their parents and caregivers. These are suggested conversations to have with children as they gain access to more online spaces.
    By Evin Carvill Ziemer | September 28, 2020 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Children's Faith Development, Families & Faith Development, Trauma Response
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