What does a Religious Education Credentialing mentor do? The mentor, who has been specially trained by the Liberal Religious Educators Association (LREDA), helps to guide the participant through the Religious Education Credentialing program. Topics of conversation during a mentoring session might...

What is the Religious Education Credentialing Program? The Religious Education Credentialing Program serves to promote professional development, standards, mentoring, accountability, and recognition. The program encourages in-depth study and requires demonstrated competency in the many facets of...

Every congregation will decide what their RE Covenant weekend will look like based on their own needs and desired outcomes. A Covenant Team, with identified Team Leader or contact person, will need to be established to plan the weekend. Here is a sample of what other congregations have done...

It is, of course, every congregation’s desire to have most of its members actively engaged in personal growth, in deepening their spiritual development and working to improve the larger community and the world. There’s a lot of all of that going on at First Unitarian Church in Dallas, which has...

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At All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Okla., the theme for the month of January is “Creation.” In February the theme shifts to “Religious Authority.” When March comes around “Redemption” will be taken up. Going out further, Senior Minister the Rev. Marlin Lavanhar knows what themes he...