Faith Formation
Faith Formation Children and Youth

Our Faith Formation Vision:

Our vision is to create a safe, joyful, welcoming environment where children and youth engage in interactive religious learning. Children and youth explore their Unitarian Universalist identity as part of an intergenerational community in worship, fellowship, and social justice activities.

 

Our Promises to one another:

  • Everyone matters
  • Be kind
  • You are free to ask life’s big questions
  • Offer that same freedom to others
  • Everyone gets a vote
  • Work for peace and fairness
  • Take care of our earth

 

Faith Formation 2026 - 2027

Here are the classes and curricula for this year:

  • Little Explorers (Pre-K and early elementary; Pre-K-1st gr.) - Soul Matters: story and small project, activity, or game based on theme of the month, then free playtime.
     
  • Adventurers (elementary school; 2nd-4th gr.) - Soul Matters: story and project, games, activities based on theme of the month with time for activity stations.
     
  • UU Wizards (middle school; 5th-7th gr.) - Bibleodeon: biblical figures and stories through fun activities, plays, and projects - focusing on a UU perspective of "what do you think of the story and what it says?" We focus on the "truth" in the story, not whether it really happened or not and not seeing it as more sacred than any other moral story.
     
  • Questers (high school; 8th-10th gr.) - Group building and improv, then Halloween haunted house creation, and then Our Whole Lives relationship & sexuality education program (trained facilitators)
     
  • Youth Group (upper high school; 11th-12th gr.) – Self-determined games, activities, discussions, worship, social service, and trips, guided by advisors.


If your child/youth is new to Faith Formation, please fill out the registration form here:
https://allsoulsnewlondon.breezechms.com/form/628c1a201737

 

What do kids learn in Unitarian Universalist Faith Formation?

With emphasis on our “Promises to one another,” Unitarian Universalist faith formation seeks to support each child and youth in developing a healthy conscience. Through stories, instruction, games, art projects, worship, music and service projects, children and youth are invited to make meaning of their life experiences. By offering ways to share their views and hear the views of others, we seek to support our children and youth in developing self confidence and a sense of empathy towards others. We seek to build a community of concern for one another, as well as a community of curiosity about what truly matters in life.

 

We invite our children and youth to consider life’s “big questions” (Does God exist? If so, what is God’s nature? What happens when we die? Why does evil exist in our world?) To answer these questions (never with finality), we consider our direct experiences of awe, what we know from reason and science, the words and deeds of prophetic women and men, and wisdom from the world’s religions – be they theist, humanist or earth-centered traditions. Grounded in these sources and in our ethical promises to one another, each young person is encouraged to find his/her truth and to live by that truth – in community with fellow seekers.

 

For more information, please contact our Director of Faith Formation, Perry Montrose at dirfaithformation@allsouls.net.