Articles written by the CYRE staff or committee relating to the Childrens and Youth Religious Education Program.

What’s Happening in Religious Education (RE)?

What a successful year in RE it has been already! We have implemented a new Safety Policy and trained 33 volunteers on its importance. We have 7 classes running each Sunday. Additionally, we’ve had wonderful bonding experiences at a glorious weekend Youth Fall Retreat, a fun Haunted House, the multigenerational Thanksgiving Collection, and a highly successful pageant.  In elementary RE,…

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CYRE Safety Policy Updates

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Over the summer a subset of the RE committee worked on updating the RE Safety Policy. In the time of regathering it is important to review our safety rules and ensure that all of the guidelines that we follow are recorded in one document. In addition to reviewing All Souls' RE safety policy, committee members also reviewed other UUA congregations…

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How Do We Teach Our Kids About Volunteering?

An article on volunteerism, written by Rosalind P.D. Eaton, CVA One of the things I often think about is how to engage the youth of All Souls in and around the church, other than through their Childrens and Youth Religious Education classes. How do we make it fun? How do we make it interesting? How do we make it intergenerational?…

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