What We Offer Through the Lifespan

We give children, youth, young adults, and adults a place to explore, reflect, and learn in a nurturing spiritual community. Unitarian Universalist religious education, which we call spiritual development at USG, offers all ages three kinds of growth:

• Ethical growth: internalizing enduring values like justice, equity, and compassion, and gaining tools to act on them in everyday life.
• Social growth: connecting with peers and people of all ages on a deeper level, and finding acceptance among people who see beyond the surface.
• Spiritual growth: feeling a connection with the sacred within, among, and beyond us.

Spiritual development is much more than classes. On a Sunday you might find the preschoolers singing songs about kindness, the 2nd graders exploring a story about loss, the 5th graders talking with a Muslim couple about Islam, the 7th graders learning about responsibility in our progressive sexuality education program, and the high-school youth raising money for a local shelter. Many programs weave in social justice, worship, service, fellowship, and fun.

Our Director of Spiritual Development and Minister lead some programs, and parents and other members lead them too. Teaching can be a deeply fulfilling way to grow your own faith. Programs for children and youth are usually offered on Sunday mornings, and adult programs on afternoons or evenings.

Questions? Contact our Director of Spiritual Development, Zoë Johnston, at dsd@usguu.org, and we will help you get connected.