Our Mission Statement

We provide a safe, nurturing and fun environment for the Murray Youth Community to explore and celebrate Unitarian Universalist principles and values. We serve the entire church community in collaboration with our Director of Religious Education by offering programs that support spiritual growth and affirm diversity of belief.

Enrollment

RE enrollment continues to grow. We have as many as 50 wonderful children in Sunday School on any given Sunday. The RE program encompasses 6 classes for age groups Preschool, Kindergarten, 1st & 2nd, 3rd & 4th, 5th & 6th, 7th & 8th plus the Nursery and the Youth Group.

About Our Director

The Director of Religious Education for Murray Church is Nan Loggains. Nan is a member of our own congregation along with her husband Jim and their son, Bobby. Nan has extensive experience in both adult education and training as well as non-traditional childhood educational alternatives. She is a founding member of the Attleboro Area homeschoolers.

Our Goals

• We want to provide an environment that makes children feel part of the church community, where they are welcome and valued for who they are.

• We want our children to feel part of the Unitarian Universalist tradition. We want to teach our children the tenets of the church so they can articulate what it means to be a UU. We want our children to be proud that they are part of this liberal faith.

• We want our children to know that they can use ideas from other faith traditions and blend them into a personal theology.

• We explore other religious faiths and cultures so our children may develop tolerance and appreciation for ideas and people that are not part of their everyday life.

• We want our children to develop a social responsibility consciousness. We want them to know that there are people and causes out in the world that cry out for assistance and that they can and should reach out.

• We want our children to have a place to think and talk about life's issues such as sexuality, violence, peace, the environment, and mortality.

General Information

Church School meets Sunday Mornings from 10:00 to 11:15 a.m.

All children and families will begin every Sunday morning in the Sanctuary. Gathering weekly as a church family strengthens the bonds of our intergenerational community. By being together each week and participating together in opening rituals of chalice lighting, words and song of affirmation, we are affirming together the worth and dignity of each person. Intergenerational presentations, Moment for All Ages, will be offered monthly as part of our time together in the Sanctuary.

Children will meet briefly each Sunday morning in the Unity Room after sanctuary time. The youth worship in the Unity Room will include a chalice lighting, children’s joys and concerns, meditation, gratefulness circle, and music. After the youth worship, children will meet together in their Sunday School classes and teens will meet for Youth Group.

Childcare is provided in the Nursery each Sunday morning during the worship service for babies and toddlers.

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