Sunday Mornings 

9:15am -12 Noon 

Our nursery is open every Sunday morning to children who are toddling (can walk in the event they need to) through PreK. The nursery is not available during these hours for childcare for children in elementary school and up. 

12 -1pm

Whenever possible, make an effort to provide extended childcare hours on most Sundays to accommodate parents who wish to attend after service meetings. Young elementary-aged children are welcome to join the younger ones at this time. Unless otherwise indicated for a special all church event, and children are going to be on the 1U property for an extended period of time, parents are responsible for arranging for snacks or lunches for their children.  

Nursery staff are empowered to limit the admission of children in the nursery when the proportion of children to the available childcare staff becomes unsafe. If this should ever become a common event (a good problem to have), we will consider adding staff and finding alternative space options.

There is programming for our children every Sunday at 1U. During the program year, which aligns with the standard academic school year, there is a more formalized curriculum structure to the programming.  

The Average Sunday

Children join with the adults to begin the service in the sanctuary. After the section of the service called Time For All Ages, children are sung out of the service to move on to their classes or activities in the Enrichment Center. These activities generally finish up around the time the service ends. Children through 5th grade must be picked up from the enrichment center. Children in middle school and up are allowed to leave to meet up with their parents as agreed between the parents and the child. 

Children’s Chapel Sundays

We have six scheduled children’s chapel sessions this year. On these Sundays, immediately after the chalice lighting, the children will be sung out to participate in their own “church” experience. This year, we are encouraging our families and children to help create the Children’s Chapel Experience. 

Children’s Chapel Dates and Themes

All Ages Sundays

During these services, children and youth remain in the sanctuary with the families. These services are all interactive. Children will have things to do. 

In the Sunday Classrooms

Most Sunday mornings, the children will be invited into classrooms appropriate for their age and developmental levels, where we hope they will be able to build connections among their peers. 

Fall Semester
Most of the first part of the year will be focused on World Religions. Unitarian Universalism is a Pluralistic faith. This is not that we believe or practice every religion. It does mean that we are open to the fact that all faith practices have something for us to learn from along our search for truth and meaning. 

All ages this year, we will be offered the opportunity to explore the mainstream religions by inviting speakers into our classrooms and participating in field trips to other houses of worship and activities, and discussions to consider all we have experienced.

Spring Semester
The Spring semester will be focused on Anti-Racism. Using a combination of age-appropriate curricula created by The UUA and by EmbraceRace, our children will be provided opportunities to explore what “race” is. Build a better understanding and celebrate the differences discovered among different cultures. They will build vocabulary to be brave and bring the Unitarian Universalist values of justice, equity, and generosity into their lives. 

Children’s Choir

Beginning August 17th  from 12 noon to 12:30pm in the Sanctuary. 

Youth Group

Sunday Afternoons – 12:30pm – 2ish 

Adult Advised, Youth Empowered.  A program for youth from 12 -18 years of age. A space for our youth to start to find support among their peers and begin to explore their participatory and leadership skills. An afternoon includes check-ins, free-form discussions, game playing, and activity planning.  

Coming of Age

A Small Group Ministry of Youth between the 7th and 9th Grade

A Coming of Age program is meant to help our youth better appreciate Unitarian Universalism, their own beliefs and values, and how these intersect. It will enable them to grasp what it means to belong to a congregation so that they may become informed members. It will help the participants recognize as they grow and change, there is still a place for them in their faith home.  

This program requires a commitment of a minimum of 4, maximum of 8, youth and their families’ support to attend at least one class per month, meet with a mentor, attend a checklist of 1U events and committee meetings, and create for the spring demonstration of how their “truth and meaning” is beginning to form. This will be presented in the late spring in a method comfortable to them. This may be a short talk (5 minutes max), video, art project, or other modality that works for them. 

Coming of Age will run one of two ways – spread out from September through April, or condensed, January through April, with more meetings in less time.

Parents’ Night Out (PNO) 

One Night A Month – Watch for the upcoming schedule. 

Our 1U Parents of young children have the gift of a couple of hours once a month to get away from it all, while their kids are entertained and cared for by the most loving members of our congregation. Families must be known to the 1U community. Space is limited and REQUIRES advance registration. To learn more and register for the next PNO, please click: https://tinyurl.com/1UPNO