Families & Children
We welcome all families to participate fully in UUTC
Chalice Children’s Readings
For additional Chalice Children’s readings, visit our YouTube Channel.
Children’s Religious Exploration
The UUTC community aims to help raise children to become kind, respectful, fair-minded, caring, and strong enough to side with love and fight for justice. Through Children’s Religious Exploration (CRE), participation in worship, social justice work, and multigenerational gatherings, UUTC reinforces what parents teach at home. We nurture truth-seeking, spirituality, and progressive moral values that will continue to shape and support our children as they grow.
Children’s programming occurs most Sunday mornings at the 9:15 am service. Children begin the service with their families in the sanctuary, then walk to their classrooms after a time for all ages. CRE programs combine story, song, art, movement, discussion, and play to engage children with many learning styles, abilities, and activity levels. UUTC also has quarterly intergenerational services, including flower communion, water communion, and Christmas Eve where children fully participate during the entire service.
We use the Tapestry of Faith curricula created by the Unitarian Universalist Association, past series have included: Toolbox of Faith, World of Wonder and Wonderful Welcome. Summer programming is also available in the form of Chalice Children and the ever-popular Chalice Camp. Chalice camp is a week long day camp for children ages 5 and up.
Every Sunday we have a nursery for babies and toddlers during both worship services
CRE has a close relationship with The Mountain Retreat and Learning Center in Highlands, North Carolina, a UU retreat center. Young people from UUTC regularly attend Youth CONferences at The Mountain, and elsewhere to connect and learn with others their age from congregations across the Southeast.
“I chose UUTC not only for myself but also for my children. It is a place that introduces religions, beliefs, and wisdom from the world to our youngest and most impressionable congregants. Nurture and respect are at the root of the lessons for our children, opening their hearts and minds to ideas that may not otherwise have a voice in their young lives. I feel this community truly values and respects the youth and fully supports their efforts in finding an individual and unique path.” — Brigid Fox ”