Registration for RE4CY is required each and every year for each and every child or Youth. If you have questions about the RE4CY program or about registration, contact Director of Religious Education HB Steadham at dlre@uuschenectady.org.

Nursery 

Rainbow Children (through PreK, ages 5 and younger)

Trained nursery staff creates a welcoming, inviting place for children from birth through PreK. In the nursery, children are introduced to values of love and kindness through modeled behavior, sharing, and fun activities. 

Click here to register for the nursery.

 

Grades K/1/2  

Fall–Creating Home by Christy Olson and Jessica York
This program helps children develop a sense of home that is grounded in faith.

Spring–Wonderful Welcome by Aisha Hauser and Susan Lawrence
In this program, children identify intangible gifts central to Unitarian Universalism such as friendship, hospitality and fairness, and share these gifts with others.

Click here to register your kindergartener, first or second grader.

 

Grades 3/4/5  

A combination of Toolbox of Faith by Katie Tweedie Covey and Sing to the Power by Lynn Ungar
Invites participants to reflect on qualities of our Unitarian Universalist faith, such as integrity, courage and love, as tools they can use in living their lives and building their own faith. Affirms our Unitarian Universalist heritage of confronting “powers and structures of evil with justice, compassion, and the transforming power of love.” Participants experience their own power, and understand how it can help them to be leaders.

Click here to register your third, fourth, or fifth grader.

 

Grade 6 

A combination of Riddle and Mystery by Richard S. Kimball, Building Bridges by Mary K. Isaacs, and CHUURCHCRAFT by Karen Hager

An exploration of the big questions, how UU and other religions approach the answers to those big questions, and some Minecraft for building appropriate worship/question-answering spaces!

Click here to register your sixth grader.

 

Grades 7 and up

Coming of Age by Sarah Gibb Millspaugh

Uses the values of Unitarian Universalism to prepare kids to transition from childhood to adolescence. The program is designed to help participants have a greater understanding of their faith, to build relationships with their peers and with the congregation, and to participate in rituals that celebrate the shift from passive receivers of information to invested, committed, and active agents of their own lives. Program elements include mentoring, overnight trips (one to Boston!), and possibly community service and social action projects.

Click here to register your seventh or eight grader. NOTE: if your high schooler hasn’t yet had an opportunity to participate in Coming of Age, you can register them for this as well.

 

Grades 9-12  

yoUUth 360 by HB Steadham and Jenson Pritchard

NOW ON SUNDAY EVENINGS FROM 7-9 PM!!! With a new format of community + service, Youth will create lifelong bonds and participate more fully in congregational life. Each month:
Week 1: All About US–Centering on the Youth Group, we’ll bond and have fun.
Week 2: All About UUSS–Youth learn about our congregation and our denomination: history, how we function, what our church’s needs are, how we might contribute.
Week 3: All About ALL OF US–We’ll focus on community, state, and national issues.
Week 4: All About VALUUES IN ACTION–We’ll plan what we want to do to help others.

Youth will also be asked to volunteer at least one Sunday morning a month. They can be greeters, work at the welcome table, serve on the Tech Deck, teach a kids’ class, sing in the choir–the options are many and varied!

Click here to register your 9th-12th grader.