Children's RE Class Registration 2010-11 RE Registration form

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Our Interim Director of Religious Exploration is Benette Sherman. Benette became the church’s interim DRE in July 2009. She received a BS in journalism from the University of Maryland and also briefly practiced nursing in Iowa as a RN. She has been a credentialed DRE since 2004, worked for eight years as a DRE in Iowa and recently worked as a district program consultant for two years in Northen New England.

Please read the DRE monthly articles for updates about our Religious Exploration program.

We are engaged in shared ministry with parents and other members of this congregation to create experiences that help children and youth discover their strengths and their gifts within the context of a caring and mentoring community. We hope that through participation in the religious exploration program children, youth and their families will find great joy, balance and inspiration to model lives of integrity and service.

If you’re thinking of visiting with children and youth

We have services at 9 and 11 am and RE classes from 10-11 am for preschool-8th grades. Senior High meets from 11-noon. Infants and toddlers up to age 3 are welcomed into the nursery on the ground floor where safety and a caring environment are stressed.

For the first few Sundays, it’s always a good practice for you to stay with your younger children and experience the class with them. This helps the children feel more secure and allows you a chance to meet the teachers.

• If you choose to attend 9:00 a.m. service
  • Attend church together. When Time for Ages is over, then children leave with me and either a teen helper of parent volunteer. We will go upstairs from 9:30-9:55 for activities. I will make sure your children get to their RE classes safely.
  • At 10, you either attend forum or have an extended coffee hour. You can of course help in RE as an extra pair of hands.
  • Pick up your child promptly at 11.
• If you choose to attend the 11:00 a.m. service
  • Bring your child to RE class at 9:55.
  • Either attend forum or have an extended coffee hour until 11.You can of course help in RE as an extra pair of hands.
  • Pick up your child at 10:55 and go to church.
  • After Time for All Ages children can go back upstairs with me and teen helpers or parent volunteers for activities from 11:30-noon. Older kids can of course stay with you.
  • Pick up your child from "childcare" promptly at noon.

We appreciate your completion of a visitor’s form and if you feel like the church is a good fit for you, then please complete a registration form (see link, top right of page) for your children. If you’d like to talk about the RE program with someone before you visit, feel welcome to call the Interim Director of Religious Exploration, Benette Sherman at 505-662-2346 or email her at

This year’s program
Beginning the first Sunday after Labor Day through May 30, the Religious Exploration (RE) program will include a focus on the UUA’s Tapestry of Faith curricula. Tapestry of Faith is a lifespan curricula which has four goals:

• Unitarian Universalist Identity
• Spiritual Development
• Ethical Development
• Faith Development

We encourage children, youth and adults to express their understanding of Unitarian Universalism by: serving community, living one’s faith, seeking truth and creating love. With these aspirations we hope the tapestry we weave will be one of beauty and symbolic of our values, vision and mission.

Other opportunities for community building and deepening ties with each other

Children’s choir……..Christmas pageant……..overnights………social justice projects………intergenerational services………youth conferences………special friends

We hope you’ll find a spiritual home with the Unitarian Church of Los Alamos. If you’d like to find more information on Unitarian Universalism visit these web sites.

(505) 662-2346
1738 North Sage St.
Los Alamos, NM 87544

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