·
A loving, welcoming, and safe
learning environment
·
An enriching curriculum
which provides understanding of UU principles
as well as
other religions
·
An opportunity for
intergenerational exchange among children and adult members/friends
Objective # 1 – Establish energized
and active participation of adults and children
Strategies:
1.
Communicate
with UUFB on regular basis of RE work and its benefits to all
2.
Recruit additional members to RE effort, including teachers, CYRE
committee
3.
Establish
welcoming and registration effort
Responsibility:
CYRE committee and Director of RE
Resources and Milestones: See Appendices
Objective # 2 – Ensure proper
planning and administration for a growing, well-funded, and
well-managed
religious education program with solid leadership that follows our
strategic plan
Strategies:
1.
Complete
strategic plan, including RE calendar
2.
Communicate
regularly with UUFB leadership and congregation
3.
Communicate
regularly within CYRE committee
4.
Determine
DRE back-up coverage
Responsibility:
CYRE committee and Director of RE
Resources and Milestones: See Appendices
Objective # 3 – Ensure a rich and
deep program
Strategies:
1.
Curriculum that gives our children a solid grounding in our UU faith
while teaching an
understanding of and respect for the belief systems
of others; communicates our
objectives clearly to teachers so that they can be
effectively incorporated into the
curriculum; and communicates our objectives clearly
to the parents
2.
Family
Potlucks that combine education with socializing by offering a speaker on a
particular parenting topic;
and making potlucks accessible and appealing to a wider
group of participating RE families
3.
Well-organized
summer program that provides a structured and safe environment for
children attending in the
summer without implementing a new, full-scale religious
education curriculum
4.
Programs
for encouraging good parenting that provide educational opportunities and
practical support for
parents
5.
Social
action programs that encourage our youth to recognize needs in their
communities
that require social action,
and empower them to develop and participate in social
action, which will address
those needs
6.
Children’s
services that provide regular, rich worship experiences for our children
through monthly children’s
services
7.
Sunday
activities that communicate to parents and teachers the many opportunities
offered; and provide
opportunities for social bonding among our children, parents,
and families and encourage
participation by all families, particularly those who have
not attended social events
in the past
8.
Intergenerational
connections that videotape elders of UUFB, capture their story, and
share with UUFB youth and
children; and encourage our youth to have a more active and visible role in the life of the Fellowship
Responsibility: CYRE committee and Director of RE
Resources and
Milestones: See Appendices
Objective
# 4 – Provide a teen program that provides smooth transitions from teens to
adults
Strategies:
1.
Maintain
committed youth leadership and adult advisors
2.
Create
ongoing Coming of Age process and celebration
3.
Create
ongoing Homecoming of Graduated Young Adults
4.
Create
ongoing Baccalaureate for Graduating Seniors
5.
Keep
communication flowing freely between advisors, teens, and parents
6.
Take
advantage of district structure and training
7.
Treat
teens as valued individuals with gifts to share with the congregation
8.
Create
bonding opportunities for teens
9.
Offer
programming that balances worship, education, service and social events
10.
Offer
programming that is safe and comfortable, exciting and challenging
11.
Welcome
new teen members and families with teens
Responsibility:
CYRE committee and Director of RE
Resources and Milestones: See Appendices
Objective # 5 – Maintain a Place to Call Home for
our Children
Strategies:
1. Maintain
the beauty of current space by cleaning, organizing supplies and snacks, and obtaining a Boulder RE key
2. Guide development of appropriate new space by providing inputs to UUFB
strategic and facilities search
3. Enhance current space as possible, such as making some UU banners
for Lodge room and
Lounge and working to get outdoor play area
Responsibility: CYRE committee and Director of RE
Resources and
Milestones: See Appendices
Objective # 1 – Provide creative
opportunities for adults to: address
the increasing
moral/ethical
complexity of decision making in their maturing lives; grow in
connections to self,
others, and a larger spiritual reality; and implement UU
Principles in daily
life
Strategy: Offer classes annually
that deal with life’s basic questions:
(1) who am I? (2) who is in
charge? (3) how do I know what I know?
(4) what does the fact that I will die mean for how I want to live? (5)
what is the
purpose of my life? And (6) what is my relationship and
responsibility
to the larger world community and the interconnected
web of life?
Responsibility:
Adult RE committee
Resources:
UU curriculum, facilitators/teachers, Minister and staff
Milestones: 2002 to 2006
Strategy: Obtain financial resources to acquire,
maintain and distribute educational materials; and to acquire, maintain and
insure equipment and to purchase supplies
Responsibility: Adult RE committee
Resources: Finance committee, Board, ARE committee
Milestones: 2002 to 2006
Strategy: Recruit a part-time
staff person to direct Adult RE program
Responsibility: Adult RE committee
Resources: ARE committee, Board, Minister
Milestone: 2006
Objective # 2 – Increase the knowledge
of UUFB members about the background, principles
and implications of
Unitarian Universalism
Strategy: Offer classes
annually on: (1) UU Principles, (2) UU
History, and (3)
Responsibility: Adult RE committee
Resources: Curriculum, facilitators/teachers
Milestones: 2002 to 2006
Objective # 3 – Provide creative
opportunities for adults to learn how to implement UU
Principles in daily
life
Strategies:
1.
Offer
Level III and Level IV classes for persons wishing for greater depth of
study
2.
Coordinate
with Membership committee and Board to develop classes which
follow-up new member
orientation to provide information on opportunities
and ways to participate in
UUFB social action activities
3.
Coordinate
with other committees to disseminate information on opportunities
and ways to participate in
the life and function of the congregation
Responsibility: Adult RE committee, Program Council,
Membership com.
Resources: Program Council chair, Membership chair
Milestones: 2003 to 2006