RE Online Lessons

April 2021 RE Lesson

Building Beloved Community and journeying toward spiritual wholeness isn’t easy. The proposed 8th UU Principle invites us to “accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions.” Dismantling means taking apart something which has been built up.Racism has been built up for over 400 years. If we want to do it, we must commit to the long haul and the hard work. And when that hard work gets really hard, we will be tempted to quit or run away. So, what’s one of the ways our faith guides us into becoming a people of Beloved Community? It tells us “Don’t run away when things get hard!”

March 2021 RE Lesson: Where We Don’t Run Away When Things Get Hard

Building Beloved Community and journeying toward spiritual wholeness isn’t easy. The proposed 8th UU Principle invites us to “accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions.” Dismantling means taking apart something which has been built up.Racism has been built up for over 400 years. If we want to do it, we must commit to the long haul and the hard work. And when that hard work gets really hard, we will be tempted to quit or run away. So, what’s one of the ways our faith guides us into becoming a people of Beloved Community? It tells us “Don’t run away when things get hard!”

Lesson for January 2021

While the Parish continues to operate remotely, the staff and Religious Exploration committee have prepared a number of RE lessons for families to do at home. This month's lesson is about renewing our commitment to dismantling racism. Click here to view this month's...

Lesson for December 2020

While the Parish continues to operate remotely, the staff and Religious Exploration committee have prepared a number of RE lessons for families to do at home. This month's lesson is about being true to ourselves, and the celebration of the "worth and dignity of every...

November 2020 Video Lesson

We are excited to welcome Robert Jones to FPS! Robert will be working with us to provide Religious Exploration content, while we are operating remotely. He will create a video lesson each month, geared towards our children, the first of which is available below....

Lesson for November 2020

While the Parish continues to operate remotely, the staff and Religious Exploration committee have prepared a number of RE lessons for families to do at home. This month's lesson is about wonder, and the first of the UU sources: “Direct experience of that transcending...

Lesson for October 2020

While the Parish continues to operate remotely, the staff and Religious Exploration committee have prepared a number of RE lessons for families to do at home. This month's lesson is about repairing and renewing our relationships when we make mistakes or break...