We offer a safe and creative environment in which children and youth become compassionate, knowledgeable, and involved members of our spiritual community as well as of the world at large. To achieve this, our program provides opportunities for fellowship, free inquiry and expression, ethical and spiritual growth, and service for our communities.

This Week in Religious Education

May 3, 2026

OWL-Teens– Class will be meeting this week from 4-7:15

OWL- Kindergarten and 1st grade: Kids will be completing workshop 4.

All other Kids: This week is an all-ages service celebrating May Day. This will be a fun and interactive service for all kids. There will not be any other RE programming this week (besides the above listed OWL classes).

R.E. Programs for 2025-2026 Year

This year our main focus will be the Our Whole Lives Curriculum (aka, OWL). This is a comprehensive, lifespan sexuality education program. The details of how BuxMont UU will be offering the program are below. To learn more about OWL programs, please see here .

There will be non-OWL programming year round as well. This year we will be echoing the themes in service to help build the connections between the child experience and the adult experience at BuxMont. Kids will be divided up by age and will be able to engage in the material in a variety of manners. Crafts, games, and fun should all be expected.

OWL- 8th-10th grade– This class will be meeting on Sunday evenings from 4pm-7:30. Dinner will be served. It will be meeting on the following dates:

There will be a mandatory parent orientation being offered on Monday, August 25, 7-9pm and/or Sunday, September 14, 12-2pm. Parents are required to attend one in order for their teen to participate.

OWL- Kindergarten and 1st grade– This 8-week class will be starting in April and will meet on the below dates. Class is scheduled on Sunday mornings, starting promptly at 10:30 and going until about 11:30. Classes build upon each other week-to-week, so consistent attendance is expected. There will be a mandatory orientation scheduled in the late Winter/Early Spring.

OWL Adult- This program is not for our youth, but rather the adults. It will be an 8 session series occurring once a month on the below dates. Rev. Kevin Jagoe will be running this series and it will occur on Sunday evenings from 4- 7:30.

General Class- In addition to OWL, there will be a UU Values class that will be taking the service theme of the month, and breaking it down in a kid-friendly way. There will be many parallels between what is happening in service, and what is happening in RE. This class will be across two different rooms in the Fall, with the kids divided by age. This class will meet during service time on Sunday mornings. There will be crafts, games, values-based discussion, and lots of fun!

Nursery- open to kids under the age of 3-ish, there will not be any formal learning here, but lots of learning to share and not put things in our mouths, which are very important skills. They will be meeting in room 103.

Please register your child here:

https://forms.gle/PGJciZHai35x45mbA

In order for all of our programs to run, we will need some volunteers and paid childcare workers (open to teens and adults connected to our community, or not). The link to sign up to help is here: 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0F4AA9AF2CAB9-61314224-resignup#

In order to work or volunteer in any of our programs we will need background checks done.  Melissa can email you the directions to get started with that. It is easy and free. Contact her at dre <at>buxmontuu <dot> org

If you have any questions about our RE programs, contact Melissa Speranger – dre <at> buxmontuu <dot> org.