Religious Education Staff and Leadership
(Page updated October 19, 2021)
Children and Youth Religious Education Committee
The Children and Youth Religious Education (CYRE) Committee meets monthly with the Associate Minister of Religious Education (typically on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:15 p.m.), to oversee and evaluate all children and youth programs, to plan and carry out special events, to support social justice projects that welcome children and youth, and more generally to help the wider congregation better meet the needs of families, children, and youth.
Members:
Edie Keating, chair
Greg Becker
Grace Budhikanok
Heather Chen
Nadine Kaplanov
Beth Nord
Emma Grant-Bier, Board liaison
Curriculum Subcommittee:
Greg Becker, chair
Dan Harper
Linda Henigin
Nadine Kaplanov
Associate Minister of Religious Education

Rev. Dan Harper works closely with the Children and Youth Religious Education Committee to set curriculum, monitor our educational goals, and chart overall direction for the programs. Dan provides pastoral care to families, and assists other programs that support families. He often teaches in the Sunday school and advises the youth group. Dan also works with the Adult Religious Education Committee, and attends meetings of the Board of Trustees. Dan has been working in Unitarian Universalist congregations for over two decades, and has served as a Director of Religious Education, Minister of Religious Education, interim minister, and parish minister.
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