Middle School

(Page updated August 1, 2024)

Sunday mornings for middle schoolers (gr. 6-8)
OWL comprehensive sexuality education (gr. 7-9)
Coming of Age program (gr. 8-9)

Sunday Morning for Middle Schoolers

Neighboring Faiths

Neighboring Faiths class visits other religious communities. We expect to make six visits this year, plus one to another UU congregation in the area.

Our field trips typically begin with another UU congregation, moving through Jewish and Christian groups, and ending up with non-Western religions. Typically, we learn about a religious community one week, then go on a field trip the next week, then come back and talk about the visit on the third week. Please note that field trips can last up to two hours. You may have to dress neatly for some field trips.

We’ll be doing other fun activities during the year, including playing games and socializing. There will be different field trips each year, and this class may be repeated.

Neighboring Religions class is held on Sundays at 10:15 AM.

Our Whole Lives (OWL) comprehensive sexuality education

We offer the well-regarded OWL comprehensive sexuality education class for middle schoolers. There are two developmentally appropriate units for this age group: one unit for gr. 4-6, and another unit for grades 7-9. To learn more about OWL for this age group, click here.

OWL for gr. 4-6: This unit of OWL will be offered beginning in winter, 2026.

OWL for gr. 7-9: This unit of OWL is being offered in 2024-25. Stay tuned to register.

Coming of Age for gr. 8-9

Coming of Age is Unitarian Universalism’s celebration of our young folks becoming full-fledged young adults and joining our congregation in a special ceremony. This special moment is preceded by a year-long curriculum helping them to learn more about Unitarian Universalism and articulate their own beliefs in their own words. The Coming of Age ceremony features the youth reading their statements of personal belief to the congregation and a big celebration afterwards. Coming of Age will be offered November 2024.