What We Offer

We provide children, youth, young adults, and adults opportunities to explore, reflect, and learn in a nurturing spiritual community. We focus on:

• Ethical growth -through action, not belief
• Social growth – building community
• Spiritual growth – connecting to the sacred

Our UU Values affirm that Love is central to all that we do.   Our program for children and youth helps our young people make sense of the world and to reflect on the choices they make using the language of our UU Values, expressed as Rainbow UU Promises for children.

Our Sunday Program for children and youth:

Children preschool age and up are encouraged to join their parents in the sanctuary as we begin the worship service.  Children and youth who wish to participate in Religious Education (RE) classes will stay through the “time for all ages” segment of the worship service, after which those children and youth will head to their own classes.  People of all ages are always welcome to stay for the service if they prefer.

About once a month, we offer an All Ages Worship Service with activities and stories to engage everyone.  On those Sundays there are no RE classes, but young children are welcome to join the Nursery group to play.

Religious Education classes are typically held from 10:45-11:45 after the children leave the sanctuary.

• Nursery (Beatrix Potter Room): Our nursery caregiver, Lacey Feete, and a weekly volunteer offer a welcoming space for our youngest children to play and explore.
• Spirit Play Groups (Lewis Latimer Room: 3rd-5th, Clara Barton Room: PreK-2nd): Our Spirit Play groups each begin with a story that connects to our UU Promises and values.  After wondering about the story together, the children are encouraged to explore age-appropriate art projects, scientific activities and spiritual practices on their own before regathering for a closing game.
• YoUUth Group (John Murray Room: 6th-12th): This group works together to build community through games, art, conversation, service projects, youth trips, and youth led services.
• Resource room (Francis Watkins Harper Room):  This room can be utilized by anyone at UUCTC, but it is especially helpful for children and families. Here you will find games, puzzles and bags of books available for check out.

We have book bags on the following themes: Black Lives Matter, Women Have Agency Over Their Bodies, Climate Change is Real, Love is Love, No Human Being is Illegal, All Genders are Whole, Holy, and Good

and on the following religions: Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Bahai, Islam, Buddhism, Unitarian Universalism.

Typical schedule

• 10:30-10:45 Begin in service for our "Time for All Ages.”
• 10:45-11:45 Religious Education time in classrooms
• 11:45 parents are asked to pick up their PreK-2nd grade children.  Older children will be released to rejoin their family.

Special events

Here are a few of the special events that take place at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Tippecanoe County throughout the year. Not all events happen each year.

• January - New Years celebration, Winter session, MLK Day, Religious Education Volunteer training
• February - Valentine making, Black History Month, Youth Service
• March - Spring Equinox
• April - Earth Day
• May - Plant Sale, Flower Communion, Bridging
• June - Congregational Picnic and Outdoor Service, Summer Solstice
• July - All Ages Summer Program
• August - Water communion, Religious Education Volunteer training
• September - Congregational Retreat, Autumnal Equinox
• October - Feast of the Hunter's Moon, Blessing of the Animals, Halloween party/haunted house
• November - All Souls Day, Thanksgiving, Soup Dinner
• December - Art Fair, Procession of Giving, Lafayette Urban Ministry Jubilee Christmas, Winter Solstice