What We Offer

We provide children, youth, young adults, and adults an opportunity to explore, reflect, and learn in a nurturing spiritual community. Unitarian Universalist religious education programs offer all ages opportunities for:

• Ethical growth – internalizing enduring values like justice, equity, and compassion, and gaining tools to act on them in everyday life.
• Social growth – connecting with peers and people of all ages on a deeper level. Finding acceptance among people who see beyond the superficial.
• Spiritual growth – feeling a connection with the sacred within, among, and beyond us.

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.

• Room 216: Nursery Our nursery caregiver, Aida Hussain, and a weekly volunteer offer a welcoming space for our youngest children to play and explore.
• Room 206: Upper Elementary, Room 210: Pre-K through 2nd: Spirit Play Groups: 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.
• Room 102 : 6th-12th Grade This group works together to build community through games, art, conversation, service projects, and youth led services.
• Room 214: Resource room This is a room that can be utilized by anyone at UUCTC, but it is especially helpful for children and families. Here you will find games, puzzles and banner and world religion bags (bags of books available for check out).

We have banner 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

We have world religion bags on the following: 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 requested to pick up their PreK-2nd grade children at their classrooms.  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 break
• April - Earth Day
• May - Plant Sale, Celebration of Community
• June - Flower Communion, Bridging service
• July - Summer Fun
• August - Water communion, Covenanting, Religious Education Volunteer training
• September - Congregational Retreat
• October - Feast of the Hunter's Moon, Blessing of the Animals, Halloween party/haunted house
• November - All Souls Day, Thanksgiving, Soup Dinner
• December - Lafayette Urban Ministry Jubilee Christmas, Procession of Giving, Art fair