Religious Education
Religious Education is a term used by the UUA for what is known as "Sunday School" in the South. Outlaw's Bridge Universalist Church grew out of a Sunday School class that was started by Julia Kent Outlaw in July of 1869.
We are tightly bound by our shared values. Most important of these values are expressed in our faith's Seven Principles. These principles and the values they represent form the core of our religious education.
One of those principles speaks of the importance of a "free and responsible search for truth and meaning." We believe that this search for truth begins early in a child's life and continues throughout their lifetime. Through religious education, we try to encourage each person's path.
Unitarian Universalist religious education is grounded in nurturing our children and adults. We provide the building blocks for them to form their own beliefs. In the early eighteen hundreds, Unitarian minister William Ellery Channing said, "The great end of religious instruction is not to stamp our minds irresistibly upon the young but to stir up their own [minds]."
Through our religious education, we offer children and adults information and support to discover and explore their own spiritual beliefs; help in expressing their Unitarian Universalist religious identity; information about our Unitarian Universalist heritage; support in developing and living by their own ethical codes; and the basic teachings of other religions, especially those from which Unitarian Universalism draws.
Religious Education begins with a shared devotional and then classes for different age groups. We provide three religious education classes: Adult, Teen/Youth and Children. Please join us on a Sunday morning.