Being a parent is difficult enough, but being a Unitarian parent is even a greater challenge.  Our religion is not something that comes in a neat package.  The school is really an extension of what happens to the entire congregation - a dynamic religious growing experience.

The reason we have a Sunday School is because we believe that our values are worth carrying forward into the future through our children.  This means:

	learning about the "inherent worth of every person" in a concrete way;
	learning about compassionate human relationships and the acceptance of our various differences;
	the search for truth and meaning in our individual and collective lives;
	the enrichment of our lives when we strive for justice for all;
	the realization that we are part of a larger interdependent web of life.

Our philosophy involves at least
five different aspects:

The First is a social component - our children, like all people, need to relax in the company of peers - to do fun things together.

The Second is that we strive to make a difference in our local and global community - social action, the actual striving to rectify some of the social wrongs in the world.

The Third, and some would say central, is the concept of worship - we stop and reflect on whatever we hold sacred, for some this may be a deity, for others this might be the mystery of life.

For the Fourth, we try to impart a sense of self-esteem and leadership in our young people which will allow them to venture forth as independent adults;

and Fifth we do formal teaching with the aid of various curricula.  The curricula change every year to give varied programs for both students and teachers.