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"Our Mission is to build a diverse and transformative spiritual community, help people live lives of wholeness, and promote justice, peace, and religious freedom."
The First Unitarian Church is a member of the Unitarian Universalist
Association. We are a vibrant, growing, liberal religious
community located on the Northside of Youngstown. We work
to build a truly diverse and inclusive community and welcome
everyone to our service. We honor and celebrate our differences
in age, race, gender, ethnicity, class and sexual orientation. The Unitarian Universalist faith is one committed to religious
freedom, respect for diversity and our responsibility to building
a just world. We affirm the inherent worth of all people.
We encourage our members to actively develop and explore their
religious beliefs. We encourage a free and responsible search
for religious truth and look to the wisdom found in many religious
traditions as well contemporary experience to articulate our
faith. We believe in the values of justice, compassion and
peace and seek a world which lives these values. We understand
that ultimately we live in a larger web of interdependence
and that we are called to respect and protect the earth and
the web of existence of which we are part.
We invite you to attend one of our services or programs to
find out more about who we are and how we live our religious
values.
We will have three RE classes this church year.
--The Children's Chapel (kindergarten to 3rd grade) will follow the curriculum called "Spirit of Adventure" which is designed to help our youngsters learn specifically about our UU persons, practices, values and history.
-- The Chalice Class (4th to 7th grades) will follow "Travel in Time," which helps participants explore their religious identity.They learn about the origins of Unitarian Universalism in North America and about the lives of individuals who exemplify the faith.
--The Youth Group (8th grade and above) will be using "Thinking the Web, Unitarian Universalism and Controversial Moral Issue for High School." This program helps our youth investigate the political, constitutional and legal issues facing the United States.
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