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Church School
 The First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church in Scituate, Massachusetts is a meetinghouse dedicated today, as it has been throughout its long history, to fostering religious freedom of belief though worship, study, service and community.
As adults, we know that life is a journey. On that journey, what we believe shapes how we behave. It matters what we believe and think and do. In these times, our children need to be taught and shown that hope is real and that there is a sustaining source of life and goodness.
Our children need the nurturing of their intrinsic religious yearnings. It is also important for them to find and develop the individual expression of those deepest universal impulses: faith, hope and love.
At First Parish, we are dedicated to giving our children the religious and moral bricks that provide the foundation for living a good life according to our Unitarian Universalist principles.
These "bricks" or themes are UU Identity, Social Justice, Ecology, and Spirituality seen through the seven Unitarian Universalist principles, which stated in terms children can easily understand are:
- Each person is important
- Be kind in all you do
- We're free to learn together
- We search for what is true
- All people need a voice
- Build a fair and peaceful world
- We care for Earth's lifeboat
For each of these themes teachers work with highly regarded curricula written by prominent UU religious educators and others. We also have religious education programs for older children:
Coming of Age Class
for students in Grade 6-8.
First Parish YRUU Group
for Grades 9-12.
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