RELIGOUS EDUCATION COMMITTEE

2002-2003 Annual Report

Average Sunday Attendance	Fall: 92 Children,23 Adults Spring: 80 Children,24 Adults Whole Year: 86 Children, 24 Adults
Budget	$6,705.00
Registered Students	120 (plus 25 youth who filled out registration forms in the youth group)
UNICEF Collection	$109.00
Other Fund Raisers:	ROPE Class collected $835 for the Nashua Humane Society 4th Gr. did a Yard Sale and made $110.40 which they donated to the Nashua Senior Center 55 children and 10 adults gathered in the auditorium on Sunday, December 22 to assemble gift bags with personal items collected by the church school for residents of the NH Veterans home in Tilton, NH
Adult RE	UU101: Steve Edington and Jackie Clement Parents As Spiritual Guides: Jackie Clement and Chris Parker Conversations With God: October Craig Meditation: Cynthia Schroer
DRE Conference Attendance	General Assembly in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada; Star Island R.E. Conference; monthly DRE Cluster Meetings in Concord, NH; LREDA Fall Conference in Ashville, NC; Mid-Winter Meadville-Lombard Institute in Madison, WI; Mid-Atlantic Chapter LREDA meetings including the Winter Retreat at Senexet House, Woodstock, CT; LREDA Integrity Committee Meeting in Hartford, CT., participated in the diversity training organized by Laurie Conrad, funded by our Outreach Grant Fund
Members Leaving R.E.Committee	Aissa Arbogast Wolfson, Garvin Warner, Stephanie Ballentine, Amy Evans, Executive Board Liaison
New R.E. Committee Members	Diane Ventresca, Kristin Fitzpatrick
Continuing R.E. Committee Members	Robert Bate, Amy Bucklin, Dorothy Komarek, Mickeline Saunders, Marie Keifer-Chairperson and Scribe, Mike Wilt-Executive Board Liaison. Audrey Kovacs-Volunteer Coordinator
Special Program	Access Umbrella, Inc. -- Diversity Training Kurt Kuss and Barbara Ceconi spent a morning in an assembly with the church school children talking about what it is like to be blind. They brought one of their seeing eye dogs with them.
Music	Treble Choir led by Sandra LaBarge-Neumann for youth with unchanged voices from 2^nd to 9^th grades.

Under the leadership of Chris Parker, with support from the Religious Education Committee, the Religious Education program continues to offer vibrant learning opportunities to the youth in our congregation. As outlined in the above table, students have been involved in fund-raising for community groups and diversity training.

Members of the Executive Board and the RE Committee reviewed the OWL curriculum and it was agreed that it is a valuable program to continue to offer to our youth. It was noted that RE committee members should attend the parent orientation, so they can support the program and be able to answer questions from parents/guardians.

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A meeting was held in March with about 25 parents, students, youth leaders, and RE committee members to discuss the Senior High program. Support was voiced for the current program, but some wanted an option of a morning program. The Sunday evening Senior High Youth program will continue next year. In addition, Frank Grossman will be leading a Youth Group on Sunday mornings. Students can attend one or both programs. Work is underway to establish a Young Adult Group, which would serve the needs of people in their late teens through 20s.

Other activities for the RE program during the year included: a Social for each class; a Pizza and Games Night for the RE teachers and their families; a Friendship Service in May; and presentations by children and adults during the Thanksgiving and White Gifts services.

Respectfully submitted,

Marie Keifer – Religious Education Committee Chairperson

2002-03 Church School Curriculum, Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashua

Grade	Liaison	Curriculum	FALL Sept 16-Jan. 27	SPRING Feb. 3-June 2
Baby/Toddler Room 1	Aissa Arbogast Wolfson		Aissa Arbogast Wolfson	Kim Parsons
Preschool Room 2	Aissa Arbogast Wolfson	We Are Many We Are One	Krista Earley Rochelle Mitchell Susan Phillips Cassie Philbrook (Assist)	Dan Earley Pat Ladew Cassie Philbrook (Assist)
Kindergarten Room 3	Marie Keifer	Treasure Hunting	Geri Davidson Matt Hedges	Anne Lederhos Kathy Pelletier Carly Spitz
Readiness-First Room 4	Robert Bate	Special Places, Sacred Spaces	Carolyn Wilt Lori Lerude Barbara Pugh	Henry Zalman Kristen Fitzpatrick Barbara Pugh
Second Room 5	Garvin Warner	Rainbow Children (1^st) Around the Church, Around the Year (2^nd)	Cathy Brodeur David Brodeur Bob Barry	Bob Barry Velma McClure Chris Wilt
Third Room 11	Marie Keifer	Timeless Themes	Sherri Woolsey Kathy Icenogle Anya Zakiewicz/Goodell	Rebecca Dube Jeanne Hochstetler Lisa Bass
Fourth Room 9-10	Dorothy Komarek	Why Do Bad Things Happen? (1^st) In Our Hands (2^nd)	Phil Brown Kenna McLeod Dorothy Komarek	Lori Lerude Tess George Deb Dubray
Fifth Room 7	Amy Bucklin	Traditions (With A Wink)	Kathy Messner Maddy Mandelbaum	Mary Ferguson Kathy Messner Maddy Mandelbaum
Sixth-Seventh Room 6	Amy Bucklin	Race To Justice (1^st) Neighboring Faiths (2^nd)	Loretta Hubley Craig Cleaveland Amy Bucklin	Nona Storer Craig Lange Linda Mandra
Eighth-Ninth Youth Room	Stephanie Ballentine	R.O.P.E. Rite of Passage Experience	Stephanie Ballentine Paul Bedinger Ginger Hedges Frank Grossman Nancy Dowey Linda Donaldson-Guidi Bill Dowey - Coordinator Tom Mandra
Senior High	Mickeline Saunders	Youth Group	Chuck Rehberg Mickeline Saunders Karen Hawver