Overview
Our purpose is to empower our youth to explore and express their unique divinity. We have an amazing cohort of volunteer teachers who act as spiritual role models and guides that demonstrate and teach Unity’s Principles and other Spiritual Truths. Our top priorities are to create a safe, loving, and joyful environment.
We follow Unity’s Living Curriculum philosophy that believes that the curriculum is not within any one book or guide but rather lives within the children themselves. As spiritual educators, we are here to guide our children and youth on their spiritual journey and to help them to recognize their own Divine nature. In the words of our co-founder, Myrtle Fillmore, “We are here not to entertain the children, but to call them out.”
Unity's Five Principles (For Children)
- God is all good and active in everything, everywhere.
- I am naturally good because God's Divinity is in me and in everyone.
- I create my experiences by what I choose to think and what I feel and believe.
- Through affirmative prayer and meditation, I connect with God and bring out the good in my life.
- I do and give my best by living the Truth I know. I make a difference!
Sacred Safety
To ensure the safety of our youth, we require all volunteer teachers to go through a background check process. For elementary students and younger, children receive nametags with a matching security tag for their parents to ensure a safe drop-off and pick-up process. We also collect allergen information and do not serve snacks with nuts or other known classroom allergens.
Spiritual Education
The typical format for a Sunday lesson includes:
- Social Time: Activities and opportunities for children to connect with each other at the beginning of class.
- Gathering: An opening circle for community building and connecting that includes prayer, meditation, and/or breathwork.
- Story Sharing: A story, lesson, or experience is shared to unearth a spiritual lesson.
- Discussion: Through questioning and individual sharing, learners explore the meaning of the story and how it relates to them.
- Creative Experience: The children are invited to explore and express their thoughts and feelings through a creative exercise.
- Sharing: After the exercise, the children share ideas and insights.
- Closing: The children either share a closing prayer in their classroom or join the adults in the Sanctuary to share and close-out.
Age Groups
- Nursery: Ages 0 to 3.
- Unitots: Ages 3 to 6.
- Unikids: Grades K-5.
- Uniteens: Grades 6-8.
- Youth of Unity (Y.O.U.): Grades 9-12.
To Join Our Team
There are a variety of ways to be of service in our youth and family programs. If you are interested, please reach out to yfmdirector@unityren.org or speak to our YFM Director after the Sunday Service.
