2026-2027 Children, Youth and Family Faith Formation
Reach out to the Director of Faith Formation for more information or to sign up for programs!
Keep scrolling to see what we offer at UU Nashua for children, youth, and families!
Rainbow Room Childcare – 4 & under.
In the Rainbow Room, our childcare staff and volunteers offer young children fun, safe church space on Sunday Mornings.
Video streaming is available in the room, allowing children and volunteers to hear music, words, and the flow of the service.
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Monthly Children’s Chapel
Interactive worship space for children PreK and up, followed by children’s worship activity stations in the same room.
Children’s chapels are held once a month from 9:55 to 11:15. Join us for music, guided meditation, videos, games, and sharing joys and sorrows, as well as wonder box stories and moments. These are learning chapels that offer children a chance to learn more about how and why we do what we do during our worship time at UU Nashua.
Children’s Chapel Schedule for Sept 2026-June 2027
- October 4th
- November 1st
- December 6th
- January 3rd
- February 7th
- March 7th
- April 4th
- May 2nd
- June 6th
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UU Values Workshop Choices– TWICE A MONTH
K-8th graders may choose UU values activities to explore a common UU theme each month.
Children & volunteers start in the sanctuary at 10:00 a.m. and then depart to their workshop choices through 11:15 a.m.
Workshop Choices will most often include:
- Wonder Art Activities – engaging art projects that invite children to say “Wow!” and ask “How?”
- Courageous Community Activities – community-building games that encourage children to work & play together.
- Love in Action Building Activities building with LEGO, blanket forts, simple machines, etc. Guided by UU stories of justice, bringing more compassion and love to our church and the wider community.
- Middle School Connections: creates a welcoming space for 5th-8th graders not attending OWL to take part in service projects and games guided by UU stories & values. (This program runs 1st, 2nd & 3rd Sundays)
Workshop Choices Schedule for September 2026-May. 2027
- September 20th & 27th
- October 11th & 18th
- November 8th & 15th
- December 13th
- January 10th & 24th
- February 14th & 21st
- March 14th & 21st
- April 11th & 18th
- May 16th & 23rd
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Our Whole Lives “OWL” at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashua
Parents are children’s primary teachers, but what is society teaching our children about sexuality? Our Whole Lives is an antidote to sexualized media messages, peer pressure, misinformation, and prejudice. It provides accurate, age-appropriate information, situates sexuality within the context of values and personal responsibility, supports healthy decision-making, and fosters social skills. These skills and values help prepare youth to make healthy choices for life.
Our Whole Lives for 7th-8th graders returns September 2026
Click here to fill out an interest form for our 2026-2027 7/8 OWL
This program will take place on Sunday mornings from 10:15 to 11:45 on Sundays from September to May.
Our Whole Lives Sexuality Education for Grades 7-9, 2nd edition, comprised of 26 ninety-minute workshops that teach caring, compassion, respect, and justice. A holistic program that moves beyond the intellect to address the attitudes, values, and feelings that youth have about themselves and the world. Topics include body image, social media/internet, bullying/bystander responsibilities, and consent education.
Contact the Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashua if you would like to learn more about this program’s possibility for your family.
Our Whole Lives for Kindergarteners & 1st Graders will return in fall 2027
Our Whole Lives Sexuality Education for Grades K–1, 2nd edition, is an eight-workshop curriculum that helps children ages five through seven begin the lifelong process of acquiring information and forming attitudes and values about identity, relationships, safety, and health. Unlike many other sexuality curricula currently available, this program is comprehensive and progressive. In an inclusive and developmentally appropriate manner, it addresses sensitive topics that are typically excluded.
Our Whole Lives for 5th-6th graders starting in January 2027
Our Whole Lives Sexuality Education for Grades 4-6, 2nd edition, is a ten-workshop curriculum designed to help children ages nine through twelve to gain the knowledge, life principles, and skills they need to understand and express their sexuality in holistic, life-enhancing ways.
Like the other Our Whole Lives programs for different age groups, this comprehensive, developmentally appropriate program introduces key topics, such as values, body image, gender and sexual identity, peer pressure, and healthy relationships, with sensitivity and inclusiveness.
dff@uunashua.org or call 603.882-1091 ext 203
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Coming of Age
This program will return in our 2027-2028 program year.
In this year-long program previously called ROPES (Rites of Passage Experiences), youth in 8th & 9th grades are invited to:
- Gather twice a month on 2nd & 3rd Sundays from 4-6pm from Sept-May to reflect on what it means to be Unitarian Universalist
- Learn with peers and UU adults about our faith
- Justice learning and service trip to Boston in the Fall
- Visit Boston for a UU History tour in the Spring
- Build individual faith statements called a Credo
This is our Rite of Passage year for youth, formerly called ROPES at UU Nashua.