Youth Ministry Is An Umbrella! 

We offer a variety of ways we support and welcome youth into the life of our community 

• Bridging Program for Graduating Seniors – incuding Bridging Interviews with our minister & faith formation director
• Youth participation in leadership roles in children’s faith formation and on church teams and programs,
• Attending, creating videos and helping with Sunday morning services.
• Participate in Coming of Age – our Unitarian Universalist Rite of Passage program for our youth.
• Attend youth group social events.

Authentic Connections Teens (ACT) – youth group games and fellowship!

• Gatherings for middle and high school youth during workshop choices two Sunday mornings a month
• Monthly afternoon special events and service projects!

Coming of Age 

In this year-long program previously called ROPES (Rites of Passage Experiences) youth in 8th & 9th grades are invited to:

• Gather twice a month thoughout the year to reflect on what it means to be Unitarian Universalist
• Learn with peers and UU adults about our faith
• Visit Boston for a UU History tour
• Build individual faith statements called a Credo

This is our Rite of Passage year for youth, formerly called ROPES at UU Nashua.

Click here to learn more about this program! it was offered in 2023 and will be offered again in 2024-25.

Bridging for Graduating Seniors  

Rev. Allison Palm and Director of Faith Formation, Sadie Kahn-Greene offer this program in the spring to offer graduating seniors a chance to reflect on their path as Unitarian Universalists during this time of change in their lives.

More about Youth Ministry…

Youth are welcomed and active participants in our community on Sunday mornings. Our youth attend Sunday worship, serve as a youth worship associates, help run slides during the service and join teaching teams and help in children’s faith formation workshops or the family corner.  

We currently have volunteers and staff who lead Coming of Age and youth group social events:  skilled volunteers Marissa Volpe, and Sarah LeShay and Director of Faith Formation Sadie Kahn-Greene, our minister Rev. Allison Palm & ministerial intern Caro Barschow will continue to actively support youth ministry. 

For more information on our youth ministry programs this year please reach out to dff@uunashua.org

For more information about what Unitarian Universalist Youth Ministry is and can be, please visit Unitarian Universalist Association’s Youth Ministry Page.