Mission
The purpose of the Religious Education Program at UUFSD is to provide:
- A community where children feel love, acceptance and belonging;
- A religious and moral foundation for honoring life's joys and tragedies;
- A knowledge of Unitarian Universalism and exploration of other religions;
- A recognition of our social responsibility to the greater world community and our planet;
- Opportunities and resources for personal and spiritual growth.
Children's
Version of the Unitarian Universalist Principles:
The following is a special version of the UU principles adapted for children.
- Every person is important;
- All people should be treated fairly;
- Our churches are places where all people are accepted and where we keep on learning together;
- Each person must be free to search for what is true and right;
- People should have a vote about the things that concern them;
- We should work for a peaceful, fair and free world;
- We must care for our planet Earth.
Alison Crotty, Religious Education Director (DRE)
Alison Aguilar Lopez Gutierrez McLeod Crotty was born and raised a Unitarian Universalist and has experienced Unitarianism in many venues, including All Souls in Washington D.C., UU's of the Palouse in Moscow, Idaho, and First Church in San Diego.
While earning her B.A. and M.E. at Washington State University, Alison served on the City Council of Pullman, Washington, was a teacher for Alternative High School, taught tennis at a local high school, and served on numerous boards for organizations that addressed issues faced by women of color, civil rights and social justice. She continued that work across the country working for various non profits that focused on youth and child empowerment through community involvement and reaching beyond social and economical constraints. Directly before coming to UUFSD, Alison served for three years as a Disaster Response and Recovery coordinator for the 2003 Wildfires.
Alison is thrilled to be a part of this congregation that encourages and empowers children to find their own religious paths provide a well rounded liberal religious education for our children in an environment where they feel safe, accepted, respected and happy. She will endeavor to provide our children with opportunities to grow spiritually, develop a sense of personal and social responsibility and experience joy as a central part of a loving Unitarian Universalist community.
