Younger children in our Religious Education program learn that we are the church of the loving hearts, open minds, and helping hands. With the help of adult volunteers, children and youth are asked to come up with their own answers about what to believe, how to exist in community with others, and how to work for a just and equitable world. They explore many sources of wisdom, including humanist teaching, our Jewish and Christian heritage, earth-centered traditions, science and more. As a church without a creed, we strive to give everyone in our community the skills needed to develop their own religious philosophies and beliefs, while also weaving a thread that interconnects all of those identifying as UU’s.
Barb Koumjian is our new Religious Education Acting Director. Barb comes to us with a wealth of talents and skills, and a love of children and education. She has many years of UU experience in New Hampshire, where she led RE groups and created RE curricula before serving as an interim DRE.
Barb also has strong administrative and leadership skills. She was a church administrator for nine years, served as a national board officer for the Association of UU Administrators, and as the President of the UU Women’s Federation of the NH/VT District.
Barb believes in lifelong education, and is currently completing her Masters degree in Adult and Higher Education at USM. She lives in Westbrook. To contact Barb, click here.
