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“Coming of Age” is a program for those youth in our congregation entering the 8th grade. This is an exceptional program to promote, honor and affirm our teenagers’ passage toward the greater freedoms and responsibilities of adulthood and to impart a deeper comprehension and appreciation of Unitarian Universalism.
There are several aspects to the program for the youth: having a mentor, attending overnights and meetings, and writing their personal credo. Each youth is matched with an adult mentor from our church community, based on shared interests and compatibility. The goals of the mentor program are to provide an adult non-parent model and source of wisdom and to broaden our youth’s feeling of belonging within the community. Together, participants and mentors attend facilitated meetings to explore the meaning of coming of age, write a personal credo and create their recognition service which takes place in June.
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