Faith Development at FUUN

Religious Education

A Life-Long Journey

“Life becomes religious whenever we make it so: when some new light is seen, when some deeper appreciation is felt, when some larger outlook is gained, when some nobler purpose if formed, when some task is well done.” – Sophia Lyon Fahs (1876-1978)

One of the creators of modern American theological liberalism, Sophia Lyon Fahs was also the progenitor of American Unitarian religious education as a modern theological science of human emotions. Fahs strove to create a theology that restored human emotions and human experience to their rightful place as foundational building blocks for an enlightened liberal faith. Fahs devoted her life to the big questions rather than to big answers. She believed it was essential to focus first on questioning, before trying to form and articulate specific beliefs and convictions. Religious Education, for all ages at FUUN, is rooted in this. As James Luther Adams, 20th century Unitarian Universalist theologian said, “revelation is not sealed.” We learn new things every day, we and our beliefs are constantly changing and evolving, we are always in a state of becoming, and becoming, and becoming yet again.

To learn more about FUUN programs, please visit the pages listed below.

As always, please contact us with your questions:

Marguerite Mills, Director of Lifespan Religious Education

615-383-5760, ext. 3304

Caleb Hampton, Religious Education Administrator

615-383-5760, ext. 3316

Children

Pre-K through Eighth Grade.

Youth

Ninth- Twelfth Grades

Adult Education

Multigenerational Opportunities

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