Your Financial Commitment

A quality religious education program can be expensive. Our yearly budget for child care, classes, and activities for children and youth is about $360 per child. Families may participate without charge in child care, our youth group program and our Summer Fun program. We do require financial contributions for families participating in CRE classes.

First year participants pay a fee per class, but are not required to make a pledge of support to the congregation. We want you to have the year to determine whether or not FUS feels right as your family’s spiritual home.

After the first academic year, participants are required to make a yearly pledge as well as pay class fees. We suggest a minimum pledge of $200 per year; select an amount that aligns with your family’s resources. Detailed information about the Society’s finances are available here. Our annual pledge campaign starts in February each year, but you can make a financial pledge anytime on our website.

Your Presence

Your children learn about the importance of their religious community from you. We hope that you can make weekly attendance at RE classes a priority for your family and that you yourself will find ways to engage with FUS. We want FUS to be your family’s spiritual home! By being here regularly, you’re making it likely that your child will feel “at home” here and will make meaningful connections with other children and adults.

Your Help

All households with children registered in child care or children’s religious education are expected to volunteer in some way toward the success of our programs for children and youth. We have many needs and limited staffing, so your help is essential. Please review the list on this page....

You’ll be required to list three choices from the list for your volunteer commitment when you register your child(ren). It’s important that you give this careful consideration so that your volunteer commitment is realistic for you and is something you are able to fulfill. We’ll assign you where our greatest need is, based on your choices. We truly count on you doing what you’ve signed up to do!

Be a Teacher!

Most of our classes are taught by a team of four teachers. Each week, one teacher has the responsibility of being the “Community Lead,” helping the class community to be strong and to reflect our UU values. The other teacher is the “Curriculum Lead” and has the responsibility of facilitating that week’s content and activities. (Weekly parent helpers are on hand as well!) Our volunteer teachers are in the classroom roughly twice per month, mid- September through mid-May. Our classes use a provided curriculum that outlines what will be taught from week to week. Recruitment of teachers occurs April through September. Volunteer teachers are our greatest need; please consider making this your first choice of volunteer possibilities.

Teaching has many benefits:

• Spend quality time with your child
• Ministering to children and youth can truly enrich your life,
• Meet other FUS families,
• Expand your own religious education,
• Make lasting friendships,
• It’s a profound contribution our community!