Youth and Family Ministries


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Our Mission
by Myrtle Fillmore

Our mission is not to entertain the children, but to call them out. To be always entertained is to be dwarfed and dependent. To be "called out" is to follow the harmonious law of the soul's unfoldment.

Who meddles with the rosebud? What fingers are deft enough to pry open that marvel of folded beauty? We are wise enough to leave it alone to follow the glad law of its own unfolding. But our children! Have we dealt as wisely with these buds of marvelous possibilities? Have we always remembered that they, too, must quicken and unfold through the innate law of their own genius?

Unity’s Living Curriculum philosophy affirms that the curriculum is not within any guide, but rather lives within the children themselves. Myrtle Fillmore, co-founder of Unity, was the inspiration for this foundational belief as she saw each child live the Truth principles through his or her own soul’s unfoldment.

Myrtle Fillmore is the co-founder of Unity

Unity Church of the Triangle warmly welcomes families and their children to our thriving, diverse programs and special events. In addition to our Sunday school, we offer local lock-ins, regional retreats, cinema night, service and prosperity projects, parenting education and support, holiday gatherings, Christmas multi-age gala, youth choir, and more.

The Youth and Family Ministry’s primary purpose is to create an environment where parents, children, and teens explore their own innate Divinity through an experiential educational path. UCT incorporates the 5 unity principles/core beliefs and 12 powers in all areas of Youth and Family Ministries. Teachers and assistants are dedicated and committed each year, allowing the children to have the same lead teachers all year long.

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Our Goal

Our Goal

The goals of the Youth Education program at UCT are many: Introducing children to Unity principles, instilling a desire to explore our spiritual paths, developing a community of families within UCT, and promoting key values such as compassion, love, service and diversity.

Children's Program

Children’s Program

Our Children’s Ministry Program provides a variety of activities for the children to experience practical application of Truth principles. Each Sunday the children’s activities focus on a lesson theme. The flow of a typical Sunday experience is as follows:

At the 9:00 am service, child care is provided in the nursery.

At the 11:00 am service, families begin in the sanctuary. All children and teens are honored and blessed by the ministers and congregation.

Ages 5-18 are escorted to the youth gathering site, where they partake in a mini Sunday service, and move into age groups for a full inspiring Unity lesson.

Preschoolers are taken back to their classroom near the sanctuary for their Unity lesson.

Ages 0-14 are picked up by parents at the end of service.

Parents are welcome to observe and participate in the classroom. Our break out groups are as follows:

Nursery 0-2 year olds (Unibabies)    4th-5th grade (Bull Frogs)
Preschool 3-4 year olds (Tadpoles)      6th, 7th, and 8th grade (Uniteens)
K-1st grade (Pollywogs)                     9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade (Y.O.U.)
2nd-3rd grade (Tree Frogs)

Unity Principles for Youth

God is all good and active in everything, everywhere.

I am naturally good because God’s Divinity is in me and in everyone.

I create my experiences by what I choose to think and what I feel and believe.

Through affirmative prayer and meditation I connect with God and bring out the good in my life.

I do and give my best by living the Truth I know. I make a difference.

Please join us on Sundays!