Child Dedication

Unitarians believe that every child brings new life and hope into the world. We set aside a special time, called simply the Ceremony of Dedication, to welcome the child into our community and to celebrate the blessing of this gift of life. We affirm our commitment to nurture the child and hold the child in the fabric of our community. For some of us, these brief dedication ceremonies are among the most powerful and moving memories of our interconnection with the web of life in our own congregation. For more information, please read this short pamphlet on the web: archive.uua.org/pamphlet/3559.html

Families who would like to participate in a Dedication Ceremony are asked to contact our Director of Religious Education. Children welcomed in a Ceremony of Dedication can be of any age.

Coming of Age

About every three years, the Unitarian Congregation of Saskatoon holds a coming of age program for kids entering the youth group. It serves to act as a bridge between the children's RE program and the youth program.

Click here to read and article that appeared in the 2008 Summer edition of the Canadian Unitarian about the program.

Our last COA program (from 2004) was mentioned in Can U. at the time. Click here to read the article.

We also devoted a Sunday Service to the COA program. Click here to view the video.

For congregations looking to start their own COA program, click here to read our short manual about coming of age.