tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26421185.post2377694903306357311..comments2007-03-14T01:29:42.148-04:00Secular Planethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14220454771007665488noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26421185.post-28728389807532867162007-03-14T01:29:00.000-04:002007-03-14T01:29:00.000-04:00Hi,<BR/><BR/>I stumbled upon this entry. I'm not a member of that church, but I'm a UU. A lot of what we do is in common through a common history and some traditions that are passed on through our association of congregations (the UUA).<BR/><BR/>My church still uses real fire as do most of our congregations, I believe. An artificial candle might be for safety. We don't have something we recite each week either, but we do sing Spirit of Life each time, which our children love to sign (that's not a type-o). <BR/><BR/>We do the Story for All Ages only once every couple of months, I think, and it's newish (less than a decade ago). The kids do join us for the first 15 mins. each Sun., though. When I was a Unitarian kid (I'm one of only 10% born U, U, or UU), the kids just went to their separate Sunday School and almost never joined with the adults, except for special holidays and that was one of the negative aspects of growing up UU then - having children be a part of the larger community at least part of the time is a good thing.<BR/><BR/>I think it's great that you enjoyed your experience! I'm agnostic & my husband is an open atheist and has chaired the Board of our congregation several times. Wouldn't it be great if more of our world could have theists and non-theists together openly accepting each other in a pleasant, caring atmosphere?!UU-Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01102805416384364242noreply@blogger.com