We do it by bringing our questions, our doubts, and our beliefs into their lives. Sometimes we do that by volunteering to teach in our Sunday school. Some of my most profound memories of a Unitarian church school center on the personalities who gave of themselves to help me discover my answers. This approach is not perfect, though. So often parents end up teaching in RE and our youth therefore do not experience the full diversity of humanity that is gathered here.
Children get to hear from parents every day.
Sometimes I wish that none of our Sunday School teachers were parents of children in the program and that we drew completely from teachers who don t have kids or from parents whose own kids have moved on in life. But the task of educating our children religiously is not just about the Sunday school. It happens before church and during the coffee hour. It happens every Sunday morning when we gather for worship. That is why it is essential to have our youth with us for a time each week.