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Encouraging Natural CURIOSITY and compassion

SUNDAY ETHICAL EDUCATION FOR KIDS (SEEK)

​In our Sunday school, SEEK, we guide young people from early childhood through their late teens in the thoughtful exploration of the many ways people make sense of the world around them. We examine a wide variety of the world's religious traditions, including the one that brings us together - Ethical Humanism. We get our hands dirty observing the natural world as we learn how to protect and preserve it. We learn lessons through songs, plays, field trips, discussion, and more. 

However we're leaning, SEEKers are challenged to think carefully about ways to contribute to a more loving and ethical world community, and then to act on those values!

Kids meet with a parent educator in a one-room-schoolhouse setting, with the older kids helping the younger SEEKers to learn. Lessons occur at the same time as the adult platform. 

BEYOND SEEK

GREAT RESOURCES FOR RAISING COMPASSIONATE, ETHICAL KIDS
  • Learning for Justice
  • Raising Caring, Respectful, Ethical Children
  • Making Caring Common (Harvard Graduate School of Education)
  • Parenting Beyond Belief
  • The Neurodiversity Podcasts (Specifically for gifted and high ability kids)
  • Raising Ethical Kids ( PBS)
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CAMP QUEST
Our kids, ages 8-17 are eligible to attend Camp Quest–a traditional sleepaway summer camp experience with a wide range of activities, including sports, crafts, games, swimming and campfires. In addition, Camp Quest offers educational activities focused on critical thinking, ethics, scientific inquiry, philosophy and comparative religion.

YES CONFERENCE FOR TEENS
Each year our teen members have the opportunity to attend the ​Youth of Ethical Societies (YES) Conference​. YES brings together teens from Ethical Societies across the country. Open to teens in grades 9-12, the conference provides an opportunity to meet with other humanist youth to discuss our place in the world, issues that affect us, and how we can be a part of important solutions. Together we enjoy a full weekend of discussion, brainstorming, performance, ceremonies, campfires, and bonding. Each conference revolves around a theme.

SEEK CORE VALUES
  • Ethics is my way.
  • Every person is important and unique.
  • ​Every person deserves to be treated fairly and kindly.
  • I can learn from everyone.
  • I am part of this earth; I cherish it and all the life upon it.
  • I learn from the world around me by using my senses, mind, and feelings.
  • I am a member of the world community which depends on the cooperation of all people for peace and justice.
  • I can learn from the past to build for the future.
  • I am free to question.
  • I am free to choose what I believe.
  • I accept responsibility for my choices and actions.
  • I strive to live my values.
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SUNDAY MEETING LOCATION
​117 Triad Center West
​O'Fallon, MO 63366


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​636-344-9640
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