For twenty years, the First Universalist Church in Rockland has offered sexuality education to children and youth in the Midcoast area. This year, Our Whole Lives (called OWL) is being offered to grades 8 and 9 starting in October and running through April. Grades 4 and 5 OWL will start in January and run through March.

Our Whole Lives recognizes that parents are children’s primary teachers, but what is society teaching our children about sexuality?

"Our Whole Lives is an antidote to sexualized media messages, peer pressure, misinformation and prejudice," said the Church. "It provides accurate, age-appropriate information, puts sexuality in the context of values and personal responsibility, supports healthy decision making, and strengthens social skills. These skills and values help prepare youth to make healthy choices for life. OWL models and teaches caring, compassion, respect, and justice. It helps adolescents address their attitudes, values, and feelings about themselves, their sexuality, and others’ sexuality."

Participants are guided by trained facilitators through an engaging curriculum that addresses topics most important to young adolescents, including those typically excluded from sexuality education and health classes. OWL is a secular curriculum, produced in partnership with the Unitarian Universalist Association and the United Church of Christ.

Registration is now open – for more information visit uurockland.org/learn/owl or email dre@uurockland.org.