The fellowship’s religious education classes for children begins-next Sunday, Sept. 15, at their new meeting place, Jack ‘n’ Jill Nursery School at 555 Halverson Road. Classes meet on Sundays from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., the same time as the adult program, and babysitting for children under 2½ years is available.

   Three programs are planned: “Preschool Growing Times: Win­dows, Rainbows and Bridges,” for, children 2 1/2 - 5 years; “The Happy House,” for ages 6-10; and “How Can I Know What to Believe,” for those older than 10.

   “Preschool Growing Times” will focus on the sense of self and family as a child’s first experience in spirituality grows from the initial feelings of security and trust developed in the home.

  “The Happy House” provides an, experience for children to discover that we all need a place where we can “feel at home.” It gives children opportunities to live in many kinds of “houses,” where they can grow, reflect, share themselves and take root

  “How Can I Know What to Believe” allows children to examine, their own beliefs about people, God, death and religion.

   According to organizers, the goals of these classes is to emphasize a personal faith and to allow children to experience a sense of their self, and an awareness of others. They will investigate the world about them, and learn about their Judeo Christian roots in history, Unitarianism and other religious beliefs.

   The Unitarian-Universalist Association is a religous organization which combines two traditions: the Universalists who organized in 1793 and the Unitarians who organized in 1825. The two groups merged in 1961 to form UUA.

   Both groups trace their roots on this continent to the early Massachusetts settlers and to the founders of the Republic. Overseas, their heritage reaches back centuries to the pioneers of England, Poland and Romania. During the last couple of centuries, some of the more famous Unitarian­Universalists include John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Clara Barton, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Susan B. Anthony.

   Each of the more than 1,000 UUA congregations in this country and Canada are democratic in policy and operation, and govern them­selves. These congregations unite in the association for services that they can not produce individually.

   According to a church spokesman, Unitarian-Universalist is a liberal religion with Judeo Christian roots. “It has no creed, it affirms the worth of human beings, advocates freedom of belief, the search for advancing truth and tries to provide a warm, open and supportive community for people who believe that ethical living is the supreme witness of religion.”