Religious Education at UUSV
During Sunday Service, our Religious Education (RE) program provides a welcoming space where young people explore life's big questions through age-appropriate activities, stories, and discussions. Children and teens discover UU principles while developing their own spiritual identities and building friendships. We welcome families of all backgrounds and beliefs.
Director of Religious Education
Susan Enwright Hicks (she/they) first experienced UU as a teen in Florida when she began attending YRUU “cons” with her best friend. She has also been involved at a high level with UU camps SWIM and SUUSI. In her early twenties, Susan moved to WNC and not long thereafter she became the RE Assistant at the UU Congregation of Asheville and earned a Political Science degree from UNCA.
Susan and her husband welcomed their first child, and she later joined UUSV in July 2019 when her second child was two. After the COVID shutdown, RE largely operated in a one-room-schoolhouse capacity. In May of 2025 she graduated with a Masters of Public Affairs from Western Carolina University. In the fall of 2025 she became trained in facilitating Our Whole Lives for 7-12th grades.
DRE Susan having fun leading The Magic of UU as her alter ego
Director of Religious Education
Susan Enwright Hicks (she/they) first experienced UU as a teen in Florida when she began attending YRUU “cons” with her best friend. She has also been involved at a high level with UU camps SWIM and SUUSI. In her early twenties, Susan moved to WNC and not long thereafter she became the RE Assistant at the UU Congregation of Asheville and earned a Political Science degree from UNCA.
Susan and her husband welcomed their first child, and she later joined UUSV in July 2019 when her second child was two. After the COVID shutdown, RE largely operated in a one-room-schoolhouse capacity. In May of 2025 she graduated with a Masters of Public Affairs from Western Carolina University. In the fall of 2025 she became trained in facilitating Our Whole Lives for 7-12th grades.
DRE Susan having fun leading The Magic of UU as her alter ego
Our Teachers
RE classes are largely led by the DRE (three Sundays a month) with supportive volunteers assisting in our Nursery/Pre-K room as needed and stepping in during the Sundays Susan is away. These volunteers are valued members of our community: foster parents, mental health professionals, retired healthcare workers, teachers, and more. All are committed to supporting young people in their spiritual development.
Our Classes
*Currently we operate in a one-room-schoolhouse model for Elementary ages and up.*
The Rainbow Connection
The Magic of UU
Our Whole Lives ("OWL")
The Rainbow Connection
The Magic of UU
Our Whole Lives ("OWL")
