Director of Religious Exploration Diana Tycer

About Director of Religious Exploration Diana Tycer

Director of Religious Exploration
dtycer@uucf.org
703-281-4230, x131

On Sep. 20, 2017, UUCF welcomed Diana Tycer as the interim director of religious exploration (DRE). Diana graciously agreed to serve in this position through the 2019 congregational year. On Mar. 19, 2019, the UUCF Board of Directors approved the UUCF DRE Search Committee’s recommendation to name Diana as director.

Diana has been a UUCF member since 2009. She most recently served on the Religious Exploration (RE) Committee and has volunteered as an RE teacher for many different grade levels. She is a trained OWL (Our Whole Lives sexuality education) facilitator and has taught 8th grade OWL at UUCF for 3 years. Diana has more than 15 years experience administering programs in non-profit organizations, including Big Brothers Big Sisters, Head Start and the National Senior Citizens Education and Research Center. She has a strong background in volunteer recruitment, program management and partnership development. Her volunteer activities outside UUCF include leadership roles in PTA, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts and Oakton High School Band Boosters. She lives in Herndon with her family and pets.

What Is Religious Exploration?

September 12, 2022 by Director of Religious Exploration Diana Tycer Leave a Comment

Last week I received an email inquiry about “religious exploration.” The parent wondered whether the children learn about various religions in the RE program. The question was reasonable; the term we’ve been using implies this. But it’s really a misnomer. The RE program teaches Unitarian Universalism. But unlike other faith traditions, UUs lack a creed […]

Teaching Is a Spiritual Practice in UUCF’s Religious Exploration Ministry

May 2, 2022 by Director of Religious Exploration Diana Tycer Leave a Comment

Spring Religious Exploration will end on May 22, when we bid the dedicated teacher volunteers and classmates goodbye and transition to the relaxed summer RE schedule. I am not sad to put this year in the rearview mirror. The year challenged us all. We struggled with incomplete teaching teams and the frequent absences of both […]

Disrupting the Status Quo With UUCF Religious Exploration

January 17, 2022 by Director of Religious Exploration Diana Tycer Leave a Comment

Yesterday, Rev. David A. Miller referenced Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter From a Birmingham Jail” in his sermon Why It Won’t Go Away. Since it has been a while since I read the letter in its entirety, I chose to spend some time reading and reflecting on Dr. King’s words. In it, Dr. King […]