The culmination of her Coming of Age program, Maya presented her personal credo to the congregation at First Parish where we are members of the Unitarian Universalist church. We encourage our youth to explore their spirituality and to develop their own belief system. Maya also played guitar and sang a duet as part of the service. I think my father would have been particularly proud of his granddaughter today given his love of the guitar and the passion for life expressed in Maya’s credo. Each participant in the Coming of Age program received a hand thrown chalice which is a symbol of our religion.