Alternate Activity 3: Small Group Discussions On Humility (30 minutes), Workshop 2: Humility, in the Principled Commitment Program
Materials for Activity
- Newsprint (at least one sheet per group)
- Markers (at least one per group)
- Low-stick masking tape
- Questions listed on newsprint or digital slide (see Preparation)
- Optional: Computer, digital projector, and screen
Preparation for Activity
- Write the following questions on newsprint, or create a digital slide to display them. Place the newsprint or screen so that all groups can see it.
- How do you (or how might you), through your words and actions, practice healthy humility in your relationship with your partner?
- How does humility fit with your spiritual beliefs about humans, the world, and the sacred? In what ways can humility be a spiritual practice?
- How can (or how does) humility enhance your relationship?
Description of Activity
This activity works well directly after Activity 2, A Healthy UU Humility. Use as an alternative to Activity 3, What Don't We Know?
Invite participants to form groups of three to four individuals. Encourage couples to separate and go to different groups. Ask each group to appoint a note-taker, who will record the group's comments on newsprint, and a summarizer, who will report back to the large group. Give each note-taker a sheet of newsprint and a marker.
Within the groups, pose these questions for discussion. Each group considers the same questions.
- How do you (or how might you), through your words and actions, practice healthy humility in your relationship with your partner?
- How does humility fit with your spiritual beliefs about humans, the world, and the sacred? In what ways can humility be a spiritual practice?
- How can (or how does) humility enhance your relationship?
After fifteen to twenty minutes, draw the small groups back to the large group for discussion.
Ask the note-takers to post their newsprint notes on the wall. Ask the summarizer from each group to briefly summarize some of the ideas and comments shared.
Before closing the activity, ask participants whether they wish to share any final comments on a healthy UU humility.
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Last updated on Saturday, October 29, 2011.
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