Workshop 10: Our Covenantal Faith Part of A Place of Wholeness In This Section Introduction From A Place of Wholeness A covenanted free church is a body of individuals who have freely made a profoundly simple promise, a covenant: We pledge to walk together in the spirit... Workshop-at-a-Glance From A Place of Wholeness Activity Minutes Welcoming and Entering Opening 5 Activity 1: The Meaning of Covenant 15 Activity 2: Story — Recovery, Rebuilding, and Rebirth of New... Spiritual Preparation From A Place of Wholeness This workshop is about the concept of covenant and the forms it takes in Unitarian Universalism.... Welcoming and Entering From A Place of Wholeness Materials for Activity Journals for new participants Newsprint, markers and tape Preparation for Activity Have journals for visitors or participants who... Opening From A Place of Wholeness Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Focus table and cloth Chalice, candle and matches Five smooth stones about the size of a fist Handout 1,... Activity 1: The Meaning of Covenant From A Place of Wholeness Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers and tape Preparation for Activity Write the three small group discussion questions o... Activity 2: Story - Recovery, Rebuilding, and Rebirth of New Orleans From A Place of Wholeness Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story "Recovery, Rebuilding, and Rebirth of New Orleans" Leader Resource 1, Unitarian... Activity 3: We Are All Connected From A Place of Wholeness Activity time: 5 minutes Description of Activity This short, fun activity from the website of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, helps youth... Activity 4: Unitarian Universalist Covenant From A Place of Wholeness Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers and tape Preparation for Activity Arrange for a congregational leader or district st... Activity 5: I Believe, I Feel, I Act From A Place of Wholeness Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Participants' faith journals Pens or pencils Newsprint, markers and tape Preparation for Activity Write ... Closing for Workshop 10 From A Place of Wholeness Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Copies of Singing the Living Tradition for all participants Copies of Taking It Home Optional: A piano ... Leader Reflection and Planning From A Place of Wholeness Talk with your co-leader about the workshop. What do you think went well? What might you have done differently?... Faith In Action: Congregational Exchange From A Place of Wholeness Preparation for Activity A few months ahead of time, find a nearby Unitarian Universalist congregation whose youth group has done a curriculum, small gr... Alternate Activity 1: Right Relationship and Reconciliation From A Place of Wholeness Activity time: 60 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers and tape Handout 1, Practicing Reconciliation Leader Resource 2, Reconciliation Role... Alternate Activity 2: Covenant Art From A Place of Wholeness Activity time: 40 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers and tape Markers, crayons, and colored pencils Old magazines Scissors, including... Taking It Home: Our Covenantal Faith From A Place of Wholeness A covenanted free church is a body of individuals who have freely made a profoundly simple promise, a covenant: We pledge to walk together in the spirit... Recovery, Rebuilding, and Rebirth of New Orleans From A Place of Wholeness Information and quotes for this article are drawn from UU World magazine, InterConnectionsUnitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC), the Center fo... Handout 1: Practicing Reconciliation From A Place of Wholeness Adapted from Paula Cole Jones, "Reconciliation: A Community Building Practice," 2003. Used with permission.Without reconciliation, there is no future... Leader Resource 1: Unitarian Universalists Role in New Orleans Recovery From A Place of Wholeness Compiled from articles in UU World. Cut the handout so that there is one action on each slip of paper. Tell participants ahead of time that you will let... Leader Resource 2: Reconciliation Role Plays From A Place of Wholeness Role Play 1: Jill and Chris are members of the First UU Church youth group. At the beginning of the year, the youth group established a covenant that... Find Out More From A Place of Wholeness To learn more about Unitarian Universalist covenant, read Alice Blair Wesley's six-part 2000 Minns Lecture called "The Lay and Liberal Doctrine of the... PREVIOUS: Find Out More About Tolerance UP: A Place of Wholeness NEXT: Introduction Download all of A Place of Wholeness (Word) (PDF) to edit or print.