Opening (3 minutes)
Materials for Activity
- Altar or centering table
- Cloth for covering altar or centering table
- Chalice and candle
- Small votive candle in holder
- Taper candle in candlestick
- Matches or lighter
- Copies of Handout 1: Spirit of Life for all participants
Preparation for Activity
- Review and photocopy Handout 1: Spirit of Life.
- Prepare the altar or centering table with the cloth you have brought, a chalice and candle, a votive candle, a taper candle, and matches or a lighter.
- Light the votive candle in advance for a smooth chalice-lighting. During the workshop opening, a volunteer will use the taper candle to carry the flame from the votive to the chalice.
Description of Activity
Distribute Handout 1: Spirit of Life. Indicate the unison chalice-lighting words on the handout.Invite a participant to light the chalice. Show the participant how to use the taper candle to carry the flame from the votive candle to the chalice candle. Ask him/her to blow out the taper candle after he/she has lit the chalice.
Lead the group in reciting the unison chalice-lighting words as the participant kindles the flame.
Invite participants to read silently along with you as you read aloud the Unitarian Universalist Principle and Source that this workshop highlights.
Last updated on Saturday, April 19, 2008.
