Activity 4: What Does The Song Mean To You? (5 minutes)
Materials for Activity
- Optional: Newsprint, markers, and tape
Preparation for Activity
- Review the discussion questions for this activity so that you will be comfortable posing them to your group.
- Optional: If you want to record participant responses during the discussion, post newsprint where all can see it and place markers nearby.
Description of Activity
Share with participants:Carolyn McDade's "Spirit of Life" may be the most loved and the most often, most widely sung hymn in Unitarian Universalist congregations. One visitor to a Sunday service said that as soon as she joined her voice with the congregation's in singing "Spirit of Life," she knew she had found her religious home.
Engage participants in a reflection on the song "Spirit of Life," using the discussion questions below. Allow a few short responses to each question. If you like, you or a volunteer may jot on newsprint the contributions of each participant:
- Why do you think "Spirit of Life" is so loved and so widely sung?
- Does the song stir something in you? If so, what?
- How do you relate these stirrings to your sense of spirituality?
Last updated on Friday, April 18, 2008.
