This is a 30-minute activity. Materials A copy of Leader Resource 2, At Concord with the Emersons Preparation Locate the journal entries from September 1 and September 17 in the leader resource and prepare to read them aloud. Description Participants reflect on Fuller's lifelong struggle to...

Margaret Fuller was: A pre-eminent United States human rights advocate The first major U.S. foreign correspondent, spending four years in Europe reporting on and supporting, among other things, Italy's failed socialist revolution The first literary editor of a major U.S....

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Timepiece (minutes) Optional: Bell or chime Preparation for Activity Prepare and post newsprint with these questions: What have you learned or now want to think more deeply about from exploring your ability to take hear...

Activity time: 40 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Participant journals Variety of writing and drawing implements Timepiece (minutes) Optional: Bell or chime Preparation for Activity If participants may need journals, obtain notebooks with unlined pages....

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, Introducing Margaret Fuller Story, "Margaret Fuller's Mystical Experience" Leader Resource 1, Margaret Fuller Portrait Participant journals Variety of writing and drawing implements Timepiece (minutes) Optional: Bell or chime Optional:...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Participant journals Variety of writing and drawing implements Timepiece (minutes) Optional: Bell or chime Preparation for Activity If participants may need journals, obtain notebooks with unlined pages. Gather a variety of writing and drawing...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Small worship table and cloth Chalice, candle and lighter or LED battery-operated candle A copy of Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook Taking It Home handouts for all participants Preparation for Activity Review the Tak...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Small worship table and cloth Chalice, candle and lighter or LED battery-operated candle Newsprint, markers, and tape Optional: Microphone Preparation for Activity Set up the altar or centering table with the cloth, chalice, candle and matches or...

This is a 25-minute activity. Description Consider these questions as you reflect on the place of Channing's theology in contemporary Unitarian Universalism: How do we help congregants acknowledge that each of us struggles with inner turmoil and unwanted emotions?...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Optional: Microphone Description of Activity Using the questions listed below, lead a whole group discussion about the issues discussed in small groups. Pay attention to the emotions named and discussed by the participants and keep participants'...

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Timepiece (minutes) Participant journals Variety of writing and drawing implements Optional: Bell or chime Preparation for Activity If participants may need journals, obtain notebooks with unlined pages....

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, Introducing William Ellery Channing Handout 2, Likeness to God Story, "William Ellery Channing's Struggle with His Unwanted Emotions" Leader Resource 1, William Ellery Channing Portrait Optional: Computer and projector Optional: Micropho...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Timepiece (minutes) Optional: Bell or chime Preparation for Activity Prepare to share with the group a brief, personal example of a time you used physical activity to distract yourself from emotional turmoil. Description of Activity Introduce the...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Small worship table and cloth Chalice, candle and lighter or LED battery-operated candle A copy of Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook Taking It Home handouts for all participants Preparation for Activity Review the Tak...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Small worship table and cloth Chalice, candle and lighter or LED battery-operated candle A copy of Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook Newsprint, markers, and tape Optional: Microphone Preparation for Activity Set up th...

This is a 30-minute activity. Materials Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation Prepare and post newsprint with these questions: What does it mean to be happy? Do you believe that you personally have the right to happiness? What is the difference between pursuing personal happiness and being...

This is a 30-minute activity. Materials Newsprint, markers, and tape Leader Resource 1, Excerpt from A Treatise on Atonement Optional: Microphone Preparation Post newsprint. Optional: Copy Leader Resource 1 for all participants. Optional: Read background information about Hosea Ballou....

Activity time: 35 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 2, Excerpt from A Treatise on Atonement Participants' journals Variety of writing and drawing materials Optional: Microphone Preparation for Activity Read and make copies Handout 2, Excerpt from A Treatise on Atonement....

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Participant journals Variety of writing and drawing implements Timepiece (minutes) Optional: Bell or chime Preparation for Activity If participants may need journals, obtain notebooks with unlined pages....

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Story, "Hosea Ballou's Conversion" Optional: Microphone Preparation for Activity Review the story so you can present it effectively. Copy the story for all participants. Read the Ballou Family entry in the online Dictionary of Unitarian and...