Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, Introducing Hosea Ballou Leader Resource 1, Hosea Ballou Portrait Optional: Computer and projector Preparation for Activity Copy Handout 1 for all participants. Prepare to project Leader Resource 1 or make copies. Description of Activity...

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...

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. You may wish to write reflection questions on newsprint, and post. Invite participants to reflect on the place of Chauncy's theology in contemporary Unitarian Universalism....

This is a 30-minute activity. Invite participants to explore ways Chauncy's theology might illuminate the place of spirituality in your congregation. Use these questions as a guide: How does our congregation pay attention to spirituality development?...

By Charles Chauncy. The Four Categories First: Sensations For traditional Christians like Chauncy, spiritual awakening is prompted by the minister's sermon, and thus his voice, the sounds of the words impressing themselves upon the bodies (eardrums) of the congregants become the sensations first...

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Participant journals Variety of writing and drawing implements Timepiece (minutes) Optional: Bell or chime Optional: Microphone Preparation for Activity Prepare, but do not post, a sheet of newsprint with these prompts:...

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Participant journals Variety of writing and drawing implements Preparation for Activity Write questions for small groups on newsprint and post: Does it make sense to you to use Chauncy's four categories as a guide for...

Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Newsprint sheet listing the four categories of experience (Activity 1) Story, "Introducing Charles Chauncy" Handout 1, Chauncy's Four Categories of Experience Handout 2, From A Sermon on the Out-pouring of the Holy Ghos...

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Timepiece (minutes) Participant journals Variety of writing and drawing implements 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 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. You will need newspaper, markers, and tape. Write the reflection questions on newsprint, and post them. Invite participants to form groups of three or four and reflect for 25 minutes on de Benneville's life and theology using the posted questions as a guide. Then...

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: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Optional: Microphone Description of Activity Gather participants in one large group and invite comments, observations, and insights....

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Timepiece (minutes) Optional: Bell or chime Preparation for Activity Write on newsprint and post: Have you ever experienced a spiritual crisis? If so, how did the spiritual crisis differ from a purely emotional crisis?...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Handout 1, Introducing George de Benneville Story, "Remarkable Passages (Excerpt)" Participant journals Variety of writing and drawing implements Optional: Microphone Preparation for Activity Review the story so you can...

Activity time: 10 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 Prepare a piece of newsprint with these questions: Did this experience challenge your...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Notebooks with unlined pages, to be used as journals, for all participants Variety of writing and drawing implements Timepiece (minutes) Preparation for Activity Obtain notebooks with unlined pages, enough for all...

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...