Activity time: 2 minutes Materials for Activity Worship table or designated space Chalice, candle, and lighter, or LED/battery-operated candle Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook Preparation for Activity Arrange the worship table or designated space. Description of...

Materials for Activity Sign-in sheet and pen or pencil Pocket folder, pen/pencil, and paper for each participant Name tags, single-use or durable Newsprint, markers, and tape Optional: Refreshments Preparation for Activity Using the Workshop-at-a-Glance as a guide, create and post the agenda on...

Let me start by saying that I am not a "protest" kind of person. My experience with numerous protests is that a lot of people assemble, shout angry slogans, maybe sing a few songs, and then go home, leaving piles of garbage in their wake....

acceptance assertiveness attention autonomy awareness balance caring caution charity citizenship cleanliness commitment compassion confidence conscientiousness consideration contentment cooperativeness courage creativity curiosity dependability determination diligence discernment empathy...

Originally published in Stirring the Nation's Heart: Eighteen Stories of Prophetic Unitarians and Universalists of the Nineteenth Century (Boston: Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, 2010). In the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the year 1858, a young woman entered a...

Mahatma Gandhi is among the many great leaders who placed virtuous living at the center of their lives. Gandhi was a spiritual leader and nationalist in the struggle for Indian independence from Britain. While widely considered a deeply spiritual, self-sacrificing, visionary leader, Gandhi was...

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Copies of Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook, for all participants Optional: Copies of Singing the Journey, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook supplement, for all participants Optional: Recordings of peacemaking or...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Write on newsprint, and post: Can civil disobedience be undertaken as a mean between extremes, a middle path? If so, how do you recognize the middle path? If not, why not? How is the practice of...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Description of Activity Introduce the activity with these or similar words: What we view as virtuous is frequently driven by context. The virtuous action in one situation may be different from the virtuous action given...

Activity time: 15 minutes Preparation for Activity This activity offers a choice of two scenarios. Consider carefully whether the first scenario can be safely discussed in the group....

Activity time: 2 minutes Materials for Activity Worship table or designated space Chalice, candle, and lighter, or LED/battery-operated candle Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook Preparation for Activity Arrange the worship table or designated space. Description of...

Materials for Activity Sign-in sheet and pen or pencil Pocket folder, pen/pencil, and paper for each participant Name tags, single-use or durable Newsprint, markers, and tape Optional: Refreshments Preparation for Activity Using the Workshop-at-a-Glance as a guide, create and post the agenda on...

Part I John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) was a 19th-century British politician and political philosopher. Born and raised in London, Mill had a brilliant mind: He learned Greek starting at the age of three, and Latin and algebra when he was eight. He went on to serve the University of St. Andrews as...

Confronting Gender Identity Discrimination 2007 Responsive Resolution Whereas the President of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations noted, in his June 21st report to the General Assembly, the work of our West Florida congregations on the issue of employment discrimination again...

Transgender individuals face much discrimination in the United States, in part because their struggles and their journeys are not well understood. In the spring of 2007, a public battle arose in Largo, Florida, around the struggle of one transgender person. Susan Stanton, then known as Steve, had...

Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Journals or notebooks, one for each participant Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Write on newsprint, and post: When have you had to make a choice between unappealing or downright undesirable options (i.e., what we sometimes cal...

Activity time: 10 minutes Description of Activity Share this scenario: You are on a television game show. You are offered a choice of two doors to open. You are told that if you open door Number 1, you will receive a million dollars....

Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Transgender 101 resources (UUA website) Preparation for Activity Find the Transgender 101 page of resources on the Unitarian Universalist Association website. Print the page and copy for all participants. (Also, send participants the electronic...

Activity time: 2 minutes Materials for Activity Worship table or designated space Chalice, candle, and lighter, or LED/battery-operated candle Preparation for Activity Arrange the worship table or designated space. Practice reading the excerpt (below) from "The Basis of Morals," so you feel...

Materials for Activity Sign-in sheet and pen or pencil Pocket folder, pen/pencil, and paper for each participant Name tags, single-use or durable Newsprint, markers, and tape Optional: Refreshments Preparation for Activity Using the Workshop-at-a-Glance as a guide, create and post the agenda on...