Materials for Activity Sign-in sheet and pen or pencil Name tags for participants (durable or single-use) and bold markers Optional: Music and player Optional: Snacks and beverages Preparation for Activity Arrange chairs in a circle and set out name tags and markers on a table....

From Poems 1960-1967, copyright (C) 1961. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp. Don't say, don't say there is no water to solace the dryness at our hearts. I have seen the foundation springing out of the rock wall and you drinking there. And I too before your eyes found...

Consult with your minister, music director, and/or another experienced worship leader in your congregation as you plan this service. Ask your music director to help you select suitable hymns and recruit an accompanist. Use the suggested readings and hymns or substitute your own choices. OPENING...

Originally published in A People So Bold: Theology and Ministry for Unitarian Universalists, edited by John Gibb Millspaugh (Boston: Skinner House, 2010). I first learned about Unitarian Universalism in college from friends planning to get married. They were unenthused about being married by a...

Activity time: 20 minutes Description of Activity Introduce the activity with these or similar words: You have a grasp of some of the issues and challenges inherent in building an antiracist/multicultural community, but these workshops have not yet explored some of the skills and ongoing practice...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Write "What are the challenges for our congregation?" on one sheet of newsprint and "What are the strengths of our congregation?" on another sheet. Post both....

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Food and drink to share Preparation for Activity Find out in advance about food allergies and sensitivities. Purchase or arrange for contributions of refreshments, making sure to provide options suitable for all participants. Set out the refreshments.

Activity time: 45 minutes Materials for Activity Worship table or designated space Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED/battery-operated candle Leader Resource 1, Suggested Order of Service Small rocks, pine cones, shells, or other natural objects Attractive bowl to hold objects Appropriate cloth ...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Lined paper and pens/pencils Taking It Home Handout 1, What Will We Be and For Whom? Leader Resource 2, The Fountain Preparation for Activity Write on newsprint, and post: What ideas were most interesting or challenging to you? What powerful ideas,...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Participants' journals Paper and pens/pencils Participant reflections from Workshop 12, Taking It Home List of this workshop's Goals Covenant established in Workshop 1 Optional: Meditative music and player Preparation f...

Materials for Activity Sign-in sheet and pen or pencil Name tags for participants (durable or single-use) and bold markers Optional: Music and player Optional: Snacks and beverages Preparation for Activity Arrange chairs in a circle and set out name tags and markers on a table....

By Kathy Galloway, in Maker's Blessing (Wild Goose Publications/The Iona Community, 2000), www.ionabooks.com.

Race-based identity groups, or caucuses, provide a chance for people to talk in a structured format with others from their own ethnic/racial group, an opportunity that is rare, even for those who regularly participate in multicultural dialogues. This kind of within-group talk more often than not...

By Alla Bozarth, Julia Barkley, and Terri Hawthorne, from Stars in your Bones: Emerging Signposts on Our Spiritual Journeys (St. Cloud, Minnesota: North Star Press, 1990). Used with permission. I am pregnant with myself. Do you realize what this means?...

Participants in the Biracial/Multiracial Reflection Group will work to explore, affirm, and heal their spirit by first naming the landscape of their experience. They will also consider how to create healthy relationships alongside White people and People of Color and from racially or ethnically...

The experience of racially or ethnically marginalized groups in the United States context is nothing short of tragic: the loss of identity, dignity, property and cultural communities, assignment to second-class citizenship... not to mention the violent crimes against the (brown) body over time....

Select a facilitator from the group to read questions and monitor time. Use the Serial Testimony Protocol (Workshop 2, Leader Resource 2) to talk about as many of these questions as possible. Note that there are more questions below than your group will have time to fully explore. The facilitator...

Activity time: 100 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Handout 1, Reflection Group for People who are White or of European Ancestry Handout 2, Reflection Group for People of Color and from Racially or Ethnically Marginalized Groups Handout 3, Reflection Group for...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Lined paper and pens/pencils Taking It Home A copy of Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook OR Leader Resource 3, God Beyond Borders Preparation for Activity Write on newsprint, and post: What ideas were most interesting...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Worship table or designated space Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED/battery-operated candle Leader Resource 1, Chrysalis Participant evaluations from previous workshop List of this workshop's Goals Covenant established in Workshop 1 Preparation f...