Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Additional chairs for guest speakers Optional: Cordless microphone Preparation for Activity Recruit two or three speakers to serve on a panel on spirituality and justice work. Speakers may be Unitarian Universalist or of another faith; they may be...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Copy of the story, "Songwriting as a Prayer" Optional: Cordless microphone Preparation for Activity Review the story and practice reading it aloud to ensure that you will present it effectively. Optional: Copy the story for all participants.

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Altar or centering table Cloth for covering altar or centering table Chalice and candle or LED battery-operated candle Chalice extinguisher Taking It Home section of this workshop A copy of the closing words you want to use Preparation for Activity...

Description of Activity Find out if there is another faith community in your area that is involved in justice work in some way. Offer to work alongside them, invite them to participate in a project you are planning, or suggest that you work together on a new project....

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Altar or centering table Cloth for covering altar or centering table Chalice, candle and lighter or LED battery-operated candle Handout 1, Giving Life the Shape of Justice Copies of the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook Singing the Living Tradition...

Materials for Activity Nametags and bold markers Sign-in sheet and pen or pencil Optional: Newsprint, markers, and tape Optional: Computer, digital projector, and digital slide that displays a list of this workshop's activities Preparation for Activity Create a sign-in sheet to gather participant...

Before leading Alternate Activity 1, write the text below on two pieces of newsprint, and post....

Before leading Activity 3, write descriptions of these five modes, or purposes, of spiritual expression on newsprint. Post the newsprint for participants to use as a reference during the activity....

UNISON CHALICE LIGHTING We light this chalice in affirmation of each person and each day of life. We gather to support each other in responding to the gift of life and daily living with love for ourselves and for others. We gather to explore our own experiences and learn from the experiences of...

This story is an excerpt from the essay "Balance" by Unitarian Universalist minister Susan Manker-Seale, included in the book Everyday Spiritual Practice: Simple Pathways for Enriching Your Life, edited by Scott W. Alexander (Skinner House Books, 1999). My daily spiritual practice is to balance....

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 2, UU Book of Hours Newsprint, markers, and tape Writing paper and pens or pencils Bell Clock, watch, or timer that shows seconds Preparation for Activity Using Leader Resource 2, create and post one or two newsprint sheets with the...

Activity time: 35 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 1, Finding the Spiritual in the Everyday Newsprint, markers, and tape Bell Clock, watch, or timer that shows seconds Preparation for Activity Decide how to form triads. You may have participants number off, or allow participants to...

Activity time: 35 minutes Materials for Activity Paper for drawing or writing Drawing and writing implements, such as pencils, color pencils, markers, crayons Bell Clock, watch, or timer that shows seconds An assortment of everyday objects, at least twice as many as you have participants in your...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Copy of the story "Balance" Optional: Cordless microphone Preparation for Activity Review the story. Practice reading the excerpt from "Balance" aloud to ensure that you will present it effectively. Optional: Copy the story for all participants.

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Altar or centering table Cloth for covering altar or centering table Chalice and candle or LED battery-operated candle Chalice extinguisher Taking It Home section of this workshop Preparation for Activity Review Taking It Home and decide which...

Description of Activity To help the spirit "move in your hand," try finding a way you can work with your hands that would also involve your creativity and your spirit: Here are some examples: Working in or starting a community garden Sewing or knitting items for those who are ill or bereaved Cook...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Altar or centering table Cloth for covering altar or centering table Chalice and candle and lighter or LED battery-operated candle Handout 1, Move in the Hand Copies of the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook Singing the Living Tradition Optional: A...

Materials for Activity Nametags and bold markers Sign-in sheet and pen or pencil Optional: Newsprint, markers, and tape Optional: Computer, digital projector, and digital slide that displays a list of this workshop's activities Preparation for Activity Create a sign-in sheet to gather participant...

Cut into strips. I. Altar in Praise of Creation Create an altar or centering space to express the beauty and power of the earth and a ritualized opening to our Praise of Creation. Let your words, song, movement, candle light or whatever you imagine invite all of us to see and take in the altar or...

UNISON CHALICE LIGHTING We light this chalice in affirmation and respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part. We gather to support one another in celebrating the sacred circle of life and in living in harmony with the rhythms of nature We gather to explore our own...