Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Copy(ies) of Singing the Journey, the supplement to Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook Optional: Recording of "We Are . ....

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Bag or box containing participants' Big Questions notebooks (see Session 1, Alternate Activity 1, Notable Thoughts) Blank notebooks for new participants Pencils or pens Masking tape Preparation for Activity Retrieve participants' Big Questions...

Activity time: 13 minutes Materials for Activity Microphone(s), video camera(s) and tripod(s), real or simulated For studio set Backdrop made in Session 1 Painter's tape or masking tape Leader Resource 1, WCUU Script Paper for On-Air People's name cards, markers and string or tape Timepiece...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers and tape Preparation for Activity Review your own understanding of the terms faith, religion and spirituality. Review this activity. Be ready, if time is short, to bring the group quickly to the explanations of the three terms...

Activity time: 7 minutes Materials for Activity A poster of the Unitarian Universalist Principles and a poster of the Unitarian Universalist Sources Optional: A copy of the UU Principles in children's language Preparation for Activity See if your congregation has posters of the Unitarian...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity A roll or two large sheets of blank mural paper, and masking tape Oil pastels and (optional) additional drawing, coloring and arts and crafts materials Handout 2, Q&A Congregations Preparation for Activity Print out a few copies of Handout 2....

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers and tape Timepiece that shows seconds Bell, tingsha chimes or other sound instrument Preparation for Activity Post sheets of blank newsprint where youth can easily gather and write on them-approximately one sheet for every several...

Doubt by Terry Tempest Williams (Pantheon Books, 2000) is a personal reflection centered on "The Garden of Delights," a triptych by the medieval Flemish artist Hieronymus Bosch....

Meet with your co-leaders after the session to reflect on it. How was your mix of discussion and action? Have you successfully found ways to involve all youth fully in your sessions despite any limitations they might have? Do you feel the youth understand the general approach of Unitarian...

Make a meditative moment for yourself. Relax. Take several deep breaths. Reflect on today's Big Question: "What are we?" How many ways might you answer that question? Consider how sixth graders might approach the question....

Should I go out for the soccer team this year? Why does the universe exist? Why does water boil when you heat it? What happens when you die? Why doesn't so-and-so like me? Why do I look the way I do? Should I believe in God? What's the best way to cut sandwiches? Side to side or corner to corner?

1. I believe one of the biggest questions people should ask is how to achieve economic justice in the world. 2. I think there is economic justice in the world right now. 3. I believe it's everybody for themselves. Everybody should work to get as much money as they possibly can and keep it for...

To the Anchor: Today's WCUU program is a news report about Unitarian Universalist ideas on where we come from. Your job is to read your lines and keep the show moving as this script describes. [Director: Cue the station break.] [Director: Cue the Anchor.] Anchor: This is WCUU, Wisdom of the...

Create a poster of the Unitarian Universalist Principles and another poster of the Unitarian Universalist Sources. There are seven Principles which Unitarian Universalist congregations affirm and promote: The inherent worth and dignity of every person Justice, equity and compassion in human...

Here is how to do your Turtle Shell Art project: 1. Get two paper plates and drawing supplies like markers. 2....

To the Kid for the Day: You have two jobs. The first is getting your group excited about hearing today's Big Question. The second is announcing the question. 1. Say to the group, "Give me a drum roll!" Then wait for a minute while the drum roll builds....

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, and markers and tape Leader Resource 4, Corner Questions Preparation for Activity Make four large signs: RELIGION / SELF / SCIENCE / FRIENDS & FAMILY. Post the signs in the room's corners, high enough to be seen throughout the room....

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers and tape Optional: Collections of riddles and other jokes involving questions, as well as UU jokes Preparation for Activity Gather examples of riddles, games and other amusements that involve questions. You might do an Internet...

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Paper plates-two for each participant Narrow-tipped, washable markers in a variety of colors Stapler or tape Newspaper to protect work surfaces Handout 2, Turtle Shell Art Preparation for Activity Copy Handout 2 for all participants....

Activity time: 5 minutes Description of Activity Challenge questions guide a deeper inquiry for especially thoughtful individuals and groups. Remind the group of the last line spoken by the woman in the story: It's turtles all the way down....