Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Two dice (extra large, if possible) of different colors Ethics Play role nametags Ethics Play Scenarios (Session 1, Leader Resources 2-7) Optional: Masks, costumes, and wigs for roles Preparation for Activity If you are or your group is new to Ethi...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers and tape Optional: Index cards and pencils Description of Activity Ask participants to create their own lists of the seven worst (deadly) sins and the seven best (heavenly) virtues. The group can brainstorm its answers while a...

Activity time: 10 minutes Description of Activity This activity combines discussion with some simple movement as it leads participants to think about the meaning and purposes of religion and faith. It ends with an optional summary of faith definitions. Remind the group, as appropriate, that you...

Activity time: 7 minutes Description of Activity This activity solicits youth's ideas about which evils the world could do without. Ask the group to conceive the story of Pandora's Box written backwards. How would it go?...

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 1, Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Heavenly Virtues Handout 1, Sins and Virtues Meanings for each team Index cards A pencil for each team Preparation for Activity Find a good, safe place for a lively relay race, if that is the approach ...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Small slips of paper Fine-tipped markers or pencils The gift-wrapped box in your Conundrum Corner Description of Activity The group will create its own Pandora's box of daily evils. Begin with words like these: Sin or wrongdoing affects our lives...

Andrews, Rev. Dr. Barry M. "Educating for Faith" in Essex Conversations: Visions for Lifespan Religious Education (Boston: Skinner House Books, 2001). Examines the idea of faith as a product of spirituality and religion. Amery, Heather. Greek Myths for Young Children (Tulsa: EDC Pub., 2000)....

Meet with your co-leaders after the session to reflect on the session. How was your mix of discussion and action? In the midst of all the business, did you successfully include spiritual elements? How much philosophy and depth are your participants able to handle or interested in discussing?...

Activity time: 3 minutes Materials for Activity Copies of Taking It Home Preparation for Activity Create a handout from Taking It Home that is specific to the activities used in this session. Description of Activity Briefly summarize what you have done in this session. Hand out any Taking It Home...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers and tape Any information you have found in response to youth ideas offered during the first session Small pieces of scrap paper Pencils Small pieces of string Preparation for Activity Collect and bring in any information that may...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Conundrum Corner poster/banner A gift-wrapped box with a top that can be lifted off and a tag that says "DO NOT OPEN" Chalice and matches Recording of "Amazing Grace" and music player Optional: Newsprint, markers and tape Optional: Nametags and mark...

In the days before you present this session, revisit your own understanding of religion, faith, and spirituality. Explore your own thoughts about how the concepts of virtue and sin relate to and inform religion and faith. How has your faith informed your understanding of right and wrong? In the...

ACTIVITY MINUTES Opening 5 Activity 1: Sixth-Grade Sins 5 Activity 2: Story and Discussion – Pandora's Box 10 Activity 3: Sins and Virtues Relay Race 20 Activity 4: Backwards Pandora 7 Activity 5: Word-ly Ups and Downs 10 Faith in Action: UUs and Action 15 Closing 3 Alternate Activity 1: Your Own...

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day.

STAR DEVIL CONSCIENCE GOD PARENT FRIEND JUROR JUROR JUROR JUROR JUROR JUROR...

Excerpted from Christian scriptures, Genesis 2 and 3 of the New Revised Standard Version. Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being....

Activity time: 10 minutes Description of Activity A conversation about free will for groups that enjoy discussion Begin this activity by asking whether participants would like to play God. That is, would they like a chance to control other people? Does being God just mean you can control what...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Strong rope long enough for a tug of war; maybe 20 feet Preparation for Activity Find an area, outdoors if possible, where your group can engage in a high-energy activity....

Activity time: 10 minutes Description of Activity Participants share personal stories of temptations. If your group seems willing to share, ask participants to tell stories about temptations they overcame. What did they really want to do that they knew was wrong? How did they overcome the...