"About Styrofoam Products," tips on using floral foam and other Dow Styrofoam projects at Styrofoam Crafts. Delf, Brian, illustrator. The Bible: The Really Interesting Bits! Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 1999. Very brief and well-illustrated versions of many Bible stories. Forrest,...

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? Do you have youth who have difficulty focusing?...

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....

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers and tape Preparation for Activity Decide with your co-leaders which of three approaches to use for Faith in Action. Description of Activity Youth brainstorm ideas for future Faith in Action activities....

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Poster/banner decorated with question marks and the words "Conundrum Corner" An appealing apple Chalice and matches Recording of "Amazing Grace" and music player Optional: Newsprint, markers and tape Optional: Nametags and markers Optional: Decorat...

Spend a few quiet moments focusing on spirituality as connection with deep self, with others, with universe, with ultimate other, and with mystery. In the days before you present this session, reconnect with your own spiritual understanding of virtue and sin. Where do your ideas come from?...

I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see. — John Newton This session introduces Amazing Grace: Exploring Right and Wrong, giving a sense of its nature, a taste of its activities, and an experience of its richly mixed learning and fun. We explore the session's core question—"What...

All sixteen sessions in Amazing Grace follow the same structure. Between an opening and a closing ritual, participants engage in several core activities. Every session revolves thematically around a central story that participants hear and explore in one of the activities. ...

There are seven Principles which Unitarian Universalist congregations affirm and promote: ...

Certain materials will come in handy for the duration of the program. This includes the Leader Resources for Ethics Play, which are included with Session 1. Other materials you will need are recordings of the theme song, "Amazing Grace," and background music....

Every congregation has its own approach to structuring religious education. You can implement Amazing Grace with any model your congregation uses. ...

Calling Treat others the way you want them to treat you Character Agreement; mutual promise Conscience The deepest part of yourself; the human spirit Covenant The real you; the qualities that make you you Faith Feeling you must do or be something to be true to yourself Golden Rule Spiritual or...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 2, Terms and Definitions Nametags or sticky notes and markers Optional: Pencils Preparation for Activity Decide whether to use the active or less active option. Write each term and each definition from Leader Resource 2, Terms and...

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you. — Baltasar Graci IN TODAY’S SESSION… Today was the last session of Amazing Grace: Exploring Right and Wrong. We did Ethics Play, and we talked about what kind of values virtuous people have. We heard the story of Narcissus and thought...

If I do not have love, I am nothing. — adapted from 1 Corinthians 13:2 IN TODAY’S SESSION… We talked about the power of individual action and kindness. We did Ethics Play and heard a story about a single snowflake that made a big difference. We made art built on the idea of universal love,...

Everyone is a moon and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody. — Mark Twain IN TODAY’S SESSION… We talked about our good sides and our bad sides. A story about a man and his son and their donkey made us think about peer pressure. We did Ethics Play and made an Ethics Obstacle Course,...

Talk about the metaphor of garden of seeds inside of each of us. Does your family agree with the idea that we have both good and bad traits, and that some traits are both good and bad? Do your family members share some character traits? Do you think you share those traits because of the “soil”...

Meet with your co-leaders after the session to reflect on how it went. 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? What can you do next time you meet to reinforce any learning that...

Briefly summarize the group’s exploration of seeds of character. Distribute the Taking It Home handout.