Activity time: 8 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story "My UU Experience" Preparation for Activity Read the story and prepare to tell it interactively, as suggested. Decide whether you want to do Alternate Activity 6, School Bus Talks, immediately after youth hear and process this...

Activity time: 12 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 2, UU Ideas Pencils/pens Description of Activity and (optional) newsprint with the group's ideas about religion, faith and spirituality from Session 2, Activity 5, Then What's a Religion?...

Meet with co-leaders after the session to reflect on it. How did it go? Talk about how the Riddle and Mystery program has gone in general. If time is short, consider meeting again soon to reflect at more length on your use of Riddle and Mystery....

With everything set to go, carve out a meditative moment for yourself. Relax. Take several deep breaths. Think for a moment about what Unitarian Universalism means to you. Were you raised UU? If not, how did you first find UUism? How do you explain Unitarian Universalism to friends and family...

Activity Minutes Opening 5 Activity 1: UU Understandings 12 Activity 2: Story — My UU Experience 8 Activity 3: WIT Time — Human Chalice 5 Activity 4: WCUU — UU Youth Speak 27 Faith in Action: Unitarian Universalist Service Committee Closing 3 Alternate Activity 1: Notable Thoughts 15 Alternate...

Be ours a religion which, like sunshine, goes everywhere; Its temple, all space; Its shrine, the good heart; Its creed, all truth; Its ritual, works of love; Its profession of faith, divine living. — Theodore Parker Big Question: What does Unitarian Universalism mean to me? Unitarian Universalist...

In your small group, try to answer the following cat questions. Take notes if you like, but you need not write full answers. You will discuss your ideas when the small groups get together. Part 1. Somebody tells you, "There is a cat in a tree." 1. How do you decide whether to believe that statement?

To the Anchor: Today's WCUU program is a UU Kid's dream. Your job is to follow the script, read your part, and otherwise keep things going. When the broadcast begins, you are alone, sitting or standing in front of a microphone. [Director: Cue the station break.] [Director: Cue the theme music....

We all develop our own belief systems as we move through life. Beliefs live inside us, but they develop with lots of help from outside ourselves. Here are two lists. The first names different people you might find helpful as you try to answer life's big questions. The second names different UU...

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....

The date is January 15, 2009. The time is 3:06 p.m. You are on board U. S. Air Flight 1549, still on the ground at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. You are excited. This is the first time you have been on a plane without your family. Today is a Thursday....

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Group covenant (Session 1) or revised covenant (Session 9) A copy of the Unitarian Universalist Principles and Sources (Session 1, Leader Resource 1, or a poster in your meeting space) Preparation for Activity Review the group's covenant....

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Optional: Newsprint, markers and tape Preparation for Activity Optional: Write the challenge question on newsprint, and post. Description of Activity Challenge questions guide a deeper inquiry for especially thoughtful individuals and groups....

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Copy(ies) of the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook Singing the Living Tradition Optional: A recording of the song and a music player Preparation for Activity Decide how best to present the song "Faith Is a Forest," Hymn 194 in Singing the Living...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Participants' Big Questions notebooks (see Session 1, Alternate Activity 1) Blank notebooks for new participants Pencils or pens Masking tape Description of Activity Notable Thoughts is the first Alternate Activity in each session of Riddle and...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 2, Starring Sources Pencils/pens Preparation for Activity Copy Handout 2 for all participants. Be ready to provide specific examples of wisdom Unitarian Universalists draw from specific UU Sources and examples of how your congregation's...

Activity time: 17 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 - The Dream Paper for On-Air People's name cards, markers and string or tape...

Activity time: 17 minutes Materials for Activity Arts and crafts supplies such as pipe cleaners, fine-point color markers, water colors and brushes, oil pastels, construction paper, scissors (including left-handed scissors), and tape and glue sticks Clean-up supplies such as paper towels and spon...

Activity time: 8 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story "Miracle on the Hudson" Newsprint, markers and tape Preparation for Activity Read and print out the story....

Individual Beliefs, Shared Faith Watch the 10-minute video, "Voices of a Liberal Faith," on the UUA website. As diverse members and ministers share their thoughts on worship and community, a picture emerges of how being together as Unitarian Universalists supports each individual in an ongoing...