To the Co-Anchors: Today's WCUU program features the UU entries in a Mystery Day Parade. Your job is to follow the script, read your parts and keep things going. When the broadcast begins, you have a microphone. The parade can be seen in the background. Co-Anchor 1: This is WCUU, Wisdom of the...

1. Where do we come from? Most Unitarian Universalists believe everything in our known universe comes out of the stardust created by a Big Bang. Our history from then to now can best by traced by science. Why there was a Big Bang, and why there is anything at all remains a mystery. 2. What are we?

In addition to these, create your own pairs from the discussions of your group in previous sessions. Where do we come from? From mystery and stardust. What are we? We are what we do. Where are we going? Toward goals we set for ourselves. Does God exist? Not on a throne in heaven. How did life begin?

Imagine that Mystery has suddenly arrived on earth in a spaceship. Mystery is the wisest being in the universe, who knows all the big questions there are—and the answers. Mystery has agreed to answer just one question from just one person. All the people on Earth have put their names into a giant...

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....

Characters Scenelet One: Narrator, Parent, Little Kid Scenelet Two: Narrator, Pediatrician, Parent, Little Kid Scenelet Three: Narrator, Adult, UU Minister Scenelet Four: Narrator, Old Scientist, Old Scientist's Young Friend SCENELET ONE Narrator: A Parent and a Little Kid were at the beach on a...

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 "Gathered Here," Hymn 389 in Singing the Living Tradition...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Container with participants' Big Questions notebooks (see Session 1, Alternate Activity 1, Notable Thoughts) Blank notebooks for new participants Pencils or pens Masking tape Description of Activity Remind participants that this is a time for them t...

Activity time: 7 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 2, Four Questions Pencils/pens Preparation for Activity Copy Handout 2 for all participants. Read Alternative Activity 3, Challenge Question. Consider moving directly from this activity to the challenge question, if time will allow....

Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Microphone(s), video camera(s) and tripod(s), real or simulated Timepiece (minutes) For studio set Backdrop made in Session 1 Masking tape Leader Resource 3, WCUU Script - The Parade Leader Resource 4, UU Mystery Messages Paper for On-Air People's...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity The story "Why? A Playlet in Four Scenelets" Optional: Materials for characters' name cards Optional: Props for characters Preparation for Activity Read and print out the story, "Why?...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 1, Big Questions and Small Answers Leader Resource 2, UU Responses to Big Questions Optional: Single-hole punch and string or ribbon Preparation for Activity Adapt Leader Resource 1 to include only the Big Questions (and short answe...

Meet with your co-leaders after the session to reflect on it. How was the mix of discussion and action? Are you continuing to find ways to involve all youth fully in the sessions despite any limitations they might have? Does the group have new behavioral issues you need to address? Were youth...

With everything set to go, take a meditative moment for yourself. Relax. Breathe several deep breaths. Consider your own big questions. If you were guaranteed an answer to just one, which would you ask? Would you really want an answer? If you could help youth find a satisfactory answer to one,...

Activity Minutes Opening 5 Activity 1: Questions and Responses 10 Activity 2: Story — Why? A Playlet in Four Scenelets 10 Activity 3: WCUU — Mystery Day Parade 25 Activity 4: WIT Time — Oh, You Mystery 7 Faith in Action: A Big Practical Question Closing 3 Alternate Activity 1: Notable Thoughts...

The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science... It was the experience of mystery, even if mixed with fear, that engendered religion....

First Reporter Here's your story. Tell the WCUU audience about it in your own words. You traveled to visit Washington, DC, in 2008. You visited a big Unitarian Universalist congregation there, called All Souls, Unitarian. You wanted to know where the name came from. You found a large, impressive...

To the Anchor: Today's WCUU program is a report on UU ideas about soul. 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...

1. When you die, your soul lives on and goes to one of three places: Heaven, or Hell or Purgatory. This is the Roman Catholic belief. Purgatory is a nasty place where souls are purified until they are ready for heaven....