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  • Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 2, Straw Loom Bookmark Instructions Variegated (multicolored) yarn Drinking straws, six for each participant (preferably milkshake straws, which are both longer and wider than a standard straw) Sewing needles, one for each participa...
    Activity | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Love Connects Us
    Tagged as: Gratitude
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  • Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Copies of your congregation's member directory Leader Resource 1, Volunteer Treasure Hunt Newsprint, markers, and tape Optional: List(s) of congregational committees and their members Optional: Paper and pens/pencils Preparation for Activity Review...
    Activity | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Love Connects Us
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  • Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story, "The Ant and the Grasshopper" Preparation for Activity Read the story and prepare to share it with the group. Review the discussion questions and choose those that will best help the children share their interpretations of the...
    Activity | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Love Connects Us
    Tagged as: Caring, Generosity
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  • Read the original Aesop's fable of the http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/Aesop/Aesops_Fables/The_Ant_and_the_Gras… and the Grasshopper. Learn more about soda straw loom weaving.
    October 27, 2011 | For Grades 4-5 | From Love Connects Us
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  • Reflect on and discuss with your co-leader(s): How did the timing go today? What might we do to make it work better? What worked well? What didn't? What connections did we make with the children? What connections did the children make with each other? How was this evident? How could we improve a...
    October 27, 2011 | For Grades 4-5 | From Love Connects Us
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  • Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Taking It Home Optional: Bookmarks made in Activity 3 Preparation for Activity Download and adapt Taking It Home and copy as a handout for all participants (or, email to parents). Optional: Invite a few participants to make a bookmark to hand on the...
    Activity | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Love Connects Us
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  • Preparation for Activity Talk with congregational leaders who are responsible for the area(s) in which you wish participants to volunteer. Find out what the children can do, and when they might do it. Arrange the service opportunity, including additional adult supervision, as needed....
    Activity | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Love Connects Us
    Tagged as: Service
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  • Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice, candle, and matches or LED/battery-operated candle Newsprint, markers, and tape Heart ornaments cut from card stock (see Welcoming and Entering) Pens, pencils, or markers Preparation for Activity Set up chalice....
    Activity | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Love Connects Us
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  • Materials for Activity Card stock in various colors Scissors, including left-handed scissors Hole punch String or yarn Pencils or markers Preparation for Activity Create a sample heart-shaped ornament to attach to the Rainbow Wall Hanging: Cut a heart shape out of card stock, punch a hole in the...
    Activity | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Love Connects Us
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  • Find a place where you can be quiet with your thoughts. Close your eyes and breathe deeply for about five minutes, perhaps repeating a word or phrase to separate yourself from the activities of the day. When you feel settled and relaxed, consider: In what ways do you act in service to your...
    October 27, 2011 | For Grades 4-5 | From Love Connects Us
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  • Activity Minutes Welcoming and Entering 0 Opening 10 Activity 1: Story — The Ant and the Grasshopper 10 Activity 2: Virtual Treasure Hunt for Congregational Volunteers 10 Activity 3: Make Straw Loom Bookmarks 25 Faith in Action: Volunteer in Service to the Congregation Closing 5 Alternate Activit...
    October 27, 2011 | For Grades 4-5 | From Love Connects Us
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  • The central task of the religious community is to unveil the bonds that bind each to all. — Mark Morrison-Reed Unitarian Universalist congregations are called to be of service to the world. At the same time, the vitality of each congregation depends on individual members' service to their own...
    October 27, 2011 | For Grades 4-5 | From Love Connects Us
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  • Utility | October 27, 2011 | For Grades 4-5 | From Love Connects Us
    Tagged as: Community, Connections, Service
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  • On a cold January day in 1778, more than 200 years ago, while the United States was still fighting its War for Independence against Great Britain, a baby boy was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His parents named him Joseph. "What will he be when he grows up?" wondered Joseph's father. "A lawyer? A...
    Story | By Janeen K Grohsmeyer | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Love Connects Us
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  • Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Large paper grocery bags Color markers Optional: Plain paper and staplers if bags have printing on them Preparation for Activity Work with your minister, religious educator, or lay leaders to identify a food bank for your donations, and to determin...
    Activity | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Love Connects Us
    Tagged as: Food Justice
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  • Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Optional: Paper and pens/pencils Description of Activity A radical aspect of Joseph Tuckerman's service to the poor of Boston was his commitment to listening to and learning from the people he sought to help....
    Activity | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Love Connects Us
    Tagged as: Listening
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  • Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 1, Sailor Knot Instructions Slender rope or cord, and a knife or scissors Preparation for Activity Review Leader Resource 1 so you will be able to teach the group how to tie a basic sailor knot....
    Activity | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Love Connects Us
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  • Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story, "Joseph Tuckerman's Revolution" Preparation for Activity Read the story several times so you are comfortable telling it to the group. Review the discussion questions and choose those that will best help the children share their...
    Activity | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Love Connects Us
    Tagged as: History
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  • Contemporary Urban Ministry Visit the website of the UU Urban Ministry, the successor to the Benevolent Fraternity of Unitarian Churches which Joseph Tuckerman founded. Joseph Tuckerman Learn more about the life of Joseph Tuckerman on the Unitarian Universalist Historical Society's Dictionary of...
    October 27, 2011 | For Grades 4-5 | From Love Connects Us
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  • Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Taking It Home Preparation for Activity Download and adapt Taking It Home and copy as a handout for all participants (or, email to parents). Description of Activity Explain that the session is almost over and that we will now work together as a...
    Activity | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Love Connects Us
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