Activity time: 12 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story "Muddy Children: Hosea Ballou" A chime, rain stick or other calming sound instrument Optional: Fidget object basket (See Leader Resource 2.) Preparation for Activity Read the story a few times. Try using different voices for the...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity A large basket Objects related to the story "Muddy Children: Hosea Ballou," such as a picture of Hosea Ballou; a copy of the book, Treatise on Atonement, by Hosea Ballou; a toy heart or a picture of a heart; or a picture of children who have gotten...

Activity time: 5 minutes Preparation for Activity Make sure that the group has room to form a standing or sitting circle where each person can move around a bit without risk of hitting someone. Familiarize yourself with the activity so you can lead the exercise without reading from the sheet.

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity A poster board or large sheet of newsprint with the behavior covenant rules the group generated in Session 1, Activity 1 (Note: Leave room for everyone's signatures at the bottom.) A variety of color markers Optional: Basket to hold markers Tape...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Faithful Journeys Path (Session 1, Leader Resource 2) Cutouts of footprints and (optional) wheelchair tracks, at least one for each participant, in a variety of colors (Session 1, Leader Resources 3 and 4) Markers Push pins, glue stick or tape...

Hosea Ballou Books about Universalist history which include information on Hosea Ballou include American Universalism: Fourth Edition, by George Huntston Williams (Boston: Skinner House Books, 2002); Universalism in America: A Documentary of History of a Liberal Faith, edited by Ernest Cassara...

Take a few minutes to evaluate the session with your co-leader immediately afterward, while it is fresh. Share your thoughts with any other team co-leaders and your director of religious education. You might find it helpful to consider these questions: Which activities worked well?...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Faithful Journeys Path Signpost for Session 2 (Leader Resource 1) and pins, glue stick or tape Copies of Session 1, Leader Resource 8, UU Principles Song, for all participants Optional: Newsprint, markers and tape Preparation for Activity Print out...

Materials for Activity Optional: Camera, or video recorder and videotape Preparation for Activity Arrange a date with coffee-hour coordinators for the children to interview congregants and visitors. You may wish to set up a table with chairs where the interviews can take place....

Activity time: 2 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice candle or LED/battery-operated candle Lighter and extinguisher, if needed Newsprint, markers and tape Posters of the Unitarian Universalist Principles in both adult and children's language, or copies of Session 1, Handout 1 for all participa...

The law of heaven is love. — Hosea Ballou In this session, a story about Hosea Ballou (1771-1852), one of the most influential preachers of Universalism, introduces participants to the first Unitarian Universalist Principle, the inherent worth and dignity of every person. The story, "Muddy...

Sing to the tune of "Old MacDonald Had a Farm." Seven UU Principles, Come and sing with me! One! Everyone is special, That's what we believe! With a high five here and a high five there, Here a high five, there a high five, everywhere a high five ... Everyone is special! That's what we believe! Two!

Cut out the game cards. Keep the adult language Principles separate from the children's version. Printing This Handout Download a high-resolution copy of this Handout (PDF) for printing.

Printing This Handout Download a high-resolution copy of this Handout (PDF) for printing.

Promote inclusion by providing pictures of wheelchairs, using different colors of paper, as an alternative to Faithful Footprints to post on the Faithful Journeys Path. Printing This Handout Download a high-resolution copy of this Handout (PDF) for printing.

Using different colors of paper, cut out Faithful Footprints to post on the Faithful Journeys Path. To promote inclusion, also provide wheelchairs (Leader Resource 4) as an alternative. Printing This Handout Download a high-resolution copy of this Handout (PDF) for printing.

The Faithful Journeys Path is meant to be a large visual of a winding path that represents the journey we make as we translate our faith into action. In each session, you will add a signpost to the path, e.g., a green light (Session 1), Be Fair (Session 4), Build World Community (Session 13)....

Hymn 1018 in Singing the Journey, supplement to Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook.Come and go with me to that land, Come and go with me to that land, Come and go with me to that land where I'm bound....

Adapted from "A Week at SOS Children's Village, Tlokweng, Botswana," by Annie Arnzen, on the "A Precious Cause" website. Used with permission. Annie first went to Botswana in 2006, when she was in eighth grade. She and her family attend the North Parish, Unitarian Universalist, in North Andover,...