Description of Activity Plan a Faith in Action activity to help participants extend the core learning of this session into action in the congregation and wider world. Consider any action that allows participants either to develop and express their convictions, or to support others in courageously...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice candle or LED/battery-operated candle Lighter and extinguisher, if needed Newsprint, markers, and tape Tool of the Day - saddlebags, bicycle panniers, or a rucksack A photo or illustration of saddlebags Toolbox of Our Faith poster and a glu...

Materials for Activity Photographs or other images of people demonstrating courage and conviction Preparation for Activity Collect images of people demonstrating courage and conviction (see "Find Out More" for suggestions)....

After you have read the story, "Eliza Tupper Wilkes: Riding for Faith, Hope, and Love," think about the convictions you hold in your own life and moments of courage that you have experienced, or avoided....

ACTIVITY MINUTES Welcoming and Entering Opening 10 Activity 1: Story — Eliza Tupper Wilkes: Riding for Faith, Hope, and Love 10 Activity 2: Moments of Courage — Acting It Out 15 Activity 3: Making Courage Stones 15 Activity 4: Council Circle 10 Faith in Action: Ideas...

This story is based on the first of two versions of the creation story found in Hebrew scripture in the Book of Genesis, Chapters 1 and 2. It comes from Stories in Faith: Exploring Our Unitarian Universalist Principles and Sources Through Wisdom Tales by Gail Forsyth-Vail (Boston: Unitarian...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook, Singing the Living Tradition Optional: Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Review Hymn 123 in Singing the Living Tradition. If you are not comfortable teaching and leading the hymn,...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity An attractive, clear vase or pitcher Clear plastic drinking cups for all participants A large, glass bowl for mingling water Plain white paper and markers for all participants Preparation for Activity Fill a clear vase or pitcher with water.

Activity time: 8 minutes Materials for Activity Shallow basins of water, one for every two or three participants Water play items, such as funnels, whisks, rubber ducks, sieves, spoons, eye droppers, and straws - a few for each basin Optional: Bubble solution (or hand-wash dishwashing liquid) and...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story, "Creation," a retelling of a story in Genesis, in the Hebrew scriptures Preparation for Activity Read the story and decide whom you will ask to read the roles of "Appreciating Voice" and "Bible Voice." Description of Activity...

The website, The Great Story, blends evolutionary and creationist views of cosmology, presenting many resources about "the sacred narrative of an evolving Universe." The hymn, "Spirit of Life," and its author Carolyn McDade, were featured in the Fall 2007 issue of UU World.

Description of Activity "Spirit of Life" Arrange with your minister or lay worship leaders for the congregation to sing the song, "Spirit of Life," when the children can join in. Engage the group in illustrating a poster with the words and pictures representing the images in the song. Candlelight...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice candle or LED/battery-operated candle Lighter and extinguisher, if needed Newsprint, markers, and tape Light-colored construction paper, several sheets for each participant Shallow basins of water, one for every two or three participants Str...

Materials for Activity Shallow basins of water, one for every two or three participants Straws for all participants Newspaper to cover worktable(s) Preparation for Activity Gather large, shallow containers such as pie tins. Purchase straws. Cover worktable(s) with newspaper....

ACTIVITY MINUTES Welcoming and Entering Opening 5 Activity 1: Story — Creation 10 Activity 2: Water Play 8 Activity 3: Water Communion 10 Activity 4: Singing "Spirit of Life" 10 Activity 5: Council Circle 12 Faith in Action: Ideas...

Spirit of Life, come unto me. — Carolyn McDade The spirit is really the bouquet of life. It is not something breathed into life, it comes out of life. — Joseph Campbell in a conversation with Bill Moyers The water and the water bottle symbolize the Spirit of Life. In this session, participants...

The song, “If I Had a Hammer,” was written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays in the 1950s while they were members of the band, The Weavers, and popularized in the next decade when Peter, Paul, and Mary recorded and performed it. Permission pending from The Richmond Organization. If I had a hammer, I'd...

For a more interactive storytelling, assign a few participants to give voice to the words of Theodore Parker and Millard Fillmore, both of whose writings are quoted in the story....