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  • Activity time: 10 minutes Description of Activity Say in these words, or your own: A spiritual practice is an activity you do regularly to deepen your spirituality, or connect yourself to something greater than just you. Prayer or meditation are common spiritual practices among Unitarian...
    Activity | July 9, 2013 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Signs of Our Faith
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  • An adaptation of a traditional story, retold by Doug Lipman, used with permission. Some students of the Rabbi Baal Shem Tov came to him one day with a question. "Every year we travel here to learn from you. Nothing could make us stop doing that. But we have learned of a man in our own town who...
    Story | July 9, 2013 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Signs of Our Faith
    Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Direct Experience, Simplicity
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  • From The Power of Now (Novato: New World Library, 2004). A beggar had been sitting by the side of a road for over thirty years. One day a stranger walked by. "Spare some change?" mumbled the beggar, mechanically holding out his old baseball cap. "I have nothing to give you," said the stranger....
    Story | By Eckhart Tolle | July 9, 2013 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Signs of Our Faith
    Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Direct Experience, Integrity, Judaism, Spiritual Practice, Wisdom
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  • Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity A recording of the song, "Question Me an Answer," and a music player Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Listen to the song "Question Me an Answer." You can hear it on...
    Activity | July 9, 2013 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Signs of Our Faith
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  • Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape A display board and materials to decorate it, such as markers, construction paper, scissors, and tape) Preparation for Activity Decide the best way to create the question board. You can use a bulletin board, a dry erase board, or poster board...
    Activity | July 9, 2013 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Signs of Our Faith
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  • Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Puzzle pieces from Session 3, Activity 3 Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Obtain the puzzle pieces used in Session 3, Activity 3-the pieces on which children wrote their big questions, and the extra blank pieces....
    Activity | July 9, 2013 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Signs of Our Faith
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  • Preparation for Activity Choose a date for the collection, and publicize it via congregational newsletter, website, and pulpit announcements. Description of Activity Participants collect the favorite prayers and meditations of members of the congregation and share them with the ministry team. On...
    Activity | July 9, 2013 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Signs of Our Faith
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  • What went well in this session? What would you do differently next time? What did the children understand about the use of prayer or meditation as a UU ritual? Read the next session and assign advance preparation, as needed.
    July 9, 2013 | For Grades 2-3 | From Signs of Our Faith
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  • Activity time: 2 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice, candle and lighter or LED battery-operated candle Centering table A chime or bell Newsprint, markers, and tape Optional: Cloth for centering table Optional: Stoles, including extras for visitors Preparation for Activity Prepare to lead the...
    Activity | July 9, 2013 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Signs of Our Faith
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  • Utility | July 9, 2013 | For Grades 2-3 | From Signs of Our Faith
    Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Community, Direct Experience, Diversity, Identity, Religion, Spiritual Practice, Unitarian Universalism
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  • What does religious exploration mean to you? How does it occur in the context of your involvement with Unitarian Universalism? Discuss this question and your own journey of religious exploration with your co-leader or another partner....
    July 9, 2013 | For Grades 2-3 | From Signs of Our Faith
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  • Activity Minutes Opening 2 Activity 1: Religious Explorers 10 Activity 2: Story — Sitting on the Answer 10 Activity 3: Ritual of Prayer or Meditation 25 Activity 4: First Emblem 10 Faith in Action: Collecting Prayers and Meditations Closing 3 Alternate Activity 1: Leadership in Action — Question...
    July 9, 2013 | For Grades 2-3 | From Signs of Our Faith
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  • 1. We believe that each and every person is important. 2. We believe that all people should be treated fairly and kindly. 3. We believe that we should accept one another and keep on learning together. 4. We believe that each person must be free to search for what is true and right in life. 5. We...
    Handout | July 9, 2013 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Signs of Our Faith
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  • The existence of a snowflake is a journey — like your life, which is a journey, too. It starts in a cloud. Clouds carry drops of water vapor. Clouds also contain tiny particles of dust. Drops of the water vapor cling to the dust particles. When conditions are cold enough, the water freezes into...
    Story | July 9, 2013 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Signs of Our Faith
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Aging, Community, Death, Diversity
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  • Materials for Activity Paper or card stock for invitations, and writing implements, and/or access to Internet and congregational email addresses Description of Activity Children host a community opportunity....
    Activity | July 9, 2013 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Signs of Our Faith
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  • What went well in this session? What are some lessons for next time? Did everyone participate in the covenanting process? Make a plan to revisit the covenant in future sessions to remind children of how they agreed to be together. Does the covenant cover promises you feel you, as leaders, need to...
    July 9, 2013 | For Grades 2-3 | From Signs of Our Faith
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  • Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Drawing paper Crayons and markers in a variety of colors, to share Preparation for Activity Write on newsprint, "I love being UU at this congregation because... " Under this, write "I like coming to this UU congregation...
    Activity | July 9, 2013 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Signs of Our Faith
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  • Activity time: 2 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice, candle and lighter or LED battery-operated candle Centering table A chime or bell Optional: Cloth for centering table Optional: Stoles, including extras for visitors Preparation for Activity Prepare to lead the Opening described below: Set ...
    Activity | July 9, 2013 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Signs of Our Faith
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  • What is religion, you might ask. It's a technology of living. — Toni Cade Bambara, 20th-century African American author and activist This session invites children into a lifelong process of building a Unitarian Universalist faith. Children learn that a covenant for being together is a sign of our...
    July 9, 2013 | For Grades 2-3 | From Signs of Our Faith
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  • Utility | July 9, 2013 | For Grades 2-3 | From Signs of Our Faith
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Community, Covenant, Faith, Identity, Meaning, Relationships, Religion, Unitarian Universalism
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