Materials for Activity "Bicycle Rack" newsprint sheet from Opening Description of Activity Youth discuss ethical challenges they have faced. If someone shared an experience in check-in or during any workshop activities that the group would like to explore further, do so now. This could be...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Participants’ journals, and writing instruments Participants’ clipboards with anklets (Workshop 1, Activity 3, Practice) Beads, and waterproof markers and/or other decorations Extra clipboards and string/hemp, and...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 1, Generosity Dilemmas Preparation for Activity Print the Leader Resource for yourself and volunteer readers. Description of Activity Youth discuss scenarios involving ethical dilemmas. Seek a volunteer to read one of the two...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice and centering table Candles for all participants (including leaders), and a lighter, or LED/battery-operated tea lights for all participants Story, "The Gift of a Gemstone" Handout 1, Litany of Generosity Preparation for Activity Plan how y...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Draw the outline of a person on newsprint, and post. Description of Activity Youth consider diverse ways to be generous. Say in these words, or your own: Often, when we talk about generosity, we...

Activity time: 10 minutes Description of Activity Participants identify positive and negative aspects of the virtue of generosity. Invite youth to sit for a moment and think about generosity as a virtue....

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Story, “The Other Half” Preparation for Activity Read the story and prepare to present it. Optional: Copy the story for all participants. Description of Activity Youth hear and discuss a true story about a family’s generosity. Introduce the...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED battery-operated candle Taking It Home Preparation for Activity Adapt the Taking It Home section and copy for all participants. Optional: Print the closing quotation (below) for a volunteer to read. Description of...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED battery-operated candle Group covenant (Workshop 1) Optional: Bicycle Rack newsprint sheet (Workshop 1) Optional: Alternate Activity 1, Real Life Challenges Preparation for Activity R...

Dilemma 1 Your table in geography class is assigned to work together as a team to create a PowerPoint presentation on Cuba. Everyone at the table takes responsibility for the information in four slides. Everyone together decides on slide design and progression....

What is the value of a gift given? Is it just the dollar amount on the price tag or are some gifts worth much more? Let me tell you about a gift that was not worth much monetarily, but which made a wealthy woman richer than she could have imagined....

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Handout 1, Gratitude for What We May Take for Granted Optional: A computer with Internet access and a digital projector or a large monitor Optional: Participants' journals, or writing paper; pens/pencils Optional: Sooth...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 2, Humility Dilemmas Preparation for Activity Print the Leader Resource for yourself and volunteer readers. Description of Activity Youth discuss scenarios involving ethical dilemmas. Seek a volunteer to read each of the two scenarios.

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 1, Humility Quotes and a basket Preparation for Activity Print the Leader Resource. Cut apart the quotations and put them in the basket. Decide how you will form teams....

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Story, "The Value of a Gift" Preparation for Activity Read the story so you can present it effectively. Optional: Copy the story for all participants. Description of Activity Youth respond to a true story about humility. Tell or read the story.

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED battery-operated candle Taking It Home Preparation for Activity Adapt the Taking It Home section and copy for all participants....

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED battery-operated candle Group covenant (Workshop 1) Optional: Bicycle Rack newsprint sheet (Workshop 1) Optional: Alternate Activity 1, Real Life Challenges Preparation for Activity R...

Dilemma 1 If a person approaches you on the street and asks for money for food, do you give them what money you can spare? Some people are afraid that the person might be addicted and will spend the money on alcohol or other drugs. Therefore, your money is feeding their addictions....

The principle of compassion lies at the heart of all religious, ethical and spiritual traditions, calling us always to treat all others as we wish to be treated ourselves. Compassion impels us to work tirelessly to alleviate the suffering of our fellow creatures, to dethrone ourselves from the...

From Christian scripture, Luke 15:11-32 (New Revised Standard Version). Then Jesus said, "There was a man who had two sons. The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of the property that will belong to me.' So he divided his property between them. A few days later the...