From The Complete Poems (New York: Penguin Books, 2003). Grey haunted eyes, absent-mindedly glaring From wide, uneven orbits; one brow drooping Somewhat over the eye Because of a missile fragment still inhering, Skin deep, as a foolish record of old-world fighting. Crookedly broken nose — low...

Materials for Activity Journals and pens or pencils Description of Activity Participants review their journals and finish incomplete work. As the date for the Poetry Slam approaches, encourage participants to use whatever time remains at the end of the workshops to review the writing in their...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Journals and pens or pencils Stationery Description of Activity Participants write poems or letters to people in their lives who seem quite different from themselves and with whom they have had difficult relationships....

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint with easel, or dry erase board, and markers Drawing paper and markers, crayons, or colored pencils Preparation for Activity Determine where you can display finished pie charts at the close of this activity, and make sure you have tape, pu...

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity An instant camera and enough film for an individual photograph of each participant Arts and crafts materials for a bulletin board or other gallery-style display Preparation for Activity Identify a space in which to display self-portraits when...

Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint Three markers Journals and pens or pencils Handout 2, "The Same Inside," by Anna Swir Preparation for Activity Photocopy Handout 2 , "The Same Inside," one for each participant....

Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Drawing paper Pencils Mirrors, one for each participant Handout 1, "The Face in the Mirror," by Robert Graves Newsprint or dry erase board and markers Journals and pens or pencils Preparation for Activity Photocopy Handout 1, "The Face in the Mirro...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice Singing the Living Tradition Description of Activity Use the Closing designed by your group or the one provided below....

Materials for Activity Information about the UN World Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Optional: Leader Resource 1, One World Worship Service Optional: Leader Resource 2, Components of a Traditional Worship Service Optional: A computer with Internet access and the ability to access or download...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice and matches Description of Activity Use the Opening designed by your group or the one provided below. Gather around the chalice. As a volunteer lights the chalice, ask the group to focus on the word "me" in silence....

by Patrice Vecchione, from Faith and Doubt (New York: Henry Holt, 2007)Just what can be found with eyes open? $10,000 in coins, anyway. Enough to fill a few five-gallon jugs....

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)This is an excerpt from the poem "Ancient Sage" Thou canst not prove the Nameless, O my son, Nor canst thou prove the world thou movest in, Thou canst not prove that thou art body alone, Nor canst thou prove that thou art spirit alone, Nor canst thou prove that th...

Materials for Activity Journals and pens or pencils Description of Activity Participants review their journals and complete unfinished work....

Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Journals and pens or pencils Description of Activity Prompts that you read to participants spark individual explorations of faith concepts. Make sure each participant has a pen/pencil and paper or a journal. Instruct participants to write an...

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Journals and pens or pencils Newsprint or dry erase board and markers Description of Activity Participants craft poems as a way to examine the relationship between wondering, believing, and knowing. Distribute journals. Divide a sheet of newsprint...

Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, "The Ancient Sage," by Alfred Lord Tennyson; and Handout 2, "Finders Keepers," by Patrice Vecchione Preparation for Activity Make enough copies of Handouts 1 and 2 so that each participant may have a set. Description of Activity...

Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint or a dry erase board and markers Description of Activity Participants explore notions of a spiritual quest and faith by finding parallels in The Wizard of Oz....

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice Singing the Living Tradition Description of Activity Use the Closing designed by your group or the one provided below....

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint and markers Preparation for Activity Optional: Visit Donors Choose and research possible projects to present to the group. Description of Activity Participants decide if they wish to use the Poetry Slam as a fundraiser for a good cause....

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice and matches Description of Activity Use the Opening designed by your group or the one provided below. Gather around the chalice. As a volunteer lights the chalice, ask the group to focus on the word "faith" in silence. After about fifteen...