Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, Pagan Beliefs? Pencils and red pens Newsprint with questions about Paganism generated in Opening) Preparation for Activity Copy the handout for all participants. Set red pens and black pens on work tables for youth to share....

Activity time: 2 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED/battery-operated candle Taking It Home handout Optional: Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Download, adapt, and copy Taking It Home for all participants. Optional: Write the closing words on...

Materials for Activity Optional: Copies of Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook or copies of Handout 2, Lyrics - Chant for the Seasons Preparation for Activity Research possible clean-up opportunities to present to the group. Optional: Make this activity...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice, candle, lighter or LED/battery-operated candle Newsprint, markers, and tape Leader Resource 2, Paganism Background Preparation for Activity Read Leader Resource 2, Paganism Background so you will be comfortable presenting it. Post a blank...

Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Leader Resource 1, On the Altar Drawing paper and pencils, pens, and/or color markers Preparation for Activity Make and post a newsprint sign with this question: "What makes a good altar?" Place a few copies of Leader Resource 1, On the Altar, o...

Activity time: 75 minutes Materials for Activity One episode of the MTV program If You Really Knew Me Computer with Internet access, projector, and screen Handout 1, What Makes a Cult? Preparation for Activity Choose an episode of If You Really Knew Me, an MTV series about Challenge Day, a...

Activity time: 15 minutes Description of Activity Participants consider what might make a cult attractive to a prospective member and how they might intervene if a friend became involved with a cult-like group. Engage participants to recall the reasons a cult might be attractive to someone which...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, What Makes a Cult? Optional: Cults/Religions poster the group created in the Welcoming and Entering activity Description of Activity Participants learn and discuss why some people might consider Unitarian Universalism to be a cult. Ask...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED/battery-operated candle Taking It Home handout Optional: Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Download, adapt, and copy Taking It Home for each participant. Optional: Write the closing words on...

Materials for Activity The PBS American Experience documentary Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple, either on DVD or online at http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/jonestown-the-life-and-death-of-peoples-… Documentary Film DVD player and monitor, or a computer with Internet connection,...

Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Leader Resource 1, What Do Cults and Religions Do? Bowl or dish to hold folded slips Glue stick or tape Preparation for Activity Prepare a large sheet of newsprint according to the Poster Guide at the bottom of Leader Resource 1....

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Tool of the Day - a compass A copy of Leader Resource 2, Harry Potter's Moral Compass Chalice and candle Safety matches and long fireplace matches Small dish for spent matches Candle snuffer Council candles (a tea light or votive candle for each...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Tool of the Day - saddlebags, bicycle panniers or a rucksack, or an image of saddlebags Participant lists of their own convictions Chalice and candle Safety matches and long fireplace matches Small dish for spent matches Candle snuffer Council cand...

Explore cultural, political, economic, and structural constraints that limit women's access to health care and full reproductive choice.

How can we support a woman when the desired conditions for having children are not in place? How can we support her sense of worth and dignity?

Why, as a faith community, do UUs work to promote reproductive rights and reproductive justice? How has your life been impacted?

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 4, Core Values Preparation for Activity Copy Handout 4 for all participants. Description of Activity Participants compare the UUA statement of Principles in children's language to the statement of core values for children in the humanist...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook Newsprint, markers, and tape Optional: A recording of "Life Is the Greatest Gift of All" and a music player Preparation for Activity Obtain enough copies of Singing the Living Tradit...

Activity time: 90 minutes Preparation for Activity Identify a congregation, fellowship, society, or discussion group that identifies itself as Humanist and which sponsors gatherings that might be appropriate for the youth to attend. Some Unitarian Universalist congregations are explicitly Humanist.

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 2, Happy Human Supplies for two-dimensional and three-dimensional art and craft work Preparation for Activity Identify a place to make a gallery of Humanistic art to share with the congregation....