Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Story, "The Cambridge Platform" Preparation for Activity Read the story "The Cambridge Platform" and copy it for all participants....

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, Socinianism Preparation for Activity Read Handout 1 and copy for all participants. Optional: Prearrange with a volunteer to read Handout 1 aloud....

Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Write on newsprint: "Power is the ability for individuals and groups to achieve purpose." Leave ample room for additional writing on the newsprint, and set aside. On a second sheet of newsprint,...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Worship or centering table and chalice Participant journals Writing materials, including paper, pens, pencils, color pencils, and markers Taking It Home handout Preparation for Activity Customize the Taking It Home section of this workshop and copy...

Materials for Activity Participant journals Writing materials, including paper, pens, pencils, color pencils, and markers Description of Activity Invite participants to consider power in their congregation, using these or similar words: Remembering the definition of power-the ability to achieve...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Worship or centering table Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED battery-operated candle Time piece (minutes) Chime or bell Copies of Singing the Living Tradition, the UUA hymnbook, for all participants Optional: Cloth for worship/centering table...

Materials for Activity Sign-in sheet and pen or pencil Name tags for participants (durable or single-use), and bold markers Copies of Workshop 1, Handout 1, Schedule Optional: Refreshments Preparation for Activity Have copies of Workshop 1, Handout 1, Schedule on hand for those who need one....

The United States entered World War I in April 1917. Shortly afterward, Congress passed the 1917 Espionage Act. The act made it a crime for people to speak out against the country's involvement in the war or to encourage draft resistance or conscientious objection. As a result of the act, several...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, Just War Theory Handout 2, Pacifism Handout 3, Peacemaking Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Choose a conflict in the world about which people in your congregation are currently concerned. Briefly familiarize yourself...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 4, Taft and Holmes Preparation for Activity Copy Handout 4 for all participants. Assign roles for the debate. Co-facilitators may want to play Taft and Holmes, or especially enthusiastic group members may be invited to take on this challenge.

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 3, Peacemaking Leader Resource 3, Beyond Just War and Pacifism Preparation for Activity Read Leader Resource 3 and discuss with your co-facilitator questions and responses you might have about Rasor's ideas or peacemaking....

Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape A copy of the story "The Taft-Holmes Debate" Workshop 2, Handout 1, Prophetic, Parallel, and Institutional Voices Leader Resource 2, John Haynes Holmes and William Howard Taft, Photographs Optional: Computer and digital...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 2, Pacifism Preparation for Activity Read Handout 2 and discuss with your co-facilitator any questions you might have about pacifism. Copy the handout for all participants. Optional: Prearrange for a volunteer to read the handout aloud.

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, Just War Theory Participant journals Pens, pencils, and extra paper Preparation for Activity Read Handout 1 and discuss with your co-facilitator any questions you have about just war theory. Copy the handout for participants. Optional:...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Worship or centering table and chalice Participant journals Writing materials, including paper, pens, pencils, color pencils, and markers Taking It Home handout Preparation for Activity Customize the Taking It Home section of this workshop and copy...

Materials for Activity Computer with Internet connection Leader Resource 1, Statement of Conscience - Creating Peace Preparation for Activity Online, access recent social justice statements and resolutions regarding wars, conflicts, and peacemaking passed by the General Assembly of the Unitarian...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Worship or centering table Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED battery-operated candle Timepiece (minutes) Chime or bell Copies of Singing the Living Tradition, the UUA hymnbook, for all participants Leader Resource 1, Statement of Conscience -...

Materials for Activity Sign-in sheet and pen or pencil Name tags for participants (durable or single-use), and bold markers Workshop 1, Handout 1, Schedule Optional: Refreshments Preparation for Activity Have copies of Workshop 1, Handout 1, Schedule on hand for those who need one. Using the...

Clara Barton was born on Christmas Day, 1821, in Oxford, MA, into a Universalist family. She was living in Washington, D.C. when the U.S. Civil War landed at her doorstep. She began nursing wounded soldiers in her sister's home, visiting the army camps, and was soon orchestrating the delivery of...

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 4, Embattled Faith Pens and pencils Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Review Handout 4 and copy for all participants....