Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Practice reading Leader Resource 2: Guided Intercessory Prayer so that you can deliver it calmly and clearly. Description of Activity Tell the group that they are going to experience a contemplative approach to intercessory prayer. For anyone...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Practice reading Leader Resource 1: Breathing Meditation so that you can deliver it calmly and clearly. Description of Activity Explain that meditation is one form of personal spiritual practice. It's a spiritual "practice" not only because it's...

Activity time: 35 minutes Materials for Activity Copies of Handout 1: A Unitarian Universalist Prayer Bead Practice (one per person) Newsprint Markers Easel Optional: A second easel Optional: Microphone Preparation for Activity Find a space in the room or an easel arrangement that will enable you...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Review the story in advance so that you can present it effectively. Description of Activity Read the story "Pablo Casals" aloud. Provide copies of the story to people who prefer to read along. After sharing the story, invite participants to take a...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Optional: Microphone (preferably cordless) Preparation for Activity Be sure that participants have made name tags. If they have not, you may pass around name tag materials while participants introduce themselves. Description of Activity Introduce...

Pablo Casals, born in Vendrell, Spain to a Puerto Rican mother, is thought by many to be the greatest cellist who ever lived. His recordings of the Bach Cello Suites, made between 1936 and 1939, are considered unsurpassed to this day.

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Altar or centering table Cloth for covering altar or centering table Chalice and candle Matches or lighter Copies of Singing the Living Tradition, the UUA hymnbook (one per person) Optional: A piano, guitar, or other form of accompaniment Optional:...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Altar or centering table Cloth for covering altar or centering table Chalice and candle Chalice extinguisher Copies of the customized Taking It Home handout (see Preparation) Optional: Microphone Preparation for Activity Review the Taking It Home...

Materials for Activity Sign-in sheet (see Preparation) Pen or pencil Name tags Bold markers Copies of Spirit in Practice Series Schedule (see Preparation) Group guidelines listed on newsprint or a digital slide (see Preparation) Workshop agenda listed on newsprint or a digital slide (see...

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint Easel Markers Optional: Pens or pencils (at least one per participant) Optional: Sheets of writing paper (at least three per participant) or notebooks that can be used as spiritual practice journals (one per participant) Optional: Microph...

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Eight sheets of newsprint Scissors Markers Wall space or table space for placing circles of newsprint Optional: Low-stick masking tape Optional: Large (5 x 7 in.) self-stick notes Optional: Leader Resource 1: A Partial List of Possible Spiritual...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint pad Easel Markers for writing on newsprint Optional: Microphone Preparation for Activity Arrange the newsprint pad, easel, and markers for use during the activity....

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Copies of Handout 2: Eight Spheres of Spiritual Growth (one per participant) Group guidelines listed on newsprint or a digital slide (see Preparation) Optional: Computer and digital projector Optional: Microphone Optional: Lectern or pulpit from wh...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Copies of Story 1: The Wandering Teacher (one copy for facilitator, plus a several copies for participants who may wish to read along) Optional: Microphone Optional: Pulpit or lectern Optional: Bell Preparation for Activity Review the story in adva...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity If desired, list the lyrics of "Gathered Here" on newsprint or a digital slide and display them at the appropriate time. Arrange for musical accompaniment if you believe it will be necessary for singing "Gathered Here." The song can work well a...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Optional: Microphone (preferably cordless) Preparation for Activity Be sure that participants have made name tags. If they have not, you may pass around name tag materials while participants introduce themselves. Description of Activity Introduce...

Once upon a time there was a Teacher who was known far and wide as one who had mastered all the great disciplines of a spiritual seeker. She wandered the country, and whenever people heard she was near, they traveled to seek her wisdom and her guidance. ...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Altar or centering table Cloth for covering altar or centering table Chalice and candle Matches or lighter Copies of Singing the Living Tradition, the UUA hymnbook (one per person) Optional: Microphone Preparation for Activity Set up the altar or...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Altar or centering table Cloth for covering altar or centering table Chalice and candle Chalice extinguisher Copies of customized Taking It Home handout (see Preparation) Optional: Microphone Preparation for Activity Review the Taking It Home sectio...

Materials for Activity Sign-in sheet (see Preparation) Pen or pencil Name tags Bold markers Copies of Spirit in Practice Series Schedule (see Preparation) Workshop agenda listed on newsprint or a digital slide (see Preparation) Optional: Computer and digital projector Optional: Microphone...