Activity time: 23 minutes Materials for Activity Microphone(s), video camera(s) and tripod(s), real or simulated For studio set Backdrop made in Session 1 Painter's tape or masking tape Leader Resource 2, WCUU Script - Brain Art Handout 2, Three-Course Meal Color pencils or fine-point markers;...

Activity time: 7 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story "The Thief Within" Preparation for Activity Print out the story and prepare to tell it to the group. Description of Activity Read or tell the story, "The Thief Within." Engage participants in discussion: What happened?...

Activity time: 12 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 1, Ethical Challenges Newsprint, markers and tape Preparation for Activity Print out Leader Resource 1, Ethical Challenges, and cut into slips. If you expect to form more than four groups of three or four, print out multiple copies.

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Optional: Newsprint, markers and tape Optional: Paper and pencils/pens Optional: Participants' Notable Thoughts notebooks Preparation for Activity Decide how to structure the activity, for the learning styles in the group and the time available.

Activity time: 15 minutes Preparation for Activity With your religious educator, identify a few older youth in the congregation to visit the Riddle and Mystery group to talk about what Unitarian Universalism means to them. Invite the older youth to prepare a two- or three-minute presentation.

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Recorded WCUU broadcast(s) and video player Items made by participants in previous Riddle and Mystery sessions Optional: Newsprint, markers and tape Preparation for Activity Check with co-leaders and your religious educator to determine when and wh...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Optional: Newsprint, markers and tape Preparation for Activity Optional: Write the challenge question on newsprint, and post. Description of Activity Challenge questions guide a deeper inquiry for especially thoughtful individuals and groups....

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Copy(ies) of Singing the Journey, supplement to the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook Singing the Living Tradition Optional: A recording of the song and a music player Preparation for Activity Decide how best to present the song "Be Ours a Religion,"...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Bag or box containing participants' Big Questions notebooks Pencils or pens Masking tape A large roll of plain paper and assorted arts and crafts decoration supplies and materials including color markers, scissors (including left-handed scissors),...

Activity time: 27 minutes Materials for Activity Flashlight(s) for human chalice (Activity 3, WIT Time - Human Chalice) Newsprint, easel, markers and tape; or, a sheet of poster board Snack and beverages Microphone(s), video camera(s) and tripod(s), real or simulated For studio set: Backdrop made...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Flashlight(s), preferably a durable, larger model Optional: Examples of UU chalices Preparation for Activity Assess the size and physical capacities of the group. See "Including All Participants" if anyone has mobility limitations. If the group is...

Activity time: 8 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story "My UU Experience" Preparation for Activity Read the story and prepare to tell it interactively, as suggested. Decide whether you want to do Alternate Activity 6, School Bus Talks, immediately after youth hear and process this...

Activity time: 12 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 2, UU Ideas Pencils/pens Description of Activity and (optional) newsprint with the group's ideas about religion, faith and spirituality from Session 2, Activity 5, Then What's a Religion?...

The date is January 15, 2009. The time is 3:06 p.m. You are on board U. S. Air Flight 1549, still on the ground at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. You are excited. This is the first time you have been on a plane without your family. Today is a Thursday....

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Group covenant (Session 1) or revised covenant (Session 9) A copy of the Unitarian Universalist Principles and Sources (Session 1, Leader Resource 1, or a poster in your meeting space) Preparation for Activity Review the group's covenant....

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 2, Cat Questions Pencils/pens A copy of the Unitarian Universalist Principles and Sources (Session 1, Leader Resource 1, or a poster in your meeting space) Preparation for Activity Make a copy of Leader Resource 2 for each small gro...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Optional: Newsprint, markers and tape Preparation for Activity Optional: Write the challenge question on newsprint, and post. Description of Activity Challenge questions guide a deeper inquiry for especially thoughtful individuals and groups....

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Copy(ies) of the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook Singing the Living Tradition Optional: A recording of the song and a music player Preparation for Activity Decide how best to present the song "Faith Is a Forest," Hymn 194 in Singing the Living...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Participants' Big Questions notebooks (see Session 1, Alternate Activity 1) Blank notebooks for new participants Pencils or pens Masking tape Description of Activity Notable Thoughts is the first Alternate Activity in each session of Riddle and...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 2, Starring Sources Pencils/pens Preparation for Activity Copy Handout 2 for all participants. Be ready to provide specific examples of wisdom Unitarian Universalists draw from specific UU Sources and examples of how your congregation's...