Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Orders of service for funerals or memorials recently held in your congregation Obituaries or newspaper articles about congregational members and friends who have recently died Unitarian Universalist books or pamphlets about death Congregational...

Activity time: 5 minutes Preparation for Activity Prepare to tell youth about attempts scientists have made to find out what happens when we die. Find the experiments in the activity description, plus others, in...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Optional: Newsprint, markers and tape Preparation for Activity Optional: Write the challenge question on newsprint, and post. Optional: Browse the Internet and see what you find to share....

Activity time: 8 minutes Materials for Activity Copy(ies) of the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook Singing the Living Tradition Optional: A recording of the hymns and a music player Preparation for Activity Decide how best to present the songs "In Sweet Fields of Autumn," Hymn 52 in Singing the Liv...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Bag or box containing participants' Big Questions notebooks (see Session 1, Alternate Activity 1, Notable Thoughts) Blank notebooks for new participants Pencils or pens Masking tape Preparation for Activity Retrieve participants' Big Questions...

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers and tape For Part 1: Candles and matches or a substitute; (optional) a large tray filled with sand for supporting multiple votive candles; (optional) copies of the words for unison reading(s) or song(s) you plan to include;...

Activity time: 15 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 3, WCUU Script - A Visit to UUville Leader Resource 4, Memo to Citizens of UUville Paper for...

Activity time: 7 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story "Reflections by Forrest Church" Preparation for Activity Review and print out the story. Description of Activity Invite the youth to hear reflections from a Unitarian Universalist minister who faced a terminal cancer diagnosis....

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 1, Matching Belief Systems and Statements Leader Resource 2, Belief Systems and Statements - Leader Key Optional: Tape or pins to fasten paper to clothing Preparation for Activity Print out Leader Resource 1....

Where previously there had been nothing, now there was something. Within a black hole, a "singularity" developed. What's a "singularity?" It's an area in a black hole where the density is so great the pressure squeezes bits of finite matter into a piece of infinite matter. Do you understand that?

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Oval wooden beads large enough for youth to write on and string for all participants Paper and pencils for all participants Scissors (including left-handed scissors) and fine-point permanent markers to share Optional: Trays or bowls to hold beads o...

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity DVD, The Awakening Universe, and DVD player/monitor Preparation for Activity Obtain and test equipment to show a DVD. Preview the 15-minute DVD. Consider showing it from where the screen is visually empty and the narrator says "Imagine nothing."...

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Material from The Great Story website, or a computer with Internet connection Preparation for Activity Explore the website. Familiarize yourself with its descriptions of life's origin and evolution. Select material to share with the youth....

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Scratch-Art paper, and scratch tools such as toothpicks (round is better) for all participants A copy of the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook, Singing the Living Tradition Optional: Large sheets of black construction paper and pastel or chalk crayon...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Optional: Newsprint, markers and tape Preparation for Activity Optional: Write the challenge question on newsprint, and post. Optional: Browse the Internet and see what you find to share. Description of Activity Challenge questions guide a deeper...

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 "Life Is the Greatest Gift of All," Hymn 331 in Singing ...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Bag or box containing participants' Big Questions notebooks (see Session 1, Alternate Activity 1, Notable Thoughts) Blank notebooks for new participants Pencils or pens Masking tape Preparation for Activity Retrieve participants' Big Questions...

Activity time: 7 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 3, Where I Stand on Life Preparation for Activity Review and print out Leader Resource 3....

Activity time: 17 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 Paper for On-Air People's name cards, markers and string or tape Timepiece A cop...

Materials for Activity A copy of the story "A Garden Is Born (Evolution)" Preparation for Activity Read and print out the story. Description of Activity Gather the group and read or tell the story. At its conclusion, ask for reactions: How do you feel about the theory of evolution?...