Materials for Activity Information on your UUA District or region and the UUA headquarters Computer with Internet access Preparation for Activity Explore the website of the Unitarian Universalist Association and the website of your UUA District (find listings on the UUA district page). Identify...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Tool of the Day - sandpaper 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 participant, or some to share if group is very large) One te...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED battery-operated candle Optional: Decorative cloth Preparation for Activity Set up a worship or centering table with the chalice and (optional) decorative cloth. Optional: Invite a participant in advance to act as...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity For each group of three participants: a set of face paints or make-up; cotton swabs for brushes, one per color; a cup of water; cosmetic sponges; an old towel or sheet to drape around the neck of the person being painted Optional: Paper and markers...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Mural paper, masking tape, and markers Preparation for Activity Find a place to spread out mural paper for children to write song lyrics. Description of Activity Participants use humor in creating parody songs....

Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Sign-in sheet and pen/pencil Name tags and markers Workshop 1, Leader Resource 1, Schedule Template Workshop 1, Handout 2, Time Line of UU History Preparation for Activity Create and post a workshop agenda on newsprint. The Workshop-at-a-Glance...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Captain Underpants' Name Game. Newsprint, markers, and tape; large blank name tags and markers Preparation for Activity Laughing Exercises. Review the laughing exercises under "Description of Activity" to get comfortable leading them. To add more...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story, "Mullah Nasruddin and His Donkey" Preparation for Activity Read and prepare to tell the story, "Mullah Nasruddin and His Donkey." This story is quite short. You may like to expand this activity by adding more humorous stories....

Description of Activity Visit the Faithful Fools Street Ministry website. Sister Carmen Barsody and the Reverend Kay Jorgensen bring, respectively, Catholic and Unitarian Universalist training and traditions to their street ministry of "spiritual foolery" in San Francisco, California. The website...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice and candle or LED/battery-operated candle Lighter and extinguisher, if needed Newsprint, markers, and tape Tool of the Day - a piece of sandpaper Preparation for Activity Print the opening words on newsprint and post it in the Council Circle...

Materials for Activity Small pieces of scrap wood, enough for all participants Pieces of sandpaper for all participants Optional: A Slinky Optional: A sheet of paper, a permanent marker, scissors, and clear tape Optional: Toolbox of Our Faith poster Preparation for Activity Obtain pocket-size scr...

You may like to introduce the story with these words: This story is about a time when a group of Unitarian Universalists had to make a difficult decision together and needed to listen to each other. Unitarian Universalism is a living faith. We think that people should be free to believe what they...

From Stories in Faith: Exploring Our Unitarian Universalist Principles and Sources Through Wisdom Tales, a Tapestry of Faith Toolkit Book (Boston: Skinner House, 2007). Once there was a little girl named Cecilia who fell in love with the universe. She felt her heart leap with joy every time she...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Tool of the Day - a listening tool 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 participant, or some to share if group is very large)...

Activity time: 15 minutes Preparation for Activity Decide which activities to do with the group, and where to do them. The activity, Make a Noise, is especially fun in an outdoor setting. Because the song in the activity, Bingo: Sound and Silence, goes from sound toward silence, it makes a good...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Optional: Scarves to cover eyes For Listening Boxes Ten, identical small plastic canisters (such as empty pill bottles or 35mm film canisters, with lids) or ten, identical cardboard boxes with lids (such as for jewelry) Handfuls of five different...

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Paper and markers Drawing and collage supplies including fancy papers, and old magazines and catalogs Scissors, glue, and tape http://adler.minisisinc.com/adler/scripts/mwimain.dll?get&file=[adl… of orrieries from the...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story, "James Luther Adams and the Chicago Church Desegregation" Preparation for Activity Read the story. Prepare to tell it or to read it aloud. Description of Activity Gather the group in a circle to hear the story. Read or tell the...

Activity time: 40 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 5, Things Most Commonly Believed Today Among Us (1887) and Unitarians Face a New Age (1936) Newsprint, markers, and tape Optional: Computer and digital projector Preparation for Activity Copy Handout 5, Things Most Commonly Believed Today...

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 4, Reason and Reverence Worship Resources Copies of Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook, for all participants Materials for creating worship, e.g., the chalice, table, and decorative cloth from the workshop...