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  • A tale of two villages, one who decided to change with the times as needed, and the other, which held on to old ways in spite of them no longer working.
    Story | By Renee Ruchotzke | November 29, 2017 (reviewed November 2024) | For Children, Youth, Adults | From Faith Curricula Library
    Tagged as: Change, Congregational Polity, Courage, Creativity, Democracy, Diversity, Governance, Nature, Resilience, Transformation, UU Theology, Wisdom
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  • The Golden Chain: an Ife Creation Story Notes: There are many versions of this creation myth, most with the same elements. These adaptations by Erica Shadowsong include most of these common elements, additional ones found in the version cited in the story below. This story also uses a neo-pagan...
    Time for All Ages | By Erica Shadowsong | October 24, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Anti-Oppression, International, Multiculturalism, Race/Ethnicity
    Worship element
  • At sundown on Saturday, the Sabbath finally over, Mary Magdalene and the other women who loved Jesus began to prepare spices to pour over his body to honor him and say a final farewell. They were up all night, cooking and talking, and remembering his life....
    Story | By Mandie McGlynn | October 23, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Christianity, Communion (Christian), Easter, Tradition, Transformation
    Worship element
  • How often do you introduce spiritual practice when your youth gather? Make every effort to ensure that gathering of your young ones taps into the spirit.
    Activity | By Eric Dew Bliss | September 18, 2017 (reviewed April 2025) | For Youth, Emerging Adults (18-24) | From Youth Ministry
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Spiritual Practice, Unitarian Universalism
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  • Good morning! Do you notice anything different about me today? That’s right, I’m wearing glasses. Have you seen glasses like these before? Any idea where I might have gotten them? They came from a 3-D movie theatre and a movie where, if you put on these special glasses, some of things you see...
    Time for All Ages | By Shari Woodbury | September 12, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Anti-Oppression, Justice, Limitations, Listening, Multiculturalism, Searching, Truth
    Worship element
  • Learn about hurtful words and how the song, "Standing on the Side of Love," became "Answering the Call of Love."
    Story | By Susan Dana Lawrence | September 12, 2017 (reviewed December 2024) | For Youth, Adults, Multigenerational | From Faith Curricula Library
    Tagged as: #SideWithLove, Adult Faith Development, Disability, Disability & Accessibility, Inclusion, Reconciliation
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  • Two high school boys in Nova Scotia, Canada created a “sea of pink” in 2007 after a younger student wearing a pink shirt was bullied.
    Story | By Elisa Davy Pearmain | September 12, 2017 (reviewed December 2024) | For Children, Youth, Adults | From Faith Curricula Library
    Tagged as: Friendship, Leadership, Solidarity, Teamwork, Transgender Day of Remembrance
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  • Prelude Chalice Lighting by Laura Horton Ludwig [For this service, the chalice was a large pillar candle in a clear glass bowl of water.] Call to Worship Welcome to this Earth Day worship service! Like so many days, this day holds wonder and sorrow....
    Complete Service | By Diana Smith | July 4, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Beauty, Climate Justice, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Humanism, Nature, Responsibility, Secular
    Worship element
  • Asking and giving what people need, even if it may not seem to be the most important thing, can be the greatest gift of all.
    Story | By Mary J Harrington | June 6, 2017 (reviewed June 2025) | For Youth, Families, Multigenerational | From Faith Curricula Library
    Tagged as: Dignity, Disaster, Empathy, Humility, Letting Go, Listening
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  • Before beginning, dramatically turn your back on the congregation and children, and place a smudge on cheek. It is important that this be a smudge that is large enough for the congregation to see, but does not cover the whole face. One cheek is good. Turn around....
    Time for All Ages | By Karen G. Johnston | April 4, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: #BlackLivesMatter, Anti-Oppression, Community, Covenant, Direct Experience
    Worship element
  • Characters: Narrator, Very Important Person, Enemies (including Leader of the Enemies), Spider, and at least four Cave Rocks. Materials needed: Grey, silver, or white yarn Narrator: I’d like to share a story with you today – a story about a simple little spider who did an amazing thing. You’ll...
    Time for All Ages | By Diana Davies | March 28, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Acceptance, Animals, Caring, Earth, Inclusion, Interdependence, International, Kindness, Nature, Salvation, Secular, Self-Respect
    Worship element
  • The author suggests supplementing this Time for All Ages with a PowerPoint/slide show of interesting doors and asking the kids to imagine what is on the other side of each of them... Who here knows the book The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe? Can one of the kids in the room tell me how Lucy...
    Time for All Ages | By Molly Housh Gordon | March 18, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Beginnings, Bridging, Change, Direct Experience, Discernment, Ending, Hospitality, Journey, Secular, Self-Care, Transformation
    Worship element
  • To prepare, you'll need a few inflated balloons -- and to gird yourself for the improvisation required! Let’s play a game! Everyone knows how to play this game. All you have to do is get this balloon to the back of the room as fast as you can! Go!...
    Time for All Ages | By Laura Bogle | March 8, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Atheism, Community, Compromise, Covenant, Direct Experience, Freedom, Humanism, Interdependence, Limitations, Playfulness, Respect, Secular, Unitarian Universalism
    Worship element
  • Prop needed: An oversized pendulum. If this is hard to imagine, wrap yarn around a kickball sized ball and attach it to a long rod. Any weight suspended on a string from a stationary object can be a pendulum. Today, I want to talk to you about SCIENCE! Who here loves science?...
    Time for All Ages | By Tim Atkins | February 26, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Atheism, Balance, Humanism, Science, Secular, Self-Care
    Worship element
  • It was getting dark and the weary travelers needed a place to sleep. It’s almost 70 miles between Nazareth and Bethlehem, and Joseph and Mary were making the long journey that was required of them in order to pay taxes to the Roman Empire. It was a long journey for everyone, but Mary was feeling...
    Story | By Lynn Gardner | January 1, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Christianity, Christmas Eve / Christmas
    Worship element
  • A story for Yule in these times.
    Story | By Erica Baron | December 19, 2016 | From UU World
    Tagged as: Balance, Environment, Summer, Winter
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  • Weird stuff is gonna happen, and you might as well get used to it.
    Story | By Jane Rzepka | October 24, 2016 | From UU World
    Tagged as: Nature, Personal Stories
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  • In his autobiography, Theodore Parker relates that as a child, four or five years old, living on a farm in Roxbury, he was walking through the fields one day absent-mindedly swinging a stick through the tall grass. This was many years ago, in the days before the Civil War. It was summertime. He...
    Time for All Ages | By Gary Kowalski | September 8, 2016 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Animals, Children, Compassion, Conscience, History, Parents, Unitarianism
    Worship element
  • [We suggest that the Worship Leader act out the relevant parts of this message: e.g clutch a bag tightly; let the contents spill; hold it like a "club" for bopping congregants over the head.] Babies don’t believe anything. Babies aren’t born Buddhists or Baptists or believers of any sort. But...
    Time for All Ages | By Gary Kowalski | September 8, 2016 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Acceptance, Belief, Credo, Faith, Freedom, Identity, Integrity, Living Our Faith, Reason, Unitarian Universalism
    Worship element
  • Did you know that there are trillions of little tiny creatures living inside your bodies? They’re called microbiota, and they're SOOO tiny that to them, you and your body… are like a planet. To my microbiota I am Planet [your name]. You are Planet [name of child present]. You are Planet [name of...
    Time for All Ages | By Carolyn Fisher | August 10, 2016 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Activism, Body, Climate Justice, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Humanism, Nature, Responsibility, Secular
    Worship element