Activity time: 8 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 2, Source Star - Jewish and Christian Teachings Pencils or markers Taking It Home Optional: Session 1, Handout 3, Our Sources Lyrics Optional: A recording of the song...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 3, Source Star - Reason and Science Pencils or markers Taking It Home section Optional: Session 1, Handout 3, Our Sources Lyrics Optional: A recording of the song...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, UU Source Constellation - Our Sense of Wonder Leader Resource 1, UU Source Constellation Answer Sheet - Our Sense of Wonder Night Sky display and push pins, tape, or sticky tack (Session 1, Opening) Gold and silver star stickers Pencils...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 2, Source Star - Our Sense of Wonder Pencils or markers Taking It Home Optional: Session 1, Handout 3, Our Sources Lyrics Optional: A recording of the song "http://smallscreen.uua.org/videos/before-you-start-for-love-will-guide-…...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Taking It Home Optional: Handout 3, Our Sources Lyrics Optional: A recording of the song "http://smallscreen.uua.org/videos/before-you-start-for-love-will-guide-… Sources" and a music player Preparation for Activity...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Clear glass jar with metal lid A hammer and a nail, and modeling clay A large marshmallow and a plastic straw, for each participant who will try the experiment (Optional: Kitchen vacuum sealer may be used instead) Preparation for Activity Using the...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity A large, blank jigsaw puzzle Multicultural markers or crayons Optional: Digital camera or smartphone Preparation for Activity Buy a large, blank jigsaw puzzle at a retail craft store, or online; this “community puzzle” would work well. Or, make a...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice-lighting words, written on newsprint Chalice with tea light flame or other preschool chalice option Feelings Chart or Feelings Flashcards by Todd Parr Preparation for Activity Post the chalice-lighting words on the wall near the Circle Time...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Taking It Home handout Markers or crayons Preschool chalice Optional: Envelopes, hole punch, and yarn or ribbon Preparation for Activity Download and adapt Taking It Home and make a copy for each child....

Activity time: 5 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;...

"My UU Experience" is taken from the website of the First Universalist Society in Franklin, Massachusetts, and used by permission of its author, Margaret Barthel....

Materials for Activity Computers with internet access Optional: Wireless internet connection Preparation for Activity This activity will be easier if your congregation has a wireless Internet connection and you have access to three or more computers in the same space....

Activity time: 7 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story "Why and Where God Hides" Preparation for Activity Print out the story. Prepare to tell the story to the group. Include Alternate Activity 2, Song - Voice Still and Small, if you have time....

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Tingshas or other signals for beginning, ending meditation Description of Activity Say that it is time for some soul-seeking. Ask the youth what they think "soul-seeking" might mean. Accept some ideas....

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers and tape Leader Resource 5, Capital Punishment Resolution and/or Leader Resource 6, Capital Punishment Resolution - Simplified Poster-making materials (poster board, markers and tape) Optional: Letter-writing materials (writing...

Adapted from an anecdote told in A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking (Bantam, 1988), Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein (Penguin Group, 2007) and other sources. What if I ask you where everything comes from? What will you say? Leader: Invite responses.

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity All participants' Window/Mirror Panels Handout 1, Finger Labyrinth, from Activity 3 Optional: Newsprint, markers and tape Basket(s) of Window/Mirror Panel materials: Sheets of Mylar(R) in several colors, shiny gift wrap, aluminum foil and other...

Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 2, Respecting Others' Spiritual Practices Optional: Silhouette images of body prayer postures, from Leader Resource 1 Optional: Music, and music player Prayer Stations Work as Prayer....

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Copy of the story "Letter to Nancy " A bell, chime, rain stick or other musical noisemaker Preparation for Activity Read the story. Try adopting a different voice for Nancy's minister....

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity All participants' Window/Mirror Panels Blank paper, cut in strips A variety of illustrated magazines to cut up Optional: Paint and paintbrushes, pastels or other art media Basket(s) of Window/Mirror panel materials: Sheets of Mylar(R) in several...