Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story, Making Promises, Making Covenants Optional: "Making Promises, Making Covenants" coloring sheet (PDF), and crayons Preparation for Activity Read the story and prepare to tell it, rather than read it from the page....

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 2, Responsibility Dilemmas Preparation for Activity Print the Leader Resource for yourself and volunteer readers. Description of Activity Youth discuss scenarios involving ethical dilemmas. Seek a volunteer to read one of the two...

Activity time: 10 minutes Description of Activity Participants identify positive and negative aspects of the virtue of responsibility. Invite youth to sit for a moment and think about responsibility as a virtue. These prompts might be useful: What have you been told about responsibility: What it...

Materials for Activity "Bicycle Rack" newsprint sheet from Opening Description of Activity Youth discuss ethical challenges they have faced. If someone shared an experience in check-in or during any workshop activities that the group would like to explore further, do so now. This could be...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Participants' journals, and writing instruments Participants' clipboards with anklets (Workshop 1, Activity 3, Practice) Beads, and waterproof markers and/or other decorations Extra clipboards and string/hemp, and sciss...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Post two sheets of newsprint, one labeled "Fairness: Up Side," the other labeled "Fairness: Down Side." Post a third sheet, headed "Does fairness mean... " and write: "Treat everyone the same?"...

Description of Activity Youth create a simple forgiveness ritual and share it with others. If you have a group that is creative or has quite a bit of worship experience, they might enjoy the challenge of creating a ritual around forgiveness. The ritual could involve a meditation. Use Activity 3,...

A wisdom tale from Japan. On the top of the hill lived the village curmudgeon. No one knew why the farmer was so ornery, yet he never seemed to have a kind word to say. No one knew why he was so inhospitable, yet he would not even open his door to visitors....

Materials for Activity For gathering interviews: Notepads and pens/pencils, cameras, and/or audio/video recording equipment For presenting interviews: Bulletin board display materials such as writing/drawing paper, construction paper, color markers, and tape/push pins, and/or audio/video playback...

A wisdom tale from many cultures, including Buddhist.A wise woman, a teacher, was passing through a forest. There, among the leaves, was something shiny. She wiped away the leaves and dirt and beheld a beautiful, large gem. "My, this is pretty," the wise woman said. She put the jewel in her pouch...

Hannah Salwen looked left. She saw a man who was homeless, sitting on a fence. She looked right, at the Mercedes beside them at the intersection. "Dad," she said, "if that man"—she pointed to the Mercedes—"had a less nice car, that man there" —she pointed to the man who was homeless—"could...

Materials for Activity Supplies for gleaning work-for example, gardening gloves or latex gloves; bags, baskets, or other approved containers; sturdy shoes Optional: A computer with Internet access Preparation for Activity Does the Society of St. Andrew have a branch in your community? If so,...

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity 8 1/2 x 11-inch writing paper and construction paper A stapler Pens/pencils/markers Optional: Additional decorating materials, such as stickers, glitter, etc Description of Activity Youth create a booklet on the care and feeding of humility....

Materials for Activity "Bicycle Rack" newsprint sheet from Opening Description of Activity Youth discuss ethical challenges they have faced. If someone shared an experience in check-in or during any workshop activities that the group would like to explore further, do so now. This could be...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Participants' journals, and writing instruments Participants' clipboards with anklets (Workshop 1, Activity 3, Practice) Beads, and waterproof markers and/or other decorations Extra clipboards and string/hemp, and sciss...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Post two sheets of newsprint, one headed "Humility - Up Side", the other headed "Humility - Down Side." Post a third sheet headed "Does Humility mean...?" and write these definitions: "lack of...

Materials for Activity Optional: Computer with Internet access and a digital projector or a large monitor Preparation for Activity Preview the Akshaya...

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity An audio recording of the Ray Bradbury short story, "A Sound of Thunder" A computer with Internet connection, and an audio player Preparation for Activity Obtain an audio recording of the story "A Sound of Thunder," included in R is for Rocket by R...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Participants' journals, and writing instruments Participants' clipboards with anklets (Workshop 1, Activity 3, Practice) Beads, and waterproof markers and/or other decorations Extra clipboards and string/hemp, and sciss...

Materials for Activity "Bicycle Rack" newsprint sheet from Opening Description of Activity Youth discuss ethical challenges they have faced. If someone shared an experience in check-in or during any workshop activities that the group would like to explore further, do so now. This could be...