Activity time: 2 minutes Materials for Activity Worship table or designated space Chalice, candle, and lighter, or LED/battery-operated candle Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook Preparation for Activity Arrange the worship table or designated space. Description of...

Materials for Activity Sign-in sheet and pen or pencil Pocket folder, pen/pencil and paper for each participant Name tags, single-use or durable Newsprint, markers, and tape Optional: Refreshments Preparation for Activity Using the Workshop-at-a-Glance as a guide, create and post the agenda on...

Dr. Anthony Pinn is the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University. He serves as a trustee of Meadville Lombard Theological School. This article is abridged, with permission, from one published in Religious Humanism (Winter-Spring 1998)....

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Self-sticking magnetic strips Unlined index cards Fine point markers or calligraphy pens Preparation for Activity Make sure each person has a surface suitable for writing. Set out supplies where all can reach them....

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Journals or notebooks, one for each participant Writing and drawing materials, such as pens, pencils, fine point color markers, and color pencils Preparation for Activity Set out drawing materials where all can reach them. Write on newsprint, and...

Activity time: 15 minutes Preparation for Activity Read the scenario and facilitator notes in the Description of Activity. Prepare to present the scenario and facilitate the conversation that follows in such a way as to ensure the emotional and spiritual safety of people of color and/or...

Preparation for Activity Arrange for your minister, religious educator, a social action committee representative, and/or another congregational leader involved in congregational social justice projects to talk with the group about the social justice projects the congregation supports. Give guest...

Activity time: 3 minutes Materials for Activity Worship table or designated space Chalice, candle, and lighter, or LED/battery-operated candle Preparation for Activity Arrange the worship table or designated space. Practice the opening reading aloud. Description of Activity Share these words of...

Materials for Activity Sign-in sheet and pen or pencil Pocket folder, pen/pencil, and paper for each participant Name tags, single-use or durable Newsprint, markers, and tape Optional: Refreshments Preparation for Activity Using the Workshop-at-a-Glance as a guide, create and post the agenda on...

In January 1889, Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr searched for a location for a settlement house in Chicago that would serve as a place for young women of means to live cooperatively with recent immigrants and migrants whose living and working conditions were horrible. Addams' idea was that...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Journals or notebooks, one for each participant Variety of writing and drawing tools, such as pens, pencils, fine point color markers, and color pencils Preparation for Activity Set out drawing materials where all can reach them....

Activity time: 10 minutes Description of Activity Share this scenario: Your congregation has an ongoing relationship with a local organization serving at-risk youth. The relationship includes advocacy financial support....

Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Information about your partner church (if your congregation has a partner) or about the Unitarian Universalist Partner Church Council (UUPCC)....

Activity time: 2 minutes Materials for Activity Worship table or designated space Chalice, candle, and lighter, or LED/battery-operated candle Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook Preparation for Activity Arrange the worship table or designated space. Description of...

Materials for Activity Sign-in sheet and pen or pencil Pocket folder, pen/pencil, and paper for each participant Name tags, single-use or durable Newsprint, markers, and tape Optional: Refreshments Preparation for Activity Using the Workshop-at-a-Glance as a guide, create and post the agenda on...

Universalist Olympia Brown is known as the first woman minister whose ordination was recognized by a denomination. She spent a lifetime working for women's suffrage and was among the few original suffragists still alive to vote, at long last, in 1919....

In 1977, Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, becoming the first openly gay man elected to public office in the United States. Milk grew up in New York, quiet about his homosexuality. He studied mathematics and graduated from New York State College for Teachers in...

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Journals or notebooks, one for each participant Preparation for Activity Read this activity and Activity 2, Sharing Stories. Choose one for your group. Write on newsprint, and post: What enduring values or truths are illustrated in the story you...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers (enough for all participants), and tape Optional: Eight clipboards, plain drawing paper, and extra pencils/pens Preparation for Activity Prepare four separate pieces of newsprint titled race/ethnicity, differing physical abilitie...

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Journals or notebooks, one for each participant Drawing paper, 9x12 inches Variety of writing and drawing materials, such as pens, pencils, fine point color markers, and color pencils Preparation for Activity Read this activity and Alternate Activi...