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  • In white text: NER presents: Podcast Theology, A Learning Community with a yellow and white pot with a smiley face and green plant wearing headphones.
    As Unitarian Universalists recently affirmed seven Shared Values that define our faith, this series explored each one, using a podcast episode from a diverse list of pods as the "text" to generate thought, discussion, and learning together.
    Utility | September 5, 2024 | From New England Region
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  • The sunny Opening Up Beach is wide open and welcoming, inviting individuals to engage and participate. The sand is warm, the waves are gentle, and it’s the perfect place to kick back, relax, and open up to new ideas and friendships.
    Parameters: 5 or more people, in person or on video call. Present the cards or slides and invite participants to choose a card/slide based on a given prompt like "pick a card/slide that speaks to what kind of week you had" or "...that reminds you of something from your childhood."
    Utility | September 4, 2024 | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development
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  • The sunny Opening Up Beach is wide open and welcoming, inviting individuals to engage and participate. The sand is warm, the waves are gentle, and it’s the perfect place to kick back, relax, and open up to new ideas and friendships.
    Parameters: Two or more people. If there are more than 10 in your group, form small groups of 4 to 8 people. Can be done virtually, in person or asynchronously with a show and tell. Ask the group to think about and share the amount of time they spend doing different things.
    Utility | September 4, 2024 | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development
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  • The sunny Opening Up Beach is wide open and welcoming, inviting individuals to engage and participate. The sand is warm, the waves are gentle, and it’s the perfect place to kick back, relax, and open up to new ideas and friendships.
    Parameters: Two or more people. If there are more than 10 in your group, form small groups of 2 to 8 people. Can be done virtually or in person. Invite group members to tell a story or draw/collage about a part of their name.
    Utility | September 4, 2024 | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development
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  • The sunny Opening Up Beach is wide open and welcoming, inviting individuals to engage and participate. The sand is warm, the waves are gentle, and it’s the perfect place to kick back, relax, and open up to new ideas and friendships.
    Parameters: More than 2 people. If there are more than 10 in your group, form small groups of 4 to 8 people. Works well in person or online. Each person writes on a piece of scratch paper or in a private message to the facilitator animal they would choose to be and in what setting.
    Utility | September 4, 2024 | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development
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  • The blue, sheltered Bonding Harbor is where boats are anchored, symbolizing a place of safety, connection, and community bonding. It’s a snug spot for bonding with fellow adventurers and sharing tales of the high seas.
    Parameters: The larger the group the louder the rainstorm. If group members are sensitive to loud noise, consider stopping at #3 or #4. Explain to the group they are going to create the sound of a rainstorm with their bodies.
    Utility | September 4, 2024 | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development
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  • The blue, sheltered Bonding Harbor is where boats are anchored, symbolizing a place of safety, connection, and community bonding. It’s a snug spot for bonding with fellow adventurers and sharing tales of the high seas.
    Parameters: This game is for a larger, in person group. Put 3-5 unique and random items in each pillowcase. Break the group into teams of two to five people and distribute the pillowcases among them. Give teams instructions to create a skit using all of the items.
    Utility | September 4, 2024 | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development
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  • The blue, sheltered Bonding Harbor is where boats are anchored, symbolizing a place of safety, connection, and community bonding. It’s a snug spot for bonding with fellow adventurers and sharing tales of the high seas.
    Parameters: Perfect for a group from two to infinity! Here is a great way to contribute to the ambiance of your gathering space while bonding. Giving people something to do with their hands and focus can take the edge off of socializing.
    Utility | September 4, 2024 | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development
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  • The blue, sheltered Bonding Harbor is where boats are anchored, symbolizing a place of safety, connection, and community bonding. It’s a snug spot for bonding with fellow adventurers and sharing tales of the high seas.
    Parameters: more than two people, in person. Write get to know you questions (do you play a sport? what's your favorite band/musician right now? for example) on Jenga blocks. As people remove a block, they answer the question before placing it back on top.
    Utility | September 4, 2024 | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development
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  • The blue, sheltered Bonding Harbor is where boats are anchored, symbolizing a place of safety, connection, and community bonding. It’s a snug spot for bonding with fellow adventurers and sharing tales of the high seas.
    Parameters: more than 2 people, in person. Can be done on video call. Make up questions to go with the different colors, (red=what’s your favorite movie for example). Give everyone a handful of candy or beads. Go around the circle and answer questions one piece at a time.
    Utility | September 4, 2024 | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development
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  • The blue, sheltered Bonding Harbor is where boats are anchored, symbolizing a place of safety, connection, and community bonding. It’s a snug spot for bonding with fellow adventurers and sharing tales of the high seas.
    Parameters: more than 2 people, can be done in person, or on video call. The facilitator writes a bunch of prompts with blanks on cards (Ex: My favorite food right now is ____, a movie that I could watch over and over again is ____, my favorite place at church is ____, etc). Participants answer.
    Utility | September 4, 2024 | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development
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  • The blue, sheltered Bonding Harbor is where boats are anchored, symbolizing a place of safety, connection, and community bonding. It’s a snug spot for bonding with fellow adventurers and sharing tales of the high seas.
    Parameters: more than 2 people, can be done in person, or on video call. The lead tries to discover the meaning of “teapot” by asking members of the group questions like, “Do you teapot a lot?” or, “What does it feel like to teapot?”
    Utility | September 4, 2024 | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development
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  • The blue, sheltered Bonding Harbor is where boats are anchored, symbolizing a place of safety, connection, and community bonding. It’s a snug spot for bonding with fellow adventurers and sharing tales of the high seas.
    Parameters: More than 5 people, can be done in person or on video. The lead introduces themselves, is greeted by the group, then picks something about themselves they might have in common with other members of the group. Everyone to whom this applies makes an agreed upon gesture
    Utility | September 4, 2024 | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development
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  • Plush JETPIG
    The following curricula incorporate classic "scavenger hunt" style activities for grades 2-6, with opportunities for adaptation. These fun and accessible resources encourage collaboration, creativity, and reflection on the Article II values.
    Utility | September 3, 2024 | From Faith Curricula Library
    Tagged as: Faith Development
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  • Congregational Study Action Issues are issues selected by Unitarian Universalist member congregations for three years of study, reflection and action. The purpose is to provide member congregations of the Association with an opportunity to mobilize energy, ideas and resources around a common issue.
    Utility | August 29, 2024
    Tagged as: Social Witness Process
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  • See a full description of the CSAI process here.
    Utility | August 29, 2024
    Tagged as: Social Witness Process
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  • This year the Bennett Award Panel chose two recipients!First Parish in Portland, Unitarian Universalist - Portland, MaineThis congregation's ministry with the Wabanaki peoples and several of their community organizations is a powerful example of how UU communities can engage in both the internal ...
    Utility | August 23, 2024
    Tagged as: Congregational Action, Funding for Social Justice, Social Justice Awards
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  • The 2019 recipient of the Bennett Award for Congregational Action on Human Justice and Social Action is The Unitarian Society, A UU Congregation in East Brunswick, NJ.In June 2017, Rev. Karen G....
    Utility | August 23, 2024
    Tagged as: Congregational Action, Funding for Social Justice, Social Justice Awards
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  • A graphic with the UUA logo on the left, IMN logo on the right, and text: "Year-Long Transitions Ministry Training (YLTMT) 2025-26" in the center.
    The health and vitality of our congregations depends in part on a good fit between a congregation and their minister. The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) helps to connect ministers searching for a position with congregations which want to find a minister. The UUA offers information and...
    Utility | By Congregational Life, UUA Ministries and Faith Development | August 15, 2024
    Tagged as: Career Development for Ministers, Ministerial Transitions
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  • Creative Jam - Imagine the Beloved Community
    Utility | August 14, 2024 | From The Mosaic
    Tagged as: Anti-Racism, Faith Development, Multiculturalism, Racial Justice, Racial Justice & Multicultural Ministries
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