By Welleran Poltarnees. Used with permission from Laughing Elephant Publishing.Use this text from the book A House Blessing by Welleran Poltarnees as inspiration and create a simple blessing of the building, appropriate for preschoolers….

Across the top of a blank 8 1/2 x 11-inch page, write “Goodbye, Chalice Children!” Across the bottom, write the name of your congregation, and the year (optional: and the season or months) of your program. If you wish, draw thick lines along borders to make a frame for the contents—the drawing or…

Dear Chalice Children families, We would like to invite your family to join us on Sunday, [month and day], for a Family Snack Party, right after the worship service. Your whole family is invited to come to our room [or designated location] for about 15 minutes to enjoy food prepared by your…

The Memory Match Game reinforces the common sights of your congregation. What a surprise for the children to see their congregation, their minister, and their leaders as part of a game!…

Dear Chalice Children families, On [day, date], we are offering a Mother’s/Father’s Day session for the preschool Chalice Children group….

Send this letter to the Chalice Children families before Session 25. Dear Chalice Children families: For the next four sessions, the Chalice Children are celebrating Teddy Bear Month! Children are invited to bring a small stuffed bear or other favorite cuddly stuffed animal each Sunday….

Adapted from Circles of Light, a story in Session 2 of the Tapestry of Faith children’s program, Creating Home. After a big war, families didn’t have enough food or clothing. Unitarians and Universalists needed a picture to put on their boxes of food and clothing and their trucks so people would…

Adapted from The Flower Communion: A Service of Celebration for Religious Liberals by Reginald Zottoli with permission from the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association, which first published this resource in The Communion Book, edited by Carl Seaburg. The Flower Ceremony The Unitarian…

From The Same-Sex Wedding Guide: A Resource for Same-Sex Couples and Ministers, by the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Office of Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Concerns, 2004. The quotation in Reading 1 comes from A Book of Pagan Rituals, edited by Herman Slater, 1978. Reading 1…

Materials for Activity Items needed for the service Service altar items Materials for a supplementary, sensory activity Optional: Digital camera or smartphone Preparation for Activity Choose an activity to supplement the special worship service, ideally one with a sensory component (sight, touch,…