A Chorus of Faiths

Beautiful orange sunset over a deep blue ocean. — Tapestry is Sunsetting

The UUA is no longer updating Tapestry of Faith programs.

By Hannah McConnaughay, Renee Ruchotzke

Part of a joint venture of the UUA and the Interfaith Youth Core (founded by Eboo Patel) and funded by the Shelter Rock congregation, these sessions develop Unitarian Universalist youth as interfaith leaders. Youth explore values of service to our community and religious pluralism through stories from our Sources and personal storytelling, and coordinate an interfaith service.

Acknowledgments
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Thanks to our editor, Jessica York, who encouraged us and kept us focused. The training and curriculum staff of the Interfaith Youth Core, especially Mary Ellen Giess, Jenan Mohajir, and Cassandra Meyer, gave essential help to our writing process. Special thanks to the Reverend Kay Jorgensen and…
Introduction
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The Program Only the smallest part of humanity wishes and acts upon the destruction of others. The pluralists are far larger. Those of us who believe in a world where we live together, we’re far larger. The problem is we haven’t made our case compelling across the world yet….
Program Structure
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The central feature of A Chorus of Faiths is an interfaith service project that participants coordinate, primarily outside the regular workshop time. Each workshop includes an activity to move the group forward in planning their interfaith service event. Each workshop has the same basic structure…
Materials
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Name tags and markers Copies of Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook Chalice, candle and lighter or LED battery-operated candle…
Leader Guidelines
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You need not have experience in interfaith cooperation or expertise about diverse faiths to lead this program….
Before You Start
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Read through the entire program. Become comfortable with the program’s eight-workshop sequence, the flow of each workshop, and the stories and other resources you will use in the workshops. Understand what is required for the interfaith service event….
Resources
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Eck, Diana. A New Religious America: How a “Christian Country” Has Become the World’s Most Religiously Diverse Nation (San Francisco: Harper Collins, 2001) Patel, Eboo. Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation (Boston: Beacon Press, 2007) Prothero,…
Facilitator Feedback Form
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We welcome your critique of this program, as well as your suggestions. Thank you for your feedback! Your input improves programs for all of our congregations….
Participant Feedback Form
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We welcome your critique of this program, as well as your suggestions. Thank you for your feedback! Your input improves programs for all of our congregations….
Principles and Sources
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There are seven principles which Unitarian Universalist congregations affirm and promote: The inherent worth and dignity of every person; Justice, equity and compassion in human relations; Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations; A free and responsible…
Workshop 1: Beyond Diversity
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Workshop 2: We Need Not Think Alike to Love Alike
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Workshop 3: The Beloved Community
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Workshop 4: It Matters What We Believe
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Workshop 5: Difficulties of Interfaith Work
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Workshop 6: Spreading the Good News
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Workshop 7: Service is Our Prayer
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Workshop 8: New Habits of the Heart
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