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  • The Tepid Bay is calm, with sailboats floating easily on the water. This laid-back area represents a place of moderate comfort, suggesting a desire for more engagement or passion.
    Parameters: can be done solo or in a group, in person or online, standing, sitting or laying down. As people say “Oooooom” they clench every muscle in their bodies. Then, on “Wah!” they release all of the tension and sprawl out as big as they can.
    October 31, 2024 | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development
  • The Tepid Bay is calm, with sailboats floating easily on the water. This laid-back area represents a place of moderate comfort, suggesting a desire for more engagement or passion.
    Parameters: 3 or more people in person. Sneeze out all the stale energy with this one. Assign the word “Russia” to one person or group, “Prussia” to another person or group, and “Massachusetts” to the third person or group. Have everyone sneeze their word at the same time.
    October 31, 2024 | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development
  • The Tepid Bay is calm, with sailboats floating easily on the water. This laid-back area represents a place of moderate comfort, suggesting a desire for more engagement or passion.
    3 or more people. If more than 10, consider breaking into smaller groups. Can be done in person or online. People make up incredible stories about every day objects.
    October 30, 2024 | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development
  • The Canyons of Deeper Sharing are twisty, turny, red rock canyons are depicted with deep, winding paths filled with sparkling water, symbolizing deep and meaningful sharing.
    Parameters: More than 3 people, in person and you need a green object and a red object. "The Light" chooses the distance between themself and others by having them move forward or stop. Includes suggested discussion questions.
    October 30, 2024 | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development
  • 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, in person or online. People imagine they’re heading to a desert island and can bring one physical, tangible item with them. Invite each person to share, one at a time, what they would bring and why. Options to get artistic or make a playlist.
    October 30, 2024 | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development
  • The Canyons of Deeper Sharing are twisty, turny, red rock canyons are depicted with deep, winding paths filled with sparkling water, symbolizing deep and meaningful sharing.
    Parameters: more than two people; in-person or on video call. Participants create an outline of their body then fill it in with the things that represent what makes them who they are. Then they share out and receive affirmations.
    October 30, 2024 | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development
  • Right in the heart of the map, the Healing Springs bubble with magical, clear blue waters. Surrounded by lush greenery, this tranquil area is the perfect spot for a refreshing dip, suggesting a place of rejuvenation and healing
    Parameters: more than 3 people in person. Prepare a room with comfortable places to sit and lay, and open space for participants to create their own cozy area. Invite everyone to a cozy story-reading. Encourage them to wear their pajamas or other cozy clothing and to bring stuffed animals/blankets.
    October 30, 2024 | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development
  • The Canyons of Deeper Sharing are twisty, turny, red rock canyons are depicted with deep, winding paths filled with sparkling water, symbolizing deep and meaningful sharing.
    Parameters: In person or online, 5+ people. Participants share their opinions (agree, neutral, disagree) on various statements ranging from silly to profound and can share more details if they wish.
    October 30, 2024 | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development
  • The Canyons of Deeper Sharing are twisty, turny, red rock canyons are depicted with deep, winding paths filled with sparkling water, symbolizing deep and meaningful sharing.
    Parameters: 2+ people; can be done online or in person. Participants create a secret message for themselves by interpreting the hidden meaning of some of their favorite things. They get to choose what they share with each other.
    October 30, 2024 | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development
  • More than a dozen UU youth create a tunnel/bridge by reaching forward and holding hands high so that bridging youth can travel through the created tunnel.
    These bridging resources provide faith development and ritual of transition for UU youth who are transitioning to the first stage of adulthood. One of many "rites of passage," bridging holds a special place in the heart of congregational life.
    Curriculum | By Eric Dew Bliss | October 23, 2024 | For High School, Emerging Adults (18-24), Multigenerational | From Faith Curricula Library
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Youth Ministry
  • a group of five adults of various ages, ethnicities, and gender presentations sit in a classroom and have turned their chairs to face each other while in conversation. there are other such discussion groups happening in the background behind them.
    Adults of various identities/ages will engage UU values and police abolition, explore histories and present-day expressions of colonization, indigenous erasure, and anti-Blackness, learn how to confront white entitlement and advocate for reparations, and gain a deepened UU theology.
    Curriculum | By Mosaic Curriculum Team | October 15, 2024 | For Adults | From Anti-Racism Library
    Tagged as: Adult Faith Development, Anti-Racism, BIPOC Experiences, Classism, History, Indigenous Rights, Microaggressions, White Supremacy Culture, Whiteness
  • Standing tall on the far right edge of the map, the red and white Covenant Lighthouse beams with a bright, guiding light. It’s the trusty beacon that helps everyone navigate through stormy seas and stay true to their principles.
    Works well: with members who connect with imagery. Draw the outline of a body on the paper. Inside the the body participants add images and drawings that represent belonging. Outside the body they add images representing exclusion.
    October 1, 2024 | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development
  • Standing tall on the far right edge of the map, the red and white Covenant Lighthouse beams with a bright, guiding light. It’s the trusty beacon that helps everyone navigate through stormy seas and stay true to their principles.
    Works well: when using From Many to One or the Ideation Activity. Optional: share a list of needs (search "universal needs") and gifts (search "talents and skills for community") for members to choose from. Framework: Our covenants are our promises to each other. One of the things that makes...
    October 1, 2024 | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development
  • Standing tall on the far right edge of the map, the red and white Covenant Lighthouse beams with a bright, guiding light. It’s the trusty beacon that helps everyone navigate through stormy seas and stay true to their principles.
    Works best for: A group where some people are dominant speakers and others’ voices go unheard, a larger group, a group that has difficulty coming to agreement. Each person writes down a few key points they would like included, the group elects delegates to synthesize.
    October 1, 2024 | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development
  • Standing tall on the far right edge of the map, the red and white Covenant Lighthouse beams with a bright, guiding light. It’s the trusty beacon that helps everyone navigate through stormy seas and stay true to their principles.
    Works best for: with members who've built a covenant before, a group of less than 8 people, when you have time for discussion. Start with a blank page and whatever is in the minds of participants. The group goes through four stages of ideating.
    October 1, 2024 | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development
  • Standing tall on the far right edge of the map, the red and white Covenant Lighthouse beams with a bright, guiding light. It’s the trusty beacon that helps everyone navigate through stormy seas and stay true to their principles.
    Works best for: a group that's never covenanted before and needs a lot of guidance or a group with a very short amount of time to build a covenant. Add, change and rearrange is the name of the game. The facilitators of the group provide a starting point for the covenanting process.
    October 1, 2024 | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development
  • Dramatic cliffs towering above the crashing waves. The Cliffs of Exclusivity suggest the danger and challenges of exclusivity.
    Parameters: 1 or more people in person or online. Remind people that the way an unjust society views/values them is not a reflection of their worthiness. Write, doodle and/or daydream your response to questions of belonging and being othered.
    October 1, 2024 | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development
  • Dramatic cliffs towering above the crashing waves. The Cliffs of Exclusivity suggest the danger and challenges of exclusivity.
    Parameters: more than 5 people, an open space. 2 players hold hands or connectors to form the amoeba. The amoeba approaches other players and absorbs them by taking their hand/connector. The game ends when all players have been absorbed. There are lots of variations.
    October 1, 2024 | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development
  • Dramatic cliffs towering above the crashing waves. The Cliffs of Exclusivity suggest the danger and challenges of exclusivity.
    Print and post the Coffee Hour Caution flyer in the space you gather after worship! Advice for greeting young adults at church.
    October 1, 2024 | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development
  • Dramatic cliffs towering above the crashing waves. The Cliffs of Exclusivity suggest the danger and challenges of exclusivity.
    Parameters: 1 or more people, in person or online. Access to decision-makers to support changes. How accessible/inclusive is the path to the meeting space?
    October 1, 2024 | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development