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Find a place where you can be quiet with your thoughts. Close your eyes and breathe deeply for several minutes, perhaps repeating a word or phrase to separate yourself from the activities of the day....July 3, 2013 | From Circle of Trees -
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now. — Chinese proverb Trees are an integral part of all life on earth, and they are facing stresses as a result of deforestation and pollution—stresses that threaten our very existence. As Unitarian Universalists who affirm...July 3, 2013 | From Circle of Trees
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One goal of Circle of Trees is to help participants to slow down, go deeper, and truly experience a connection to trees and all of earth. The program begins with some lighthearted learning about trees—how they are structured, what they contribute to life on our planet—then moves into...July 3, 2013 | From Circle of Trees
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As you adapt workshops to fit your resources and the needs of the group, take care to preserve the intent of a workshop and its purpose in the overall program. Read each workshop at least several days before leading it. Get a feel for it, do a little extra research if your curiosity strikes, and...July 3, 2013 | From Circle of Trees
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The options for scheduling Circle of Trees are many. It can be used on Sunday mornings as a multigenerational program sandwiched between larger segments of the congregation's religious education year. It can be used on Saturday afternoons or early weekend evenings, perhaps combined with a potluck...July 3, 2013 | From Circle of Trees
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One of the goals of Circle of Trees is for participants to engage directly with trees and the web of life, thus the culminating workshop is designed to be a shared experience in nature, in a nearby natural area or park....July 3, 2013 | From Circle of Trees
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It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees. — Wangari Maathai, Nobel Prize winner and founder of the Green Belt Movement in Kenya IN TODAY'S WORKSHOP......Taking It Home | July 3, 2013 | For Families | From Circle of Trees
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Come back with me into a story we all share, a story whose rhythm beats in us still. The story belongs to each of us and to all of us, like the beat of [a] drum, like the heartbeat of our living universe. — Joanna Macy, in Thinking Like a Mountain IN TODAY'S WORKSHOP... we completed the Council...Taking It Home | July 3, 2013 | For Families | From Circle of Trees
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Cut down the forest of desire, not the forest of trees. — The Buddha, Dhammapada 283 IN TODAY'S WORKSHOP ... we prepared for the Council Among the Trees ritual, which continues in Workshop 7. HOMEWORK: Take time each day to reflect on the being your mask represents....Taking It Home | July 3, 2013 | For Families | From Circle of Trees
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I think that I shall never see A billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree at all. —Ogden Nash, American poet, "Song of the Open Road" (1933) IN TODAY'S WORKSHOP ... we viewed a visual essay by Franke James called "What Can One Person Do?" We...Taking It Home | July 3, 2013 | For Families | From Circle of Trees
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The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn. — Ralph Waldo Emerson IN TODAY'S WORKSHOP... we continued to explore the many benefits of trees for other creatures and plants in the web of life with a "Helping Tree Metaphors" activity, and we learned the popular "Rainforest Song" by Unitarian...Taking It Home | July 3, 2013 | For Families | From Circle of Trees
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To be poor and be without trees is to be the most starved human being in the world. To be poor and have trees is to be completely rich in ways that money can never buy. — Clarissa Pinkola Estes, author of Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype IN TODAY'S...Taking It Home | July 3, 2013 | For Families | From Circle of Trees
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The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now. — Chinese proverb IN TODAY'S WORKSHOP ... we explored our relationship to trees and heard a story about the interdependence of the ancient forest. We affirmed the value—for ourselves and for the group—of treating each...Taking It Home | July 3, 2013 | For Families | From Circle of Trees
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The 1803 Winchester Profession of Faith has had a profound effect on Universalism, Unitarian Universalism and other liberal denominations for the last 200+ years. This is its story.Video | June 30, 2013 (reviewed July 2024) | From Faith Curricula LibraryTagged as: Universalism, UU History -
Olympia Brown was ordained a Universalist minister, the first woman to achieve full ministerial standing recognized by a denomination.Video | By Janet H. Bowering | June 30, 2013 (reviewed July 2024) | For Adults | From Faith Curricula LibraryTagged as: UU History, Women -
Congregational polity in UUism emerged from its colonial roots with values of local control, free consent of the membership, under self-imposed rules.Story, Timeline | By UUA Commission on Appraisal (COA) | June 6, 2013 (reviewed February 2026) | For High School, Adults | From LeaderLabTagged as: Congregational Polity, Governance for Congregations, UU History, UU Identity -
Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity...Activity | May 17, 2013 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Creating Home -
Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Large, wooden beads Large, shallow bowls Jute or heavy string Scissors, including left-handed scissors Preparation for Activity Purchase a variety of large, wooden beads, 10 to 20 for each child. Fill shallow bowls with beads....Activity | May 17, 2013 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Creating Home
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Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Booklets made using Taking It Home Continuing the Journey Booklet for all participants A candle to give each participant Preparation for Activity Make a booklet for each child, using Taking It Home Booklet....Activity | May 17, 2013 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Creating Home
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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Read Leader Resource 2, Journey Meditation so you will be able to smoothly lead the meditation Description of Activity This meditation can help children learn that both material items and thoughts can produce positive memories to comfort and sustai...Activity | May 17, 2013 | For Children | From Creating Home