Engage participants to explore ways to share their leadership stories with the broader congregation.

(25 minutes) Materials Newsprint, markers, and wall-safe tape Handout 2, Types of Power Pens and pencils Participants’ copies of Handout 1, Five Smooth Stones, from Activity 4 Preparation Copy Handout 2 for all participants. Write on newsprint, but do not post: “Power is the ability to achieve...

(25 minutes) Materials Handout 1, Five Smooth Stones Preparation Copy Handout 1 for each participant. Description Distribute Handout 1. Share brief biographical information about James Luther Adams from the Unitarian Universalist Historical Society’s online Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist...

Share this quote from religious historian William Cantwell Smith: Faith at its best has taken the form of a quiet confidence and joy which enable one to feel at home in the universe.

This activity invites participants to reflect on and share their own leadership journey.

Explain to participants that covenants are a foundational aspect of liberal congregations, and the practice of establishing a covenant is an essential act of leadership.

Gather the group in a circle. Ask a participant to light the chalice as you or another participant read the opening words, “We come to this time and this place,” Reading 436 in Singing the Living Tradition. Invite participants to introduce themselves briefly, sharing their names and pronouns.

For Workshop 4, Caring for Ourselves and Others, Activity 5, Confessions of a Prodigal Volunteer.

Take-home suggestions and resources for participants in Workshop 2 of Harvest the Power, 2nd edition.

For Workshop 3, Are We Doing the Right Things? Activity 2, Practicing Reconciliation—a Reflection​

For Workshop 3, Are We Doing the Right Things? Activity 1, Turning Points

For Workshop 3, Are We Doing the Right Things? Activity 1, Turning Points

For use facilitating workshops in the adult curriculum, Harvest the Power, 2nd Edition.

Handouts to provide to workshop participants in the adult program, Harvest the Power, 2nd Edition.

Consider and discuss these questions with your co-facilitator: Looking at each activity in this workshop, what worked as well as or better than you had anticipated? What did not work as well as you had anticipated? What issues came up for you, personally, in trying any activity yourself?

Stories for use with the adult program, Harvest the Power, 2nd Edition.

(5 minutes) Preparation Optional: Customize the Taking It Home handout for your group before emailing or photocopying it. Copy Taking It Home for all participants, or plan to email it. Description Distribute copies of Taking It Home or tell the group when you will email it. Thank participants for...

Ask yourself what groups, constituencies, or individuals in your congregation might consider themselves to be “on the margins.” Compare your reflections with those of other congregational leaders. Together, consider the voices that may be missing or muted as your congregation makes decisions

(25 minutes) Materials Newsprint, markers, and wall-safe tape Handout 3, The Margin, the Center Participants’ copies of Handout 2, “I” to “We”: From Individualism to Collective Identity Preparation Copy Handout 3 for all participants. Description Invite participants to remember the...

(30 minutes) Materials Newsprint, markers, and wall-safe tape Handout 2, "I" to "We": From Individualism to Collective Identity Preparation Copy Handout 2 for all participants. Decide which areas of your congregational culture you will ask each group of three to consider....