Love Connects Us
Tapestry is Sunsetting
The UUA is no longer updating Tapestry of Faith programs.
By Lynn Ungar, Michelle Richards
© 2010
Love Connects Us celebrates important ways Unitarian Universalists live our faith in covenanted community. Moved by love and gathered in spirit, we embrace our responsibility toward one another and the world at large. We encourage one another’s search for truth and meaning. We strive to be active in peace-making and other efforts to improve our world.
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PrefaceFrom Love Connects Us
As Unitarian Universalists, we belong to a beloved community with a heritage of love, truth-seeking, and peacemaking from our Unitarian and Universalist forebears….
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IntroductionFrom Love Connects Us
The Program Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much. — Helen Keller, author and activist for people with disabilities Love Connects Us celebrates important ways Unitarian Universalists live our faith in covenanted community. Moved by love and gathered in spirit, we embrace our…
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Program StructureFrom Love Connects Us
All 16 sessions in Love Connects Us follow the same structure. Between an Opening and a Closing, activities guide participants to explore what it means to be a covenanted community….
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Leader GuidelinesFrom Love Connects Us
It is expected you will adapt sessions to fit your resources, time constraints, and particular group of children. However, take care to preserve the intent of a session and its purpose in the overall program. Read each session ahead of time, several days before leading it. Getting a feel, doing…
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ImplementationFrom Love Connects Us
These sessions can be used at any time of year. It is recommended they be used in sequence. The order of sessions and the order of activities within each session have been designed to help participants with diverse backgrounds and learning styles accumulate and deepen their learning in community.
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Before You StartFrom Love Connects Us
This chart provides a snapshot of Love Connects Us for long-range planning. In Session 1, find guidance for planning and displaying the Rainbow Wall Hanging which the group will use each time they meet. In most sessions, during the Opening, the children attach heart-, hand-, peace sign-, question…
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ResourcesFrom Love Connects Us
The Gift of Faith: Tending the Spiritual Lives of Children by Jeanne Harrison Nieuwejaar, second edition (Boston: Skinner House Books, 2003) Welcoming Children with Special Needs: A Guidebook for Faith Communities by Sally Patton (Boston: Unitarian Universalist Association, 2004) Last Child in th…
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Facilitator Feedback FormFrom Love Connects Us
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….
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Participant Feedback FormFrom Love Connects Us
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….
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Principles and SourcesFrom Love Connects Us
There are seven Principles which Unitarian Universalist congregations affirm and promote: …
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Session 1: A Covenant is a PromiseFrom Love Connects Us
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Session 2: A Heritage of LoveFrom Love Connects Us
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Session 3: Love is the Spirit of this ChurchFrom Love Connects Us
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Session 4: Love Your Neighbor as YourselfFrom Love Connects Us
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Session 5: Meeting People Where They LiveFrom Love Connects Us
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Session 6: The More We Get TogetherFrom Love Connects Us
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Session 7: One Person Makes a DifferenceFrom Love Connects Us
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Session 8: The Power of PeaceFrom Love Connects Us
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Session 9: Kindness is the KeyFrom Love Connects Us
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Session 10: Peace InsideFrom Love Connects Us
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Session 11: Science and ReligionFrom Love Connects Us
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Session 12: Seeing Truth/True SeeingFrom Love Connects Us
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Session 13: A Matter of PerspectiveFrom Love Connects Us
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Session 14: Our Heritage's CallingFrom Love Connects Us
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Session 15: All Work TogetherFrom Love Connects Us
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Session 16: We are Active Creators of our FaithFrom Love Connects Us
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Stories in Love Connects UsFrom Love Connects Us
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Handouts in Love Connects UsFrom Love Connects Us
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Leader Resources in Love Connects UsFrom Love Connects Us
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The UUA is no longer updating Tapestry of Faith programs.