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Activity time: 75 minutes Materials for Activity One episode of the MTV program If You Really Knew Me Computer with Internet access, projector, and screen Handout 1, What Makes a Cult? Preparation for Activity Choose an episode of If You Really Knew Me, an MTV series about Challenge Day, a...Activity | November 14, 2013 | For High School | From Building Bridges -
Activity time: 15 minutes Description of Activity Participants consider what might make a cult attractive to a prospective member and how they might intervene if a friend became involved with a cult-like group. Engage participants to recall the reasons a cult might be attractive to someone which...Activity | November 14, 2013 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, What Makes a Cult? Optional: Cults/Religions poster the group created in the Welcoming and Entering activity Description of Activity Participants learn and discuss why some people might consider Unitarian Universalism to be a cult. Ask...Activity | November 14, 2013 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED/battery-operated candle Taking It Home handout Optional: Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Download, adapt, and copy Taking It Home for each participant. Optional: Write the closing words on...Activity | November 14, 2013 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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This workshop dealt with slippery subject matter: Discussion of cults can reveal people's prejudices, and the word "cult" is used in so many ways, it can be hard to reach a common understanding. Review the workshop with your co-leader: How did you navigate this complex landscape? Did participants...November 14, 2013 | From Building Bridges
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Materials for Activity The PBS American Experience documentary Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple, either on DVD or online at http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/jonestown-the-life-and-death-of-peoples-… Documentary Film DVD player and monitor, or a computer with Internet connection,...Activity | November 14, 2013 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Leader Resource 1, What Do Cults and Religions Do? Bowl or dish to hold folded slips Glue stick or tape Preparation for Activity Prepare a large sheet of newsprint according to the Poster Guide at the bottom of Leader Resource 1....Activity | November 14, 2013 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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Not all cult practices are dangerous, and not all cults degenerate to tragic ends....November 14, 2013 | From Building Bridges
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When theology erodes and organization crumbles, when the institutional framework of religion begins to break up, the search for a direct experience which people can feel to be religious facilitates the rise of cults. — Daniel Bell, sociologist Introduction This workshop introduces the topic of...November 14, 2013 | From Building Bridges
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When theology erodes and organization crumbles, when the institutional framework of religion begins to break up, the search for a direct experience which people can feel to be religious facilitates the rise of cults. — Daniel Bell, sociologist IN TODAY'S WORKSHOP......Taking It Home | November 14, 2013 | For Families | From Building Bridges
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Cut each statement into strips. 1. Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world. - Jane Addams 2....Handout | November 6, 2013 | For Adults | From Spirit in Practice -
Dig for the seeds of character with the NEW Session 13, in the 6th grade "Amazing Grace" Tapestry of Faith curriculum for 6th grade!Curriculum | By Richard S. Kimball | October 28, 2013 | For Children, Grade 6, Middle School | From Amazing GraceTagged as: Children's Faith Development, Ethics, Meaning, Unitarian Universalism -
What tools does Unitarian Universalism offer for the challenges of life? In this program, children discover what aspects of UU faith are helpful to them, developing a toolbox of faith.Curriculum | By Katie Covey | October 26, 2013 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Toolbox of Faith -
...Leader Resource | October 22, 2013 | For Adults | From The New UU -
Unitarian Universalists (UUs) are called to answer the chilling political debate on reproductive rights with calls for reproductive ‘justice’ and respect for the fullness of every person’s reproductive and sexual life. The election of the 2012-2016 Congregational Study/Action Issue,...Curriculum | October 17, 2013 | For Adults | From Faith Curricula LibraryTagged as: Reproductive Justice
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Engages and challenges leaders and children alike to explore how and why we are willing to welcome others into our lives. We welcome not only strangers, but family, our peers, our neighbors and even entities that are not people such as our animal friends and nature itself.Curriculum | By Aisha Hauser, Susan Lawrence | October 16, 2013 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Wonderful Welcome -
Nurtures children's ability to identify their own experiences and perspectives and to seek out, care about, and respect those of others. It unpacks topics that lend themselves to diverse experiences and perspectives—for example, faith heritage, public service, anti-racism and prayer.Curriculum | By Gabrielle Farrell, Jenice View, Natalie Maxwell Fenimore | October 16, 2013 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Windows and Mirrors -
Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Tool of the Day - a compass A copy of Leader Resource 2, Harry Potter's Moral Compass Chalice and candle Safety matches and long fireplace matches Small dish for spent matches Candle snuffer Council candles (a tea light or votive candle for each...Activity | October 16, 2013 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Toolbox of FaithTagged as: Listening, Spiritual Practice
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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Tool of the Day - saddlebags, bicycle panniers or a rucksack, or an image of saddlebags Participant lists of their own convictions Chalice and candle Safety matches and long fireplace matches Small dish for spent matches Candle snuffer Council cand...Activity | October 16, 2013 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Toolbox of FaithTagged as: Listening, Spiritual Practice
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The Moral Tales program attempts to provide children with the spiritual and ethical tools they will need to make choices and take actions reflective of their Unitarian Universalist beliefs and values.Curriculum | By Alice Anacheka-Nasemann, Elisa Davy Pearmain | October 15, 2013 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Moral Tales