Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Worship or centering table Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED battery-operated candle Time piece (minutes) Chime or bell Copies of Singing the Living Tradition, the UUA hymnbook, for all participants Optional: Cloth for worship/centering table...

Materials for Activity Sign-in sheet and pen or pencil Name tags for participants (durable or single-use), and bold markers Workshop 1, Handout 1, Schedule Optional: Refreshments Preparation for Activity Have copies of Workshop 1, Handout 1, Schedule on hand for those who need one. Using...

Read Handout 1, Parallel, Prophetic, and Institutional Voices. Reflect on the three strategies in your own life. Have you experienced these different ways of approaching justice issues? Do you tend toward one strategy over another? Why? How do you feel about the different approaches?...

Activity Minutes Welcoming and Entering 0 Opening 10 Activity 1: Prophetic, Parallel, and Institutional 5 Activity 2: The Prophetic Approach 20 Activity 3: The Parallel Approach 15 Activity 4: The Institutional Approach 15 Activity 5: Complementary Strategies 10 Activity 6: Journaling 10 Faith in...

We would have every path laid open to Woman as freely as to Man. Were this done, and a slight temporary fermentation allowed to subside, we should see crystallizations more pure and of more various beauty....

DATE and TIME Workshop 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16....

A retelling of Christian scripture (Luke 10: 25- 37). A lawyer asked Jesus, "What must I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus answered, "What is in the law? What do you read there?" The lawyer answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your...

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Index cards and pens/pencils Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Find out about social action projects in which the congregation is currently involved. Post blank newsprint. Description of Activity Hand out the index cards, asking...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity A journal for each participant Pens and pencils Preparation for Activity Obtain journals. These can be simple, inexpensive notebooks, but should be sturdy enough for participants to tape/glue items to the pages. Description of Activity Distribute...

Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story "The Good Samaritan" Talking stick or other small object for passing, one for each small group A chime Timepiece (minutes) Description of Activity Say, in your own words: Now that we have created a list of ideals and explored so...

Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape A copy of the story "The Good Samaritan" Preparation for Activity Read the story "The Good Samaritan" and prepare to read or tell it to the group....

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Prepare a list of the elements of covenant you would like to suggest as the facilitator. You might consider: Start and end on time. Practice respectful dialogue. Honor diversity of opinion and...

On the website of the Unitarian Universalist Association, read "Inspired Faith, Effective Action: A Social Justice Workbook for Congregations" and find links to social justice resources and information on Unitarian Universalist social justice organizations. Richard Gilbert's book T… Prophetic...

Take a few moments right after the workshop to ask each other: What went well? What did not? Why? What do you think was the best moment of the workshop? Why? Did anything surprise you? Review the next workshop. Are there any questions to research or logistics to arrange between workshops? Make a...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Worship or centering table and chalice Participant journals Copies of Singing the Living Tradition for all participants Taking It Home handout Preparation for Activity Customize the Taking It Home section of this workshop and copy for all participants.

Preparation for Activity Invite three or four activist members of your congregation to join a panel and share their stories of why they are involved in social justice work, what they do, and how their social justice work reflects their Unitarian Universalist faith....

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Worship or centering table Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED battery-operated candle Timepiece (minutes) Chime or bell Copies of Singing the Living Tradition, the UUA hymnbook, for all participants Optional: Cloth for worship/centering table...

Materials for Activity Sign-in sheet and pen or pencil Name tags for participants (durable or single-use) Bold markers Handout 1, Schedule Optional: Refreshments Preparation for Activity Make a sign-in sheet for the workshop....

Hear your commission to love, to create community, and to heal. One at a time in personal relationships, ten at a time in covenant groups, hundreds at a time in our congregations, hundreds of thousands at a time in our religious movement, millions at a time as we take our commission deeper and...

Activity Minutes Welcoming and Entering 0 Opening 15 Activity 1: Covenant 10 Activity 2: The Good Samaritan Dilemma 25 Activity 3: How Do We Respond? 25 Activity 4: Journaling 10 Faith in Action: Inspiring Stories Closing 5 Alternate Activity 1: Our Work 20...