Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Optional: Memorabilia related to the story Preparation for Activity With your co-facilitator(s), identify a core story of your congregation. The story should reflect something significant about your congregation....

Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Story, "Themes in North American Unitarian Universalist History" Preparation for Activity Copy the story "Themes in North American Unitarian Universalist History" for facilitators and participants. Read and review the story....

Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, Famous Unitarian Universalists Mix and Match Leader Resource 1, Famous Unitarian Universalists Mix and Match Answers Pencils or pens Preparation for Activity Make copies of Handout 1, Famous Unitarian Universalists Mix and Match....

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Think about your own history with faith communities so you can model a response to the introductory question. Write these questions on newsprint, and post: What congregations or other faith...

Learn about well known UUs in history from the Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography developed by the Unitarian Universalist Historical Society and other sources.

Review with your co-facilitator(s) how each activity went. What worked well? What might you do differently another time? Review the Parking Lot questions. Did you answer the ones you intended to in this workshop? If not, when will you answer them?...

Activity time: 3 minutes Materials for Activity Copies of Singing the Living Tradition for all participants Preparation for Activity Determine whether you will sing the song or do the reading. If you will sing, decide whether to find an accompanist or if you can lead the song. Description of...

Activity time: 2 minutes Materials for Activity Copies of Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook, for all participants Chalice, candle, and lighter, or an LED battery-operated candle Appropriate stand or small table for the chalice Cloth or decorative covering for chali...

Materials for Activity Name tags, durable or single use Bold markers Paper and pen/pencil for sign-up sheet Small table Optional: Refreshments Preparation for Activity If you have not already done so, create a sign-up sheet with columns for name, address, phone, and email information and place it...

Consider your own history with Unitarian Universalism and your congregation. What changes have you witnessed in theology, focus, worship style, and social action? What changes have you been part of? What aspects of Unitarian Universalist history most attract you? What disturbs you in our history?

Activity Minutes Welcoming and Entering 0 Opening 2 Activity 1: My History with Faith Communities 15 Activity 2: Famous Unitarian Universalists Mix and Match 25 Activity 3: Themes in North American Unitarian Universalist History 25 Activity 4: A Story of Our Congregation 20 Closing 3 Alternate...

Universalists are often asked where they stand. The only true answer to give to this question is that we do not stand at all, we move. — Lewis Beals Fisher, late 19th-century Universalist theologian The workshop offers a brief overview of Unitarian Universalist history, focusing on ideas and...

BIBLE Both Unitarianism and Universalism grew out of Christianity. Early Unitarians and Universalists took the Bible seriously, though rarely literally. While we continue to see it as a rich resource of stories and wisdom, most Unitarian Universalists do not see the Bible as authoritative on its...

Print out the incomplete sentences, enlarged to at least 16-point type. Cut the pages into strips, with one incomplete sentence on each strip. Select sentences most appropriate to your congregation. Fold strips of paper and put them in a small basket or bowl. Provide a few more than the number of...

The living tradition we share draws from many Sources: ...

WORKSHOP TITLE DATE Workshop 1 Theology and Worship Workshop 2 Where Do We Come From? Unitarian Universalist Roots Workshop 3 How We Grow in Faith — Philosophy of Religious Education Workshop 4 Social Justice Philosophy and Practice Workshop 5 How Are Decisions Made?...

Excerpted from Cathedral of the World. Copyright 2009 by Forrest Church. Reprinted by permission of Beacon Press, Boston. Imagine awaking one morning from a deep and dreamless sleep to find yourself in the nave of a vast cathedral....

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Copies of Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook, for all participants Handout 2, Unitarian Universalist Sources Preparation for Activity Make copies of Handout 2, Unitarian Universalist Sources. Spend time familiarizing...

Activity time: 20 minutes Preparation for Activity Clear a large space or move to a different space where people can move freely in the room. Description of Activity Introduce the activity with these or similar words: We're going to demonstrate to ourselves the breadth found in Unitarian...

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 2, Unitarian Universalist Sources Leader Resource 3, Common Views Among Unitarian Universalists Bell or gong, and timepiece (minutes) Pencils or pens Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Make copies of Handout 2, Unitarian...