Jalalud'din Rumi is the oldest poet represented in this program. You can find a … of Rumi at the website, Poet Seers. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) website features a short piece about http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/subdivisions/sufism_1.sht…;, Rumi's religion, which...

With your co-leader, discuss which activities were successful and which ones were less so. The date, time, and location of the Poetry Slam should be set by now. Start thinking about publicity outlets, especially congregational newsletters that might be printed a month in advance. If advance...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice Singing the Living Tradition Description of Activity Use the Closing designed by your group or the one provided below....

Materials for Activity Books of children's poetry Arts and crafts materials Blankets, pillows, sleeping bags, and/or bean bag chairs Congregational calendar Newsprint or dry erase board and markers Optional: Hand puppets or materials for making simple puppets Optional: Snacks Preparation for...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice and matches Description of Activity Use the Opening designed by your group or the one provided below. Gather around the chalice. As a volunteer lights the chalice, ask the group to focus on the word "love" in silence. After about fifteen...

The activities in this workshop look at romantic love. Love poems are common and popular. Do you have a favorite love poem? If so, does it portray love in a realistic way or idealistically? There are two different ways to think about art: Some think that art should imitate life, or be realistic.

ACTIVITY MINUTES Opening 5 Activity 1: Fairy Tale Love 30 Activity 2: Being Yourself in Love 20 Faith in Action: Poetry Pajama Party Closing 5 Alternate Activity 1: Lyrics as Poetry 15 Alternate Activity 2: Perfect and Imperfect Love 20...

With my poems, I finally won even my mother. The longest wooing of my life. Marge Piercy Today's workshop is about romantic love. The poetry we use in this workshop runs the gamut, from song lyrics to Yeats to urban hip-hop....

When you take on some leadership responsibility in the world, you must accept the fact that you will change lives. You will change the status quo by representing justice or compassion or love. And changes spread from you will be easier to happen again in others because of you. — Doris "Granny D"...

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Copies of Singing the Living Tradition and Singing the Journey Description of Activity Participants search for hymns with poetry they find inspiring or beautiful. Pass out hymnals. Ask participants if they have favorite hymns. As they do so, ask...

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Jazz poems created in Activity 2, Jazz Poems Various art supplies, including poster board, glue, scissors, and markers Old magazines Preparation for Activity Have arts and crafts supplies available....

Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity One set of three different colored sheets of paper for each participant; or three sheets of white paper and three different colored markers for each participant Journals and pens or pencils Optional: Jazz CDs and CD player Optional: Scissors, glue,...

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, "Perhaps," by Shu Ting Preparation for Activity Photocopy Handout 1, "Perhaps," one for each participant. Description of Activity Give everyone a copy of the poem. Ask two or more volunteers to read it aloud, pausing for thirty seconds...

Wikipedia has information on the life of Shu Ting. The UUA website has a http://www.uua.org/spirituallife/worshipweb/by_topic.php?topic=Prayers"… Web that includes prayers that can be useful for the Faith in Action activity. A book that also can be a useful resource is For Praying Out Loud:...

Review today's workshop with your co-leader. This workshop is the first in which participants were free to write their own poetry from just a prompt. What worked well and what activities need adjustment? How do the answers to these questions affect future workshops?

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice Singing the Living Tradition Description of Activity Use the Closing designed by your group or the one provided below....

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Paper and pens or pencils Resources for interfaith prayers, including Singing the Living Tradition and books of meditation Description of Activity One mission that some Unitarian Universalists take on is to help make our world a place that is more...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice and matches Description of Activity Use the Opening designed by your group or the one provided below. Gather around the chalice. As a volunteer lights the chalice, ask the group to focus on the words "life's mission" in silence. After about...

This workshop focuses on personal missions or sense of purpose. The activities you will lead will help youth identify what might be a mission they already feel motivates their actions. You may have reflected upon lifetime missions, but have you thought about your mission related to leading this...

ACTIVITY MINUTES Opening 10 Activity 1: In Pursuit of a Mission 20 Activity 2: Jazz Poems 25 Faith in Action: Interfaith Prayers 30 Closing 5 Alternate Activity 1: Poetry Collage 30...