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I do not want the peace that passeth understanding. I want the understanding which bringeth peace. — Helen Keller In Today's Workshop... We explored different ways to reach new understanding, including reading or hearing true-life accounts and communicating with non-violent or giraffe language....Taking It Home | October 27, 2011 | For Families | From Heeding the Call -
Anything goes into poetry. There are rules, but you don't need to know them; even if you know them, you can break them. Poet Janet Wong, 2002 Why write poetry with youth? In many congregations, poetry is incorporated into services and ceremonies....Leader Resource | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Families -
Method One: Writing a Tercet In a tercet, every other line rhymes. A tercet is a form of poetry that has three-line stanzas in which the first and third lines rhyme. The second line is a blank, unrhymed line. Most poets string multiple tercets together to form a poem....Handout | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Families
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Excerpt from an interview conducted and published by Advocates for Youth (permission pending). June 22, 2001,10:30 a.m. Hanne: Well, not only have I been a musician, historian, and writer, I've always been a fat person....Handout | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Families
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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 1,Background for Writing Poetry with Youth Handout 2, Writing Poetry: Some Methods Jane Kenyon's "Biscuit," poem #55, or Robert Hershon's "Sentimental Moment or Why Did the Baguette Cross the Road," poem #70, available from Billy...Activity | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Families
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Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Table set-up for the feast, including flatware, plates, napkins, and cups Food and drink (pre-arranged and prepared) Preparation for Activity Contact leaders and participants and ask them to bring foods that are part of their family life. Sending a...Activity | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Families
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Activity time: 15 minutes Preparation for Activity If you plan to do use youth leaders, recruit them in advance of the session. Description of Activity This activity can be ably led by youth. In this activity participants enter into the life of a family by "acting out" a food-related story or issue.Activity | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Families
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Activity time: 10 minutes Description of Activity Tell participants that your focus today will primarily be about families and food. You might start by asking some discussion-generating questions. Use the following prompts as you see fit. What do you like to eat?...Activity | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Families
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Activity time: 10 minutes Description of Activity This game invites participants to have fun while thinking about food. Delineate a continuum space in the room. Read the prompts, designating one side of the continuum space for one choice and the opposite side for the other....Activity | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Families
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Confirm arrangements for Family Event 2, which will take place before the next session. Copy Handout 6, Consent Form, for Family Event photography. Send e-mail reminders to youth about write-backs and photography responsibilities for Family Event 2. Invite church staff to Family Event 2. Make...October 27, 2011 | From Families
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May your life preach more loudly than your lips. — William Ellery Channing In Today's Workshop... We talked about the moral arc of the universe bending toward justice with our help and the help of those who came before us. Some of those were our Unitarian Universalist ancestors. We heard a story...Taking It Home | October 27, 2011 | For Families | From Heeding the Call
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Activity time: 5 minutes Description of Activity Gather participants in a closing circle. Pragmatics: Remind participants of any logistics for the upcoming Family Event 2. Arrange and/or confirm youth co-leaders for next session (optional)....Activity | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Families
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Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Guest speaker (optional) Handout 1, An Interview with Hanne Blank (optional) Preparation for Activity Consider inviting a guest to speak on weight discrimination....Activity | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Families
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Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice and matches Mac Hammond's "Thanksgiving," poem #119 from Poetry 180, or another humorous poem about food Description of Activity Chalice Lighting Gather participants in a circle. Light the chalice, and say the words provided below, youths'...Activity | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Families
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Materials for Activity Pictures of food clipped from magazines, grocery store circulars, and the like Poster board or paper Markers Glue sticks Preparation for Activity Collect images of food from popular magazines and grocery store circulars. Set out images of food, markers, and glue sticks....Activity | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Families
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Many of us have a love/hate relationship with food. We eat more than we should or we do not eat enough. We make food choices that are not healthy. We become victims of cultural messages about food. It is so easy to pass on to younger people the negative messages about food and our bodies. Food is...October 27, 2011 | From Families
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Activity time: 35 minutes Materials for Activity Cameras (preferably digital cameras) Sketch paper and pencils (these can be in addition to cameras or as an alternative to cameras) Clipboards (optional; for sketching) Newsprint or poster listing the UU Principles Preparation for Activity List the...Activity | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Families
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Activity time: 10 minutes Description of Activity Allow as much time as you need to check in with individuals and/or groups about their projects. This is especially important if youth are conducting the second meeting with families individually....Activity | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Families
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Who thinks of justice unless he knows injustice? — Diane Glancy, Cherokee poet In Today's Workshop... We heard a story about the importance of being aware, both with what we are experiencing firsthand and with the root causes of what we are experiencing. We also discovered a way to imagine how we...Taking It Home | October 27, 2011 | For Families | From Heeding the Call
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Either print or remind youth to print the images from Claiming a Point of View for next time.October 27, 2011 | From Families