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The Program Good stories, then, enlarge our student's minds and hearts. They help them to shed their preoccupation with self and to see what they have the potential to give or do. In other words, stories not only nourish the imagination. They nourish the soul. — Kevin Ryan and Karen Bohlin Every...January 5, 2016 | For Grades 2-3 | From Moral Tales -
The Program If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life. — Rachel Carson, 20th century environmental activist...January 5, 2016 | For Grades K-1 | From World of Wonder -
Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods and The Nature Principle, said in an interview in the March/Apr… 2007 Orion Magazine: Studies show that almost to a person conservationists or environmentalists—whatever we want to call them—had some transcendent experience in nature when they...January 5, 2016 | For Grades K-1 | From World of Wonder
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The Program We see in the world around us many symbols that teach us the meaning of life. You could notice if you wanted to, but you are usually too busy. We Indians live in a world of symbols and images where the spiritual and the commonplace are one. —John Fire/Lame Deer and Richard Erodes You...December 22, 2015 | For Grades K-1 | From Creating Home -
The Program There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle. — Deepak Chopra Young families come to Unitarian Universalist congregations to enrich their spiritual lives, to gain resources...December 21, 2015 | For Preschool | From Chalice Children -
The first edition of Chalice Children, published in 1998, was my first UUA curriculum. It was an attempt to make the Sunday morning time for preschoolers relate to Unitarian Universalist identity....December 21, 2015 | For Preschool | From Chalice Children
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The Program The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose....December 17, 2015 | For Grades K-1 | From Wonderful Welcome -
A Shovel Full of Earth Melitta Haslund, in “A Shovel Full of Earth.” Published in For All That Is Our Life, edited by Helen and Eugene Pickett (Skinner House, 2005). Used with permission. A few shovel fulls of earth await humbly. Dark brown as only earth can be— dug from the fragrant depths.December 9, 2015 | From Facing Death with Life -
Facing Death with Life What did you like the best about the program? What would you change or improve? What readings or videos offered you new insights? Did you share any of them with other people? Is there something we didn’t cover that you would have liked to cover? What was most helpful about...December 9, 2015 | From Facing Death with Life
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Make a time for individual reflection and discussion with your co-leader after the conclusion of the workshop. Consider these questions: What worked well in today's workshop? What was most challenging? At what points were participants most and least engaged? Were all voices in the group heard?...December 9, 2015 | From Facing Death with Life
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Activity time: 10 minutes Invite each participant to light a candle and name the fear about death and dying they would like to let go. Share these closing words from Rumi, a 13th-century Persian poet: What do you really possess, And what have you gained in this life?...December 9, 2015 | From Facing Death with Life
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Activity time: 10 minutes Distribute Handout 1, Evaluation and invite participants to complete it and turn it in.December 9, 2015 | From Facing Death with Life
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Activity time: 15 minutes Ask, “Is there such a thing as a good death?” Invite a discussion, encouraging participants to share any experiences and learnings from the workshop program that have influenced their response to the question.December 9, 2015 | From Facing Death with Life
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Activity time: 45 minutes Invite participants, one at a time, to share their creative expressions and the process that led to the work they are sharing. Ask participants to give each other the gift of attentive listening during each presentation. Lead the group in affirming each person after they...December 9, 2015 | From Facing Death with Life
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Activity time: 35 minutes Invite participants to share insights, comments, and observations from your field trip to the funeral home, cemetery, or crematorium and record them on newsprint. If the group includes participants who did not make the field trip, invite others to fill in details. Call...December 9, 2015 | From Facing Death with Life
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Activity time: 5 minutes Light the chalice and share these words from Rev. Kate Walker: With courage we turn to look, with fear and love pulling us forward, death will greet us one day. We look, but we do not welcome, not this time, not next time, we only look, with courage. Call attention to the...December 9, 2015 | From Facing Death with Life
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Post Our Covenant from Workshop 1. Customize and make copies of Handouts 1 and 2 for all participants. Write on newsprint and post: What were your impressions? What was expected? What was unexpected? Did your views on death change, and if so, how? Did the visit affect your personal plans for your...December 9, 2015 | From Facing Death with Life
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Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED/battery-operated candle Candle, lighter, and holder or LED/battery-operated candle for each participant Newsprint, markers, and tape Our Covenant from Workshop 1 Handout 1, Evaluation Handout 2, Final Thoughts Computer or video player, speakers, and screen...December 9, 2015 | From Facing Death with Life
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And so I shall go, in time, as all Go and greet this sustaining earth with gratitude and pray I am worthy and have served Her well. — Melitta Haslund, from “A Shovel Full of Earth” This workshop invites participants to reflect on what they have learned and experienced through Facing Death with...December 9, 2015 | From Facing Death with Life
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Make a time for individual reflection and discussion with your co-leader after the conclusion of the workshop. Consider these questions: What worked well in today's workshop? How can these elements or approaches be repeated or amplified in the future? What was most challenging?...December 9, 2015 | From Facing Death with Life