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  • Consider the journey you have taken into the history, beliefs, and practices of multiple religions. Allow a particular faith to spring to mind. Then ask yourself: What about this faith interests me? Its history? Beliefs? Practices? Does something resonate for me personally, in the way this faith...
    November 15, 2013 | From Building Bridges
  • Activity Minutes Welcoming and Entering 0 Opening 5 Activity 1: Review 15 Activity 2: What Is Religion For?...
    November 15, 2013 | From Building Bridges
  • The religious community is essential, for alone our vision is too narrow to see all that must be seen. Together, our vision widens and strength is renewed. — Mark Morrison-Reed, UU minister and author In this concluding workshop, participants review the human needs that religions may address and...
    November 15, 2013 | From Building Bridges
  • "Pagan" comes from the Latin word "paganus." Its original meaning is not clear....
    Leader Resource | November 15, 2013 | For High School | From Building Bridges
  • Chalice Candles Altar cloth Water Cell phone Hymnbook Bowl of soil Incense Photographs of family and friends Feather Money Photographs of the sick or others in need of prayer or attention Bowl of snacks Bread for a Bread Communion Beautiful stones Writing paper and pens Mementos from deceased fam...
    Leader Resource | November 15, 2013 | For High School | From Building Bridges
  • Emerged: Neo Paganism is based on what is assumed to be ancient, indigenous religions, but modern day Wicca is dated as beginning in 1959 and the current Neo-Paganism movement can be dated to the founding of the Church of All Worlds and Feraferia in 1967....
    Handout | November 15, 2013 | For High School | From Building Bridges
  • Hymn 78 in Singing the Living Tradition; words by Mark Belletini; musical arrangement by Grace Lewis McLauren.Summertime has turned the starwheel, autumn is upon us. Sweet the angling sun, sweet upon the air the smell of blue mist rising. Summertime has turned the starwheel, autumn is upon us.
    Handout | November 15, 2013 | For High School | From Building Bridges
  • Circle in red the beliefs that are commonly held among most Pagan sects. Circle in pencil beliefs held by some sects, though not universally. It is important to keep our lives balanced. Female qualities and male qualities should be balanced. Neither is more important than the other. They are both...
    Handout | November 15, 2013 | For High School | From Building Bridges
  • The Catanna website published by Catresea Ann Canivan was a source for this story and offers deep information about Paganism. Come with me on a journey—a journey that is as old as time itself. Repeated so often, the earth knows the rhythm and follows it, like a cosmic dance. First steps of the...
    Story | November 15, 2013 | For High School | From Building Bridges
    Tagged as: Paganism
  • Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 4, Celtic Tree Art Art paper and other materials, such as pencils and color pencils, markers, and pastels Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Prepare work tables for participants to use the art materials you have...
    Activity | November 15, 2013 | For High School | From Building Bridges
  • Activity time: 90 minutes Preparation for Activity If your congregation has a CUUPS (Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans) chapter, contact that group....
    Activity | November 15, 2013 | For High School | From Building Bridges
  • Activity time: 3 minutes Materials for Activity Religions Time Line (Workshop 1) Sticky notes and fine-point markers World map or globe Preparation for Activity Display the Religions Time Line. Create a sticky note saying "Paganism, Indigenous," one saying "Wicca, 1959," and another saying...
    Activity | November 15, 2013 | For High School | From Building Bridges
  • Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 3, Neo-Paganism and Wicca Fact Sheet Preparation for Activity Copy Handout 3 for all participants. Description of Activity Youth receive a fact sheet on Pagans to take home. Distribute Handout 3, Neo-Paganism and Wicca Fact Sheet. Review it...
    Activity | November 15, 2013 | For High School | From Building Bridges
  • Activity time: 10 minutes Description of Activity Share background about the Wiccan religion, in these words or your own: Gerald Gardner, an Englishman, is often credited as the father of the modern Wiccan religion....
    Activity | November 15, 2013 | For High School | From Building Bridges
  • Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, Pagan Beliefs? Pencils and red pens Newsprint with questions about Paganism generated in Opening) Preparation for Activity Copy the handout for all participants. Set red pens and black pens on work tables for youth to share....
    Activity | November 15, 2013 | For High School | From Building Bridges
  • The Witches' Voice is a Pagan news and networking site, a resource for finding local Pagan groups. A nice site for basic information is A Rainbow of Spirituality. Llewellyn Publications is probably the most famous publisher of books about magic and Paganism. One popular one is Paganism: An...
    November 15, 2013 | From Building Bridges
  • Review today's workshop with your co-leader. Did the participants engage the subject with respect? Did they accept Paganism as a true religion? If you invited a visitor, did the group treat the guest respectfully? The next workshop is the closing workshop. If you wish to give gifts to youth, make...
    November 15, 2013 | From Building Bridges
  • Activity time: 2 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED/battery-operated candle Taking It Home handout Optional: Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Download, adapt, and copy Taking It Home for all participants. Optional: Write the closing words on...
    Activity | November 15, 2013 | For High School | From Building Bridges
  • Materials for Activity Optional: Copies of Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook or copies of Handout 2, Lyrics - Chant for the Seasons Preparation for Activity Research possible clean-up opportunities to present to the group. Optional: Make this activity...
    Activity | November 15, 2013 | For High School | From Building Bridges
  • Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice, candle, lighter or LED/battery-operated candle Newsprint, markers, and tape Leader Resource 2, Paganism Background Preparation for Activity Read Leader Resource 2, Paganism Background so you will be comfortable presenting it. Post a blank...
    Activity | November 15, 2013 | For High School | From Building Bridges