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  • image of various quilt patterns with text overlay that reads "Tapestry of Faith Windows and Mirros"
    From Ayat Jamilah: Beautiful Signs (Boston: Skinner House, 2010). Khadija was a wealthy businesswoman who needed to hire someone she could depend on to do her trading and to care for her goods when her caravan reached Syria . After a brief search, she hired Muhammad ibn Adjullah, known throughout...
    Story | By Sarah Conover, Valerie Wahl | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Windows and Mirrors
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    Adapted from a June 6, 2004, sermon delivered at All Souls Church, Unitarian, Washington, DC. Used with permission. Tell the group this story, "The Day of Pentecost," comes from Christian scripture. It is in the Book of Acts, 2:1-13. While God is mentioned in this story, the Holy Spirit is also...
    Story | By Robert M. Hardies | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Windows and Mirrors
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    From What if Nobody Forgave? and Other Stories, by Kate Rhode, edited by Colleen McDonald (Boston: Skinner House, 2003). Used with permission....
    Story | By Kate Rhode | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Windows and Mirrors
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    Intergenerational, or Multigenerational, Community Many Unitarian Universalist congregations value multigenerational community in theory more than in practice....
    November 9, 2014 | For Grades 4-5 | From Windows and Mirrors
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    "Teaching a Thief" is taken from Kindness, A Treasury of Buddhist Wisdom by Sarah Conover and Valerie Wahl (Boston: Skinner House, 2010). Availavle from inSpirit: The UU Book and Gift Shop. All rights reserved. Bankei was a famous Zen teacher in Japan long ago. Students from all over came to his...
    Story | November 9, 2014 | For Children | From Windows and Mirrors
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    From A Lamp in Every Corner (Boston: Unitarian Universalist Association, 2004). A Bright Star A long time ago, when railroad trains were still brand new and the United States had only twenty-four stars on its flag instead of fifty, there lived a boy whose name was Starr. That may seem like an odd...
    Story | By Janeen K Grohsmeyer | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Windows and Mirrors
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    Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers and tape Optional: Paper and pencils, crayons or markers for cards or letters Optional: Information about Unitarian Universalist Partner Churches Preparation for Activity Visit the Unitarian Universalist Partner Church Council website and choose materials...
    Activity | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Windows and Mirrors
    Tagged as: Connections, Generosity, Partner Church Observation, Solidarity
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    Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story "Thomas Starr King" A bell, chime, rain stick or other musical noisemaker Preparation for Activity Read the story "Thomas Starr King," a few times. Consider telling it dramatically, rather than reading it from the page. Practice...
    Activity | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Windows and Mirrors
    Tagged as: Authority, Discernment, Growth
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    From Lighting Candles in the Dark: Stories of Courage and Love in Action (Philadelphia: Friends General Conference, 2001). Used by permission. A family had all heard a story recently in church that included a verse from the bible that read, "If your enemy is hungry, feed them." It was a confusing...
    Story | By Isabel Champ Wolseley | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Windows and Mirrors
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    Adapted from an article on Wikipedia. Namaste is a Sanskrit word that is a common spoken greeting in India and other South Asian countries....
    Leader Resource | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Windows and Mirrors
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    Adapted from "Charles Darwin" in Stories in Faith: Exploring Our Unitarian Universalist Principles and Sources Through Wisdom Tales, (Boston: Unitarian Universalist Association, 2007). From the time he was a little boy, Charles Darwin was an explorer....
    Story | By Gail Forsyth-Vail | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Windows and Mirrors
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    We welcome your critique of this program, as well as your suggestions. Thank you for your feedback! Your input improves programs for all of our congregations....
    November 9, 2014 | For Grades 4-5 | From Windows and Mirrors
  • image of various quilt patterns with text overlay that reads "Tapestry of Faith Windows and Mirros"
    We welcome your critique of this program, as well as your suggestions. Thank you for your feedback! Your input improves programs for all of our congregations....
    November 9, 2014 | From Windows and Mirrors
  • A weathered bell sits atop a stone base surrounded by yellow desert flowers. There is a welcome sign behind glass, and people milling about in the background.
    Materials for Activity Recorded square-dance music and appropriate music player Preparation for Activity Make sure you have a large, open floor space for this activity. In square dancing, a "caller" calls out the steps of the dance. Find recorded square-dance music that includes the calls....
    Activity | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Wonderful Welcome
  • A weathered bell sits atop a stone base surrounded by yellow desert flowers. There is a welcome sign behind glass, and people milling about in the background.
    Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Cardboard boxes, empty food containers, dowels, Popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners, string, wooden chopsticks and other interesting items for constructing a model playground Tape, scissors and color markers Newsprint, markers and tape Toy figures to pl...
    Activity | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Wonderful Welcome
  • A weathered bell sits atop a stone base surrounded by yellow desert flowers. There is a welcome sign behind glass, and people milling about in the background.
    Barn-raising See photographs of a barn-raising in Texas on the Homestead Craft and Children's Fair website....
    November 9, 2014 | For Grades K-1 | From Wonderful Welcome
  • A weathered bell sits atop a stone base surrounded by yellow desert flowers. There is a welcome sign behind glass, and people milling about in the background.
    Think about the many communities you belong to, for example, your household, extended family, congregation, neighborhood, and workplace. Our affiliations change over the course of our lives. This ebb and flow are part of modern adult life, yet the possibility of participation and joy in community...
    November 9, 2014 | From Wonderful Welcome
  • A weathered bell sits atop a stone base surrounded by yellow desert flowers. There is a welcome sign behind glass, and people milling about in the background.
    Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Optional: Newsprint, markers and tape Optional: Percussion instruments Preparation for Activity Optional: Newsprint, markers and tape Optional: Percussion instruments Description of Activity The children learn a simple song and movements that embod...
    Activity | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Wonderful Welcome
  • A weathered bell sits atop a stone base surrounded by yellow desert flowers. There is a welcome sign behind glass, and people milling about in the background.
    Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity 8 X 11" sheets of card stock or construction paper cut into 5 X 8 pieces Magnet strips Fine markers, crayons, and/or colored pencils for decorating cards Glue, if magnet strips are not self-adhesive Newsprint, markers and tape Preparation for Activ...
    Activity | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Wonderful Welcome
  • A weathered bell sits atop a stone base surrounded by yellow desert flowers. There is a welcome sign behind glass, and people milling about in the background.
    The author of Be Here Now (San Cristobal, New Mexico: Lama Foundation 1971), Ram Dass lives on the island of Maui, Hawaii and continues his work as a spiritual teacher via an online community.
    November 9, 2014 | For Grades K-1 | From Wonderful Welcome