Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Items and tools for observation from Activity 3, To Look with Absolute Attention Writing paper and pencils/pens for all participants Optional: Clipboards for all participants Description of Activity This activity is designed to follow Activity 3, T...

Activity time: 40 minutes Materials for Activity Paper for drawing and writing, clipboards, and pens/pencils for all participants Optional: Blankets to sit on and snacks, including water Preparation for Activity Identify an outdoor location where you can walk with the group and spend undisturbed...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, Fibonacci-by-Numbers Pinecone 1 Handout 2, Fibonacci-by-Numbers Pinecone 2 Color pencils to share Optional: Painter’s tape or push pins to display finished artwork Preparation for Activity Copy Handouts 1 and 2 for all participants.

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Large sheets of paper for all participants Fibonacci plants and vegetables, e.g., several stalks of broccoli or cauliflower tree, a pineapple, a pinecone, plant leaves with raised veins, a tree branch with sub-branches, flowers in bloom, a banana...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape A whole pineapple, a pinecone or another object with a natural pattern that reflects the Fibonacci number sequence Leader Resource 1, Fibonacci Images Optional: Computer, preferably with Internet access and projector...

Materials for Activity Seasonal, fruit- or vegetable-bearing potted plants or seedlings to sell Tables and chairs; container(s) to hold money; pens/pencils and paper to record sales and/or provide receipts Poster board, color markers, and tape Information about the organization or cause that will...

To reflect together after each session, you may wish to use these questions: How was our mix of discussion and action? How well did the timing of this session work? How well did participants understand and engage with spiritual concepts? How can we tell? Does the group include youngsters who have...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Taking It Home Optional: Session 1, Handout 1, Say “Yes” to a Miracle Optional: Session 1, Handout 2, For the Beauty of the Earth Optional: Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Review the two song suggestions (Handouts 1 and 2).

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Items and tools for observation, from Activity 3, To Look with Absolute Attention Drawing paper and pencils, color pencils, pastels, and crayons Optional: Slow- or non-hardening modeling clay Optional: Clipboards if table space is limited Preparati...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Everyday items from nature such as tree leaves or branches, a nautilus or other shell, potted plants, cut flowers, sunflower heads, pinecones, or a pineapple Tools participants can use to investigate the objects and pictures, such as a magnifying...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story, “May Sarton” Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Read the story, “May Sarton.” Prepare to read or tell it dramatically. Print on newsprint and post the following May Sarton quote: “If one looks long...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Newsprint with definition(s) of a miracle generated by the group in Session 1 Preparation for Activity Post the definition(s) of a miracle that the group generated in Session 1....

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice and LED/battery-operated candle Optional: Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Write the chalice lighting words on newsprint, and post. Description of Activity Gather participants in a circle around the chalice. Welcome new...

Set aside five minutes before the session. Find a comfortable position, and take three deep breaths to center yourself. Feel the details of your body—where it is touching the chair, walls or ground, how your feet feel on the floor and the sensations of your breathing....

I think it pisses God off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don't notice it. — Shug Avery, in Alice Walker’s novel The Color Purple The miracles of the church seem to me to rest not so much upon faces or voices or healing power coming suddenly near to us from afar off, but upon...

I think it pisses God off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don't notice it. — Shug Avery, in Alice Walker’s novel The Color Purple The miracles of the church seem to me to rest not so much upon faces or voices or healing power coming suddenly near to us from afar off, but upon...

A vast array of photographic images of the universe are available to view on the Internet. To become familiar with the concept of an ever-expanding universe, search images for these terms, sequentially: the solar system, the Milky Way, star nebula, galaxies near the Milky Way....

Photo credit: Robert Hurt, IPAC; Bill Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF. From the website of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, a facility of the National Science Foundation.

The Universe The Sun Stars Earth Seasons Love Snowflakes Human hands The brain Fingerprints A beating heart Childbirth Our senses Growing Breathing Thinking Healing A stone statue crying real tears A baby found alive five days after a tsunami A mother chimpanzee caring for a baby tiger One person...