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  • Our Time for All Ages this morning is a time of make-believe. I’d like you to put your imagination caps on so that we can pretend together. Raise your hand if you've ever been to a baseball game. How many of you follow a team you think of as “your” team? Well, I have bad news. (Here’s the...
    Time for All Ages | By Erika Hewitt | April 2, 2016 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Belief, Choice, Courage, Generations, History, International, Living Our Faith, Partner Church Observation, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Psychology, Secular
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  • This Time for All Ages is greatly enhanced by visual elements. If you're able to create a slide show, it may be helpful to show the accompanying images, as well as diagrams of the geocentric and heliocentric models of the solar system. We humans have always looked up at the stars, wondered about...
    Time for All Ages | By Erika Hewitt | March 21, 2016 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Awe, Earth Day, History, Identity, International, Living Our Faith, Partner Church Observation, Religion, Science, Secular, Wonder
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  • In English This is a prayer for all the travelers. For the ones who start out in beauty, who fall from grace, who step gingerly, looking for the way back. And for those who are born into the margins, who travel from one liminal space to another, crossing boundaries in search of center. This is a...
    Meditation | By Angela Herrera | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Home, Journey, Multiculturalism, Partner Church Observation, Vision, Multiculturalism
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  • Today we have the opportunity to contribute to a special offering for the Unitarians in Eastern Europe [whose stories you have just learned]. One Transylvanian Unitarian minister, speaking about his congregation's recently revived connection between eastern Unitarians and western Unitarian...
    Offering | By Unitarian Universalist Partner Church Council | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Connections, History, Partner Church Observation, Relationships, Stewardship, Unitarianism
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  • May we light this chalice to honor our past: for Jan Hus, burned at the stake for suggesting that the cup be shared by all; for our Service Committee's earliest days, when its logo enabled the persecuted to find a safe haven. May we light this chalice to endorse our present: for our commitment to...
    Chalice Lighting | By George G Brooks | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), Commitment, Dignity, Freedom, Generations, History, Justice, Partner Church Observation, Relationships, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarianism, Vision
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  • I am Unitarian, I live and work in this faith. Jesus is my guide And God is my help. We, humans, are all brothers/sisters, Our law is one: love. The goal of our work is shared, Happy are those of God's Kingdom...
    Meditation | By Unitarian Universalist Partner Church Council | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Christianity, Faith, God, Love, Partner Church Observation, Purpose, Service, Unitarianism, Unity
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  • (Hungarian first—English follows) Hol hit—ott szeretet Where there is faith there is love Hol szeretet—ott béke Where there is love there is peace Hol béke—ott áldás Where there is peace there is blessing Hol áldás—ott Isten Where there is blessing there is God Hol Isten—ott...
    Meditation | By Unitarian Universalist Partner Church Council | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Christianity, Faith, God, History, Love, Partner Church Observation, Peace, Unitarianism
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  • Activity time: 60 minutes Materials for Activity Lined paper or stationery; plain drawing paper; pens or pencils; and markers, color pencils, or crayons Envelopes and stamps Optional: Globe or map Optional: Pictures of and information about recipients Optional: Digital camera and printer, or phot...
    Activity | January 9, 2015 | For Children, Preschool | From Chalice Children
    Tagged as: Partner Church Observation
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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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  • Ritual is the way we carry the presence of the sacred. Ritual is the spark that must not go out....
    October 20, 2014 | For Grades K-1 | From Love Surrounds Us
    Tagged as: Partner Church Observation
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  • August 16, 2012 | For Grades 4-5 | From Sing to the Power
    Tagged as: Connections, Democracy, Diversity, Earth, Hospitality, Partner Church Observation
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  • January 25, 2012 | From What We Choose
    Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Acceptance, Choice, Class, Community, Compassion, Connections, Culture, Direct Experience, Diversity, Empathy, Ethics, Partner Church Observation, Immigration, Multiculturalism
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  • Based on information provided by Rev. Mike Young, The First Unitarian Church of Honolulu. Sometimes, the moment you meet someone, you know they will be a very important friend in your life. Other times, friendships start slowly. You might not know how important the friendship is for many years....
    Story | December 10, 2011 | For Multigenerational | From Gather the Spirit
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Community, Generosity, Health, Humanism, Illness, Interdependence, Nature, Partner Church Observation, Privilege, Relationships, Service, Solidarity, Unitarian Universalism
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  • Materials for Activity Information about the Unitarian Universalist partner church program and (optional) your congregation's partner church Preparation for Activity Find out if your congregation is a Unitarian Universalist partner church. Invite a congregational leader to visit and talk with the...
    Activity | December 10, 2011 | For Multigenerational | From Gather the Spirit
    Tagged as: Partner Church Observation
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  • December 10, 2011 | From Resistance and Transformation
    Tagged as: Authority, Freedom, History, Partner Church Observation, Power
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  • It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences. — Audre Lorde, writer, poet, and activist The idea of tolerance has always been central to the Unitarian Universalist faith. This is true as early as 1568 with King Sigismund's...
    October 27, 2011 | From A Place of Wholeness
    Tagged as: Partner Church Observation
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  • In the depths of my soul There where lies the source of my strength, Where the divine and the human meet, There, quiet your mind, quiet, quiet. Outside let lightning reign, Horrible darkness frighten the world. But from the depths of your own soul From that silence will rise again God's flower.
    October 27, 2011 | From A Place of Wholeness
    Tagged as: Partner Church Observation
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  • Materials for Activity Information about your congregation's Partner Church, including contact information Preparation for Activity Contact your partner church as a representative of the faith development program. Ask if your group could help them raise funds for a special project....
    Activity | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Love Surrounds Us
    Tagged as: Partner Church Observation
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  • We need not think alike to love alike. — Francis David (David Ferenz), 16th-century Transylvanian Unitarian minister In this session, the Unitarian Universalist Partner Church program provides a doorway into our sixth Principle, the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all.
    October 27, 2011 | From Faithful Journeys
    Tagged as: Partner Church Observation
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  • Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Copies of Handout 1: Spirit Letter to a Unitarian Universalist (UU) Pen Pal, for all participants Markers, pencils and/or crayons A digital camera and printer, an instant camera and film, or photographs of each child brought from home Glue sticks...
    Activity | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Wonderful Welcome
    Tagged as: Partner Church Observation
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