Workshop 10: Looking Back and Moving Forward

In This Section

• Introduction

  To live with soul is to live deeply rooted in knowing and feeling that we are connected to one another and to the earth, that our life is...
• Workshop-at-a-Glance

  Activity Minutes Welcoming and Entering 0 Opening 5 Activity 1: Sharing Names 5 Activity 2: The Story of Understanding the Elephant 10...
• Spiritual Preparation

  Leaders are encouraged to prepare for the workshop not only by gathering supplies and reviewing the workshop's activities, but also by...
• Welcoming and Entering

  Materials for Activity Sign-in sheet (see Preparation) Pen or pencil Name tags Bold markers Group guidelines listed on newsprint or a...
• Opening

  Materials for Activity Altar or centering table Cloth for covering altar or centering table Chalice and candle Matches or lighter Copies of...
• Activity 1: Sharing Names

  Materials for Activity Optional: Microphone (preferably cordless) Preparation for Activity Be sure that participants have made name tags...
• Activity 2: The Story Of Understanding The Elephant

  Materials for Activity Copies of Story 1: Understanding the Elephant (one copy for leader, plus several copies for participants who may...
• Activity 3: What Will You Carry Forward?

  Materials for Activity Newsprint sheets from Workshop 1, Activity 5: Naming Our Experiences Low-stick masking tape (or other means for...
• Activity 4: Where Do We Go From Here?

  Materials for Activity Copies of Handout 1: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly ( one per participant) Pens or pencils (one per participant)...
• Closing

  Materials for Activity Altar or centering table Cloth for covering altar or centering table Chalice and candle Chalice extinguisher Copies...
• Leader Reflection and Planning

  After the workshop, co-leaders should make a time to get together to evaluate this workshop and the workshop series. Use these questions to...
• Alternate Activity 1: Notes To Myself

  Materials for Activity Writing paper (at least one sheet per participant) Envelopes (one per participant) Pens or pencils (one per...
• Alternate Activity 2: Exploring The Spheres With Peers

  Materials for Activity Newsprint, at least eight sheets (one per potential group) Markers, at least eight (one per potential group)...
• Taking It Home

  These UU-friendly resources can be helpful as you continue to grow in spiritual practice. Addison, Howard A. Show Me Your Way: The Complete...
• Understanding the Elephant

  Five people wearing blindfolds were once brought into a room in the middle of which stood an elephant. Each person was directed to a...
• Handout 1: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly

  During the Next Year I Will . . . Daily Weekly Monthly Yearly Personal Spiritual Practices Communal Worship Practices Spiritual...