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Introduction
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We come to a time when we realize that the faith we have inherited is inadequate for what we are facing...at such moments we have three choices: We can hold to our religious beliefs and deny our experience, we can hold to our experience and walk away from our religious tradition, or we can become...
Workshop-at-a-Glance
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Activity Minutes Welcoming and Entering 0 Opening 15 Activity 1: Parallel, Prophetic and Institutional 20 Activity 2: Inspiration 25 Activity 3: Is There More? 15 Faith in Action: Sharing Inspiration Closing 15 Alternate Activity 1: Finding a Way Forward 30...
Spiritual Preparation
From Resistance and Transformation
Since this is the last workshop of Resistance and Transformation, take time reflect on your experience as a workshop facilitator. What did you learn about yourself? About Unitarian Universalism? Will anything from the program change the way you lead your daily life? Approach social justice work?
Welcoming and Entering
From Resistance and Transformation
Materials for Activity Sign-in sheet and pen or pencil Name tags for participants (durable or single-use), and bold markers Optional: Refreshments Preparation for Activity Using the Workshop-at-a-Glance as a guide, create and post the agenda on newsprint. Set out sign-in sheet and name tags.
Opening
From Resistance and Transformation
Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Worship or centering table Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED battery-operated candle Timepiece (minutes) Chime or bell Copies of Singing the Living Tradition, the UUA hymnbook, for all participants Participant journals Writing materials, includin...
Activity 1: Prophetic, Parallel, and Institutional
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Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Workshop 2, Handout 1, Prophetic, Parallel and Institutional Voices Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity On a sheet of newsprint, label four quadrants: Prophetic, Parallel, Institutional, and Combination/Other. Re-read Workshop 2,...
Activity 2: Inspiration
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Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Timepiece (minutes) A bell or chime Preparation for Activity Discuss with your co-facilitator the workshops you found most inspiring....
Activity 3: Is There More?
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Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity With your co-facilitator brainstorm themes, issues, and historical events you think this program did not cover. Post blank newsprint....
Closing
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Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Worship or centering table and chalice A bell or chime Handout 1, Responsive Reading Taking It Home handout Optional: Handout 2, Social Justice Resources Preparation for Activity Customize the Taking It Home section of this workshop and copy for...
Leader Reflection and Planning
From Resistance and Transformation
Take a few moments right after the workshop to ask each other: What went well? What didn't? Why? What do you think was the best moment of the workshop? Why? Did anything surprise you? Would you run the program again? What might you do differently? Has the program changed the way you think about...
Faith In Action: Sharing Inspiration
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Description of Activity Share with other members of your congregation the parts of the program you found to be most inspiring. You might do this through conversation during coffee hour, a worship service, newsletter or website articles, or a presentation as part of an adult religious education...
Alternate Activity 1: Finding a Way Forward
From Resistance and Transformation
Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 2, Social Justice Resources Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Copy Handout 2 for all participants....
Taking It Home: Is There More?
From Resistance and Transformation
We come to a time when we realize that the faith we have inherited is inadequate for what we are facing...at such moments we have three choices: We can hold to our religious beliefs and deny our experience, we can hold to our experience and walk away from our religious tradition, or we can become...
Handout 1: Responsive Reading
From Resistance and Transformation
Benediction from Telling Our Stories, Celebrating Ourselves by the Women and Religion Task Force. Published by the Pacific Central District, UUA, 1998....
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