Workshop 5: God's Gonna Trouble the Water: Martyrs and Sacrifice

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Introduction

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Let all who live in freedom, won by the sacrifice of others, be untiring in the task begun, till everyone on earth is free. — James Reeb, Unitarian...
Workshop-at-a-Glance

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Activity Minutes Welcoming and Entering 0 Opening 10 Activity 1: Introduction 15 Activity 2: Michael Servetus 20 Activity 3: To Live until We Die —...
Spiritual Preparation

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Consider these questions: Why was your given name chosen? Who chose it for you? (Or have you chosen it for yourself?) Were you given a saint's name at...
Welcoming and Entering

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Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Sign-in sheet and pen/pencil Name tags and markers Workshop 1, Leader Resource 1, Schedule Template...
Opening

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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED battery-operated candle Copies of Singing the Living Tradition, the...
Activity 1: Introduction

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Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 1, Background - Saints and Martyrs Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activit...
Activity 2: Michael Servetus

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Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, Tumultuous Times in 16th Century Europe Leader Resource 2, Michael Servetus Leader Resource ...
Activity 3: To Live until We Die - Norbert Capek

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Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 4, Norbert Capek Leader Resource 5: Norbert Capek, Photograph Handout 2, Capek Prayer...
Activity 4: Call to Selma

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Activity time: 40 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 3, The Year 1965 Story, "James Reeb and the Call to Selma" Story, "Viola Liuzzo and the Call to...
Alternate Activity 1: Roll Call of British Martyrs

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Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity http://www.uuabookstore.org/This-Day-in-Unitarian-Universalist-History-… Day in Unitarian Universalist...
Alternate Activity 2: Memorial for Unitarian Universalist Martyrs

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Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Pictures of Unitarians, Universalists, and Unitarian Universalists who died for their beliefs, includin...
Closing

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Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED battery-operated candle Taking It Home Optional: Faith in Action fro...
Leader Reflection and Planning

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After the workshop, co-leaders should talk together to evaluate this workshop and plan future workshops. Use these questions to guide your shared...
Faith In Action: Stories of Perseverance

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Description of Activity When we know martyrs only by their final moments, the way in which they died, we are likely to say to ourselves "I could never d...
Taking It Home

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Let all who live in freedom, won by the sacrifice of others, be untiring in the task begun, till everyone on earth is free. — James Reeb, Unitarian...
James Reeb and the Call to Selma

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James Reeb's calling emerged slowly, but steadily. He had grown up in Casper, Wyoming, where he met and married his wife Marie....
Viola Liuzzo and the Call to Selma

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Ain't gonna let nobody Turn me 'round Turn me 'round Turn me round Ain't gonna let nobody Turn me 'round Gonna keep on a-walkin' Keep on a-talkin' Walki...
Handout 1: Tumultuous Times in 16th Century Europe

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1509-11 Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio) completed "School for Athens" fresco in the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican. Set in classical times, the masterwork...
Handout 2: Capek Prayer

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It is worthwhile to live and fight courageously for sacred ideals. Oh blow ye evil winds into my body's fire; my soul you'll never unravel. Even though...
Handout 3: The Year 1965

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By any account, the year 1965 in the United States was one of upheaval and transformation. February Malcolm X was assassinated in New York City. Jazz...
Leader Resource 1: Background: Saints and Martyrs

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In Christianity, the term "saints" originally referred to "all believers"—as in the hymn, For All the Saints....
Leader Resource 2: Michael Servetus

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Michael Servetus (pronounced Sir-VEE-tus) (c. 1511-1553) was the most celebrated martyr of the 16th century. His writings include the first systematic...
Leader Resource 3: Michael Servetus, Portrait

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From the Unitarian Universalist Association archives.
Leader Resource 4: Norbert Capek

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Norbert Capek (1870-1942) (pronounced CHAH-pek) was a Unitarian minister who, with extraordinary energy, talent, and commitment, brought the Unitarian...
Leader Resource 5: Norbert Capek, Photograph

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From the Unitarian Universalist Association archives.
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See Victoria Safford's complete essay, "Living in Exile," in the online archives of UU World (March/April 2004). Servetus and Capek Biographies Read...

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