Session 16: Our UU Principles Part of Love Surrounds Us, Grades K-1 In This Section Introduction From Love Surrounds Us I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear. — Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This session reviews the Principles and celebrates their application in all the Beloved Communities participants can name. Home, school, neighborhood, and faith community all provide places... Session-at-a-Glance From Love Surrounds Us Activity Minutes Welcoming and Entering 0 Opening 10 Activity 1: Story — Angel of the Battlefield, Clara Barton 15 Activity 2: Making 19th-century Nurse Caps 15 Activity 3: Seven Principles Mobile 15 Faith in Action: Magic Penny Party Closing 5 Alternate Activity 1: Principles Song 10 Alternate... Spiritual Preparation From Love Surrounds Us Hold a list of the Principles in your hand. Read them to yourself. Read them aloud. Which Principle is the hardest for you to live out? Which Principle feels easiest for you? Think of your work community or home community. How do you express the Principles in your life?... Welcoming and Entering From Love Surrounds Us Materials for Activity Ribbon sticks or wrist ribbons in a container (Session 1, Opening) Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED/battery-operated candle A multicolored cloth to cover centering table Preparation for Activity Arrange a small centering or worship table with multicolored cloth and chalice. Opening for Session 16, Our UU Principles From Love Surrounds Us Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice and candle or LED/battery-operated candle Ribbon sticks Empty container List of participants Preparation for Activity Add the chalice and candle to the altar cloth. Place empty container in the center of the group area.... Activity 1: Story, Angel of the Battlefield, Clara Barton From Love Surrounds Us Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story "Angel of the Battlefield, Clara Barton" Optional: "Angel of the Battlefield" coloring sheet (PDF), and crayons Preparation for Activity Read the story so you will be comfortable guiding the children's parts when you read or tel... Activity 2: Making 19th-century Nurse Caps From Love Surrounds Us Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 1, Nursing Caps White, 9x12-inch construction paper Large, stick-on labels Red crayons or markers Preparation for Activity Fold one nursing cap as per instructions on Leader Resource 1. Optional: Draw a red cross on each stick-on... Activity 3: UU Principles Mobile From Love Surrounds Us Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, UU Principles Mobile Scissors, including left-handed scissors Crayons or markers: red, green, yellow, orange, blue, indigo, and violet Single-hole punch Yarn Transparent tape Preparation for Activity Obtain permission to hang mobiles whe... Closing From Love Surrounds Us Activity time: 5 minutes Description of Activity Invite everyone to gather in a circle and hold hands.... Leader Reflection and Planning From Love Surrounds Us Think about all the sessions you completed. How did you grow in knowledge of the Unitarian Universalist Principles? How does it help the participants to know what we believe? Are there other ways, in the future, to bring the UU Principles into the life of communities? Faith In Action: Magic Penny Party From Love Surrounds Us Materials for Activity Leader Resource 2, Parent Note for Magic Penny Party A large metal bucket, dish pan, or wash tub Paper penny rolls Two clean, empty, plastic gallon jugs 5 dollars in pennies Child-size non-folding chair Metal pie plate A five-quart pan Four 12-ounce paper cups Masking tape ... Alternate Activity 1: Principles Song From Love Surrounds Us Activity time: 10 minutes Preparation for Activity Read the song in the Description of Activity and practice singing it to the tune of "Farmer in the Dell" so you can teach the group. Description of Activity This activity sets the UU Principles to a commonly known tune, "The Farmer in the Dell."... Alternate Activity 2: Principle Pictures From Love Surrounds Us Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Blank booklets, one for each participant Large, stick-on labels Crayons and/or markers Preparation for Activity Use a computer to print the words "My Principles Drawings" on each label or write the labels by hand. Stick a label on the front of each... Taking It Home: Our UU Principles From Love Surrounds Us I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear. — Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. IN TODAY'S SESSION... participants celebrated learning all seven Unitarian Universalist Principles and heard about a Universalist woman, Clara Barton, who lived the UU Principles.... Angel of the Battlefield, Clara Barton Betsy Hill Williams From Love Surrounds Us Teach participants these sounds and actions. Invite them to listen for your cues to act them out during the story. 1. Gallop a gallop a gallop (slapping hands on legs) 2. Clippity Clop, Clippity Clop (slapping hands on floor) 3. Taking care of you (patting your neighbor on the shoulder) 4.... Handout 1: UU Principles Mobile From Love Surrounds Us Cut out the large circle and the 7 small circles. Punch holes where indicated. After children color the small circles the color associated with that Principle, tie the small circles with yarn to hang from the large circle, and hang the large circle with yarn to display mobile.... Leader Resource 1: Nursing Caps From Love Surrounds Us Printing This Handout Download a high-resolution copy of this Handout (PDF) for printing. Leader Resource 2: Parent Note for Magic Penny Party From Love Surrounds Us Dear Parent, Next week, on (day, date), the Love Surrounds Us group will have a Magic Penny Party. Please send fewer than 50 pennies in a small bag with your child. We will combine the pennies to make a donation to the American Red Cross in the name of Clara Barton, its founder and a Universalist. Find Out More From Love Surrounds Us Clara Barton Read biographies on the Civil War Home website and in Clara Barton: Spirit of the American Red Cross by Patrician Lakin (Aladdin, 2004) or The Echoes of War (Penny Book) by J.M. Barrie.... PREVIOUS: Find Out More UP: Love Surrounds Us NEXT: Introduction Download all of Love Surrounds Us (Word) (PDF) to edit or print.