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Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Story, "Siding With Love" Preparation for Activity Read the story and prepare to share it with the group. Review the discussion questions. Choose those that will best help the children share their interpretations of the story and relate it to their...Activity | October 20, 2014 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Sing to the PowerTagged as: America, Family, Generosity, Immigration, Solidarity, Immigration -
Based on "A Calabash of Poi," originally published in In the Path of the Trade Winds by Coral Wells Thorpe (New York/London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1924). It was a sizable house, as Hawaiian houses go, perhaps fifty feet long, its side thatched with ti-leaves—a sign of rank. Its only window, about a...Story | July 9, 2013 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Signs of Our FaithTagged as: Aging, Food Justice, Generosity, Goddess, Greed, Hospitality, Immigration, Indigenous American, Kindness, Immigration -
You never know what the wind will blow in or which way the wind blows. The wind can change directions and maybe change your life. It happened to John Murray. As a young man, John Murray had excellent fortune blow his way. He had a fine education, a steady job, a loving wife, and a young son. Life...Story | May 17, 2013 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Creating HomeTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), America, Brokenness, Faith, Hospitality, Immigration, Leadership, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Religion, Universalism, Immigration -
From "UU Convicted of Littering While Supplying Humanitarian Aid" , UU World, June 15, 2009. Used with permission. The subject of the story is a White Unitarian Universalist who currently uses the name "Emrys Staton." Next fall, Walt Staton will be starting divinity school to become a Unitarian...Story | By Jane Greer | July 24, 2012 | For Adults | From Building the World We Dream About for Young AdultsTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Caring, Compassion, Courage, Dignity, Dissent, Hope, Human Rights, Immigration, Justice, Politics, Unitarian Universalism, Immigration -
In September 1965, Filipino grape workers in Delano, California, went on strike for more pay and better working conditions. A week later, the predominantly Mexican American National Farm Workers' Association joined the strike....Story | January 26, 2012 | For Adults | From What We ChooseTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Anti-Oppression, Brokenness, Challenge, Commitment, Community, Conflict, Courage, Dignity, Dissent, History, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Immigration -
A covenant is not a contract, but rather a voluntary relationship. The idea of a covenant has biblical origins and traditionally includes the understanding that the relationship is sacred or blessed....Handout | December 9, 2011 | For Adults | From The New UUTagged as: 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Acceptance, Business Meetings, Community, Connections, Covenant, Democracy, Discernment, Diversity, Faith, Freedom, Governance, Unitarianism, Immigration -
Used with permission of Geoffrey Bayer , No More Deaths.The July sun beat down, and by mid-morning, there was no avoiding the heat. By 10 am, the anticipation rose with the heat as nearly 40 humanitarian volunteers gathered in a parking lot just outside the small desert town of Arivaca....Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Heeding the CallTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Commitment, Courage, Death, Ethics, Governance, Human Rights, Humanism, Immanence, Immigration, Justice, Purpose, Immigration -
Excerpted and adapted from "Carolyn McDade's Spirit of Life" by Kimberly French, UU World magazine, Fall 2007. Used with permission. Carolyn McDade, the author of the song "Spirit of Life", does not identify herself as a songwriter or musician—though she has written hundreds of songs and released...Story | By Kimberly French | October 27, 2011 | For Adults | From Spirit of LifeTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Change, Despair, Dissent, Equity, Faith, Immigration, Interdependence, Justice, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Peace, Unitarian Universalism, Water Communion, Immigration
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The Chorus of Faiths program helps develop Unitarian Universalist youth as interfaith leaders. Youth explore values of service to our community and religious pluralism through stories from our Sources and personal storytelling, and coordinate an interfaith service.Curriculum | By Hannah McConnaughay, Renee Ruchotzke | October 27, 2011 | For High School, Middle School | From A Chorus of FaithsTagged as: Acceptance, Anti-Oppression, Black History / Whitney Young / James Reeb, Community, Community Ministry Sunday, Earth, Earth Day, Food Justice, Hiroshima Day, Human Rights, Immigration, Inclusion, July 4th, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Unitarian Universalism, Climate Change, Climate Justice, Immigration, Religious Pluralism, Reproductive Justice, Multiculturalism -
One morning, more than a hundred years ago on the island of Jamaica, a boy named Ethelred Brown went to church. Usually at this church, the people sang their creed, their list of what they believed....Story | By Janeen K Grohsmeyer | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Faithful JourneysTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Anti-Oppression, Brokenness, Christianity, Diversity, Education, Faith, History, Immigration, Inclusion, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Sacrifice, Unitarianism, Immigration -
Adapted from a Middle Eastern Islamic folk tale which is attributed to different countries, including Turkey and Syria.Mullah Nasruddin had been working in the fields all day long. He was tired and sweaty and his clothes and shoes were covered with mud and stains....Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Moral TalesTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Acceptance, Class, Food, Food Justice, Generosity, Hospitality, Immigration, Islam, Ramadan, Worth, Immigration