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  • The Program The responsibility for our lives and the kind of world in which we live is ours and ours alone. — Humanist Manifesto III UU Humanists believe that religion is too important to be based on unprovable beliefs such as a belief in God. They wish to base the meaning of their lives on...
    January 7, 2016 | From Building Bridges
  • February 24, 2015 | From Building Bridges
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Unitarian Universalism, Faith Development
  • February 24, 2015 | From Building Bridges
  • February 24, 2015 | From Building Bridges
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Unitarian Universalism, Faith Development
  • Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Story, "Losing Faith" Preparation for Activity Read the story until you are comfortable presenting it. Description of Activity Youth hear a story about a woman who loses her belief in God. Tell or read the story. Ask for participants' initial...
    Activity | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges
  • Evangelical Christianity is not a religion, nor an official denomination. It is a faith movement that has become especially significant in the United States over the past 50 years, in two ways: 1. Evangelical Christianity is popular, and growing. A Pew Forum survey (2007) reported that 78.4 % of...
    Leader Resource | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges
  • From the no-longer-active website of Acquire the Fire, a touring event sponsored for 30 years by Teen Mania Ministries, a Christian youth organization that staged events with speakers and live music. Read in Christianity Today about the decision in 2015 to end the Acquire the Fire events.
    Handout | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges
  • From the website of the RiverTree Christian Church of Massillon, Ohio. Used with permission.There is ONE GOD who is the source of everything God is one and He exists as three equal persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. God has existed eternally and is the creator of everything that exists in the...
    Handout | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges
  • The following account is one young person's encounter with a fundamentalist extremist group. In June of 1998, I lost an uncle to an AIDS related illness. He was brilliant, he was Christian, and he was gay. I was only five years old when he died and I didn't know anything about AIDS. I just knew I...
    Story | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges
    Tagged as: Acceptance, Love
  • Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Christian Evangelical music selections, Unitarian Universalist music selections, and a music player Copies of Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook and Singing the Journey, its supplement Preparation for Activity Downloa...
    Activity | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges
  • Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 5, Names of Satan Art supplies such as modeling clay, crayons, paper, color pencils, and pipe cleaners Preparation for Activity Print several copies of Handout 5, Names of Satan....
    Activity | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges
  • Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Handout 2, RiverTree Baptist Church — What We Believe or Handout 3, The ATF Creed — Acquire the Fire  Optional: Evangelical Christian music and a music player Preparation for Activity Each handout offers an Evangelical be
    Activity | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges
  • Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Story, "Feeding the Hungry - an Interfaith Story" Story, "Combating the Hate of Westboro Baptist Church" Handout 4, UU Response to Westboro Baptist Church A poster or handout of the Unitarian Universalist Principles Optional: Computer with Internet...
    Activity | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges
  • Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 1, Evangelical Christianity Background Handout 1, Amazing Grace Church - What We Believe Handout 2, RiverTree Baptist Church - What We Believe Handout 3, The ATF Creed - Acquire the Fire Preparation for Activity Read Leader Resource...
    Activity | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges
  • Online, find reflections by Unitarian Universalists and by UU Christians that explore the contemporary Evangelical movement and seek ways for UUs to faithfully understand and interact with fundamentalist and evangelical Christians. Read or listen to the May, 2008 sermon given by Eric Hepburn at...
    October 29, 2014 | From Building Bridges
  • Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice, candle, and lighter, or LED/battery-operated candle Taking It Home handout Optional: Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Download, adapt, and copy Taking It Home. Optional: Write the closing words on newsprint, and post.
    Activity | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges
  • From the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life's U.S. Religious Landscape Survey report. The survey included 35,556 adults; interviews were done in English and Spanish from May 8 to Aug. 13, 2007. The numbers represented are percents....
    Handout | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges
  • Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice Fact Sheets about religions Large sheets of construction paper, cut into strips and (optional) a circle Black markers Removable tape, such as painter's tape Optional: Materials to decorate construction paper, such as foil stars and glue...
    Activity | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges
  • Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Story, "A Repair Job" Preparation for Activity Read the story so you will be comfortable presenting it. Description of Activity Youth discuss a story about bridge building. Tell or read the story. Process with these questions: The carpenter in the...
    Activity | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges
  • Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Handout 1, Religious Affiliation in the U.S., 2007 Newsprint sheets from Activity 1 Multiple pairs of scissors (including left-handed scissors) and multiple glue sticks or rolls of clear tape Preparation for Activity Wr...
    Activity | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges