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  • The Program Even if the Bible remains for us only great literature, and not sacred scripture, we should try to approach it on its own terms: as literature trying to tell us of human experience from a transcendent, God's-eye perspective, trying to remind human beings who had experienced both...
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  • Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 2, Creating the Closing Worship Taking It Home handout Chalice, candle and lighter, or LED battery-operated candle Stand or table space for the chalice Decorative covering for chalice stand Newsprint, markers, and tape Optional: Cop...
    Activity | October 29, 2014 | For Multigenerational | From Wisdom from the Hebrew Scriptures
  • In this program, the closing worship circle offers a time for the group to come back together to enrich each other's understanding of the story and of their own life experience. This is not a show-and-tell experience, but rather a participatory, co-created worship experience. You will need to do...
    Leader Resource | October 29, 2014 | For Multigenerational | From Wisdom from the Hebrew Scriptures
  • Genesis 1: 1-31; 2:1-4 (New Revised Standard Version) In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was...
    Story | October 29, 2014 | For Multigenerational | From Wisdom from the Hebrew Scriptures
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Authority, Birth, Connections, Creativity, Diversity, Earth, God, Good, Interdependence, Judaism
  • Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Story, "Creation" Preparation for Activity Familiarize yourself with the story so that you can guide a dramatized retelling. Description of Activity Say, "In this story, many of the important elements are not people....
    Activity | October 29, 2014 | For Multigenerational | From Wisdom from the Hebrew Scriptures
  • Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story, "Creation" Leader Resource 1, Creation Background Information Preparation for Activity Print the story and practice reading it aloud. Print Leader Resource 1, Creation Background Information, and prepare to briefly present the...
    Activity | October 29, 2014 | For Multigenerational | From Wisdom from the Hebrew Scriptures
  • To explore more about how the Hebrew scriptures came to be written, organized, and interpreted, read the work of biblical Scholar James L. Kugel. You can read about Kugel and his work in "Final Architect," by Janet Tassel, on the website of the Nahum Goldman Fellowship Program. Kugel's book is...
    October 29, 2014 | From Wisdom from the Hebrew Scriptures
  • Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 2, Creating the Closing Worship Taking It Home handout Chalice, candle and lighter, or LED battery-operated candle Stand or table space for the chalice Decorative covering for chalice stand Newsprint, markers, and tape Copies of...
    Activity | October 29, 2014 | For Multigenerational | From Wisdom from the Hebrew Scriptures
  • We covenant to affirm and promote respect for the interdependent web of existence of which we are a part. — Unitarian Universalist Association Seventh Principle This final workshop presents the very first story that appears in the Hebrew scriptures: the creation of the world. This passage was one...
    October 29, 2014 | From Wisdom from the Hebrew Scriptures
  • In this program, the closing worship circle offers a time for the group to come back together to enrich each other's understanding of the story and of their own life experience. This is not a show-and-tell experience, but rather a participatory, co-created worship experience. You will need to do...
    Leader Resource | October 29, 2014 | For Multigenerational | From Wisdom from the Hebrew Scriptures
  • Isaiah 52: 1-2, 13-15; 53: 1-8, 54: 2-4, 7-8 (New Revised Standard Version) Awake, awake, Put on your strength O Zion! Put on your beautiful garments... Shake yourself from the dust and rise up, O captive Jerusalem; Loose the bonds from your neck, O captive daughter Zion! ... See, my servant will...
    Story | October 29, 2014 | For Multigenerational | From Wisdom from the Hebrew Scriptures
    Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Belief, Compassion, Courage, Despair, God, Hope, Judaism, Salvation, Strength, Transcendence, Unity
  • Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Meg Riley’s “It Gets Better” video Chris Tuttle's "Kermit the Frog's It Gets Better" video Computer with Internet access Optional: Cell phone that records video or other video recording equipment Preparation for Activity Familiarize yourself...
    Activity | October 29, 2014 | For Multigenerational | From Wisdom from the Hebrew Scriptures
  • Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Story, "Isaiah - Exile and Hope" Preparation for Activity Familiarize yourself with the story so you can guide a dramatized retelling. Recruit three readers to read the three voices of Isaiah: the Encouraging Voice, the Despairing Voice, and the...
    Activity | October 29, 2014 | For Multigenerational | From Wisdom from the Hebrew Scriptures
  • Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story, "Isaiah - Exile and Hope" Leader Resource 1, Isaiah - Exile and Hope Background Information Preparation for Activity Print the story and practice reading it aloud. Print Leader Resource 1, Isaiah - Exile and Hope Background...
    Activity | October 29, 2014 | For Multigenerational | From Wisdom from the Hebrew Scriptures
  • Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story, "The Ugly Duckling" Preparation for Activity Print the story and practice reading it aloud. Description of Activity Read or tell the story....
    Activity | October 29, 2014 | For Multigenerational | From Wisdom from the Hebrew Scriptures
  • Read the reflections of two contemporary Unitarian Universalist theologians, Rev. Dr. Rebecca Parker and John A. Buehrens, on suffering and hope in A House for Hope: The Promise of Progressive Religion for the Twenty-First Century (Boston: Beacon Press, 2010)....
    October 29, 2014 | From Wisdom from the Hebrew Scriptures
  • Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 2, Creating the Closing Worship Taking It Home handout Chalice, candle and lighter, or LED battery-operated candle Stand or table space for the chalice Decorative covering for chalice stand Newsprint, markers, and tape Recording of...
    Activity | October 29, 2014 | For Multigenerational | From Wisdom from the Hebrew Scriptures
  • Genesis 22: 1-13 (New Revised Standard Version) After these things God tested Abraham....
    Story | October 29, 2014 | For Multigenerational | From Wisdom from the Hebrew Scriptures
    Tagged as: 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Authority, Challenge, Children, Conscience, Ethics, Fathers, God, Immanence, Judaism, Listening, Sacrifice