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Activity time: 10 minutes Preparation for Activity Choose closing song(s), chant(s), or reading(s) from options provided under "Description of Activity" or from those regularly used in your congregation. As needed, write the words on newsprint, and post....Activity | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Toolbox of FaithTagged as: Listening, Spiritual Practice
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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Tool of the Day - a level Chalice and candle Safety matches and long fireplace matches Small dish for spent matches Candle snuffer Council candles (a tea light or votive candle for each participant, or some to share if group is very large) One tea...Activity | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Toolbox of FaithTagged as: Listening, Spiritual Practice
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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Tool of the Day - a flashlight Chalice and candle Safety matches and long fireplace matches Small dish for spent matches Candle snuffer Council candles (a tea light or votive candle for each participant, or some to share if group is very large) One...Activity | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Toolbox of FaithTagged as: Listening, Spiritual Practice
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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Tool of the Day - a glove Chalice and candle Safety matches and long fireplace matches Small dish for spent matches Candle snuffer Council candles (a tea light or votive candle for each participant, or some to share if group is very large) One tea...Activity | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Toolbox of FaithTagged as: Listening, Spiritual Practice
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Activity time: 12 minutes Materials for Activity Tool of the Day - water in a water bottle Chalice and candle Safety matches and long fireplace matches Small dish for spent matches Candle snuffer Council candles (a tea light or votive candle for each participant, or some to share if group is very...Activity | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Toolbox of FaithTagged as: Listening, Spiritual Practice
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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Tool of the Day - a paintbrush Chalice and candle Safety matches and long fireplace matches Small dish for spent matches Candle snuffer Council candles (a tea light or votive candle for each participant, or some to share if group is very large) One...Activity | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Toolbox of FaithTagged as: Listening, Spiritual Practice
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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 ScripturesTagged as: 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Authority, Challenge, Children, Conscience, Ethics, Fathers, God, Immanence, Judaism, Listening, Sacrifice
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Joshua 1: 1-3, Joshua 2:1-7,15-18, 21, Joshua 6: 1-25 (New Revised Standard Version) ... The Lord spoke to Joshua son of Nun... saying, "... Now proceed to cross the Jordan [River], you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, the Israelites. Every place that the sole of your...Story | October 29, 2014 | For Multigenerational | From Wisdom from the Hebrew ScripturesTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Brokenness, Choice, Commitment, Courage, Ethics, Family, God, Hospitality, Interdependence, Judaism, Listening
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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Story, "Henry David Thoreau and the Still, Small Voice" Preparation for Activity Read the story and prepare to share it with the group. Read the discussion questions. Choose those that will best help the children share their interpretations of the...Activity | October 20, 2014 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Sing to the PowerTagged as: Contemplation, God, Listening, Nature, Spiritual Practice
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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, Questions for Interviews Bell or chime Preparation for Activity Copy Handout 1, Questions for Interviews, for all participants. Description of Activity Participants find out more about who each are, their sense of place, and their...Activity | October 20, 2014 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Sing to the PowerTagged as: Identity, Listening
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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Tool of the Day - a compass A copy of Leader Resource 2, Harry Potter's Moral Compass Chalice and candle Safety matches and long fireplace matches Small dish for spent matches Candle snuffer Council candles (a tea light or votive candle for each...Activity | October 16, 2013 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Toolbox of FaithTagged as: Listening, Spiritual Practice
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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Tool of the Day - saddlebags, bicycle panniers or a rucksack, or an image of saddlebags Participant lists of their own convictions Chalice and candle Safety matches and long fireplace matches Small dish for spent matches Candle snuffer Council cand...Activity | October 16, 2013 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Toolbox of FaithTagged as: Listening, Spiritual Practice
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Adapted from a National Park Service website; used by permission of Wind Cave National Park. In this Native American legend, Lizard sings a happy song about his home: “Zole, zole, zole, zole, zole, zole, rock is my home.” Bear wants to learn the song. Lizard shares the song, but Bear keeps...Story | May 17, 2013 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Creating HomeTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Diversity, Earth-Centered, Happiness, Home, Integrity, Listening -
"The Wind in Both Ears," by Angus MacLean, in The Wind in Both Ears (Boston: Beacon Press, 1965).Introduce the story by explaining that the author, Angus MacLean was a Universalist, a professor of religious education, and dean of the Theological School at St. Lawrence University. His influence...Story | December 9, 2011 | For Adults | From The New UUTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Awe, Contemplation, Courage, Discernment, Education, Faith, Growth, Humility, Immanence, Listening, Unitarian Universalism
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Once upon a time there was a Teacher who was known far and wide as one who had mastered all the great disciplines of a spiritual seeker. She wandered the country, and whenever people heard she was near, they traveled to seek her wisdom and her guidance. ...Story | October 27, 2011 | For Adults | From Spirit in PracticeTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Balance, Caring, Children, Education, God, Growth, Joy, Letting Go, Listening, Mystery, Prophetic Words & Deeds
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By Rev. Dr. Emily Brault. Used by permission.Rev. Dr. Emily Brault is a Unitarian Universalist minister who works as a Chaplain with the Oregon State Correctional Department. Prior to her current position working with incarcerated women, she worked at a juvenile correctional facility. This is one...Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Heeding the CallTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Community, Connections, Forgiveness, Healing, Humanism, Interdependence, Justice, Letting Go, Listening, Nonviolence, Redemption
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Book by Lynne Cherry (A Gulliver Green Book), (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990); permission pending. Two men walked into the rain forest. Moments before, the forest had been alive with the sounds of squawking birds and howling monkeys. Now all was quiet as the creatures watched the two men and...Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Love Surrounds UsTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Beauty, Conscience, Earth-Centered, Home, Interdependence, Listening, Nature, Power, Wholeness -
A retelling of a Sioux legend. This story was given to the native people many winters ago. When it was time for all of the young mothers in the village to go out to gather fruit and berries, the old grandmothers, whose legs could no longer walk quickly, were left to care for the young children of...Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Love Surrounds UsTagged as: 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Animals, Change, Conflict, Earth-Centered, Listening, Nonviolence, Relationships, Responsibility, Sacred -
This story is an excerpt from the essay "Balance" by Unitarian Universalist minister Susan Manker-Seale, included in the book Everyday Spiritual Practice: Simple Pathways for Enriching Your Life, edited by Scott W. Alexander (Skinner House Books, 1999). My daily spiritual practice is to balance....Story | By Susan Manker-Seale | October 27, 2011 | For Adults | From Spirit of LifeTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Acceptance, Balance, Contemplation, Gratitude, Immanence, Interdependence, Listening, Mindfulness, Peace, Presence, Unitarian Universalism
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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Ball of yarn Optional: Scissors, including left-handed scissors Description of Activity In addition to building community through sharing information about important events in participants' lives, this version of sharing joys and concerns uses a...Activity | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Love Connects UsTagged as: Listening, Spiritual Practice