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  • Activity 1: Opening Scenario
    Activity time: 15 minutes Preparation for Activity Read the scenario and facilitator notes in the Description of Activity. Prepare to present the scenario and facilitate the conversation that follows in such a way as to ensure the emotional and spiritual safety of people of color and/or...
    in What We Choose: Ethics for Unitarian Universalists
  • Activity 3: Role Plays
    Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint sheets "Authority," "Majority," and "Consensus," from Activity 2 Preparation for Activity Read the description of this activity. Then, come up with scenarios to offer the group for role play in addition to those presented here....
    in Signs of Our Faith, Grades 2-3: Being UU Every Day
  • Activity 4: Anthony Pinn and Black Humanism
    Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Story, "On Becoming Humanist - A Personal Journey" Preparation for Activity Copy the story for all participants. Description of Activity Distribute the story and invite participants to read it silently to themselves. Hold silence for a couple of...
    in What We Choose: Ethics for Unitarian Universalists
  • Faith In Action: Children As Part of the Congregational Community
    Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Leader Resource 1, Six Pillars Writing instruments Simple prizes Preparation for Activity Read Six Pillars of Balanced Youth Ministry on the UUA website, so you understand each pillar. For each pillar, prepare realistic examples of ways children...
    in Signs of Our Faith, Grades 2-3: Being UU Every Day
  • Faith In Action: We Celebrate Holidays
    Description of Activity The theme of Unit 5 is "We celebrate holidays." Use one of the many traditional service projects associated with various holidays or design your own Faith in Action activity based on the customs and practices of your congregation....
    in Chalice Children, in Preschool
  • Activity 1: Gems Of Goodness - Responsibility
    Activity time: 12 minutes Materials for Activity Clear glass jar or vase Copies of Handout 1, I Make a Difference for all participants Small notebooks, approximately two by three inches, for any newcomers Markers and stick-on gems or other stickers for children who are new to the Gems of Goodness...
    in Moral Tales, Grades 2-3
  • Closing
    Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Taking It Home handout Markers or crayons Preschool chalice Optional: Envelopes, hole punch, and yarn or ribbon Preparation for Activity Download and adapt Taking It Home and make a copy for each child....
    in Chalice Children, in Preschool
  • Welcoming and Entering
    Materials for Activity Recorded sound effects and other sounds, and appropriate media player Tool of the Day - a listening tool Optional: Large sea shells for "hearing the ocean" Optional: A small, symbolic listening tool to attach to the Toolbox of Our Faith poster, such as a small sea shell,...
    in Toolbox of Faith, Grades 4-5
  • Activity 1: Free Play
    Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Name tags Variety of free play options, such as toys, a puzzle, a storybook, manipulatives, dramatic play props, and markers and paper Supplies for a free play activity relating to Halloween Preparation for Activity Make name tags for the children ...
    in Chalice Children, in Preschool
  • Opening
    Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Recorded sound effects and other sounds, and appropriate media player Tool of the Day - a listening tool Optional: Large sea shells for "hearing the ocean" Chalice candle or LED/battery-operated candle Lighter and extinguisher, if needed Newsprint,...
    in Toolbox of Faith, Grades 4-5