Tapestry of Faith, Wonderful Welcome, Session 16 JPEG illustration for A Barn-raising in the City

Coloring Sheets for K-1 Stories!

Two Tapestry of Faith programs, Creating Home and Wonderful Welcome, now provide a black-and-white, original illustration to use as a coloring sheet for each core story. Invite kindergarten/1st grade children to color while they hear a story. Or, have them color afterward to revisit the characters and what happened.

Online, each illustration is presented alongside its story so that you can download and copy the single sheet. Also, a multi-page packet of drawings is available for all the stories in Creating Home (PDF, 18 pages) and another for all the stories in Wonderful Welcome (PDF, 17 pages).

Above: Illustration (coloring sheet) by Paul Gray for "A Barn-raising in the City," the Session 16 story in Wonderful Welcome.

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  • Based on information from People Building Peace, Peace News, My Hero, and Sara Cameron's website.Adults are usually regarded as the leaders in working for peace and—for good reason, as many have made a tremendous difference. Yet children can make a tremendous difference, too. Farliz Calle is one...
    Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Heeding the Call
    Tagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Activism, Aging, Children, Community, Disability, Humanism, Interdependence, Justice, Leadership, Nonviolence, Peace
  • The quotes in this story come from the website Oasis of Peace. Imagine a village that is home to 55 families with a waiting list of more than 300 families hoping to become part of the community....
    Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Heeding the Call
    Tagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Community, Conflict, Courage, Family, Humanism, Interdependence, Justice, Multiculturalism, Nonviolence, Peace, Relationships, Multiculturalism
  • An adaptation of Matthew 5:1-11, Christian scripture. Jesus was a teacher. He lived thousands of years ago, in the part of the world we now call the Middle East. Jesus taught people how to use words and actions in a loving manner. There are many different ideas about God....
    Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Love Surrounds Us
    Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Christianity, Forgiveness, Humility, Justice, Kindness, Love, Peace, Spirituality
  • 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 Life
    Tagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Change, Despair, Dissent, Equity, Faith, Immigration, Interdependence, Justice, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Peace, Unitarian Universalism, Water Communion, Immigration
  • 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 Life
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Acceptance, Balance, Contemplation, Gratitude, Immanence, Interdependence, Listening, Mindfulness, Peace, Presence, Unitarian Universalism
  • I want to tell you the story of Adin Ballou. He was born over two hundred years ago. He grew up to be a peacemaker and a Universalist minister, but he didn't start out wanting to be either. When Adin was seven years old, he went with his family to watch a company of militia out for a parade. They...
    Story | By Elisa Davy Pearmain | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Faithful Journeys
    Tagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Brokenness, Christianity, Community, Conflict, Forgiveness, History, Hospitality, Inclusion, Nonviolence, Peace, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Universalism, Vision
  • From the book Aisha's Moonlit Walk: Stories and Celebrations for the Pagan Year, by Anika Stafford (Boston: Skinner House, 2005). Tell the children you will signal them with a drumbeat (or another signal) when it is time to join in the refrain. Every year on Lammas, we clamor our way to City Hall...
    Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Faithful Journeys
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Children, Earth-Centered, Lammas, Leadership, Nature, Paganism, Peace, Spiritual Practice, War
  • Adapted from an Indian folk tale. There was once a wise woman who lived by herself near a small village. Rumor had it that she could always accurately predict when the rains would come, or help heal a sick child with herbs, or calm angry neighbors and help them to resolve their fights and arguments.
    Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Moral Tales
    Tagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Anger, Choice, Ethics, Kindness, Mindfulness, Nonviolence, Peace, Redemption, Responsibility, Reverence
  • This telling of "St. Francis and the Wolf" was written by John Feister, editor of AmericanCatholic.org, based on the story recorded by Thomas of Celano during the 13th century. Read or tell the story. Perhaps the most famous story of St. Francis is when he tamed the wolf that was terrorizing the...
    Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Wonderful Welcome
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Christianity, Commitment, Conflict, Courage, God, Nonviolence, Peace, Reconciliation
  • A story from China. Sophia Lyon Fahs, From Long Ago and Many Lands. Read or tell the story. Long, long ago in the land of China there lived a very old grandfather, named Chang Kung, who had a very large family. First, there were Chang Kung's own sons....
    Story | By Sophia Lyon Fahs | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Wonderful Welcome
    Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Direct Experience, Family, Fathers, God, Home, Kindness, Peace, Relationships