Faith Curriculum Library: Tapestry of Faith: A Chorus of Faiths: A Program That Builds Interfaith Youth Leaders

Opening

Activity time: 5 minutes

Materials for Activity

  • Name tags
  • Copies of Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook
  • Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED battery-operated candle

Preparation for Activity

  • Set up a worship table with the chalice and any decorative items you choose.

Description of Activity

Invite participants to wear name tags. Gather the group in a circle.

Say, in your own words:

Today we are going to go a little deeper into what it means to do interfaith work as a Unitarian Universalist.

Ask a participant to light the chalice. Invite participants to find "A Litany of Restoration," Reading 576 in Singing the Living Tradition. Have volunteers take turns reading the regular text and the group respond with the italic text. Remind the participants they are free to pass if they do not wish to read.