Workshop 6: Nurturing the Spirit

In This Section

• Introduction

  I walked through my house in the dark, found my piano, and that was my prayer: May I not drop out. It was not written, but prayed. I knew...
• Workshop-at-a-Glance

  Activity Minutes Welcoming and Entering 0 Opening 5 Activity 1: Story — Spirit of Life 10 Activity 2: What is Spirituality? 20 Activity 3:...
• Spiritual Preparation

  Start your spiritual preparation for this workshop by reading the words to "Spirit of Life," Hymn 123 in Singing the Living Tradition ...
• Welcoming and Entering

  Materials for Activity Journals for new participants Newsprint, markers and tape Preparation for Activity Have journals available for...
• Opening

  Materials for Activity Focus table and cloth Chalice, candle and matches Five smooth stones about the size of a fist Handout 1, Responsive...
• Activity 1: Story - Spirit of Life

  Materials for Activity A copy of the story "Spirit of Life" Copies of Singing the Living Tradition , for all participants Preparation for...
• Activity 2: What is Spirituality?

  Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers and tape Handout 1, What is Spirituality? Multi-colored dot stickers Preparation for Activity...
• Activity 3: Circles of Spirituality

  Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers and tape Leader Resource 1, Circles of Spirituality Participants' journals Preparation for...
• Activity 4: I Believe, I Feel, I Act

  Materials for Activity Participants' journals Pens or pencils Newsprint, markers and tape Preparation for Activity Write I Believe (world...
• Closing

  Materials for Activity Copies of Hymn 1009, "Meditation on Breathing," from Singing the Journey , for all participants Copies of Taking It...
• Leader Reflection and Planning

  Talk with your co-leader about the workshop. What do you think went well? What might you have done differently? Did you learn anything...
• Faith In Action: Spiritual Practice Fair

  Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers and tape Leader Resource 1, Circles of Spirituality , for all participants Multi-colored dot...
• Alternate Activity 1: Hymn Singing as a Spiritual Practice

  Materials for Activity Copies of Sin ging the Living Tradition and Singing the Journey for all participants A copy of Between the Lines...
• Alternate Activity 2: Spiritual Practices

  Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers and tape Preparation for Activity Identify members of the congregation with different spiritual...
• Taking It Home

  I walked through my house in the dark, found my piano, and that was my prayer: May I not drop out. It was not written, but prayed. I knew...
• Spirit of Life

  "Spirit of Life" by Carolyn McDade is one of the most often sung hymns from Singing the Living Tradition . In 2007, Kimberly French...
• Handout 1: What is Spirituality?

  Reprinted with permission from "What Does Spirituality Mean? Young People Speak Out" by Search Institute (R). Copyright (C) 2006-2009...
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  Leader Resource 1: Circles of Spirituality

  Print with the diagram on one side and the text on the back. Personal Sphere: Meditation Journal Writing Personal Prayer Reading Communal...
• Find Out More

  Appropriate Cultural Sharing Because Unitarian Universalists draw from so many cultural sources, it is important to think deeply about the...