… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src=" Date: January 24 – Occupy Community Staff member: Campus Ministry Associate Kayla Parker Description: This exercise invites reflection upon how you live the issues of the Occupy Movement and how those issues effect your local community.

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src=" Date: January 23 – Who Are We and What Motivates Us? Staff member: Leadership Development Associate Jeremie Bateman Description: Who are we and what motivates us? We all make assumptions about who are in our congregations and communities, and...

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src=" Date: January 22 – Gather to Discuss Story of Us, Story of Now. Staff Member: Director of the Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministries Carey McDonald Description: Gather after services, or plan another time, when your congregation can discuss...

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src=" Date: January 21 – Examine Your Words Staff Member: Spirituality and Service Consultant Erik Mohn Description: When was the last time you spoke (emailed, etc.) unlovingly to someone? To yourself? What about the last time you spoke or wrote...

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src=" Date: January 20 – Share Something About Yourself to Inspire Others. Staff Member: Communications Technology Associate Ted Resnikoff Description: "Coming Out” about our own struggles and challenges is an act of Courageous Love. Consider the...

Date: January 19, 2012 – What Do You Struggle With? ...

In August 2011, I traveled to Ghana, Africa on a health service volunteer trip. While on this trip, my friend, Nicholas, a student leader in a local village, took me to the village where he grew up. On the way, he explained to me that the water pipe in this village broke four years ago, and had yet...

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src=" Date: Wednesday, January 18 – Embrace Silence. Staff member: Office Administrator Deborah Neisel-Sanders Description: Making room for our own thoughts, and space for others’ thoughts, is crucial to standing on the side of love. Today, from...

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src=" Date: Tuesday, January 17 – Ponder Love. Staff member: Leadership Development Associate Jeremie Bateman Description: To know the story of us and the story of now, we must know the story of self. Powerful actions emanate from profound...

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src=" Date: January 16 – Martin Luther King Day. Staff member: Communications Technology Associate Ted Resnikoff Description: Wear your shirts and buttons, bring your banners and placards.

The Standing on the Side of Love's http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/national-standing-on-the-side-of… DAYS OF LOVE project, "The Story of Us, The Story of Now", a collective visioning process about making sense of the present moment, and what we are called to do. THIRTY DAYS OF LOVE will...

Materials for Activity Materials from your congregation’s archives Optional: Audio or video recording equipment Preparation for Activity Examine your congregation's archived documents and materials from the Civil Rights era. Description of Activity Most congregations have stories about their...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, Socinianism Preparation for Activity Read Handout 1 and copy for all participants. Optional: Prearrange with a volunteer to read Handout 1 aloud....

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Story, "Clara Barton" Leader Resource 1, Clara Barton, Portrait Optional: Computer and digital projector Preparation for Activity Read the story and make copies for yourself and two presenters. Prearrange for two volunteers to present the story....

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Index cards and pens/pencils Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Find out about social action projects in which the congregation is currently involved. Post blank newsprint. Description of Activity Hand out the index cards, asking...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Worship or centering table Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED battery-operated candle Timepiece (minutes) Chime or bell Copies of Singing the Living Tradition, the UUA hymnbook, for all participants Optional: Cloth for worship/centering table...

A covenant is not a contract, but rather a voluntary relationship. The idea of a covenant has biblical origins and traditionally includes the understanding that the relationship is sacred or blessed....

"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...

Read the story aloud, and ask the questions as they come up to encourage interaction and deeper thinking about the concepts. Or, if you are familiar enough with the ideas, tell the story in your own words, being sure to emphasize the four themes: freedom of thought, or noncreedalism; on-going...