Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, Peace Pinwheel Template and Instructions Pencils with attached eraser heads, and straight pins-one of each for every participant, plus some extra Scissors (including left-handed scissors), color pencils or markers, and glue sticks or tap...

In this section, we explore the Girl Scout Law: "I will do my best to make the world a better place."

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, Just War Theory Handout 2, Pacifism Handout 3, Peacemaking Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Choose a conflict in the world about which people in your congregation are currently concerned. Briefly familiarize yourself...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 4, Taft and Holmes Preparation for Activity Copy Handout 4 for all participants. Assign roles for the debate. Co-facilitators may want to play Taft and Holmes, or especially enthusiastic group members may be invited to take on this challenge.

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 3, Peacemaking Leader Resource 3, Beyond Just War and Pacifism Preparation for Activity Read Leader Resource 3 and discuss with your co-facilitator questions and responses you might have about Rasor's ideas or peacemaking....

Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape A copy of the story "The Taft-Holmes Debate" Workshop 2, Handout 1, Prophetic, Parallel, and Institutional Voices Leader Resource 2, John Haynes Holmes and William Howard Taft, Photographs Optional: Computer and digital...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 2, Pacifism Preparation for Activity Read Handout 2 and discuss with your co-facilitator any questions you might have about pacifism. Copy the handout for all participants. Optional: Prearrange for a volunteer to read the handout aloud.

Materials for Activity Computer with Internet connection Leader Resource 1, Statement of Conscience - Creating Peace Preparation for Activity Online, access recent social justice statements and resolutions regarding wars, conflicts, and peacemaking passed by the General Assembly of the Unitarian...

Activity time: 5 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 Leader Resource 1, Statement of Conscience -...

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 4, Embattled Faith Pens and pencils Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Review Handout 4 and copy for all participants....

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint or large sheets of drawing paper for all participants A variety of color markers Preparation for Activity Begin thinking about your own "relationship map" so you can help participants create theirs. Description of Activity Invite...

Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 2, Transformative Relationships Handout 1, Transformative Relationships - A Map Handout 2, Women in the Peace Movement Optional: Computer and digital projector Preparation for Activity Review the relationship map in Handout 1 and re...

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: 10 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...