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  • The Forest of Affirmation is brimming with positivity. The trees whisper words of encouragement, and the air is filled with a sweet scent. The abundant trees indicate a place rich in support and affirmation.
    Parameters: Any number, in person or online. You'll need materials for making care packages and artwork, envelope and stamp money. Choose someone outside the gathering who could use extra love and send them a care package.
    Activity | November 13, 2025 | For Youth, Adults, Multigenerational | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: Adult Faith Development, Community, Joy, Multigenerational Faith Development, Playfulness, Youth Ministry
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  • The Forest of Affirmation is brimming with positivity. The trees whisper words of encouragement, and the air is filled with a sweet scent. The abundant trees indicate a place rich in support and affirmation.
    Parameters: Any number, in person. Participants contribute to shared purpose, express gratitude, and honor community bonds by contributing a meaningful medium, such as sand, to a shared container at the beginning of the event then taking some from the shared container at the end of the event.
    Activity | November 13, 2025 | For Youth, Adults, Multigenerational | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: Adult Faith Development, Community, Joy, Multigenerational Faith Development, Playfulness, Youth Ministry
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  • The Forest of Affirmation is brimming with positivity. The trees whisper words of encouragement, and the air is filled with a sweet scent. The abundant trees indicate a place rich in support and affirmation.
    Parameters: Any number, in person. You'll need warm water and individual containers; option to include soap and lotion. Participants practice self-care, expressing tenderness, and experiencing humility by washing their own or another's feet.
    Activity | November 13, 2025 | For Youth, Adults, Multigenerational | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: Adult Faith Development, Community, Joy, Multigenerational Faith Development, Playfulness, Youth Ministry
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  • The Forest of Affirmation is brimming with positivity. The trees whisper words of encouragement, and the air is filled with a sweet scent. The abundant trees indicate a place rich in support and affirmation.
    Parameters: any number, in person or online. Participants build confidence by receiving affirmation and widening self-understanding as others share what they notice about them or offering a blessing for them.
    Activity | November 13, 2025 | For Youth, Adults, Multigenerational | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: Adult Faith Development, Community, Joy, Multigenerational Faith Development, Playfulness, Youth Ministry
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  • The Forest of Affirmation is brimming with positivity. The trees whisper words of encouragement, and the air is filled with a sweet scent. The abundant trees indicate a place rich in support and affirmation.
    Parameters: 6+, in person or online. Receive appreciation, share kindness, and strengthen connections as participants rotate around concentric circles sharing meaningful compliments with one another.
    Activity | November 13, 2025 | For Youth, Adults, Multigenerational | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: Adult Faith Development, Community, Joy, Multigenerational Faith Development, Playfulness, Youth Ministry
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  • The Forest of Affirmation is brimming with positivity. The trees whisper words of encouragement, and the air is filled with a sweet scent. The abundant trees indicate a place rich in support and affirmation.
    Parameters: 4+, in person or online. If group is large, divide into smaller groups. Participants celebrate each other after coming up with a cheer together.
    Game | November 13, 2025 | For Youth, Adults, Multigenerational | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: Adult Faith Development, Community, Joy, Multigenerational Faith Development, Playfulness, Youth Ministry
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  • The blue, sheltered Bonding Harbor is where boats are anchored, symbolizing a place of safety, connection, and community bonding. It’s a snug spot for bonding with fellow adventurers and sharing tales of the high seas.
    Parameters: any number, in person or online. Paper and writing utensils needed for the variation. Explore identity and begin sharing personal stories as participants say their name and a way to remember their name or something special about it.
    Game | November 13, 2025 | For Youth, Adults, Multigenerational | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: Adult Faith Development, Community, Joy, Multigenerational Faith Development, Playfulness, Youth Ministry
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  • The blue, sheltered Bonding Harbor is where boats are anchored, symbolizing a place of safety, connection, and community bonding. It’s a snug spot for bonding with fellow adventurers and sharing tales of the high seas.
    Parameters: 3+, in person or online. Paper, writing utensils or skribbl.io needed. There are speaking, art and writing versions of this game. Participants build a story together one sentence or picture at a time.
    Game | November 13, 2025 | For Youth, Adults, Multigenerational | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: Adult Faith Development, Community, Joy, Multigenerational Faith Development, Playfulness, Youth Ministry
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  • The blue, sheltered Bonding Harbor is where boats are anchored, symbolizing a place of safety, connection, and community bonding. It’s a snug spot for bonding with fellow adventurers and sharing tales of the high seas.
    Parameters: any number, in person or online. Appreciate beauty and collaborate on meaning making as participants find objects to add to a tableau and create a story about it.
    Activity | November 13, 2025 | For Youth, Adults, Multigenerational | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: Adult Faith Development, Community, Joy, Multigenerational Faith Development, Playfulness, Youth Ministry
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  • The blue, sheltered Bonding Harbor is where boats are anchored, symbolizing a place of safety, connection, and community bonding. It’s a snug spot for bonding with fellow adventurers and sharing tales of the high seas.
    Parameters: 4+, in person. Practice listening, choose when to lead or follow, and coordinate as a group as participants add layers of sound to a group rhythm.
    Activity | November 13, 2025 | For Youth, Adults, Multigenerational | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: Adult Faith Development, Community, Joy, Multigenerational Faith Development, Playfulness, Youth Ministry
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    UUs are drawing the circle wide to share wisdom and nurture belonging, says UU World Executive Editor Kristen Cox Roby.
    By Kristen Cox Roby | September 22, 2025 | From Editorial
    Tagged as: Adult Faith Development, Children's Faith Development, Community, Education, Faith Development, Families & Faith Development, Family, Generations, Interdependence, Living Our Faith, Multigenerational Faith Development, Spiritual Practice, Teamwork, Transformation, UU Beliefs
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    Overwhelmed parents, caregivers, and families “need us desperately, they need ministry and community,” says Rev. Erica Baron from the UUA’s Congregational Life team.
    By Elaine McArdle | September 8, 2025 | From Ideas
    Tagged as: Adult Faith Development, Building Community, Children's Faith Development, Community, Faith Development, Families & Faith Development, Family Programs, Generations, Growth, Imagination, Living Our Faith, Membership Growth & Outreach, Membership in Congregations, Transformation
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    Author Rachel Bennett Steury says she first heard of the faith when a Teamster invited her to a Labor Day service.
    By Rachel Bennett Steury | August 11, 2025 | From Life
    Tagged as: Activism, Adult Faith Development, Belief, Faith, Personal Stories, Religion, Spirituality, UU Beliefs, UU Identity
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  • The image is the cover of Social Change Now: A Guide for Reflection and Connection by Deepa Iyer. The background is light yellow, and there is the image of a yellow circle to the right of the cover, and circles of teal, light blue, purple, and orange extending from the yellow circle.
    2025-2026 UU Common Read: Social Change Now!
    Utility | June 17, 2025 | From Common Read
    Tagged as: Adult Faith Development, Faith Development, Racial Justice, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur
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    The UU Common Read for 2025-26 Is Deepa Iyer's Social Change Now!
    By Susan Dana Lawrence | June 12, 2025 | From Call and Response
    Tagged as: Adult Faith Development, Community, Faith Development, Families & Faith Development, Interdependence, Multigenerational Faith Development, Spiritual Practice, Teamwork
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    LGBTQ people are a gift to the Church and have the potential to revitalize Christianity
    Paperback | By Reverend Elizabeth M. Edman | May 27, 2025 | From Beacon Press
    Tagged as: Adult Faith Development, Christianity, LGBTQ Issues
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  • Groundbreaking anthology for women searching for spiritual guideposts to the second half of life.
    Paperback | By Marilyn Sewell | May 27, 2025 | From inSpirit: The UU Book and Gift Shop
    Tagged as: Adult Faith Development, Aging, Bridging, Gender Justice, Multigenerational Faith Development, Women
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  • A book cover for Social Change Now! by Deepa Iyer shows a graphic representation of her Ecosystem model, including bright colored circles set off by spokes from a central circle.
    Social Change Now! A Guide for Reflection and Connection (Skinner House) by Deepa Iyer
    Study Guide | May 5, 2025 | From Common Read
    Tagged as: Adult Faith Development, Faith Development, Racial Justice, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur
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    Paula Gribble recalls how aligning with her pluralistic beliefs drew her, a friend, and their kids to a UU church.
    By Paula Gribble | March 19, 2025 | From Life
    Tagged as: Adult Faith Development, Belief, Children, Faith, Pluralism, Spirituality, UU Beliefs, UU Identity
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  • The letters "WEAV" in four colors.
    WEAV is a ten-module small group ministry program exploring four pillars:Who & What are UUs?: Understanding and Building Our Spiritual CommunityEmbodied Justice: Building a Just Culture Countering White Supremacy CultureAdvocacy: Developing Trauma Exposure Awareness, Self-Care Practices, and Ally...
    Small Group Ministry Guide | By Shannon Frediani | March 10, 2025 | For Adults, Emerging Adults (18-24), Older Adults | From Anti-Racism Library
    Tagged as: Adult Faith Development, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Racism, Congregational Transformation, Intersectionality, White Supremacy Culture
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