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  • The sun is setting over the dark blue Atlantic ocean. The sun is a glowing yellow ball, surrounded by a halo of hot orange. Clouds, grey with shadows, float above the sun.
    Designed for religious education professionals, committees, and volunteers, this 90 minute recorded webinar will: help participants understand the challenges and risks involved in ToF - and choose better options.
    Webinar | May 13, 2026 | From RE-sources
    Tagged as: Anti-Oppression, Anti-Racism, Children's Faith Development, Faith Development, Multiculturalism, Multigenerational Faith Development, Professional Development for Religious Educators, Teaching Methods, White Supremacy Culture
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  • Four Deeper Joy images in a tiled formation: the cards, the RPG, the JUUst Breathe podcast, a YouTube video thumbnail
    Rediscover your community's sense of play and build covenantal community using games, activities, and an RPG. Cue up the playlist, listen to the podcast, explore leader resources, or submit a favorite game.
    Utility | April 30, 2026 | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: Adult Faith Development, Campus Ministry, Covenant, Families & Faith Development, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Joy, Middle School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Multigenerational Faith Development, Playfulness
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    The monthly initiative at the Unitarian Universalist Community of Charlotte, North Carolina, has been going strong since 2023.
    By Heather Beasley Doyle | February 9, 2026 | From Ideas
    Tagged as: Building Community, Community, Creativity, Faith Development, Generations, Hospitality, Living Our Faith, Multigenerational Faith Development, Relationships, UU Beliefs
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  • A cartoon map of Community Building through Deeper Joy, showing the location of a canyon, lighthouse, forest, river, beach, springs, bay, harbor and canyons.
    Deeper Joy is a Map of Community Building activities that help groups of any age and ability mingle, bond, stretch, heal and repair. These are games with purpose. These are spirit lessons.
    Utility | January 27, 2026 | From Deeper Joy
    Tagged as: Community, Families & Faith Development, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Joy, Multigenerational Faith Development, Older Adult Faith Development, Playfulness, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Youth Group Dynamics, Youth Ministry, Youth-Adult Partnership
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  • A sun labeled “Born to Belong: Spirituality for Mammals” with six surrounding circles showing animals and the phrases: born to seek safety, wonder, tend, protect, feel alive, grieve, and play.
    J.L. Shattuck writes, "We are emotional beings who sometimes think —our deepest longings can never be accessed or met through logic alone."
    By J.L. Shattuck | December 5, 2025 | For Multigenerational
    Tagged as: Multigenerational Faith Development
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  • A chapel with stone walls and seats facing a lecturn and chalice with the words Faith development is all we do. Unitarian Universalism is all we teach. The congregation is the curriculum.
    Videos from the Whole Church RE Wave Cohort created during General Assembly 2025.
    Video | December 3, 2025 | For Multigenerational
    Tagged as: Multigenerational Faith Development
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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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    The faith formation model centers justice, ethics, and spirituality as lifelong, collective practices.
    By Aisha K. Staggers | September 8, 2025 | From Spirit
    Tagged as: Community, Connections, Creativity, Faith Development, Family, Family Programs, Generations, Hospitality, Interdependence, Membership in Congregations, Multigenerational Faith Development, Pluralism, Spiritual Practice, Teamwork, UU Beliefs
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  • A smiling, dark-haired person in a bright pink shirt before a bright blue background.
    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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  • Children and adults hold colorful handmade posters with "Everyone is equal," "You are welcome here," "You are good," and "We care for each other and the world we share."
    Children and adults come together to talk about and make signs with messaging that reflects and proclaims their understanding of UU theology and faith identity.
    Activity, Curriculum | By Joy Berry, UU Congregation of Asheville, Asheville, NC | May 30, 2025 | For Multigenerational | From Whole Church
    Tagged as: Faith Development, Multigenerational Faith Development, UU Identity
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