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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 | From Threshold Conversations
    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 | From Threshold Conversations
    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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    50 lively and engaging stories from around the world explore a broad range of life lessons. Includes reflection questions, story maps, and an index of themes and UU Principles. Spiral bound edition.
    Spiral-bound | By Faye Mogensen | May 27, 2025 | For Multigenerational | From Skinner House Books
    Tagged as: Arts & Music, Faith Development, Multigenerational Faith Development, Nourishing the Spirit, Personal Inspiration, Wisdom, Worship
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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 background of purple and orange swirls with images that look like polaroids of a variety of people with orange text that reads "UUA General Assembly Baltimore June 18-22, 2025 Emerging Adult Community Guides" with a summary of the requirements for the role.
    Guides co-create programming, worship, and activities in the EA space that are grounded in Unitarian Universalism and the needs of EA attendees. Guides are asked to attend planning meetings and an orientation, and communicate regularly with other Guides and UUA staff. This is a great opportunity to
    Utility | February 19, 2025
    Tagged as: General Assembly, Multigenerational Faith Development, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35)
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  • Speech bubbles gather round a flame with the phrase "Threshold Conversations"
    Engage with a panel discussion about Whole Church RE with experienced religious professionals
    Webinar | By Kirsten Hunter, Kimberly Quinn Johnson , Monica Dobbins, Joy Berry, Lenore Bajare-Dukes | November 25, 2024 | For Multigenerational | From RE-sources
    Tagged as: Multigenerational Faith Development
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