• Arrange for coffee, tea, and water at the workshop.
• Arrange for furniture setup:
  • For large group: Place tables in a horseshoe arrangement (leaders at the head table, chairs around outside of tables).
  • For smaller group: Place one or two table tables in a rectangle (leaders sit at a middle side and chairs are positioned around the outside).
• Set a hymnbook on the table in front of each chair.
• Place a chalice or candle on a chalice cloth at the leader's place.
• Customize and make copies of Handout 1, Looking Ahead to Workshop 5.
• Write workshop agenda on a newsprint sheet, using Workshop-at-a-Glance table, and post.
• Post Group Rules of Respect from Workshop 1.
• Write journaling questions on a newsprint sheet, and set aside:
  • When in my life did I come upon this special object and how did it come to me?
  • What meaning does this object have for me?
  • How is this object connected to what grounds me? How does it represent my wisdom and insight?
• Make a circle for each participant by tracing the lid or salad plate on cover stock, two per piece. Cut the pages in half, with one circle per half.
• Write on a newsprint sheet, and set aside:

We close our time by extinguishing the chalice and carry its light and our blessings with us into the world.

• Shuffle the Blessing Cards.
• Optional: For preparing tactile collage mandalas (an adaptation for visually impaired persons), see the Materials section of the program Introduction.