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Free ProductsNEW FREEBIE!Sheep Puzzle or Sheep Puzzle for Young Students. Print .pdf files on cardstock, cut apart. For young students, you might print it twice, once time leave as it is, so they have a reference of where to put the pieces. These make good activities for Spirit Play! NEW FREEBIE! Science Meets Putting Faith into Action! Vermicomposting or worm composting helps save our world by eliminating trash from the landfills, clogging up our water treatment facilities, and creating compost that's good for your garden, house plants or other lawn plantings! This story is about the miraculous garbage eating worms called red worms. Download Robert Redworm story (Please note that this story is also in the collection of stories The Fool's Hat (see story collections) or Spirit Play Version of Robert Redworm (makes a good Violet Promise story or our 7th Principal) and information about Vermicomposting! Christmas Children's Worship + 3 Activities: You Are a Miracle: You Are a Star. This Worship includes A Blinding Flash (an excerpt from The Kid's Book of Awesome Stuff by Charlene Brotman); You Are a Miracle: You Are a Star interactive story, which requires a large pot, a large spoon and a large, fancy container of stardust (glitter); a meditation version of the nativity story, and two songs (from thegreatstory.org) - Connie Barlow's Silent Night for Winter Solstice and Birthday Stars. The three activities involve making a Christmas ornament, playing a game and making a comet. UU Christmas Celebration: Lights for LUUcy (Word RTF File) In the story, LUUcy makes Chalice Cookies to give to everyone as part of her Holiday Celebration. NOTE: for Chalice Cookie Cutters, please e-mail Sophia Rose at chalicepalace@gmail.com or go to her Website at: www.chalicepalace.com. I've used Sophia Rose's Chalice Cookie Cutters to make Christmas Ornaments. Using a clay recipe that you roll out, cut, then bake. I then painted them. You have to remember to poke a hole before you bake, however. Then, you can attach a ribbon or colorful string to hang the ornament on a tree or in a window or even as a fan string pull (make sure it doesn't hang down too far…running into it could make for a good bruise!) The Cookie Cutters are sturdy and well formed. They also come in many sizes, which is nice for a variety of projects. NEW FREEBIE!A Puppet Ministry Booklet: Turning Trash into Puppets, please click puppetbooklet. Cooperative games and activities book: Be UU (word format). Curriculum: New UU for Kids (4-session curriculum for elementary) New UU for Kids and Youth (3-hour orientation) Bookmarks: Children's Principles & Purposes Bookmarks - Use this free .pdf file to create bookmarks for your children as a thank you for registering or anytime! Just print the file on cardstock (or print on paper and copy on cardstock) then cut the bookmarks apart. Rainbow Principles Poster - Use this free .jpg to create 8 1/2 X 11 posters for your RE Classes! FREE: Spirit Play Story for the Sanctuary - This is a good way to introduce the Spirit Play to your congregation. The Storyteller's Stole is a story about the paradigm shift that happens when people take on a role, such as being the storyteller. It speaks to the ordinary magic that happens when we take on the persona of the "Storyteller" or other roles when we wear costumes. It, hopefully, will help those adults who love stories and are afraid of speaking in a group. Check it out! Note: This is a modified Spirit Play story, because it is being done outside the classroom and in front of a large group. For more information about Spirit Play, click on this Spirit Play link. Spirit Play Promises (color)Poster - Use this free .rtf file to create 8 1/2 X 11 posters for your Spirit Play Classroms. Small Promises (half-sheet) poster is available, as well, click BW or COLOR. The poster icons are keyed to the Promises General Lesson. For more information about Spirit Play, click on this Spirit Play link. For those of you who want the poster bigger, most Kinkos have a poster copier for 8 1/2 X 11 to Poster Page. The downfall is that it only prints in black and white. But it is only about $5 per poster...this is poster cardstock and you can usually choose from a variety of colors. For color copies enlarged, I suggest checking around to find the best price. This usually is more like $15 per poster or more. Stories: Where Were You? (9-11 tragedy) When Buildings Fell (9-11) (NOTE: These two stories were published on the Worship Web for 9-11 RE Resources.) Plays: Winter Wheel (Winter Solstice Play) Adult Curriculum: Engaging Our Theological Diversity Congregation FreebiesSee Consultating Services for more specific information. The Religious Education Timeline is a tool to help congregations plan their RE Programs. One of the biggest pitfalls that RE Committees fall into is not planning far enough ahead. When you have time to plan, then you are not in crisis and you do not eat up your volunteers, plus you feel like the planning is almost effortless. Also, here is a tool that explains Religious Education to newcomers and committees who are trying to reform. Religious Education 101, hopefully, will answer some of the questions that keep coming up. These documents are meant as one tool and meant as a starting point for you to create around and add specifics for your congregation, if you need it. To open .pdf files, you will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader found at http://www.adobe.com. OTHER FREEBIESFree UU Clip Art: There are also Free "How To" Projects there, all easy and great for Sunday School. Free Candle Making Project: Free Chalice Game Project: |
