You the Creator, the Adult Supplement

By Richard S. Kimball

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Theme and Description

Based on Kimball's youth curriculum You the Creator, this program gives adults an opportunity to unleash and appreciate their creative energies. Each session is divided into enjoyment, empowerment, and enlightenment activities. Based on the belief that everyone is creative, it emphasizes the relationship of anxiety and creativity, the idea of flow, the religious implications of creativity, and the idea of a universal creative force.

Goals for Participants

To get in touch with and express their creative forces;
To overcome doubts and anxieties about their creativity;
To feel part of the universal creative force;
To have fun learning and growing.

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Age Range

Adult

Size of Group

As space and supplies permit

Space Requirements

Space and large tables for art activities

Number and Length of Sessions

8 sessions
Length: 2 hours

Leader Training

No special training or background is required. Familiarity with the youth curriculum You the Creator is necessary. Co-leadership and good facilitation skills are recommended.

Leader Preparation

2 to 4 hours per session to read background and gather materials

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Strengths

Offers a very engaging, creative variety of activities.
Contains a strong religious and reflective dimension.
Culminates in worship and celebration.
Includes well-organized sessions.
Is playful and fun.
Nurtures the creative self.

Limitations

Requires gathering many art and other materials.

Adaptability

Can be used to plan intergenerational events.
Can be used as the basis of camp, conference, or retreat programs.

Unitarian Universalist Values

Explores the connection between creativity and religious experience. Affirms the worth and dignity of every person, and promotes the growth of the individual and the connection of each person to the community and the universe.

Reviewed on June 30, 1996

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