REACH Winter 2002
CONTENTS
ADMINISTRATION
Covenanting not Conclave
Angus MacLean Award
Training a New Generation of Renaissance Leaders
Two Open Letters
Teacher Recognition Sunday
The Value of RE
Youth & Young Adult Sunday
ADULT RE
Film as Theological Text
CURRICULUM
Curriculum Resources
RE Loan Library
OWL Newsletters
Talking to Your Former Spouse About OWL
Timeless Themes
Witness
Family Heritage
The Caged Birds of Phenom Penh
Hate Hurts
Leave No Child Behind
RESOURCES
Cain & Abel
From Essex Conversations
Internship in Washington, DC
Growing Together
Star Island Information
Heretic's Faith
Grants & Scholarships
WORSHIP
Franz & Josef
Ice Cream Sunday
USSS Award-Winning Sermon
What You Do Today
YOUTH
YPS Application
Index Page
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Every RE Library or UU congregation needs these two new resources!
By Rev. Pat Hoertdoerfer, Children, Family, and Intergenerational Programs Director
RE Department, UUA, Boston, MA
Heretic's Faith
Heretic's Faith is a book to share with parents, teachers, newcomers, and friends to help them enhance their faith vocabulary with UU meanings. For a greater understanding of our global UU faith, schedule an adult discussion series or a children's RE class using Maglipay Universalist.
Heretic's Faith by Fredric Muir helps us reclaim
the religious words and infuse our UU vocabulary
with fresh new meanings. Fifty-four worrisome
words-God, evil, grace, sabbath, prayer, miracles,
and sin to mention a few-are explored in clear,
concise essays. The author gives religious liberals
the tools we need for our free and responsible search
for truth and meaning, as well as the common language we need to share our faith in the public square. In RE Committees and Newcomers Forums, Teacher Trainings and Intergenerational Gatherings, you can share the provocative insights of this book and engage others in conversations to strengthen their faith.
Maglipay Universalist
Maglipay Universalist: A History of the
Unitarian Universalist Church of the Philippines
by Fredric Muir tells an inspiring and powerful story
of the history and heritage, theology and challenges
of our partners in faith on the other side of the world.
This is a resource for all ages because it includes
adult discussion questions and a nine-session elementary RE curriculum by Margaret Gooding and
Rebecca Sienes. Our understanding of Toribio
S. Quimada and his Universalist faith journey and
leadership deepen our UU faith and broaden our
religious identity. This resource invites us to celebrate
our global faith as we learn from our colleagues in
the Philippines and from the author's experiences.
To order these books send $20 plus $4 shipping and handling per book to:
Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis
333 Dubious Road
Annapolis, MD 21401-2123
[checks to UU Church of Annapolis or Maglipay Universalist respectively]
Under the Wisdom Tree
Under the Wisdom Tree: A Storytelling Curriculum
Emphasizing Values for Unitarian Universalists
By Connie Dunn is a curriculum for teaching values, beliefs and cultural connections. It is designed for churches with small groups of multi-level, multi-aged children. It is meant to meet the needs of the youngest, as well as the oldest, child in your program. It is also designed with human resources in mind and requires only a few adults to run the program.
Under the Wisdom Tree includes suggested warm-up stories or readings, stories, discussion topics and activities. Activities are given for two or three group levels to accommodate the preschoolers to high schoolers in your RE program.
Author Connie Dunn previously published Candle Stories and The Chalice Club for the UU audience. Other published works include Jessa Ying Comes from China (included in curriculum) and Miss Susan and Ivy at the Annual Dance Recital.
Under the Wisdom Tree includes 33 regular lessons, plus 12 holiday lessons (225 pages). Now Priced at a low $75 Introductory cost (regular cost is $125) from SageCreek Productions, plus shipping and handling of $5.
No Stress Press
SageCreek Productions
1807 N. Elm, Suite 238, Denton, TX 76201
PH: (940) 243-5125, FAX (940) 380-1105
E-mail: connie@sagecreekproductions.com
For more information and sample chapters, visit
http://www.sagecreekproductions.com/nostresspress
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