Activity time: 5 minutes
Materials for Activity
- Wonder Box
- A copy of the Unitarian Universalist Principles in children's language
- Construction paper in assorted colors
- Scissors, including left-handed scissors
Preparation for Activity
- If you have not already made a Wonder Box, see Session 1 Materials and Preparation for instructions.
- Cut strips of colored construction paper.
- Place the copy of the children's version of the Principles and the strips of colored paper inside the Wonder Box.
Description of Activity
Use the Wonder Box to activate participants' curiosity about today's intangible gift: covenant.
With the children in a circle around the chalice, ask them to guess what could be in this big, beautifully wrapped box. Take some guesses. Then, open the box, take out the Principles and the strips of paper, and say something like:
These are the seven Unitarian Universalist Principles and paper that can be made to form a chain. Does anyone have an idea of what today's session will be about?
Invite responses. The children may suggest that the discussion will be about our seven Principles; gently redirect this answer. Say something like:
A covenant is when people make promises to each other. Keeping their promises holds people together as a family, or as friends, or as people together in a Unitarian Universalist congregation. Being in covenant is an intangible gift that we share with the others in our faith community. One way you can see a covenant is when people write down the promises they make.
Hold up the seven Principles, and say:
These seven Principles are ideas we promise to care about, because, as Unitarian Universalists, we are part of a covenant.
Roll two strips of colored paper into circles and hold them up, interlinked. Then say:
Another way you can see a covenant is all around you. When you are in a group of people and you notice that people are playing together or learning together, being safe, being fair to one another, and having fun, the gift of covenant is probably being quietly exchanged. Here in Wonderful Welcome, we will make a covenant today. We will make some promises to one another, so we can work together and support each other and the Seven Principles.
"Kifaa cha shughuli: Sanduku la ajabu: Nakala ya kanuni za Unitarian Universalist katika lugha ya watoto: Karatasi ya ujenzi katika rangi mbalimbali: ""Size"" - ikiwa bado haujatengeneza Sanduku la ajabu - Angalia Session 1 ""Vifaa na Maandalizi"" kwa maagizo." - Kata vipande vya karatasi ya ujenzi yenye rangi. - Weka nakala ya toleo la watoto la Kanuni na vipande vya karatasi zenye rangi ndani ya Sanduku la Ajabu. Maelezo ya Shughuli Tumia Sanduku la Ajabu kuamsha udadisi wa washiriki kuhusu zawadi ya leo isiyoonekana: agano. Weka watoto katika mduara karibu na kikombe, na uwaulize walinganishe kile kilicho ndani ya sanduku hili kubwa lililopakwa vizuri. Fikiria jambo fulani. "Kisha fungua sanduku, uchukue kanuni na vipande vya karatasi, na useme kitu kama: ""Hizi ni kanuni saba za umoja wa ulimwengu na karatasi ambayo inaweza kufanywa kuunda mlolongo.""" Je, kuna mtu yeyote ana wazo la kikao cha leo kitakuwa juu ya nini? Waulize majibu. Watoto wanaweza kupendekeza kwamba mazungumzo yatakuwa juu ya Kanuni zetu saba; kwa upole badilisha jibu hili. "Kama ilivyoelezwa hapo juu, ""mkataba"" ni ahadi ambayo watu hufanya kwa kila mmoja." Kutimiza ahadi zao huwaunganisha watu pamoja kama familia, au kama marafiki, au kama watu pamoja katika kutaniko la Unitarian Universalist. Kuwa katika agano ni zawadi isiyoonekana ambayo tunashiriki na wengine katika jamii yetu ya imani. Njia moja ya kugundua agano ni wakati watu wanaandika ahadi zao. "Tunaweza kuelezea kanuni saba za msingi, na kusema: ""Hizi ni mawazo saba tunayoahidi kujali, kwa sababu, kama Unitarian Universalists, sisi ni sehemu ya agano.""" Pinda vipande viwili vya karatasi zenye rangi katika duara na viweke juu, vikiwa vimeunganishwa. "Kisha sema: ""Njia nyingine ya kuona agano ni karibu na wewe.""" Unapokuwa katika kikundi cha watu na unagundua kwamba watu wanacheza pamoja au kujifunza pamoja, kuwa salama, kuwa wa haki kwa kila mmoja, na kuwa na furaha, zawadi ya agano labda inabadilishwa kimya kimya. Hapa katika Wonderful Welcome, tutafanya agano leo. """Tutafanya ahadi kwa kila mmoja ili tuweze kufanya kazi pamoja na kuunga mkono kila mmoja na kanuni saba."